Archive for the ‘Boating’ Category
DULUTH, Minn. – A Minnesota couple has approached the end of a three-year, 11,700-mile kayak odyssey.
Dave and Amy Freeman started a journey in 2010 that has taken them up the Pacific Coast, across Canada and the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast, and down to Florida. They plan to reach Key West around April 6, the Duluth News Tribune reported Monday.
The Grand Marais couple is using the journey to  … More
The Mouawad Offshore Powerboat Racing Team with world champions Omar Danial and Gary Ballough at the Dubai Grand Prix for the X-CAT World Series 2012. The team, sponsored by Mouawad Geneve, races with the Mouawad Grande Ellipse Sport watches — featuring robust, almost indestructible titanium cases in smart, sporty designs offered in a variety of dials, cases, colours and decors.
For the past few years, the America’s Cup has been better known for legal battles than as a sporting event, but that wasn’t the first time in its history that it degenerated into a power game between very wealthy people. Since Larry Ellison’s Oracle team won the cup, the defender and the challengers are in general agreement about the boats and the way the races will be run, but that doesn’t mean there have been no battles. Ellison has ambitious plans to turn the America’s Cup into a year-round commercial sport, and this has led to tough negotiations with San Francisco for the venue and with the TV companies for coverage.
The America’s Cup is the oldest active trophy in international sport. What makes it different  … More