Archive for the ‘Boating’ Category
America’s Cup – The ship carrying USA 17 passed underneath the Golden Gate Bridge at 0530 PST and berthed alongside San Francisco’s Pier 80 at 0650.
The timing of unloading the game-changing 115ft trimaran and its wingsail will be determined by prevailing wind conditions. Both will be placed in short term storage in Oracle Racing’s new base on Pier 80. Longer term, there are plans to put the yacht and her impressive 223-foot wingsail on public display … Details
Aucklander Jeremy Burfoot appears to have a thing for spending a lot of time on a PWC (personal watercraft).
The 51-year-old Torbay man has already spent three weeks circumnavigating New Zealand on one and was also the bloke behind last year’s ambitious Ultimate Ride challenge (to travel from London to Auckland on a Sea-Doo).
He has now set a new world record  … Details & Pictures
BUMPING along a freshly plowed road in Lake Tahoe, Calif., I felt oddly unburdened. No skis were locked on top of my car, no clunky boots rattled in the trunk. After more than a decade of ski trips to the region, I kept feeling as if I were missing something. Sure, it was sunny, but also a biting 17 degrees — and I was going kayaking.
“You’re going what?†asked my friend when she heard I wasn’t joining her for another powder day at Squaw Valley. “Seriously?â€Â  … Details & Pictures