New Zealand’s Sam Harvey is ready to defend his world championship personal watercraft (PWC or jet-ski) racing title at the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) world finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, which start on 3 October.
Harvey, a marine retailer in Howick, Auckland, rides a Sea-Doo® PWC and won the Pro Runabout Open title – a class for modified PWCs – in 2009. This victory marked the first time a New Zealander had won a world title in PWC racing and was Harvey’s first world final win after competing at the prestigious IJSBA world finals every year for the past ten years. Harvey’s success was particularly notable as it represented the first time a non-American entrant and also one not backed by one of the major PWC manufacturers won this hotly-contested professional class … Details
Kai Opua Canoe Club presents
Queen Liliuokalani Long Distance Canoe Races
Sept. 4 and Sept. 5, Kailua-Kona
Saturday – Men’s Overall
1 Team Primo #1 #937 Iron Open NK 1:53:56
2 Livestrong CC #3 #974 Iron Open NK 1:55:25
3 Outrigger CC #4 #913 Iron Unlimited 1:55:28Â Â …Â Â Details & Results
Answer: When it’s a disabled sailing record
It may come as a surprise to some, but the inspirational sailing achievements by the likes of British quadriplegic sailor Hilary Lister, blind sailor Aly Gunn or paraplegic Alan Grace are rewarded with little more than column inches in the press. Despite headlines like “sailing into the record books†which featured after my sail around Great Britain in 2007, there is no formal recording of these events other than the ensuing publicity, and most of that is restricted to the marine press. The WSSRC (World Speed Sailing Record Council), official keepers of sailing records, specifically exclude disability as … Details
The “O Tahiti Nui Freedom” outrigger canoe reportedly left Vanuatu Sunday (Tahiti time).
The outrigger canoe left French Polynesia on July 27 and is headed for China.
“O Tahiti Nui Freedom” made a first stop in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, at the beginning of August.
“O Tahiti Nui Freedom” then arrived  … Details