Gilles Martin-Raget was out on the water for what proved to be a long day for BOR90, testing her new wingsail off San Diego, and took these images … Details & Great Pictures
While much of the focus has been on San Diego this week, in Ras al-Khaimah, the America’s Cup Defender have been putting Alinghi 5 through her paces as the work up to the 33rd America’s Cup, scheduled at this stage for February 2010.
‘Without doubt, one of the best days sailing I´ve ever had. A shame it had to end´ said … Details & Pictures
San Francisco, USA – We first began covering ocean rowing at YachtPals because we ourselves found it an amazing endeavor. Most of us have pulled a few oars, often in spongy inflatables or tiny 8 foot tenders, and for the majority of mariners, the idea of going more than a few miles under this sort of power is daunting to say the least. The idea of crossing an ocean this way is, needless to say, unthinkable to most, and the fact that people do so willingly seems just slightly this side of completely insane. The Atlantic is enormous, the Indian gigantic, and the Pacific? Well, that’s just impossible… or at least it was … Details & Pictures
CONSIDERING that none of us newbies had any idea what we were doing, the voyage south from St. Lucia was going well. At 10:30 a.m., amid gray but not ominous skies, the S.V. Illusion — the 75-foot, two-masted schooner on which I and two others were novice sailors — had weighed anchor off the coast of Vieux Fort, a sleepy city at the island’s southern tip, and steered into deeper waters. The sea was … Details