Formerly the fastest sailboat in the world, SailRocket is making her final attempts at the outright speed sailing record this month, trying to steal the title from the big hydrofoil sailboat l’Hydroptere. One of these attempts ended in a dramatic boat crash today, catapulting the little boat and her skipper into the air in a stunning flip, while the support team watched in horror from the sidelines.Â
This isn’t the first time the SailRocket has crashed dramatically (see video below), and although the SailRocket team had an amazing season last year, they have also dealt with many set-backs. After this remarkable boat reached 47.36 knots to become the fastest sailboat …Â Details & Pictures
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Sailing footage of the extreme record-breaking sailboat SailRocket lifting off for a spectacular mid-air crash in Dec. ’08
Central Oregon’s slice of Hawaii is colorful. Bend Oregon Outrigger includes nearly 50 members who bring a centuries-old Polynesian sport to an unlikely location — an inland high-desert town.
The core group of competitive paddlers — about half of the club’s membership — trains twice a week for races throughout the Pacific Northwest, California, Hawaii and Canada. The local paddle-sport club was founded in the early 1990s by Bend residents Meg Chun and Leslie Blok, who formed a women’s team. A competitive men’s team followed a few years later and completed Bend Oregon Outrigger… Details
These women paddlers wave good-bye to their ages crossing the Molokai-to-Oahu channel
Yes, 60 is the new 40 in outrigger canoe racing.
Just ask a trio of Maui sexagenarians who completed the 40.6-mile Na Wahine O Ke Kai Molokai-to-Oahu channel crossing last Sunday, including one who competed with the first-ever all-60s female crew.
Just hours after Alinghi 5 was unloaded from a freighter in the United Arab Emirates state of Ras al Khaimah, the Challenger for the 33rd America’s Cup was filing papers in the New York Supreme Court contesting the venue selected by the Defender.
For what was its shop window event, the sailing world now has a tragicomedy.
Currently two show-stopping legal actions are underway in the New York Supreme Court. The venue of the Match and the Rules under which it will be conducted.
A third, alleging breach of fiduciary duty by the Defender is believed to be imminent. That was signaled by…Â Details