Golden Gate Yacht Club’s Head of External Affiars, Tom Ehman has released the following statement following yesterday’s unexpected release of the so-called ‘secret agreement’ between the International Sailing Federation and Societe Nautique de Geneve, and the advantage they believe it confers on the Defender (SNG/Team Alinghi)
Video Kayak – fishing kayaks and surf breaks – A brief video of the differing techniques used by four kayak fishers when dealing with the small surf on return to their beach after fishing…
Forty seven-year-old Australian “adrenaline junkie” Sean Langman will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier with his half sailboat, half plane, after a serious crash last summer.
Langman, a shipyard owner and yachtsman, is intent on beating the French-set record within the next few weeks, with the “Wot Rocket,” a canoe-style pod with a nine meter-long rigid sail.
The Wot Rocket is waiting for confirmation from the World Sailing Speed Record Council to attempt, once again, an unprecedented technology known as “supercavitation”…Â Details & Pictures