The Hokule’a is expected to arrive home this afternoon or evening from the worst sailing weather in the Polynesian canoe’s history, said Mei Jeanne Wagner, Polynesian Voyaging Society spokeswoman.
She said that was the report from Nainoa Thompson, the society’s lead navigator, who remained home, but communicated daily with the canoe’s escort boat.
“The weather has been just awful the entire time,” she said, explaining that the canoe has encountered worse weather in the past, but never for an extended period, according to Thompson.
On this trip, the canoe had 100 percent …Â Details
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — Eagle resident Mike Reid remembers his first world rafting championship as one of the most intense experiences of his life — he and five other teammates were paddling down a river in the Czech Republic against the Russian national team.
“There were probably 5,000 people on either side of the river,†said Reid. “You’re wearing the American colors, and we’re racing the Russians. We were pretty into it. Seeing the two boats come down the straightaway — it was one of most intense things you’d ever seen.†… Details
In a surprisingly simple opinion authored with astonishing clarity by Judge Ciparick (with Judges Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones concurring), the New York Court of Appeals today reinstated the decision by Justice Herman Cahn of the Supreme Court of New York to deny Club Náutico Español de Vela (CNEV) its status as Challenger of Record for America’s Cup 33.
Judge Ciparick affirmed the status of Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) as Challenger of Record, and urged GGYC and America’s Cup defender and trust holder Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) to get their acts together, resolve differences, and move forward.
It was a victory for many things, among them: (1) truth, (2) honor, (3) tradition…Â DetailsÂ