Despite his status as the only remaining solo sailor in the Portimão Global Ocean Race, Michel Kleinjans has stunned the double-handed teams with his ability to keep pace with the Class 40 fleet. At 04:05:30 GMT today (03/04), Kleinjans sailed his Open 40, Roaring Forty, across the Leg 3 finish line 15 hours behind the leading double-handed boat, Desafio Cabo de Hornos, after 41 days 2 hours 50 minutes and 30 seconds at sea.
Since late December when fellow single-hander Nico Budel was forced to abandon his Open 40 Hayai in the early stages of leg 2 from Cape Town to Wellington, Kleinjans has continued racing to fulfil the dream of sailing around the world solo, adding to his existing circumnavigation in the Whitbread Round The World Race… Details
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As people start to shed their layers and prepare for spring, ski resorts refuse to let the mountain excitement fade. Just about every resort finishes the winter season strong with a wild celebration to keep people stoked about snow. One of the most unique events takes place at Monarch on April 4th.
The event successfully blends the winter and spring seasons into one crazy, daredevil kayak ride to amp up adventure junkies of every kind. Monarch’s Snow-BoaterX tests the versatility and talent of kayakers by exchanging water for snow… Details
New Sea Chantey Compilations On Compact Disc Recently, a pirate- oriented fan subculture fueled by Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movie series has been growing across the United States. With it, a great many musical groups have begun performing sea chanteys and sailor songs in both traditional and innovative arrangements, inventing new genres like “pirate rock.” The heavily synergistic Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has lent its imagery to everything from breakfast cereal to pinball machines, so it was not surprising when a collection of sea songs was recently released under the Pirates brand name. This anthology, called Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (2006), is uneven and anachronistic, but it is a fascinating example of … Details
The America’s Cup action is leaving the courtrooms and heading out to the water. We hope. In a unanimous decision, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) being the Challenger of Record for the 33rd America’s Cup.
Immediately after the conclusion of the 32nd America’s Cup in 2007, the winner, Alinghi, selected a “paper” yacht club, Club Nautico Espanol de Velo (CNEV), as the challenger of record. The problem was that CNEV didn’t actually satisfy any of the conditions to be the challenger…things like members, previous races, a clubhouse, not even, as famously pointed out, a web page. So our long legal battle started, GGYC sued in the New York Courts (home of the Deed of Gift), they won then they lost on appeal and then had a tie and finally yesterday won what seems like the final legal battle… Details