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On July 17th an international field of catamaran sailors will begin to converge on Kingston Ontario for the 39th Hobie 16 North American Championship.
The eight day event will be hosted by the CORK organization and sailed out of the Portsmouth Olympic harbor, home of the first Olympic catamaran event in 1976.
The event starts with three days of racing for the Youth and Women’s Championship followed by five days of racing for the Open Championship.
Competitors from six countries and eleven US states will take part in the event. The entry list includes …Â Details
Yes, England. In the winter, thousands of surfers flock to Cornwall to ride the waves. However, swells, breaks and boards aren’t the only surprises the region offers the discerning traveler.
I tell people I’ve surfed 7-foot waves in England, and they say, “You’re lying.” Â
What’s funny is that some of the people I’ve told are surfers. Actually, most of them are far more experienced and committed surfers than I’ll ever be. Men and women who drop phrases like “rhino chasers” and refer to Tofino, Bondi and Teahupoo as if they are exes they sometimes spend holidays with. That’s the kind of people I’m talking about and still, the same clockwork reaction.Â
But I’m not lying.
Sitting amid the fashionably bundled up on the patio of the popular Blue Bar and looking out over the pristine dunes and cliffs of the village of Porthtowan in Cornwall, you have to remind yourself that you’re in Britain…Â Details
Every angler has a fantasy.
It is the place they visit in their mind on those slow winter days, or when stuck in the office. It even comes to mind sometimes when they are out fishing, but nothing is biting. For some it is a wild river on the Olympic Peninsula that holds trophy steelhead. Many prefer chasing tuna and marlin in Mexico. Others dream of giant tarpon in Florida.
My fantasy spot is Alaska, and in my dreams I am catching big king salmon and pacific halibut from my fishing kayak.
Sometimes dreams come true.
My previous kayak fishing trip to Alaska, in 2007, was primarily an expedition to catch the largest fish ever from a kayak. My three companions and I did just that while at Hinchinbrook Island, south of Valdez. We all caught salmon sharks in the 450-pound range…Â Details