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Dan O’Keefe lives up to billing by winning two classes in RIVA Racing HydroDrag Spring Nationals during WaterTopPWC Rally in Sebastian, Florida.
Sebastian, FL – April 14, 2008 - WaterTop Unlimited® calls the company’s first ever APBA sanctioned PWC drag race event, the RIVA Racing HydroDrag Spring Nationals, a big success. The HydroDrag Spring Nationals took place in conjunction with the WaterTop PWC Rally and saw participants travel to the Sebastian, Florida event from eights states and Puerto Rico. The HydroDrag gave the public their first glimpse into the future of PWC drag racing with the unveiling of the WaterTop Launch Pad starting system… Details
Vestas Sailrocket is attempting to break the World Sailing Speed record on Walvis Bay in Namibia. Their time period for attempting this record has come to an end. Latest news from Paul Larsen.
The bitter end… Mon day 04/20/2009 – 07:47.
…Well… Damnit… things just didn’t go our way I’m afraid.
We did all we could as the weather once again played games with us. We were looking for a solid, punchy day as was forecast but late in the afternoon the 14’s and 15’s on the Tacktick wind meter just left me feeling slightly sick.
Sure they were accompanied by the odd 20 and even 21 knot gust… but those ‘holes’ in the wind would kill us as far as a speed run would go. I knew that those numbers will have a significant impact on our future and will leave me with no fond memories. Local friends on kite and wind surfers stopped in at the timing hut to offer condolensces as they knew how much it meant to us.
Still we stayed on. Dead low tide was at 4.45 pm and sunset was at 5.45pm. At low-tide the wind was building a little and I wanted to …Â Details
With the entry deadline coming on Tuesday at 5 p.m., the usual high-powered ocean racers are already lined up for Friday’s start of the 62nd Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race, led by last year’s two big winners.
David Janes and Bill Turpin’s Akela, a Reichel/Pugh 77 that won the 2008 Tommy Bahama Trophy for first overall on handicap time, and Doug Baker’s first-to-finish, record-chasing Magnitude 80 are among the Maxi Class fleet that sets the pace in the 125.5-nautical mile race, along with Roy Pat Disney sailing his dad Roy E.’s recycled Pyewacket II; Dennis Conner’s Farr 60, Stars & Stripes; several ULDB 70s, a handful of TP52s and the prototype of the latter global class, John MacLaurin’s Pendragon 4, a Davidson 52.
For the first time spectators on Balboa Pier at the new start line will have a front-row look at the two-hour sequence of starts beginning at noon. Former NOSA commodore Jerry Moulton will offer explanatory commentary from the roof of Ruby’s restaurant…Â DetailsÂ