Legendary British yachtsman Tony Bullimore’s long list of offshore adventures and accomplishments is unparalleled. In a career that’s spanned four decades and over 400,000 competitive nautical miles, Bullimore has recorded victories in the Round Britain Race, the Round Europe Race, a pair of Transatlantic contests, and the Rolex Fastnet and Middle Sea Races.
Bullimore earned worldwide notice and acclaim after surviving five long days following a capsize in the Southern Ocean in the 1996 Vendee Globe solo race around the planet, and later tackled those same stormy seas while registering a second in the Oryx Quest round-the-world race.
Now, Tony Bullimore is setting sail aboard his well-tested, 102-foot catamaran in yet another world-class yachting event: the 2009 edition of Antigua Sailing Week.
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Ron Jon Surf Shop’s Easter Surf Festival is back in Brevard County this weekend for its 45th year.
More than 100,000 surfers, fans and spectators are expected in Cocoa Beach over the weekend for the annual festivities.
The event is free, and …Â Details
A screening of the surfing documentary “BlueGreen†will benefit the Ventura Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.
The foundation will receive a portion of the proceeds of the screening set for April 21 at Zoey’s Cafe and Entertainment Loft in Ventura.
Maine filmmaker Ben Keller attempts to explain what draws humans to the ocean in his latest …Â Details
FRITZ Henderson, the new chief executive of General Motors (GM), says his company has to reinvent itself very quickly. US President Barack Obama exhorts American carmakers to regain the lead and make fuel-efficient vehicles. Washington provides US$2.4 billion to develop advanced electric-powered vehicles and a better battery. And Michigan gives tax incentives of half a billion dollars, including US$200 million for advanced batteries, to invigorate the auto capital.
Will all this spark an auto revolution in the United States? For GM, the situation has to be bittersweet, after stopping production of…Â Details