The surf gently rocks Gordon Hempton as he courts hypothermic bliss.
Surfers guard their secret spots. Hempton’s is a jade-green jewel with a long fetch of open water that catches whatever raucous weather blasts in from the Pacific.
He lives in the tiny town of Joyce, Clallam County, and records the sounds of nature for a living. At least once a week he cleanses his soul with a good scrubbing of wind, sand and saltwater.
Even with the arrival of spring last Friday…Â Details
The drivers in or out of the critical top 35 in the Sprint Cup owners’ standings didn’t change following Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
After Bristol, among the go-or-go-home set, former two-time champion Tony Stewart and highly-regarded newcomer A.J. Allmendinger remained solidly inside the top 35, as they’ve been all season…. Details
For Ericsson 3, the finish of Volvo Ocean Race leg five cannot come soon enough. It is a question of watching anxiously to see what the opposition is doing – in this case Ericsson 4, and waiting for the wind to fill in to propel them to a first-place finish in Rio de Janeiro. The team has covered a measly 189 nm in the past 24 hours.
With every three-hour position report there is a small loss or gain to be made and today at 1300 GMT, Ericsson 3 was on the up, having clawed back 15 miles from Ericsson 4 to extend their margin to 72 nautical miles.
Currently 246 nm off the Brazilian coast and parallel to Port Alegre, Ericsson 3 is making 9.3 knots. Ericsson 4 is right on her tail and still has wind, while PUMA …Â Details
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With the fleet of four 40ft boats in the Portimão Global Ocean Race safely around Cape Horn and into the South Atlantic, the Race Director, Josh Hall, takes a frank look at this achievement, the implications this has for future events and the likely impact:
March 18th,19th and 20th 2009 have become historic dates in the history of Round The World Yacht Racing and true milestones for The Portimão Global Ocean Race.
At the same time as the fleet of 70ft Volvo Ocean Race yachts rounded Cape Horn, so did the Portimão Global Ocean Race fleet of 40-footers. Both fleets manned by passionate, talented sailors and both fleets followed by a massive internet audience that held their breath as… Details