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messingaboutinboats.typepad — Camper Regatta - Conde de Godó Trophy - Barcelona, originally uploaded by Nico Martinez Photo.

forums.sailingworld — The Leo Robbins Community Sailing Center was established in Ventura, CA in 1972. In the years since, the staff of the Leo Robbins Sailing Center, with the support of the City of Ventura Community Services Department, the Ventura Maritime Foundation, and the California Department of Boating & Waterways, have created...

messingaboutinboats.typepad — 1900's Women on a Sailboat, originally uploaded by captainpandapants.

valenciasailing.blogspot — If you had any doubt the RC44's are true racing machines that take off downwind just watch the video I took onboard Katusha in the last downwind leg of the race against AEZ. Even if the Russian team, skippered by Paul Cayard, had a comfortable lead over the Austrian team...

forums.sailingworld — RC 44 Championship Tour 2010 ...

forums.sailingworld — Manroland Tornado World Championship 2010 – Don’t miss the action!!!! When: 23 – 30 July Where: Travemunde, Germany The Lubeck Bay is not only welcoming the 121st edition of...

gcaptain —  PHOTO: FOX NEWSNEW ORLEANS — A wellhead in southeastern Louisiana was spewing a mist of oil and gas up to 100 feet into the air after being hit by a tug boat early Tuesday morning, officials said. It is at least the third unrelated oil leak in the area since...

timzim.blogspot — As part of an order for some more electronics components, I saw some LED's in the 'customers who bought these also bought these' section.I thought 'why not' and ordered 10 of them.Big mistake - you can see a strip of seven of them in the picture - the little green...

dailyboater — Lake Disappears, 100s of Boats Destroyed in Iowa Do not try this at home. The raw video below shows just how powerful water can be and is a reminder to all of us boaters that any body of water should be respected. In Iowa this past weekend, a nine-mile-long lake disappeared...

gcaptain — UPDATE: July 26 2009 – gCaptain first reported on the Plastitki, a 60-foot catamaran made out of 2-liter soda bottles, over a year ago and we are now happy to report that the Plastiki has completed its 11,000 mile voyage from San Francisco to Sydney. theplastiki.com tells us about...

valenciasailing.blogspot — The first of the three 34th America's TV trials ended on Sunday in Valencia and the media team of the current Defender is making public parts of the footage the dozens of cameras captured during the four days of testing. Some of the videos are uninspiring, others are interesting and...

torresen — Message from Race Organizers: Race Tracking is an important part of the Race to Mackinac experience and we appreciate all of you who are following the Race as dedicated fans. Chicago Yacht Club and the Race to Mackinac Committee recognize that many of you are frustrated and we’ve been actively working...

torresen — After four days of racing in a variety of conditions across a mix of around-the-buoys and distance, New York Yacht Club’s seventh biennial Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex came to an end this afternoon. Light winds threatened to cancel the last day of racing for the 35 competing...

torresen — At Windermere point this a.m. Natalie J. just finished! Also coming under the bridge are Equation, Vincitore, and Talisman. Jugband and Mirage called in at the bridge at Midnight, but have since been stuck in a hole with sails luffing. Check out our Facebook page for photos of the Natalie...

torresen — Evolution – 2200 Saturday – Sailed back inside and ran right into Stripes. Net gain of outside gamble- zero. Evolution – 0500 Sunday – Woke up to find ourselves in the middle of class 2. Not a good morning. Evolution – 0755 Sunday - Harken’s Mark Wiss and SAILING Magazine’s Greta Schanen enjoy...

torresen — Trying to explain where the fleet is, even with tracking, is an awful lot like hitting a moving target. (Unless you were parked this morning between the bridge and the finish line……ouch) At the island as of this writing - Turbos – Beau Geste, Windquest, Runaway, Natalie J, Vincitore, Equation & Merlin Section 1...

torresen — Evolution – 0800 Monday – Finally moving toward Gray’s reaching with an A sail. God willing we might finish yet today Evolution – 0845 – Rounding Gray’s Reef with most of class two, alongside Main Street. Not our best race. Bassed her by Can 3. Share or bookmark this story:

torresen — Full and By – July 2008 In each year’s race, when our boat passes Gray’s Reef lighthouse, several crewmembers toss handfuls of candy or other offerings overboard for former mates asleep in the deep. The ashes of many a Mackinac sailor have been spread on the water near this iconic mark...

dailyboater — Cruise 8,000 nautical miles on a boat made of 12,500 recycled bottles? Check. The Plastiki completed its journey earlier today from San Francisco to Sydney after more than 130 days at sea. During the trip, environmentalist David de Rothschild and his crew sailed by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a...

torresen — 0430 Race Time, Monday, July 26th. The water at the Straits of Mackinaw is glass. There is an occasional dark spot indicating a touch of breeze, but they are few and far between.  This is evidenced by the Turbo Runaway being perched near the finish line and currently moving at under one knot....

valenciasailing.blogspot — While we're waiting for the RC44 Valencia Cup to start why not have a quick quiz? What boat is this?

torresen — Runaway finished at 0449 Sunday morning. Things are a bit reflective as they come into the harbor to join the big guns. Share or bookmark this story:

torresen — Crossing the finish line at 21:42:10, Beau Geste,  the Farr 80 owned by Karl Kwok of Hong Kong had no problem making last call on the Island. Congratulations!!! Share or bookmark this story:

torresen — DogDayz skippered by Dan VandenBossche was first to cross the line in the Chicago Yacht Club’s 102nd running on the Race to Mackinac, presented by Veuve Clicquot. DogDayz, a Tartan 4100 TM CB, was part of the cruising division and finished a little after 7pm eastern time. As part of the...