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sail on, doug peterson
Sad to say that Doug Peterson, noted designer, passed away today. As a kid, I was fascinated with Ganbare, the boat that changed big boat sailing and set the tone for the IOR for almost a decade.
Years later, when I wandered into Carl Eichenlaub’s yard to talk about Lightnings, there
mother and child
Wednesday, 7th of June a huge storm hit the whole of the western province, causing all schools to be closed for the day. We usually train up to four times a week, but the wind was too strong and no one wanted to go sailing in the overcast weather. So
quick pro
Big Pimpin’
If you like sailing with and against the best of the best in the world’s best sailing destinations, have we got a boat for you! More from their first-ever regatta in Porto Cervo at the Melges 40 Facebook Page.
hawaiian style
Saturday morning at 9:30 am HST, June 17, 2017, Hōkūle‘a along with sister-ship Hikianalia returned home to Hawaii after a three-year worldwide voyage. Their tour included 150 port calls in 23 countries with 60,000 nautical miles shared between the two double-hulled sailing canoes.
Escorting the two sailing canoes were six others
floater
My Santa Cruz 33 project is moving right along. The good folks at Shelter Island Boatyard just finished putting a very nice Pettit Vivid White bottom on the boat. They did a great job and went out of their way to make sure that we were happy. This is the
finished business
Year one of the Race2Alaska had Tripp and Chris Burd on a hate mission onboard a 22 foot/year-old racing cat with a fresh coat of paint and a 38′ mast. No shelter but an endless supply of the adrenaline-filled moments the Burds seemed to feed on. They finished, set a world
lost and found
On Tuesday, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Coast Guard announced the discovery of the lost cutter McCulloch off the coast of California, one century after she was lost in a collision.
The Coast Guard Cutter McCulloch was discovered in October by a Coast Guard and NOAA research team in the
don’t wish upon a star
There was a little bit of carnage out there on the open ocean toward the end of last week as the OSTAR and TWOSTAR fleets dealt head-on with an intense low pressure system. The boats racing solo and double-handed from Plymouth, England to Newport, Rhode Island had no way to
flicked
In maybe the strangest thing we’ve seen in a very strange America’s Cup, Artemis skipper Nathan Outteridge got flicked off boat after giving the helm to rush over to the other wheel. Sadly the video doesn’t show the actual flick, but Nathan’s bobbing head in the water tells the story…
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