When heavily armed marines and government tax agents stormed eight marinas on Mexico's Pacific and Caribbean coasts, boaters thought they were witnessing a major drug takedown. The mostly American and Canadian retirees found out that the target was actually them — couples spending their golden years sailing warm-weather ports in modest 40-foot boats. After inspecting more than 1,600 vessels in late November, the Mexican government's Treasury Department announced it had initiated seizure orders against 338 boats it accused of lacking a $70 permit (source infra) --
US, Canadian boaters left in limbo in Mexico - Businessweek: ".... Spindler, who has been sailing to Mexico for 36 years and publishes the sailing magazine Latitude 38, estimated that about 45 of the 53 boats at the marina where his boat was seized are owned by Americans or Canadians. "Mexico wants and greatly supports nautical tourism," he said, but warned that the heavy-handed approach could put the sailing sector at risk. "I'm getting all these letters from people now going: 'Well, that's it. I was going to go to Mexico, I was a little scared before, but now I'm not going to do it for sure,'" he said. . . "This is the killer, these people are the greatest ambassadors for Mexico you have ever heard," Spindler said. "It's given Mexico a really black eye."
Caribbean Sailing Tour video - Part 3 of 4 - Bahamas, St Kitt's, Nevis, Dolphins . . . Part 3 starts out with arriving at Guadeloupe under a beautiful rainbow, a night in Deshais harbor and then off to the Saintes. From there we sail with Dolphins on approach to the magnificent mountainous shores of Dominica, forever to be known as the Island of Discovery . . .
GCC sailing tour to stop in UAE next month
gulfnews.com
The 15-day, 760-nautical mile race is the GCC region's only annual long-distance offshore sailing event. More than ten teams are expected to compete in identical Farr 30 one-design keelboats, stopping at eight ports across the region from Manama to ...
Australian team named for Youth Worlds after successful championships
My Sailing
After five days of racing the 2014 Australian Youth Championship on the Mornington Peninsula, VIC came to a close on Friday with the 2014 national champions crowned and positions on the 2014 Australian Sailing Youth Team secured. The 2014 Australian ...
Cup sailors focus on catamaran sailing in 2014
America's Cup
America's Cup sailors and teams are focusing their efforts on catamaran sailing in 2014, as they await the rules for the next event. A Protocol, defining the rules and schedule for the 35th America's Cup, is expected to be released in the coming months.
Blairgowrie youth sailing competition attracts hundreds
Herald Sun
Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron and Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club, in conjunction with Yachting Australia, held the 2014 Australian Youth Championship that ran from January 6 - 10. The championship, open to competitors under the age of 19, doubled as a ...
Kids sail into fun new sport as club hosts program
Central Telegraph
Giorgio Impiccini, 8, at the Port Curtis Sailing Club Junior Start Sailing program. Brenda Strong. SAILING is a sport that is often overlooked by children beginning their time in the recreational world, preferring mainstream ball sports like rugby ...
Sailing club "flabbergasted" after raising £20k for charity - thanks to Ben ...
Bournemouth Echo
The Salterns Sailing Club in Lymington has been raising money for Children in Need over several months. But the campaign's coordinator thinks that the chance of the private lesson with Olympian Ben Ainslie played a part in their raising a record ...
Boat may be beached, but memories are still sailing
Gig Harbor Life
Since then, Guenther — the current facilities and special projects manager for PenMet Parks in Gig Harbor — has spent more than 25 years sailing the 18-foot craft up and down the West Coast. Now he hopes a new owner will continue the boat's biography ...
Anna Tunnicliffe retires from Olympic Sailing
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
I owe a big 'thank you' to US Sailing, US Sailing Team Sperry Top Sider, Carmeuse, Kaenon, Harken, Mclube, and Zhik for being there with me all the way. Also thank you to all the other Sponsors who helped make each of my campaigns a huge success.
It's no Illusion — they did sail in that weather!
Isle of Wight County Press
WHILE the IW was battered by storm surges, heavy rain and high winds, Bembridge Harbour provided just enough shelter for sailors to enjoy some quality action last weekend, as boats took part in its Illusion Ice Breaker Trophy competition. Forecasts did...
‘The salty water was dangerously reaching the cockpit edge and we had to
prevent the boat from taking too much water’
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*After a mere 12 years restoration, Gerben Bergsma gets a little more than
he bargained for in a race from Harlingen to the isle of Terschelling*
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