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Cancer survivor's sailing success Suffolk Free Press They are truly inspiring.” Dame Ellen MacArthur founded the trust in 2003 after spending time with a similar organisation in France. The charity's aim is to boost the self-confidence of young cancer patients through sailing, allowing them to test ... | ||||||
Van Voorhis clan sails as one Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Heide picked up sailing when she was 2, starting on a one-person Laser Class sailboat. "Sailing is a lifelong sport and there is never an opportunity where you're not learning," Bowen said. "Every condition is different, every day is different. ... | ||||||
Maine Maritime sailors take on world in next effort Morning Sentinel Joseph and seven others on the Mariners' big boat offshore sailing team are slated to compete for the top spot among the world's best college sailing teams this fall in France. The team sailed away with the US championship for big boat offshore racing ... | ||||||
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A new name for sailing trust charity News Guardian A NORTH Shields-based charity is making waves with the launch of its new identity. Ocean Youth Trust North has officially changed its name as it launches an assertive new campaign to make young people throughout the region aware of the sail training ... | ||||||
Sailboat lands on Hampton Bays lawn Newsday (subscription) Click here Sailboat lands on Hampton Bays lawn 8 m ago By Keith Herbert When Thor Anderson woke up Sunday morning, there was a 28-foot sailboat on his front lawn in Hampton Bays. The only problem: It wasn't his boat. “It's about 50 feet away from my ... | ||||||
Lack of breeze cancelled practice race of 2011 Region of Murcia Trophy: 2011 ... bettor.com (blog) However, the practice race will be commenced next day to begin the fourth regatta of 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit. All eight teams of TP52 series have reached Cartagena, Spain to take part in the fourth leg of the season. So far they have seen strong winds ... | ||||||
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Schock 35 Nationals: Michaelis' Mako takes top honors in close fought regatta BYM News (press release) Leading at the end of the first two days, but finishing the regatta in second place was Richard Fish's Outlier. “In our first race today MAKO boxed us in next to the Race Committee boat,” Fish said, “and we had to back out of the start. ... | ||||||
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Montague sailor has his life jacket, and emergency responders, to thank for ... Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com By Jerry W. Morlock | Muskegon Chronicle When Bruce Froelich's small sailboat capsized for the fifth time during high winds in Lake Michigan Saturday, he thought: "This is the last day I'm going to be alive." The 60-year-old Montague man was wearing a ... | ||||||
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After hurricane, New Yorkers hardly miss a beat Houston Chronicle COLLEEN LONG, AP, DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Zack Fluhr of New York secures his sail boat at the Manhattan Sailing club marina on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 in New York. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered mandatory evacuations for residents in ... | ||||||
Green Dragon Sails Again Afloat Ireland's Volvo 70 the Green Dragon was back on the water again yesterday, two years after she had finished fifth out of seven entries in the 2009 Volvo Ocean Race. In spite of the disappointing performance the boat was welcomed in to Galway after the ... | ||||||
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Tall Ships say farewell to Turku Helsingin Sanomat A total of 30 tall ships took part in The Culture 2011 Tall Ships' Regatta in Turku over the weekend. ”Among the vessels were four ships of more than 100 metres in length, including the world's longest and second longest traditional sailing ships”, ... | ||||||
Hard on Port Wins Cruisers III DBSC Cruiser Challenge Event Afloat In what at first glance looks like a repeat of the results from July's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta there are familiar name at the top of the leaderboard after the weekend's Dublin Bay Sailing Club Cruiser Challenge contested by 70 boats from 7 classes. ... | ||||||
Hamilton hosts Mobility Cup Hamilton Spectator Millar decided to give sailing a shot again and got his start in the Mobility Cup, Canada's international regatta for disabled sailors. He had to spend two years relearning everything, but he hasn't looked back since. In 2004, he went to Athens to ... | ||||||
UK 18 foot Skiff Nationals: Pica leads after six races BYM News (press release) The lighter conditions, resulted in a unanimous decision for big rigs which teams had given a serious shakedown in the heavy weather sailing yesterday. The start was committee boat biased with Pica winning the start and Investec to leeward. ... | ||||||
Espey Wins Lasers, Local Sailor Takes Radials at Lough Derg Nationals Afloat LDYC Sailing Secretary, Michael McCarney, said that the "seventy plus volunteers, helping out at the event, ensured four great days of racing". He said that the "wildly varying weather conditions provided quite a challenge for sailors and race ... | ||||||
Anybody lose a sailboat? | Universal Hub By adamg Anybody lose a sailboat? By adamg - 8/28/11 - 7:38 pm. Lost sailboat in Swampscott. Tim Mouradian photographed a lost sailboat in Swampscott today. Copyright Tim Mouradian. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr. Reply · E-mail this ... Universal Hub | ||||||
Weston Regatta at Weston Sailing Club - Yachts and Yachting Online The Weston regatta took place over the August bank holiday weekend with six races being held over the three days. The camping field was available for the whole weekend and the club barbecue was available for participants to cook their ... Latest news from Yachts and Yachting... | ||||||
America's Cup – Wired Magazine | Illustrophile, Illustration blog ... By Joel Kimmel I'm really excited to show you these new portraits and spots I did for the new issue of Wired Magazine. This job for one of my favorite magazines came in on Canada Day, giving me one more reason to celebrate. Wired uses a ton of great ... Illustrophile, Illustration blog,... | ||||||
This is Exeter | Regatta's special date By Exeter Express and Echo Both of the events were free to enter and there were prizes for the winners. The regatta in its present form was revived by Sidmouth Sailing Club. Collections were taken for the local branch of the RNLI during events held on Saturday evening. ... Exeter All Content Feed | ||||||
The Sabang International Regatta | IndonesiaCultures.Com By Dimitri Jointly organized with the Technical Assistance from the Indonesian Sailing Federation, and supported by the provincial government, the Sabang International Regatta kicks off with a pre-regatta dinner on the evening of September 13 in ... IndonesiaCultures.Com | ||||||
Pacific Northwest Boating News: Two tales of sailing down the west ... By Marty McOmber Tom Brown and Jeanne Walker on their sailboat, Eagle, after arriving in Eureka, Calif. Editor's note: For Northwest sailors heading to California, Mexico and points further afield, the trip down the west coast can be difficult and hazardous, with ... Three Sheets Northwest | ||||||
Champagne Twilight Sailing Experience - Perth - DUPLICATE ... This Fremantle champagne sail is the perfect after-work wind down with friends or colleagues, or the perfect date with to share with someone special. Gift Ideas | Adventure and Experience... | ||||||
World Tour Stories - Alex and Taru sailing around the world: Hey ... By World Tour Stories Did you know that the previous owner of this beauty of a boat that we're now busy preparing for a circumnavigation was D Randy West? Yes, the professional racing sailor and author of the famous Hurricane Book. Randy is very well known ... World Tour Stories - Alex and... | ||||||
Windfinder - News/Blog about Windfinder, Kitesurfing, Windsurfing ... pkra_2011_spo_race.jpg. On the first day, big parts of the Freestyle trials were held. The days afterwards, there was a lot of light wind with a lot of races going on. It was again a fight between the two Americans Adam Koch and John Heineken. ... Windfinder News | ||||||
Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 | Year of the Tiger for Team Sanya Despite sailing for the first time only last year, Teng's tenacious spirit has earned him a coveted position aboard China's first entry in the Volvo Ocean Race and ... www.volvooceanrace.com/en/Year-of-the...for.../news.html
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‘Boat ownership is a wildly impractical love affair, and gets complicated
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*Boat love is like any love: expensive, time consuming, and utterly
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