07 October 2011

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Disabled individuals find smooth sailing with adaptive programs
Medill Reports
Sailing, Horgan said. “We'd borrow boats to take people out, and the press got wind of that,” he said. “Before long, Everett Pearson (founder of Pearson Yachts), contacted me about working together on a project to develop an adaptive sailboat. ...

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WA man gets sailboat trapped beneath bridge
The Seattle Times
It was a rough morning for an 81-year-old Camas, Wash., man who told Portland, Ore., firefighters he ran afoul of four sandbars in the Columbia River before getting his recently purchased 33-footsailboat trapped underneath a railroad bridge. ...
Traditional 22ft Dhow Sailing Race at DIMC, Saturday 8th October 2011
Dubai Chronicle
After a closely contested first round of the Traditional 22ft Dhow SailingChampionships at the end of last month the teams are gearing up to race again this weekend in the second round organised by Dubai International Marine Club (DIMC) in Mina Seyahi ...
Youth sailing: National dinghy sailing championship off Marco's shores
Naples Daily News
Races will begin each Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings behind the Marco Island Marriott Resort, and are hosted by the Naples Community Sailing Center. "We are expecting more than 240 of the top youth sailors in the country, said Lisa Page, ...
Looking back on a season of sailing
Bangor Daily News
My husband and I once bought a 44-year-old sailboat from an 82-year-old fellow in Bremen. He took us out for a spin while we watched him single-hand the boat around the bay. He claimed he wanted to give up sailing and buy a motorboat. ...
Volvo Ocean Race: Crowning glory for qualifying race
BYM News (press release)
It will be a dress rehearsal fit for a princess when the most competitive Volvo Ocean Race fleet ever assembled lines up for the first time in a qualifying race from Alicante, Spain starting tomorrow. “I would suggest that whenever you put a fleet of ...
Sailing due backward
Alexandria Times
“[I've] sailed on ships starting with contemporary vessels back through history and I've sailed on some as old as the 16th century, so I've made my career sailing back in time and not forward.” “Godspeed is a square-rigged ship, so the sails are set in ...
Sailing event in Malta to launch over 70 entries from 15 nations
AHN | All Headline News
The 2011 edition of the Middle Sea Race is expected to be another huge success with over 70 entries from 15 nations having confirmed their participation in the prestigious yacht race in Malta. As of Oct. 5, 73 entries have confirmed their participation ...
Honoring the Petaluma River's sailing history
Petaluma Argus Courier
It sails every season, and participates in the revived Master Mariners Regatta every May. The staff of the Alma, as well as a group of volunteers from the River Heritage Center, will be sailing up on the Alma to Petaluma on Thursday, Oct. 6 starting ...
Paramount Park Murcia In Pole Position
International Sailing Federation
Once again the light winds placed a big premium on fast starting but the local team on Audi Azzurra Sailing Team (ITA) compromised their race when they were over very early at the busy committee boat end of the start line, forced to re-start. ...
Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta preview
Sail World (press release)
The Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta, organized by the Storm Trysail Foundation and the Larchmont Yacht Club, has grown to become the largest college sailing event in the country thanks to the support of Long Island Sound boat owners. ...
America's Cup returning to San Diego
BYM News (press release)
And now, wingsails and multihulls are coming back to San Diego, as the fleet of AC45s comes to town next month for the America's Cup World Series - there's just something about San Diego and fast sailing.
USA. 2012 BOTY Award nominees announced
BYM News (press release)
Cruising World and Sailing World magazines announced today at the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Md., their nominees for the 2012 Boat of the Year awards. The BOTY awards recognize and honor the best new sailboat models introduced to the North American ...
Freo restaurants sail into new conditions
NEWS.com.au
PORT: ISAF director John Longley and Racing & Gaming Minister Terry Waldron outside Cicerello's, one of the 14 Fremantle restaurants that will be able to serve alcohol without a meal during the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. ...
Winning start for unbeaten Williams
Royal Gazette
The Englishman went unbeaten in his opening four Group Three matches to keep firmly on course to advance to the business end of the $100000 WMRT-sanctioned regatta. After laying down his marker Williams chose to downplay his solid start to his Gold Cup ...
Extreme Series on its way to Almeria
YACHTe.com.au
The Spanish city of Almeria in the region of Andalucia will play host to Act 8 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ to be held from 12-16 October – the perfect setting for the penultimate Act of the Series where the 11 Extreme 40 teams will battle for ...
Obstacle course
ESPN
ORGANIZERS OF THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE, a triennial around-the-world yacht event that begins Oct. 29 in Alicante, Spain, decided to alter the route to avoid those pesky pirates in the Indian Ocean. Smooth sailing now, right? Not exactly. ...
Volvo Ocean Race: Botín tips 'radical' CAMPER for success
BYM News (press release)
Botín's design team were responsible for PUMA Ocean Racing's il mostro which came second in the 2008-09 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. When they got the call from CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand to design a boat for 2011-12, ...
Belcher, Page and Slingsby ranked World No 1
My Sailing
The Australian Sailing Team's 470 men's crew of Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page, and Laser sailor Tom Slingsby sit at the top of their respective classes following the latest release of world rankings overnight. While Belcher, Page and Slingsby ...
60000 visitors a day expected to hit Weymouth and Portland Olympics
Dorset Echo
By Laura Kitching » AN ESTIMATED 60000 visitors a day are expected to descend on Weymouth and Portland for next summer's Olympic sailing events. The unprecedented tourist attraction is going to provide a major boost to the borough's tourist industry ...
America's Cup: Television NZ admits error over Youtube block in NZ
Sail World
'Sail-World has been a long-time supporter of the America's Cup and a tremendous advocate of the sport of sailing worldwide.' YouTube has been in existence just six years, it is a subsidiary of Google. Youtube is the world's largest video portal having ...
All hands on deck: Sailing team seeks new shipmates
Maroon
"Any student can join the sailing team regardless of experience. The vast majority of people who join have had little to no experience. I had only been on a sailboat once before I joined the sailing team," said Victoria Calder, vice commodore and ...
22nd Caribbean 1500 Rally Departs Hampton, Virginia November 7
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
On November 7, the largest and longest running sailboat cruising rally in North America, the Caribbean 1500, departs historic Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia at 12:00 noon (weather permitting) for the sunny shores of the British Virgin Islands and the ...
Maserati Building Boat, Aiming for Sailing World Records
Kilometer Magazine
The Maserati name probably doesn't conjure up images of wood decks and sails for most people, but the company has decided to support an Italian sailing effort to claim a few records, anyway. We just hope the officials check the rear of the cabin for ...
Malaysian Match Racing Championship (MMRC) Line-Up Unveiled
EIN News (press release)
The annual championship will see eight local sailing teams vying for the sole chance to represent Malaysia at the Monsoon Cup, which will take place from 22nd - 27th November 2011 at the same venue in Terengganu. Defending MMRC champion, Jeremy Koo, ...
Learning curve for junior Bermuda team
Royal Gazette
Among the pre-regatta favourites are German, Swiss and Polish champion Marvin Frisch and past US and UK National champion Leonard Takahashi-Fry. Junior Gold Cup sailing gets underway today in the Great Sound, with Sunday's final to be staged in ...
All hands on deck: Sailing team seeks new shipmates « - College ...
By: By RICHARD DEMPSEY Contributing Writer Sailing club prepares to shore off this fall. For thirty dollars and the ability to swim, Loyola students can learn the art of sailing and compete in regattas. 'Any student can join the sailing team ...
College Media Network
Student Organization Spotlight – AC Sailing Club takes to the sea ...
By Samantha Bailey
In the fall of 2009, one sophomore had a vision. She wanted to see her college have a competitive sailing team. That sophomore is now a senior and her name...
The College World
With regatta, Harbor School turns to city's sailors for support ...
By Philissa Cramer
“We're finally introducing the Harbor School to the sailing community,” said Murray Fisher, the eight-year-old school's co-founder and the head of its support foundation. Coupled with a fundraising gala tonight on Governor's Island, the regatta ...
GothamSchools » Newsroom
WA man gets sailboat trapped beneath bridge - Northwest - The ...
It was a rough morning for an 81-year-old Camas, Wash., man who told Portland, Ore., firefighters he ran afoul of four sandbars in the Columbia River before getting his recently purchased 33-foot sailboattrapped underneath a railroad bridge. ... Two of Washington's best-known sailing ships will be on hand this weekend as the 32nd Olympia Wooden Boat Fair returns to Percival Landing. Among the 41 boats attending the festival will be the 133-foot schooner Adventuress and the ...
The Olympian Online -- Northwest
150 years of Falmouth sailing tradition under threat - Yachts and ...
If the Finding Sanctuary(FS) report is accepted by ministers, and the recommended St Mawes bank reference Marine Conservation Zone (MCZr)should proceed, it will do long lasting damage.
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Historical articles and illustrations » Blog Archive » Sailing for glory ...
By The Publisher
This edited article about sailing originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 833 published on 31 December 1977. Clare Francis, picture, image, illustration. Clare Francis sailing from Falmouth to Newport in her sloop, Gulliver G, ...
Historical articles and illustrations
[EN] A Final Race of High Suspense Secures a French Victory on ...
Their second victory of the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series, after their win in the ... about what we have achieved after the Cowes regatta,” said Pierre Pennec. ...
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