Archive for March, 2009
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Submitted by Team Seacats Blog
It’s been a while since we had a new entry in the Notably Nutty arena but I found a good one. Meet Mr. George Kourounis. George is a videographer/ photographer who is part of OLN’s (Outdoor Life Network) feature series “Angry Planet“. He seems to have an innate curiosity that drives [...]
Gary Jobson at Raritan Yacht Club
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Gary Jobson is currently doing a limited speaking tour sponsored by Mount Gay. He made a stop at RYC on Sunday March 22nd. What a joy! The guy is an awesome speaker. He shared some great stories and then presented videos of his life, Americas Cup, Acura, Newport [...]
Getting to work - Update
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Back in January, I blogged my winter projects. In the last two weekends I made big progress on the boat. Here is where I am on my Winter Projects:
1. Pressure-test my outboard. Thanks to clubmate and fellow Brit (He’s Welsh but won’t hold that against him) Mike, I [...]
Rolex finished and moving on
Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
Rolex is over and we are moving onto BVI tomorrow with a large job list. Again the conditions were beautiful and challenging. Within one short leg there were three different ”races”. We were consistently in 4th so unsurprisingly ended up in 4th.
As an aside I just learned while typing this [...]
No breakages
Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
No breakages today but the results weren’t what we hoped for. On the positive side it was blowing 15-22knots pretty flat water and it was 80F. I was still feeling like a truck ran over me and lost my voice which amused everyone.
Photo by Ingrid Abey the Rolex photographer.
Tonight [...]
Day 1 - Rolex Regatta - not a great start…
Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
Today dawned with me being sick. I have had a cold this whole week but I was physically sick - not something you want to know about. The RAF regiment boys who are racing on the boat tried to be helpful and fed me diralyte which worked the opposite [...]
David Crosby Is Selling His Alden Schooner Called Mayan
Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog
Say it aint so! David Crosby of The Byrds and CSNY fame has put his beautiful 1947, 59 foot Alden schooner, Mayan, up for sale. Berthed in Santa Barbara for the past 20 years and a regular entrant in the McNish Classic, she was the inspiration to one [...]
Beeeyoooong (Part 2)
Submitted by Team Seacats Blog
126.1 Mph - a new land sailing speed record set by the Greenbird Project crushing the previous 116mph record that has stood since 1999 and was set by Bob Schumacher in the Iron Duck! Now that’s quick.
PS - no news about the America’s Cup Ruling yet but I’m keeping a vigilent [...]
CMA CGM TOSCA
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
Today’s SotD is the CMA CGM Tosca (Port of Registry: Marseille, France, IMO: 9299783). The ship is capable of transporting about 8,500 teu and has a capacity for 700 reefers. She is 334 meters long, 43 meters wide and has a deadweight tonnage of 101,800. The vessel was built [...]
Sailing Photo of The Day - Morro Rock
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Morro Rock, originally uploaded by julesnene.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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CHRISTIAN RADICH
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
The Christian Radich (IMO: 5071729, Port of Registry: Oslo, Norway) is a sailing vessel of the type Windjammer. She was built in 1937 by Framnæs Mekaniske Verksted, Norway. This tall ship is 73 metres long overall, 9.7 metres wide and 37.7 metres high, provides accomodation for 88 passengers and [...]
Song For Friday: Billy Bragg - The Milkman of Human Kindness
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
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America’s Cup
Submitted by Team Seacats Blog
We could possibly have a final, final, final ruling from the New York State Court of Appeals today with regards to the America’s Cup….stay tuned.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Sailing Photo Of The Day - Martham, on the River Thurne
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Martham, on the River Thurne, originally uploaded by p.pitstop.
Pity about the fender!
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OYRA Crewed Lightship Race (more fun in SF)
Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
The guys on the rail….
I jumped on the Quest 33 for the lightship race on Saturday before heading for the red eye to take me back to Yeoman in St Maarten. Wayne the owner wrote about the race. It started in light air that got lighter right next to [...]
Pitchpole Thursday!
Submitted by Team Seacats Blog
Oh, this is a goodie….well done. Great soundtrack, good editing, great angles, and good action….and Ronald, thanks for the helmet. This gets an A++! Be sure to hang in there for the “deleted scenes” at the end.
How Not To Sail from Frankfurter Sam on Vimeo.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Annual USCG Safety Inspection Time
Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog
Every Spring we have an Inspector from the US Coast Guard Auxiliary come to our fleet and perform a safety inspection. We don’t have to do this. But I think it is a very prudent thing to do - and it’s free! The Inspector checks that flares are [...]
BeeeeeeeYoooooonnnng
Submitted by Team Seacats Blog
Caught flying off the coast of Spain is the new(ish) Banque Populaire G-class Trimaran. They’ve been waiting some time for a good weather window to launch their attempt at the Route of Discovery Record (the path of Christopher Columbus). In absence of the good weather, they went out for [...]
COSCO GUANGZHOU
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
Today’s Ship of the Day is the Cosco Guangzhou (IMO: 9305570, Port of Registry: Piraeus, Greece) which was one of the largest container vessels in gross tonnage about two years ago, together with her sisters: Cosco Hellas, Cosco Ningbo, Cosco Beijing and Cosco Yantian. Currently she is just one [...]
Suhaili Spotted
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
I saw Robin Knox-Johnston’s famous boat, Suhaili, in the flesh many years ago at the Royal Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. It was proudly displayed, encased in a faux-sea. Since then, it has been on the move. I thought it had been relocated to the sister museum in St [...]
Another Great Build
Submitted by Team Seacats Blog
I had a conversation with Mike (from Zhik - a company that manufacturers some of the greatest specialty sailing gear I’ve ever worn) this past weekend and he pointed me to a blog on the USACA site (US A-Catamaran Association). Tony Arends, aka “Racer-X” is home building an a-cat of his [...]
Another Great Build
Submitted by Team Seacats Blog
I had a conversation with Mike (from Zhik - a company that manufacturers some of the greatest specialty sailing gear I’ve ever worn) this past weekend and he pointed me to a blog on the USACA site (US A-Catamaran Association). Tony Arends, aka “Racer-X” is home building an a-cat of his [...]
Gone Sailin’
Submitted by Team Seacats Blog
(not on this lake…but it looks like fun) … Have a good weekend! I’ll be back on Monday….
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Pitchpole Thursday
Submitted by Team Seacats Blog
Make sure you have your sound up to listen to this one. It makes it all worthwhile….PITCHPOLE THURSDAY!
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Sailing Photo Of The Day - SBYC Snowbird Series Race 5
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
SBYC Snowbird Series Race 5, originally uploaded by Walkabout Wolf.
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