Category: Offshore Ocean Racing
Volvo Ocean race uses armed ship for pirates
Well, its an amazing offshore sailing adventure that unfortunately now requires armed ships to protect the ocean sailors. VOLVO Ocean Race organisers have put the future of the event on the line, sending the five boats off on an armed transport ship to traverse waters made too dangerous to sail by pirate activity. Race [...]
Category: Offshore Ocean Racing
Threat of Pirates Forces Re-Route of Sailing Race Around World
This is a continuing story of danger on the high seas in this part of the world. The Pirates hold the worlds freight and demand huge fees to secure a safe passage. This must be stopped ! What can the world do about this? Park the world navy over there for a while to reset the [...]
Category: Offshore Ocean Racing
In the old days solo sailors didn’t have support like today…
Girl Power… Emma Creighton… solo sailor doing it alone ! Lets help Emma… Lorient, France, July 15, 2011—In the world of European offshore sailing, having a dialed-in shore team and plenty of sponsorship is rapidly becoming the norm, making it much harder for ‘regular’ sailors to participate. Amongst her fellow skippers participating in the 2011 Mini [...]
Category: Offshore Ocean Racing, Solo Sailors
Start of the ARC 2010 – the 25th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers | 2010 Awesome Event…
2011 ARC fully booked Despite the piracy issues in the Red Sea, cruisers appear not to have been deterred from setting sail elsewhere on bluewater adventures. The UK-based World Cruising Club, organiser of the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers), say the 2011 event has been booked out well ahead of the official cut-off date. “The [...]
Category: Offshore Ocean Racing
America’s Cup welcomes China in 2013 to San Francisco
AC45 Wing-Sailed Catamaran America’s Cup welcomes China in 2013 to San Francisco. The Cup will be raced on AC 45 winged sail catamaran’s The AC 45 will advance innovative yacht design and will result in new developments for the boating community.
Category: Offshore Ocean Racing
The Daily Sail
Just came across this great website… racing sailor’s homepage full of great stories, pic, videos and lessons for the offshore sailing community… Check it out!
Category: Offshore Ocean Racing
2010 Phuket King’s Cup Regatta Day 5 – morning update
This definitely isn’t the end to the 2010 Phuket Kings Cup Regatta that any sailor wants to experience. Our thoughts go out to the race committee, community, and the sailors.
Category: Offshore Ocean Racing
Kings Cup 2010 – SailTV action on Day 5
An unusual onshore breeze overnight has the 2010 Phuket Cup Regatta in Thailand fighting to keep the racing boats off the beach… Have a look at Sail.TV coverage. Watch Sail.tv video of the onshore breeze
Category: Offshore Ocean Racing
Storm Trysail Foundation Award presented to Ted Turner and Crew
The Storm Trysail Club’s charitable educational foundation, the Storm Trysail Foundation (STF), has awarded Ted Turner and his 19-man crew of Tenacious–winner of the infamous gale-battered 1979 Fastnet Race–with its newly inaugurated Storm Trysail Foundation Award. (Crew members are Peter Bowker, Richard Collins, Courtney Jenkins, Gary Jobson, Duby Joslin, Jim Mattingly, Rives Potts, Jane Potts, [...]
Category: Offshore Ocean Racing
