Voyaging News
The women who spent 51 days at sea in a tiny boat the length of two minis ended their epic 2,000-mile journey on July 25 at Tower Bridge in London.
The latest Global Ocean Race (GOR) entry is the Franco-British duo of Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron: a team that will bring an enormous bank of offshore experience to the double-handed circumnavigation in a new and powerful Class40 Pogo S² from the Structures yard in Bénodet, Brit...
Running Fix Blog
Flight simulator programs have made remarkable strides in realism in the past decade. And a similar improvement has occured on the marine simulator side. For those who haven't seen the type of realism available on a PC, check out Ship Simulator Extremes from VSTEP. From the press release:
The leaders in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race are only 500 miles from finishing. And right now its Groupama and Telefonica Azul vying for the lead, with big winds due for the racers as they pass the west coast of Irel...
While the economic news may not be the cheeriest as we head into the fall, Tartan Yachts is betting on the future by moving into new production, office and showroom facilities in Painesville, Ohio. From the pres...
The Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race started today and you can follow the progress of the boats live on line. Just go to the tracking page and watch as the boats make their way around. The racers are currentl...
Usually, you don't get a chance to see a power voyager working through really rough seas. The simple reason is that nobody is out there at sea with a camera to record it. Luckily for us, voyager and designer Steve Dashew wanted to see how his latest creation, a 64-foot power voyaging yacht named ...
Learning the ropes
Modern sailors and power cruisers may have little recollection of natural fiber lines, but the rope manufacturing process that began centuries ago continues today. The process has been bolstered by better machinery and cutting edge chemistry, allowing miracle fibers to be spun into yarns, twisted...
Chartroom Chatter
Madman across the water – 1,152 days at sea
On many levels Reid Stowe’s recently completed non-stop 1,152-day ocean passage must command the respect of any serious bluewater sailor. For the first 306 days it was just him and one inexperienced female photographer, Soanya Ahmad, wrangling his heavy 70-foot gaff-rigged schooner Anne...
More newcomers sail in Newport Bermuda Race
The 2010 Newport Bermuda Race concluded on June 23 with a total of 183 yachts officially competing. Thirty percent of the fleet were first timers, a larger group than in the recent past when new competitors made up anywhere from 20 to 25 percent of the racers. Ten classes of yachts sailed in the ...
Estrela returns after six and a half years of voyaging
In November 2003, Douglas and Kyle Hopkins and their daughters Eliza, 9, and Abigail, 12, left Long Island Sound for what was to have been a two-year voyage around the world aboard their 32-foot sailboat, Estrela.
Nav Problems
May/June 2010 Issue 186: At sea again
A gentle voice calls my name. I am in a dream and opening my eyes I see that I am laying on rumpled sheets, still dressed. There is gurgling noise, like water overflowing a tub. I take a few seconds to remember that I am aboard a sailing ship, somewhere between Bermuda and St. Thomas...
Ocean classroom aboard Harvey Gamage
Since being launched in 1973 the 131-foot schooner Harvey Gamage has put more than 100,000 miles under her keel. In that time the stout schooner, named for the builder of the same name, has survived everything the sea has thrown in her way, while upholding exacting standards of seamanshi...
Seminars
Offshore Emergency Medicine™
27 – 29 October 2010
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