Sounds like he wants to stop for some refreshments. The best laid plans…. Posted: 16 Apr 2009 05:04 AM PDT And still it blows! It is at lceast beginning to ease up a little and the sea has simmered a little though it looks as though she will boil again tomorrow….Last night the retrieval line [...]
From Ollys Blog Saturday, April 11, 2009Easter tidings…. A fine day, warmer and sunny followed by a magnificent full moon lighting the silvery waves this evening. Few miles clawed to the east. There were many flocks of birds crossing our path today heading north – I wonder if they’re off to warmer climes for winter. [...]
Record Breaking Quadriplegic Woman Re-Launches Solo Sail Around Britain. Hilary is preparing to complete the round Britain dream starting from Plymouth at the end of May, 2009. Hilary Lister, 36, will officially re-launch the “Round Britain Dream”, in which she aims to become the first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain, on stand P80 [...]
more here The top skippers in the world have been invited to the 2009 ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship in Lysekil, Sweden held during Lysekil Women’s Match from 27 July-1 August. With women’s match racing on the Olympic programme for the first time at the London Games in 2012, the World Championships this summer [...]
Winners “The best in the world were here, and our wins in the Round Robin against current World Champion Ian Williams and Ed Baird (Alinghi helmsman) in the quarter finals gave us confidence. We started today without any pressure, as we had already reached our objective. We are really happy and proud!” more here MINOPRIO [...]
Part 1 Part 2 more here Boatshed reports bumper sales By IBI Magazine/Motor Boat & Yachting UK-based yacht broker Boatshed.com has reported another month of buoyant boat sales. The company says that despite tough market conditions, a number of positive factors have led to decent sales results. Peter Watt of Boatshed Portsmouth says: “The strength [...]
Weather guru of sailonline, Brainaid For your next adventure offshore and you want to know the weather go here With the Portimão Global Ocean Race fleet stalled by light breeze, the event’s Race Director, Josh Hall, draws on his immense ocean racing experience to describe the frustration and fatigue that the teams may be feeling: [...]
500 more photos here ALL POINTS NORTH The first milestone of leg five was achieved yesterday, when Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) led the fleet through the first of two scoring gates on leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race, to collect the maximum of four points. The team now has 53 points in total and [...]
nice jib Oskar Kihlborg/Ericsson Racing Team “That didn’t sound good,” said Justin. “Nope,” I said. PUMA LEG TWO DAY 5 QFB: received 19.11.08 0743 GMT Greetings from the monster hospital ward. And the hospital is not necessary humans. Just for our beautiful boat. At 0430 GMT this morning, we flew off yet another nice little [...]
BIG WAVES, BIG ACTION “The depression in the South Atlantic has aligned itself perfectly to fire the fleet to Cape Town at record place,” promises Green Dragon’s skipper, Ian Walker/GBR. But the although the 24-hour record of 562.96 nautical miles currently held by ABN AMRO TWO could be broken, it is a question of which [...]
