Riptides can carry hapless swimmers out into the ocean very quickly – by the time a lifeguard is able swim out to rescue them, it may be too late. Using a Jet Ski to reach struggling swimmers is one option, although such watercraft can be expensive, problematic to store on-site, and difficult to launch for [...]
Riptides can carry hapless swimmers out into the ocean very quickly – by the time a lifeguard is able swim out to rescue them, it may be too late. Using a Jet Ski to reach struggling swimmers is one option, although such watercraft can be expensive, problematic to store on-site, and difficult to launch for [...]
They’re off – again – Leg 2 A wind hole developed as the boats started on the second leg of four that will take them anti-clockwise entirely round the two islands of New Zealand in The Round New Zealand Race 2012. This will be one of 2012′s most challenging offshore races and SSANZ is delighted [...]
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY! At 2130 a Mayday call was sent out by a competitor in the Two Handed Round NZ Race. Pelagian II set off their EPIRB at a position about 275 miles West of New Plymouth when they found they were taking in water faster than they could pump it out. The center of [...]
The first race They’re off! A very special group of boats started on the first leg of four that will take them anti-clockwise entirely round the two islands of New Zealand in The Round New Zealand Race 2012. This will be one of 2012′s most challenging offshore races and SSANZ is delighted to announce that [...]
Riptides can carry hapless swimmers out into the ocean very quickly – by the time a lifeguard is able swim out to rescue them, it may be too late. Using a Jet Ski to reach struggling swimmers is one option, although such watercraft can be expensive, problematic to store on-site, and difficult to launch for [...]
Riptides can carry hapless swimmers out into the ocean very quickly – by the time a lifeguard is able swim out to rescue them, it may be too late. Using a Jet Ski to reach struggling swimmers is one option, although such watercraft can be expensive, problematic to store on-site, and difficult to launch for [...]
follow the chatter on Sailing Anarchy here Ben Ainslie to join ORACLE Racing for America’s Cup defense Posted on 10 January 2012 Ben Ainslie, Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor of all time, is set to become a full-time member of ORACLE Racing’s sailing squad for the 34th America’s Cup defence on Francisco Bay in 2013. [...]
Tsunami Debris Already Arriving, B.C. Mayor Says The coastal community of Tofino, B.C., spent the Christmas season mentally preparing for the grim task of collecting, sorting and cataloguing debris from the tsunami that devastated parts of coastal Japan early this year. more here Greetings yachties, In this issue: Laura Dekker – almost job done, Volvo [...]
more here Greetings yachties, In this issue: ISAF – OSR 2012/2013 (Off Shore Racing Rules) update, Ker 40, Volvo Ocean Race – Merry Christmas, Christchurch – 4 more quakes, Jules Verne Trophy – approaching/passing Cape Horn, Speed Dream, Outrageous Fortune to Hobart, World On Water – episode 52, Team Sanya, suffered damage rigging, Volvo Ocean [...]
