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Some good news for a change…
MELINKA, Chile (17 Mar 2008) — Three scientists stand on a hillside on the remote island of Melinka in Southern Chile. In the distance, across the shimmering waters of the Gulf of Corcovado, are the majestic snow-capped peaks of the Andes mountains.
All three are peering through high-powered binoculars, scanning the horizon methodically.
Suddenly, biologist Yacquiline Montecinos spots a spray of water piercing the horizon, six miles or so off shore.
“There … whale. Blue whale,” she says excitedly. Montecinos has seen hundreds of these spouts, but she still gets excited when she finds one.
And why not? She is part of a team researching a previously unknown population of blue whales, the biggest mammal on the planet, bigger than the biggest dinosaur. They can be up to 100 feet long and 100 tons.
Amusing/embarassing series of videos of a small sailboat pinned against Pier 39 in San Francisco, from lebanese symbian robot on SA. There but for the grace of God…
Wind shift #1 from Lee Shore on Vimeo.
Wind shift #2 from Lee Shore on Vimeo.
The rescue from Lee Shore on Vimeo.
The South Tower Red Nun is one of the fastest bouys known to man, and has beaten many a sailor in SMG contests for decades.
From photoboy’s reporting of yesterdays Double Handed Lightship race on SA. Purchase a print here.
NEWS: Coast Guard searches for sailors missing after Golden Gate race
A new blog on indigenous boats is up, looks interesting. The author is an editor at International Marine, publisher of Gary Dierking’s book on sailing outriggers. Thanks to Gavin at intheboatshed.net for the find!
Now if only Bob will change his default font to a larger size so I can read it!
The scene of Crown racing a catamaran replaced a similar scene in the original script (and the original movie) that was set at a polo match. Director John McTiernan deemed a polo match to be too much of a cliche, and wanted a scene that conveyed more action and excitement, and not just wealth.
The catamaran that Thomas Crown is seen racing in Long Island Sound is a D-Type Catamaran, an extremely fast and highly unstable yacht design from the 1980s. The D-Type’s were designed by California based aeronautical engineers to try to break inshore multihull speed records. Today there are only a handful of them left in the world.
Patagonia- Hawaiian Sailing Canoes: Kane’ohe Bay to Hale’iwa
Watch as three- and six-person teams in Hawaiian sailing canoes race around the northeast corner of O’ahu. Starting at Kane’ohe Bay, the boats speed through the 40-mile course over sandbars and shallow reefs, through wind swell and changing winds to the finish in Hale’iwa. The six-person sailing canoes are 45-feet long with the main hull only 18 inches wide and are steered with a paddle. The three-person canoes are 30-feet long. Canoes hit speeds of 15 to 18 knots in wind and waves.
HIIAKA Maui Sailing Canoe
Hawaiian Sailing Canoes on KGMB9 News
Hawaiian Sailig Canoe Association gets coverage on the News by Liz Chun from KGMB9 News - she interviews Terry Galpin, Nakoa Prejean, Jane MCKEE … The association perpetuates this ancient Hawaiian culture by visiting all of the major Hawaiian Islands every year during its race series. They start from the Big Island got to Maui, then Moloka’i to Oahu and finally to Kauai… All Action footage filmed by Alex Reinprecht from Hawaiian Xtreme Sports TV.
Thanks to Anarchist kim whitmyre for the find!
is Yamila Diaz from last year’s SI Swimsuit issue.
The classic ocean racer ‘Argyll’ was designed in 1946 by Olin Stephens of the yacht design firm of Sparkman and Stephens. She has won numerous races in her storied career including a class win in the famed Newport – Bermuda classic. Over the past ten years, she has been painstakingly restored to all her former glory and then more. Her interior and exterior joinery, decks and spars are a testament to the skills of the craftsmen of MB Yachts in Dorchester, England who were responsible for her fit out and finish. Her powerful rig and graceful profile can still outpace modern plastic racers. Below you will find all the comforts and elegance of a bygone era. There are two self-contained heads with pressure showers, an exquisite owner’s stateroom and a practical galley with an oceanic navigation station opposite. Immediately forward is the elegant saloon with a folding dinning table and pilot berths above. The crew quarters for two are forward again. In all there is sleeping accommodation for up to eight.
During her restoration every care was taken to preserve her original glory, yet make her safer and more practical to sail. Her electronics are state of the art and not even the smallest detail to enhance the comfort and enjoyment of her crew has been overlooked.
Argyll can be cruised comfortably short handed even by a couple, but will show her heels to the opposition with a crew willing to use her extensive sail wardrobe to the full. She is currently berthed on the Cote d’ Azure, but is looking forward to a starring role in the celebrations now being planned by the Sparkman and Stephens association for Olin Stephens’ 100 birthday this coming May in Holland.
● Double planked mahogany/cedar hull
● Solid teak decks
● Mahogany superstructures
● Douglas Fir masts & booms
● Price is €600,000 estimated above in USD($) or GBP(£)
but not as Jerome K. Jerome wrote it.
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