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The Solo March To Hanalei Has Commenced

Published on 06-20-2021 11:59 AM

11 adventurous souls departed a very breezy San Francisco Bay, riding a 1.4 knot ebb out of the blue and
into the mystic. Destination Hanalei Bay on the Island of Kuai.

Of the 11 singlehanded sailors 8 are SHTP virgins, with only Jim Quanci aboard his well traveled Cal 40' Green Buffalo
Bill Strange aboard his Westsail 32' Hula and Clifford Shaw on his 10 meter catamaran Rainbow being seasoned
Single Handed Trip to paradise. ...

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The Mayflower 2.0

Published on 06-18-2021 04:39 PM

An autonomous ship’s first effort to cross the Atlantic shows the difficulty of the experiment
Dalvin Brown for The Washington Post
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Just over 400 years after the Mayflower made its revolutionary voyage from England, across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Americas, a futuristic sea vessel with the same name set sail following a similar path. Only this time, there was no captain or crew onboard. Instead, the vessel would use radar to peer into the horizon, ...

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Big Fun At Rolex Giraglia

Published on 06-18-2021 11:55 AM

Italian youth crew prevails among
Rolex Giraglia’s IRC 0 maxis

In a fantastic result for the Rolex Giraglia’s hosts and organiser, the Yacht Club Italiano (YCI), their ‘club boat’, Adriano Calvini’s Felci 61 Itacentodue, claimed the race’s IRC 0 maxi boat class after crossing the Genoa finish line mid-evening yesterday.

Coming out on top against some extremely well sailed maxi yachts was especially satisfying since Itacentodue’s crew largely comprised 17-25 year old talent from the YCI’s B&G supported offshore sailing academy. However during the race wisdom being imparted to them by their tactician America’s Cup and Olympic legend Tommaso Chieffi and Ambrogio Beccaria, series class ...

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Coasties Rescue 81 Year Old Sailor Off New York Coast

Published on 06-18-2021 08:45 AM

BOSTON — The crew of a good Samaritan vessel rescued an 81-year-old sailor aboard their disabled 36-foot sailing vessel approximately 400 miles south east of Long Island, New York.

Coast Guard 1st ...

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Slow But Steady In The Med

Published on 06-16-2021 09:11 AM

Fleets compress as light winds continue on the approach to leg three finish in Genova

It’s a tense time for the sailors in The Ocean Race Europe as they close in on the finish line with final hurdles ahead

Another 24 hours of light wind racing out on the Mediterranean on the third and final leg of The Ocean Race Europe has seen both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 fleets compress significantly as they push towards the finish ...

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Cup Finds Itself Homeless?

Published on 06-15-2021 04:34 PM

NZ Herald
By: Eduan Roos and Julia Gabel

No final decision has been made about where the next America's Cup will be held - but it is highly unlikely that it will be in New Zealand.

Team New Zealand CEO ...

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Plan B For Bertish

Published on 06-15-2021 10:46 AM

Captains Log 14th June.
The opportunity in the Obstacle!
Learn, apply, reset, implement, move forward.

New World Record - 212mile, open ocean unsupported Wing-foil mission giving back to Education, Ocean & planet.

Success means something different to everyone.. for me it’s about starting something that you have dreamed of and planned for years and implementing it.
Getting to the start line is always my definition of success, if you achieve that you have already won, as you have often already ...

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A 25 Boat One Design 69 Mile Drag Race

Published on 06-15-2021 09:56 AM

Simon Winer and Bart Hackworth on Gruntled in foreground and Keith Stahnke and Melinda Erkelen's on Family Circus engaging in an 8 hour match race
during the 2021 Delta Ditch Run on Saturday

"They tell us that Gruntled won overall but how should we know, we were just focused on ...

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Slow Going For Fast Boats

Published on 06-14-2021 09:50 AM

Breakaway moves deliver mixed results in The Ocean Race Europe

It’s a light air chess game on the Mediterranean as IMOCA and VO65 fleets split and play high stakes game of risk and reward

The 12 international teams competing in The Ocean Race Europe have been dealing with light and incalcitrant breezes on their first night at sea after setting off yesterday on the inaugural event’s third and final leg from Alicante, Spain to Genova, Italy.

Pre-start weather forecasts predicted light winds throughout the leg and overnight the five-boat ...

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Another Phaedo 3 Record Eclipsed

Published on 06-14-2021 08:35 AM

Argo demolishes Bermuda-Plymouth record

In her first outing since the beginning of the pandemic, Jason Carroll’s MOD70 trimaran Argo last week blew away the existing record for the passage between Bermuda and Plymouth, UK.

The previous record for this 2870 mile course eastbound across ...

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Ditch Run 2021 : Fun In The Sun For The Upriver Down Hill Run

Published on 06-13-2021 07:26 PM

A toasty day with just enough breeze to make it interesting yet not terrifying.
Peter Stoneberg's Extreme 40' Shadow X would take line honors again, but fall to the bottom of the multi hull pack on corrected.
Peter has enough pickle dishes and is probably happy to sail with a full crew again!

Trevor Baylis teamed up with David Schumann on the Sea Cart 30 Bottle Rocket for the win in Multi ! division

Evan McDonald brought ...

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Leg 3 Gets Underway In Fine Fashion

Published on 06-13-2021 10:08 AM

A fast start with a long, interesting leg ahead from Alicante to Genova

Conditions were ideal for the start of Leg 3 with the IMOCAs putting on a foiling spectacle as the VO65 fleet split, setting up an early tactical battle...

The third and final offshore leg of The Ocean Race Europe got underway today in Alicante, Spain where the 12-boat international fleet of yachts representing nine countries and crewed by sailors from around the world set off into the Mediterranean bound for Genova, Italy.

The Ocean Race Europe fleet arrived in Alicante on Wednesday June 9 after a three-day second leg two from Cascais, Portugal, having previously raced there from Lorient, France on leg one.

In contrast ...

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Just Like The R2AK: Only Different

Published on 06-10-2021 02:14 PM

Team Members: Shad Lemke, Mark Bostrom, Scott Wood, Jefferson Franklin
Hometown: Wilsall, MT
Race Vessel: Olson 30 Monohull
LOA: 29.95'
Human Propulsion: Pedal drives

The inaugural all within the USA long distance, human or sail power has it's 1st overall 1st to finish winner, but there are contestants stacked all over the place!
Don't feel alone that you are just getting your 1st indication that there even WAS a replacement endurance event to replace the R2AK.

You can ...

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The PNW Offshore Begins

Published on 06-10-2021 11:41 AM

24 boats in 5 divisions are on the run, literally.
The race from Astoria to Port Angeles is back with some familiar faces and some not so much.
the 193 nm jaunt is a feeder to the ...

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USCG Suspends Search For Britt Taylor

Published on 06-10-2021 09:36 AM

The search for 52 year old Britt Taylor of Newport Rhode Island has been suspended.
Britt was originally from Sydney, Australia where she learned to sail before relocating to the US.

USCGSoutheast

Jun 5
#UPDATE - After searching more than 63 hours, covering 18,140 square miles, nearly the size of Costa Rica, the #USCG has suspended the active search ...

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How To Train Your Dragon To Win The Bermuda 1-2

Published on 06-08-2021 11:33 AM

TRACKER

The Singlehanded, "down hill" portion of the Bermuda 1-2 nears completion as Michael Hennessy's Classe 40 Dragon prepares to finish and take the vaulted
line honors trophy, Joe Harris in sister ship Gryphon Solo in a dead heat with Stanley Paris's FC53' Kiwi Spirit II 23 miles aft. The remainder of the 21 boat
fleet are spread out for 140 nm, with Richard Rohrer's J-109 Rocinante bringing up the rear. There are 6 division's in the fleet, so plenty of bling to go around yet!

The return trip back to Newport starts ...

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Relief Comes To Ocean Race Crews

Published on 06-08-2021 10:06 AM

Gentler Mediterranean conditions prevail as intense racing continues on way to Alicante

The ETA for the leaders to finish in Alicante has moved forward to Wednesday morning…

The weather conditions experienced by the 12 international professional crews competing in The Ocean Race Europe have moderated considerably from yesterday’s fierce headwinds winds that funnelled against them through the Gibraltar Strait.

However, despite the Mediterranean’s ...

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Argo Well In Front Of Phaedo 3 Bermuda to Plymouth Record

Published on 06-07-2021 11:51 AM

Team Argo
May 4th 2021

Off on the Bermuda to Plymouth WSSRC record attempt this evening around 23.00 UTC.

Conditions looking good to cross with good downwind conditions, perhaps a bit complicated at the finish with a blocking high in the western ...

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A Head On Battle For Ocean Race Teams

Published on 06-07-2021 11:18 AM

Crews battling fierce conditions in Gibraltar Strait

It's been a challenging day for The Ocean Race Europe teams who faced gale-force outflow winds as they short-tacked into the Mediterranean...

A day after leaving Cascais, Portugal on the second leg of The Ocean Race Europe, this afternoon the race’s 12-boat fleet battled fierce headwinds in the Gibraltar Strait – the narrow and congested waterway dividing mainland Europe from north Africa – on their way to Alicante, Spain.
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Well That Did Not Go As Planned

Published on 06-07-2021 09:51 AM

SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued a kayaker approximately 70 miles west of Santa Cruz, Sunday morning.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report at 9:42 p.m. Saturday from a kayaker who was making a solo voyage from Sausalito to Honolulu.
The kayaker lost GPS capability, had nearly capsized due to heavy weather and contacted the Coast Guard for rescue.
Watchstanders directed ...

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