When sailors touch water they know there is a risk and the dip in temperature the risk factor grows up. An incident that happened with participants of Severn Sailing Association was same. The cold front swept into the area, making two dozen people fell into the cold water.
The Ripon Sailing Club hosted its first solo open had 25 entries that included 10 boats from different sailing clubs. The forecast was very bad for the event and as predicted there were rains. One thing that was noticeable at the event was the wind conditions as it was better than what was predicted. The rains though arrived early.
There was no chance for any mayhem during the race as no one was going at a fast pace – it was more like a Bareboat Charter in Dubrovnik, pootling around the Croatian coast! The fleet also was spread out before it reached the first windward mark. The strength of the winds really picked up after the lunch break. The rains did hamper the sailors as it dripped down inside their wet suits and spray tops. There were two more races conducted in a similar condition and it was the upwind/downwind course. (more…)
With several sailing championships that are organized, there is one that is planned with a certain difference.
Every boat has three sailors in them. The skippers in the teams are blind hundred percent, while the others come with varying levels of vision impairment. (more…)
If you ask a sailing veteran who has been in the Olympics he will tell you that the experience of preparing for the event is akin to climbing the Everest. That shows the kind of determination and commitment that is required for reaching the top or to qualify for a world class competition like Rio.
This might be their 2ndmajor J/70 meet, but Reese Hillard and Glenn Darden on Hoss checked the contest at J/70 Midwinter Championship (26th to 28th Feb.) to snatch the title. J/80 World Champion Darden was at the helm with Jonathan McKee and Karl Anderson, and co-owner Hillard.
Darden has been sailing with Hillard for the past twenty years. He told that he has a great team. They added Jonathan who is a Gold medalist, and he would never sailed with him before the past couple regattas. He has helped them get up to speed.
Hoss was able to throw-out a thirteen from the last race, keeping a queue of 3,6,2,2,1,2,2 for eighteen points. The 2nd place team, Sea Bags Sailing Team of Will Welles, was seventeen points back. Allan Terhune’s Dazzler finished the top 3 with forty-one points. The top Corinthian squad was Snaproll of William Ballard.
Glenn Darden credited the Race Committee as well as PRO Todd Fedyazyn and stating that they all did a great job. It was tricky, shifty, and very puffy even in the bigger breeze. They had to deal with a variety of conditions.
Guillermo Altadill and Alex Thomson, the captains of IMOCA 60 HUGO BOSS yacht in the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre, spark their emergency beacon later this afternoon at 13.25 pm UT. The Spanish Coastguard sent a helicopter to their location, around 82 nautical miles, from the Spanish coast. Both Guillermo and Alex were rescued from the location by helicopter and they are on their way back to the land.
Following the beginning of the race on 25th October, the team asked on 28th October that yacht HUGO BOSS suffered some structural damage, and Guillermo and Alex had hove to at 15:00 to address the troubles. Later in the day, after a repair session, they decided to return to shore to better deal with the situation. (more…)
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If you’ve never purchased a yacht before, the thought of looking for one to buy is likely to be quite daunting. Apart from having a budget and an idea of how much you want to spend on it, there are other things you should take into consideration before rushing out to buy your new vessel.
The size of the yacht
According to the Plainsailing website, you should start by buying a smaller yacht – don’t be too ambitious at first. Remember that you can always upgrade to something larger once you’ve got used to a smaller boat and decided if it’s the right thing for you or not. (more…)
On Sunday, a Valley restaurateur Aaron May debuted his hotly expected 0eafood restaurant named The Yacht Club, located in Phoenix. Arcadia eatery, which is open for dinner everyday, provides almost nearly thirty seafood cuisines ranging in price from around US$ 6 appetizers to US$ 30 entrees that includes halibut, lemon lobster pasta, paella, wild salmon and fish tacos.
The raw bar of the restaurant serves clams, oysters, calamari, shrimp ceviche and octopus.
May, who starts the restaurant as executive chef, told that when it comes to seafood, he believe the Valley is underserved. The menu would alter depending on the availability of the seafood, told May, who along with the LTB restaurant group handles 9 restaurants in Colorado and Arizona.
For people who love food from the land, Yacht Club is there o offer fried chicken, a cheeseburger, filet mignon and seared duck. May told that Yacht Club seats hundred diners who would be comfortable dressed up or sporting shorts. (more…)
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