KEEPING CONNECTED:
Communications for Cruisers
The rapid evolution of communications technology in the last decade has meant that more of us are able to keep in touch with our friends, families, and businesses when we are out on the water and beyond the range of a regular cell phone. We asked many of the entrants in last year's ARC transatlantic rally how they planned to stay in contact MORE... |
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SAILING/CRUISING NEWS
CARIBBEAN 1500
Seventy boats set sail from Hampton, Virginia, for Tortola, British Virgin Islands, last week under clear skies and a 10-to-15-knot northerly breeze in the annual Caribbean 1500 Cup. MORE...
SAILING THE WEB: SALTY SOUTHEAST CRUISER'S NET
If you find that your cruising guides and newsletters are obsolete before you ever reach your destination, you'll want to know about The Salty Southeast Cruiser's Net. MORE...
IT'S BAIRD: ISAF ROLEX WORLD SAILOR OF THE YEAR
It's a title that has been awarded only since 1994 — World Sailor of the Year — and Alinghi helmsman Ed Baird is only the second American to make the cut, after 2006 women's winner Paige Railey. MORE...
INSPECTING THE INSPECTOR
Look on most modern boats and somewhere you might well find a plaque with the legend "NMMA certified." I am the first to admit that I have seen these stickers MORE... |
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 NEW BOATS
Finngulf 43
Finngulf Yachts has been building quick, sturdy performance cruisers for 25 years, but the company's new 43-footer is the first to be designed by a well-known firm here in the States. Farr Yacht Design got the commission, and the result appears to be an excellent combination of style, performance, and good old-fashioned Finnish sturdiness. The hull and deck are laid up with epoxy resin. The underwater profile is aggressive, but the rudder appears large enough to be forgiving. MORE... |
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SAIL VOICES
News, views, fustigation and the occasional "aww" story: Kimball Livingston at sail.magazine. blogspot.com…
My Dysfunctional Family
I love my dysfunctional family—the family of sailors—but in times like these I'm glad to be out of the newspaper business where I once had a job explaining "family matters" to the great unwashed. MORE...
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 GEAR REVIEW
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INDUSTRY NEWS
• BOATBUILDING TO CONTRACT SAY INDUSTRY LEADERS Speaking at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show last month, three leading boat manufacturers said they expect the MORE...
• WEST MARINE SALES DOWN, INCOME UP West Marine's sales declined by 4.1 percent to $187.5 million for the third quarter compared to 2006, but its net income for the same MORE...
• AWARD FOR BOUCHER Stephen Boucher, chairman and CEO of New Hampshire-based marine transducer and sensor maker Airmar Technology Corp, MORE... | |
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Nov 16-17
Sail Training
International Conference
Liverpool, England;
Sailtraining
international.org
Nov 17-18
One-Design
Sailing Symposium
Columbus, Ohio;
ussailing.org/odcc
Nov 18
Smith Diving
Turkey Dive
Fridley, Minnesota;
smithdiving.com
Nov 23-25
La Course
de L'Alliance
Regatta
Saint Martin;
coursedelalliance.com
Nov 28-29
International
Symposium on Ship
Design & Construction
Shanghai, China;
rina.org.uk/issdc2007
Dec 1-8
Phuket King's
Cup Regatta
Phuket, Thailand;
kingscup.com
Dec 1-23
Christmas Ship
Celebrations
Seattle, Washington;
seattle.gov/parks/events
Dec 18-20
Sydney
International Regatta
Sydney, Australia;
sailsydney.org/au |
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