Messing About In Sailboats

Sailing Photo Of The Day - Hawaii

Sail, originally uploaded by Becca Pix.

six degrees of freedom and the drunken sailor « Bowsprite: A New York Harbor Sketchbook

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My favorite post of the month. I saw it thank to Frogma. Bowsprite you are inspired!

Sailing Photo Of The Day - It was going so well till then...

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Save a Whale, Save a Soul, Goes the Cry - NYTimes.com

After two years of transcontinental haggling, the commission had been expected to replace today’s hunting ban with limited hunting quotas. Supporters of the policy change had argued that by specifying how many whales of a given species could be sustainably harvested over a 10-year period, and by tightening or eliminating current loopholes through which whaling nations like Japan and Norway kill the marine mammals for “scientific” purposes, the new measure would effectively reduce the number of whales slaughtered each year.

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48 Beginners Boating Sites and Tips Pages | BoatInsurance.org

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Nice list of boating blogs, some new to me. Honored to be included.

Sailing Photo Of The Day - Lake Austin

IMG_8218, originally uploaded by SublimePhotography.

America's Cup Protocol Revealed

A great article in yesterday's Lectronic that summarizes what we know about the next AC Series:

Key points:

• Defender won't sail with Challengers
• It won't be cheap as chips to participate in but there are restrictions that should make it "affordable" or at least more financially manageable
• Nothing definite but the rules on what spare parts and equipment seem to lean toward a monohull regatta but we won't know for sure till Sept 30
• There will be multiple regattas leading up to the AC a la LV Series likely using V5s. 
• Restriction son crew nationality seems hazy
• The boats will be tricked out with video equipment with the aim of making it great for TV and video games (?!)

June 23, 2010 – The Bay and Rome

We know we'd promised to give you a run-down of this weekend's more local events today, but we're pre-empting that for a look at the draft protocol for the 34th America's Cup. The document was released 45 minutes before our deadline for today's 'Lectronicby the Golden Gate YC and Club Nautico di Roma, so we didn't have enough time to peruse it. But after a cursory look at its 56 pages, we've identified what we think are some key points.

Sinn Fein at the Start of Newport-Bermuda 2010

The Newport-Bermuda Race is in full swing as I write this. My club, Raritan Yacht Club has a couple of boats racing, Morgan of Marietta and Sinn Fein.  The latter is out to defend their title as the winner overall of the last two races. You can read more about it here. If you don't know the back-story, trust me on this, it's a fantastic story.

This is Sinn Fein, a Cal 40, at the start of 2010 Race.

 

Many thanks to George Bekris for providing the photo. You can see more of the start here.

Sinn Fein and its crew are also featured in this nice little pre-race interview compilation.

NewportBermuda 2010

NewportBermuda2010©GeorgeBekris (166 of 395), originally uploaded by Mstrsail.

I love the way you can see the reflection of other boats off this beauty's hull. Click the link to the photostream to see the rest

Where Families Learn Sailing Basics - NYTimes.com

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Nice article about learning to sail in NYC in today's New York Times