Messing About In Sailboats

Anyone know what this is?

Re-posting this as the debate over what this is rages on. The opinions are wide-ranging. It was posted on the Swedish site Blur.se Read more →

Song For Friday: Split Enz - Six Months in a Leaky Boat

OK, I have already played this one before but it seems appropriate. In RKJ's case it was 11 months. Read more →

I got a splinter!

Velsheda and Ranger collide at the Antigua Classic as tweeted by Sailing Anarchy and read on Classic Boat. Also my favorite photo from Scuttlebutt's photos of the week. Damn I love the Classics. You can see the rest here. Bloody gorgeous! Read more →

So are these the boats who will be competing for the AC DOG Regatta next May?

I am soooooo confused? The top boat is from what I understand is Alinghi's Cat and the bottom one is BMW Oracles 90ft monster. Are these the two boats who will be racing each other? Is this SNG/Alinghi's ...er practice boat till thye build the real one? Or this going to be a repeat of America's Cup in 1988 between the "Race Horse and the Prize Cow"? Does everybody else feel as depressed about this outcome as I do? Read more →

Just so you know...

I hear through the grapevine from someone who was with Sir Robin yesterday that he knows about all the buzz online about RKJ Day and was very touched by it. Read more →