Messing About In Sailboats
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." by Kenneth Grahame. ---
This is a sailing blog mainly as well other stuff related to the sailing life and enjoying the water.
- Sailing Photo Of The Day - Ballard Cup Race 2012
- Americas Cup Comes to Venice
- Sailing Photo Of The Day - Rolex Farr 40 Championship
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Portsmouth rescues two fishermen from sinking trawler
via www.rnli.org.uk An outstanding video of the crew of a sinking fishing boat being rescued by the RNLI. Their speed and efficiency is remarkable.
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Latitude 38 - 'Lectronic Latitude - SPECIAL REPORT: Farallones Survivor's Full Account
via www.latitude38.com A must-read account from one of the survivors from the Farallones tragedy. Heart-wrenching stuff with lessons for all of us.
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Sailing Photos of the Day - Melges 24's and 20's in Charleston and Loano
Melges 24 and 20, 2012 Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week PHOTO CREDIT: ©2012 JOY | U.S. Melges 24 Class Association Audi Melges 20 Series Loano Photo: STUDIO BORLENGHI/ G. Trombetta
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Matt Rutherford Being Interviewed On His Return to Annapolis
Video of Matt Rutherford's interview by Gary Jobson taken by Peter Black on Matt's circumnavigation of the Americas. Matt's an entertaining guy and what a great sailor.
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Fatality Accident At Perth Amboy, NJ
MYFOXNY.COM - Coast Guard officials said a 19-foot-pleasure boat took on water near Ward Point just south of Staten Island Saturday afternoon, leaving one person dead. via www.myfoxny.com Boating accident leaves 1 dead in N.J.: MyFoxNY.com This was a chilling...
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Sailing Photo Of The Day - Audi Melges 32 Sailing Series Loano
STUDIO BORLENGHI/S.Gattini
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A Great Line About Boat Owners
Spent the best part of 14 hours down at the yard this weekend prepping Cadence for launch. We splash on Friday afternoon (as long as my contractor fixes that one last job). I always enjoy this time of year down...
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Artemis AC 45 Capsize Sequence
ACWS Naples 2012 Photo: LUNA ROSSA/Carlo Borlenghi
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Sailing Photos Of The Day - RORC Easter Challenge
Credit: Paul Wyeth/www.pwpictures.com Read the final day race report here.
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Sailing Photos Of The Day - Luna Rosso and company in Naples
c/o Carlo Borlenghi
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Les Voiles De St Barths - Official Poster
I thought this was a brilliant way to capture the contrasting ranges of boats that will participate in this year's St Barths.
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Productive
This is the fifth year, I have commissioned a boat for the season. Even though prepping Cadence is a significantly bigger undertaking than previous boats, I find it gets easier every year. Yesterday was one of my most productive days....
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Sailing Photo Of the Day - RC44 Cascais, Portugal
Photos: Carlo Borlenghi
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Songs For Friday: ARETHA FRANKLIN & TOM JONES - SPIRIT IN THE DARK
Not sure about the outfits and the dancing's a little dodgy but the voices... Oh, my lawd!
- How to sail a Volvo 70 in the Southern Ocean
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Liveline Explained - Making Sailing Compelling For the TV Masses
Last week, I blogged my interview with Gary Jobson where he spoke about the new graphics technology - Liveline- that will be used during the AC coverage on NBC. These videos shows Liveline in action and explain how it works....
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Sailing Photos Of The Day - Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta
Photos: CARLOBORLENGHI