![]() ![]() Place a couple of yachties at a bar/regatta/waterfront, and it will be asked It's a fairly common question. Posted on 23 May What boat do you sail on? Warm and sunny Puget Sound sailing, and more news from our US editor A curious thing happened on Saturday, May 13, on the waters of Puget Sound: It was warm and there was wind for the Seattle Yacht Club's annual Vashon Island Race. Posted today at 4:57 am A Vashon Race to remember, with TOR report We catch up with Xavier Doerr in his Mini Transat yacht off Broome during his voyage Xavier Doerr and his Mini Transat yacht are off Broome, and we speak with him about Cape York and the challenges of the top end before he gets set for the greatest challenge of all. The Little Aussie Lap inspires the world over The Blue Water Rally has just arrived in Nuku Hiva in the remote Marquesas that tiny hero of world sailing Dame Ellen MacArthur has been awarded yet another honour – by the French Russian Antarctic sailor Fedor Konyukhov is still down there fighting the ice - and two inspirational sailors in their 80's and 90's who are still out winning sailing championships are profiled. News from all the world's oceans about what's going on for sailing adventurers. ![]() And if you ever transit the New South Wales coast you'll be interested in the new webcam images of river bars when the weather's threatening. The third and final Part of Dave Abbott's rivetting information about how the cruising sailor can deal with heavy weather is in this week's edition, with practical information on how to strengthen your bow to take a sea anchor safely.įor Sydneysiders there's a useful seminar coming up about VHF/HF changes, and OZSLAM is having a warehouse sale with some great gear going fast. The Manson Supreme is the world's best anchor, according to the Lloyd's Register, who have recorded the Supreme as the only SUPER high holding powered anchor in the world. If you like being connected to the internet ALL the time, read about my second-best friend - my NextG modem with 9db Antenna – I have not been able to find an anchorage remote enough or with cliffs high enough that I can't get the internet. The Skipper won't talk, but when you've read the crew's version, tell me what you think! Have you ever been on a sailing boat when a mutiny took place? No? Pretty hard to imagine in the 21st Century, but that's what happened in the Tasman Sea last week.ĩ0 miles off the coast of that home of excellent sailors, New Zealand, three self-admittedly inexperienced crew mutinied against their Skipper and Captain,set off an Epirb and were lifted off by helicopter.
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