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2 days 6 hours ago
On Friday, 17 May 2024, Musto will launch a new four-part docu-series spotlighting women competing in offshore sailing, in collaboration with World Sailing. Presented by Tracy Edwards MBE and joined by a host of international female sailors who share their views and experiences including Sam Davies, Clarisse Crémer, Justine Mettraux, and Francesca Clapcich. The docu-series […]
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trouble in paradise

2 days 8 hours ago
Politics and sailing don’t mix, especially when people choose to express their political opinions by rioting in the streets and burning down buildings awfully close to the yacht club. The current turmoil in the small French-run South Pacific island of New Caledonia has forced the postponement of the Sydney-Noumea Yacht Race due to start on […]
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50 years

3 days 8 hours ago
Skip Novak has a new book out, and it promises to be a good one. Here’s an excerpt. Enjoy. Having had the impression that I should be keeping my head down about the topic of use or overuse of lifejackets, I might as well get on with this one and get it over with. I […]
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angry dolphins

3 days 9 hours ago
The Environment The now infamous pod of orcas swimming the waters near Gibraltar struck again this weekend sinking their first vessel of 2024. Scientists remain puzzled why this one pod of “killer whales” appears to have been repeatedly going after vessels in this region over the past four years. The supposition continues to be that […]
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caper

4 days 7 hours ago
Seventeen Cape 31s lined up for the start of Round 2 of the 2024 31 Race Circuit, hosted by the Royal Thames Yacht Club. New owners and husband-wife team, Christian & Jacintha Hamilton-Love aboard Khumbu Red, led for the whole regatta and secured victory overall by a single point. Charlie Whelan’s Bodfather clinched the win […]
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“i hate wind”

4 days 8 hours ago
The Environment Just in case you forgot what a loathsome, environment-hating, big oil whore sack of orange shit Trunt is… Donald Trump has vowed to immediately halt offshore wind energy projects “on day one” of a new term as US president, in his most explicit threat yet to the industry and the latest in a […]
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vulgarize the sport

5 days 9 hours ago
It used to be that the most potent expression of patriotism any person could make was to declare: “My country – right or wrong”. These days in sailing it’s more like: “My country – or whoever wants to pay me more”.  The idea that elite sailors should aspire to no greater honor than to compete […]
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the eyes have it

5 days 9 hours ago
A Detached Retina and Emergency Eye Surgery Threatened Everything As one of America’s most accomplished sailors of his generation, and the only American to ever win an Olympic Medal, the America’s Cup, and the Round the World Race, John Kostecki has built an incredibly successful professional sail racing career and is widely acknowledged as one […]
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we’ve been warned

1 week 1 day ago
The Environment The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center forecasted a “severe solar storm” that’s expected to hit Earth tonight, according to a release. These geomagnetic storms happen every so often, but as the Sun approaches the maximum of its 11-year solar cycle, the space weather is getting more intense. A geomagnetic storm […]
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