Coronado Resident Finalist at Rolex Sailing Award

Coronado Resident Finalist at Rolex Sailing Award

  Williem Van Waay is a resident of Coronado and he has been continuously racing boats since 8 years of age. He got the inspiration from his who also was a racer. He said that one of the earliest memories that he has is sailing in the waters of South California. Today, he is among the six finalists for the 2019 Rolex Yachtswoman and Yachtsman of the Year awards that is organized by US Sailing. This event is going to…

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Gun Runner Is A Smallest, But Hold Huge Potential: Sydney Hobart Race

Gun Runner Is A Smallest, But Hold Huge Potential: Sydney Hobart Race

In 2018 fleet of Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, She has come in the smallest boat and her budget is also the smallest, but according to Reece Young, Gun Runner skipper, they have good potential and has lots of things to offer in Australian Cruising Yacht Club 628 nautical mile race. The length of Gun Runner is 9.2 metre and it has the crew of six members. The annual budget of a vessel is $4,000. Till the start of a…

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2020 Olympics Will See Tough Competition: Bach

2020 Olympics Will See Tough Competition: Bach

Thomas Bach is the International Olympic Committee President. He and his team are all doing all the necessary work to make the 2020 Tokyo Olympics a grand success. Bach was at the 2018 Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus on Sunday to witness the races. Thomas said that he feels that there would be tight competition in the sailing event at the 2020 Enoshima Games. He feels that the technology that will be available at the Tokyo games will help in…

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US Sailing Gets New Office

US Sailing Gets New Office

The national governing body for sailing activities in the US is US Sailing. The organization has taken up a new facility in Bristol of RI and here Jack Gierhart oversees the activities of the organization as the Chief Executive Officer. One could begin to recount the history of the US Sailing’s offices as has been over the years. The initial office had been at 44th Street, which was the home of the New York Yacht Club based in Manhattan. The…

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Team New Zealand Will Win, Says Former Oracle Boss

Team New Zealand Will Win, Says Former Oracle Boss

Tom Ehman, the former boss of the Oracle team, feels that the Emirates Team New Zealand is the team that is going to take the 35th edition of the America’s Cup. He feels that the Oracle Team USA does not have a chance of making such a stupendous comeback in the last part of the race to win the title. He is of the opinion that the Auld Mug is slowly slipping away from Team USA’s hands. There is no…

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2016 OCC Award Winners Details Announced

2016 OCC Award Winners Details Announced

The Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) every year acknowledges the efforts and achievements made by the blue water sailors. They make these sailors very special by bringing them before the eyes of the sailing community. Commodore Anne Hammick heaped praises of the blue water sailors and said that they are sailing members who are not sailing for winning any award. They love sailing and are passionate about long distance cruising and enjoy the adventure that they have at the sea. The…

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Boats Powered By Human Energy

Boats Powered By Human Energy

The America’s Cup is deemed to be the oldest trophy tournament at international levels when it comes to sailing. This competition will have six teams fighting it out at Great Sound region of Bermuda for a trophy that is deemed a hard and challenging victory. For those who have followed the 2015 tournament will know that teams have battled it out for the 34th series that had the last round in the chilling waters of Fukuoka in Japan in the…

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Vendee Globe Race Update

Vendee Globe Race Update

The Vendee Globe race being a solo sailing race around the world, there are several incidents that keep occurring. For instance, on December 18th Thomas Ruyant realized that his boat had collided with a shipping container. It had nearly broken his boat into two and he had been managing to stay afloat when two technicians came aboard this morning with a pump to help clear out the water and get the boat in sailing condition. The IMOCA boat that Thomas…

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RPAYC in Form

RPAYC in Form

The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) looks to be in stupendous form at the ongoing Women’s Match Racing Championship in Australia. The event is taking place on the River Derwent in Hobart and the conditions are not too conducive for racing. In fact, there were just light winds and sometimes no winds during the second round robin competition. Only half the second round robin competition was completed. The RPAYC from Sydney showed their prowess during the event and Sarah…

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Yacht architect Ed Dubois dies

Yacht architect Ed Dubois dies

Dubois Naval Architects have confirmed the passing away of Ed Dubois, 64, a well known yacht designer, following an illness. In spite of not coming from a sailing family, Dubois’s rage for designing boats began quite early. After that, he trained in Southampton as a naval architect, graduating in the year 1974. After his graduation Dubois became a part of Jersey’s architects Alan Buchanan where he contrived his very first yacht, the Borsalino Trois that won the British Trials for…

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