Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta EVENT: Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta DATE: April 17th – April 22nd, 2014 PANERAI CLASSIC YACHTS CHALLENGE: OPENING EVENT The Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta has maintained a steady growth, hosting between 50 and 60 yachts every year and enjoys a wonderful variety of competitors including traditional craft from the islands, classic ketches, …
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Late December 2012, Alvarenga, a 37 year old Salvadorian man, and Ezequiel Cordoba, 24, set out on a one-day shark fishing expedition, in a 7.3m (22’0) fiberglass fishing boat. After a month at sea, Cordoba died, and after over 1 year adrift, Alvarenga washed ashore on a Marshall Islands Atoll, after traveling a distance of …
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Colin Archer was born in Larvik, Norway, after his parents immigrated from Scotland, on July 22nd, 1832. Was a Norwegian naval architect and shipbuilder, known for building durable and safe ships. The most notable single ship built by Colin Archer was the Fram, which participated in Fridtjof Nansen’s expeditions to the North Pole and, later, …
Bjarne Aas was born in Oslo, Norway February 28th, 1969, was an internationally renowned Norwegian sailor and Boat designer. Known for his 1936 design, the International One Design (IOD), and his design and construction of 6mR yachts. At the Horten Technical University Bjarne studied naval architecture, upon graduating began work in Fredrikstad, later in Bergen …
Philip Rhodes was born in 1895 in Thurman, Ohio, was a prolific naval architect of extraordinary range. Designing vessels from dinghies to 100 foot plus motor-sailors, America’s Cup yachts, commercial and military vessels such as minesweepers and police boats. Rhodes graduated from MIT in 1918 with a degree in naval architecture and marine engineering. During …