HOLLANDIA NED-1 LEADS BY 4 POINTS OVER LAFAYETTE GBR-2 GOING INTO LAST DAY 8.3.2013 – 8-Meter Class Worlds Conditions: NW 10 knots and shallow waves Top three boats after 8 races: 1st Modern – Coppa d´Italia – Hollandia NED-1 – RNCYC – Ruud VAN HILST (NED) 1-2-2-1-1-(3)-1-2 = 10 points 2nd Modern – Coppa d´Italia …
Sailing between the moon and the stars, Concordia Yachts iconic trademark, designed by Waldo, son of Llewellyn Howland, founder of Concordia Yachts, partnered with C. Raymond Hunt in 1932. In 1938 Llewellyn Howland commissioned the pair to design and build a racing, cruising sailboat that could withstand the choppy seas and stiff breezes of Buzzards …
Officine Panerai, a Florentine based watchmaker, once the exclusive supplier of high-precision instruments to the Royal Italian Navy in the early nineteen hundreds, now highly coveted timepieces that blend Italian style, Swiss technology, and the companies passion for the sea. For nine consecutive years, Panerai, has sponsored the North America Classic Yacht Circuit. Three different …
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Great Great-Great Granddaughter, Sarah Bullard, of Charles W. Morgan Rechristened the “Morgan” with a vintage blend of waters from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans symbolizing the rebirth and return of the worlds last remaining wooden whaleship to the sea from whence she came. At the ceremony was Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, U.S. Senator Richard …
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RELAUNCHING TODAY LIVE BEGINNING AT 1:45 PM EDT After 5 years and almost 7 million in restoration cost, the Nation Treasure, Charles W. Morgan, will be re-christened on the 172nd anniversary of the day the vessel was launched in New Bedford, Mass. Shipwrights, riggers and other craftsmen will then be busy preparing the “Morgan” for …