Venona II was built in Wiscasset, Maine to the lines of design number 280, and in the early 1930s she went to Los Angeles, California, where she was bought by actor Dana Andrews, and was converted to a cutter. Eventually renamed “True Love,” she went on to become a movie star, with her 1940 movie …
Published on Feb 12, 2016 In this week’s WoW we look at “What Went Wrong” in the 34th Americas Cup, Alex Thomson gears up for another Vendee Globe but will he make it, the Warren Jones int Regatta in Perth, the Millennium Cup in the Bay of Islands in NZ and Sebastien Destmemau enters the …
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First Date With My Wife To Be Aboard Frolic – Skipper & Midshipman USNA This, by the way, is Debbie and Dave’s thirty-ninth year of marriage, which leads naturally to the question of how Dave did actually manage, long ago, to hook so snappy number as Debbie in the first place. We expect that most …
This Sat., Feb. 13 through Sun. Feb. 21, C.W. Hood Yachts will return to the venerable New England Boat Show located at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Hood Yachts will be featuring their award-winning C.W. Hood 32 and are located at Booth 1308. Make sure to come by and visit Chris Hood, Joe Parker …
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Published on Jan 15, 2015 Arved Fuchs and his team on their most recent expedition across the North Atlantic begins on the 80-year-old sailing ship “Dagmar Aaen”, from Greenland’s west coast, via Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ireland and Scotland to the North German coast. It is a journey full of unforgettable experiences: unspoilt nature, rugged coasts, …