Category: Latest Classic Yacht News

Weather Underground – October 2, 2015 Hurricane Joaquin, an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, remains parked over the central Bahamas producing hurricane-force winds, storm surge flooding and torrential rain. Dozens are trapped in their homes in the central Bahamas, with authorities unable to reach them. All schools have been closed in The Bahamas. (MORE: Bahamas Latest News/Impacts) The …

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01/10/2025, Saint-Tropez (FRA,83) , Voioes de Saint-Tropez 2015, Day 4, Crew parade Heave-ho! Anything’s possible on a Thursday! Even after two days of easterly gales of unprecedented ferocity, Les Voiles de Saint Tropez gets back down to action at the first opportunity both on shore and at sea. Indeed this Thursday traditionally plays host to …

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Published on Oct 1, 2015 Les Voiles de Saint Tropez Officiel    

Mystic Seaport is proud to announce the release of its latest book, L. Francis Herreshoff: Yacht Designer by Roger C. Taylor. The book is the first of two volumes to chronicle the life and work of the most remarkable yacht designer of his time. Francis Herreshoff lived from 1890 to 1972, and, though not prolific, …

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Weather Underground – October 1, 2015 The Latest Hurricane Joaquin’s center is located about 65 miles southeast of San Salvador in the central Bahamas. Maximum sustained winds are estimated at 120 mph, a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Joaquin is undergoing rapid intensification that may bring it to Category 4 intensity sometime Thursday. This system …

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