Invitation Only Regatta – Limited to 16 yachts – This years 4th edition is organized by the Yacht Saint-Tropez, the city of Saint-Tropez and faithful partner FSS (Securities & Financial Solution), the Ladies of Saint-Tropez. A traditional yacht regatta sailed on the great classics AMADOUR, DJINN, ESPAR II, EVA, HAVSORNEN , HERMITAGE, ILARIA, MANITOU, MARIA …
G&B, builder of some of the finest wooden yachts, have just launched from their iconic boatyard in Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts the 85th design of Nat Benjamin’s. SHELDRAKE, the 19-foot fixed keel gaff-rigged sloop, was sent off the ways with “May she have fair winds and following seas and may she bring good luck to all …
The evolution of the Marconi rig, unabated in invention, descendent of patent disputes, and improper adjectivization, Guglielmo Marconi was born at Bologna, Italy, on April 25, 1874, the second son of Giuseppe Marconi, an Italian country gentleman, and Annie Jameson, daughter of Andrew Jameson of Daphne Castle in the County Wexford, Ireland. During his early …
Uploaded on Nov 8, 2008 The Schooner Brilliant (a.k.a Christine-Margaret, Logan James, and Thomas Hoyne) was built alongside the Red Lion by Ferd Nimphius in Neshkoro, Wisconsin. Charles Kuralt did a special feature on the construction of the wooden vessels in 1984. Douglas Turnbull and Charles “Jerry” Hodlmair commissioned the schooner Brilliant to be built …
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Boat US News – Boat Owners Association of The United States – 880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304 – BoatUS Press Room at www.BoatUS.com/PressRoom MARBLEHEAD, Mass., May 4, 2015 — The 14th Annual Women’s Sailing Conference will be held Saturday, June 6, at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, organized by the National Women’s …