Uffa Fox was born on the Isle of Wight, and was raised surrounded by the sea, with the many boats of East Cowes. Uffa was considered to be the father of planing dingy’s, was instrumental for the introduction of trapezing, invented the 27′ airdropped life boat used by, B-17 Flying Fortresses, and Air-Sea Rescue Lancasters, …
Reimers “Bacchant” Specifications: LOA: 63′ 11″ / 19.23m * LOD: 63′ 11″ / 19.23m * LWL: 51′ 0″ / 15.54m * Beam: 9′ 10″ / 2.98m * Draft: 8′ 4″ / 2.56m * Ballast: * Displacement: (original 11 Tons) current 28,500 lbs./ 12,927.38 kgs. * Sail Area: (original 807 sq ft) current 1,189 sq ft …
MAIDENTRIP (2014), documentary following the record-breaking round-the-world voyage of Dutch teen Laura Dekker, youngest person ever to sail around the world alone. WINNER 2013 Audience Award – SXSW Film Festival – Visions WINNER 2013 Festival Director’s Award, Mountainfilm WINNER 2013 Audience Award, Camden International Film Festival Website
Jack Banham Coggins was born in his father’s barracks during World War I in London, England on July 10, 1911. He was the only child of Ethel May (née Dobby) and Sydney George Coggins. The family emigrated to Long Island, New York in 1923. Coggins’s interest in sailing and maritime subjects began in London when …
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Star Winter Series (SWS) Presented by EFG International. Four weekends plus the 4-day Star Midwinter Championship makes the SWS the most intense winter series anywhere. For half a century, the world’s best sailors have brought their “Starboats” (as their crews call them) down to the beautiful waters of Biscayne Bay for the best in competition …
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