Commodore” Tompkins | WYL Ep. 204 St. Francis Yacht Club Speaker: Warwick “Commodore” Tompkins, Skipper, Designer, Rigger, Racing & Cruising Sailor Born in 1932 in Boston and brought aboard the schooner Wander Bird at the age of two weeks, Commodore was imprinted with the sea and seafaring during that schooner’s voyages. When he was four, …
It was the transatlantic steamer Archtor that first noticed something was wrong. On its voyage to the port of Leith from Philadelphia, the Archtor passed the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles on the night of the 15th of December 1900 and the crew saw that its light was off. After docking in Leith three days …
Julian Lennon’s performance closed out a televised European Union pledge drive that raised $10.1 billion in public, private, and corporate cash earmarked for Ukrainian refugee assistance. Julian Lennon – “The War on Ukraine is an unimaginable tragedy… As a human, and as an artist, I felt compelled to respond in the most significant way I …
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race – The North Pacific, the world’s largest and most remote ocean, is home to some of the most challenging conditions sailors can face. Clipper Race Crew making this crossing can expect enormous waves and huge weather systems, with hurricane Force 12 winds and waves of over 20 metres not …
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Thursday – Concours D’Elegance ACYR – The ACYR kicked started today with the single handed race being cancelled due to strong winds. However the panel of four judges spent the morning assessing those yachts that had entered for the Concours D’Elegance. Gold winners were Juno, Windbreker, Ticonderoga, Seefalke, Freya of Midgard, New Moon and Montana. …