Owner: (1969 – 1992) and. skipper of Wander Bird, an 83-foot-long two- masted schooner that had fallen on hard times on the Sausalito waterfront. Though the schooner had a long career as a pilot boat in the North Sea and had sailed around Cape Horn, when Mr. Sommer bought the vessel, it was being used …
We are waiting for an official report on the damage to the pilot schooner No.5 Elbe. The impact zone was to the forward portside of the historic schooner as shown below.
From our friends in San Francisco and wonderful writer from the San Francisco Chronicle Carl Nolte Sunday June 23rd 2019 – This is the first Sunday of summer, a good time for a sea story. This is about an old sailing vessel that nearly died twice, and a brand-new one that is almost ready for …
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen gives the green light for the further restoration of the sailing training ship “Gorch Fock”. The goal is to complete the ship of the Navy by autumn 2020 within the agreed cost specifications. 25.6.2019 – The cost of refurbishing the 81-meter-long ship had gone completely out of control. …
Available in North American theaters June 28.2019 Maiden is the inspirational story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. Tracy’s dream was opposed on all sides: her male competitors thought an all-women crew …