Antigua Bermuda Race welcomes schooner Eleonora Start: Antigua Friday 12th May 2017 The Antigua to Bermuda Race starting on Friday 12th May is proving highly popular with a huge variety of competitors eager to take on the challenge of a true ocean race to Bermuda; the home of the 35th America’s Cup. The …
Earth Hour – is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held worldwide annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on March 25, 2017, as a symbol for their commitment …
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BOTANIST KOREN SAFE IN NOME AFTER WRECK OF SCHOONER IN ICE All Equipment, Furs and Specimens Taken by Norwegian Expedition Lost NOME, Alaska. March 22, 1913 – Johan Koren, the Norwegian botanist, whose power schooner. Kittie Wake, and the American whaling schooner Morris were crushed to bits by the ice at Cape Serge, …
Big Wins, Close Finishes 20 Mar 2017| St. Barths Bucket Regatta | Barby MacGowan – It’s hard to remember a Bucket Regatta where so many trophies were at stake going into the last day. As it was, today’s one long race, running clockwise around the island of St. Barths and punctuated by a …
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Hanuman won the record six strong J Class at the Saint Barths Bucket, the first regatta of a milestone J Class 2017 season, but the outcome could not have been closer. Victory in the final race of the event, the 21 mile clockwise passage around St Barthelemy, means they finished the five race series with …