Published on Jan 26, 2017 In this week’s WoW the WINNER of the 2016-17 Vendee Globe is: Armel Le Clearc’h in Banque Populaire VIII in the time of 74 days 3 hours 35 minutes and 03 seconds. Meanwhile Francis Joyon is doing the same RTW record in the Jules Verne Trophy and is near the …
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NEW YORK, NY – Hudson River Sloop Clearwater was honored for its work in preserving the Hudson River at the New York State Bar Association’s annual meeting January 29, 2015 in Manhattan. The Environmental Law Section award, given out each year since 1981, was announced by attorney Barry R. Kogut, who is with the firm …
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The much anticipated first race of the Schooner Wharf Bar Wrecker’s Cup Race Series is scheduled for today at 1:00 p.m. The course is 7 miles from Key West Harbor to Sand Key, re-enacting the ancient wrecking tradition of Key West…a series of ruthless one way races to the reef to claim the booty. 2017 …
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Vessel Last Seen January Twenty Eighth On morning watch, Cape Hatteras Coast Guard surfman, C.P. Brady was looking seaward through the morning mist when appeared a tremendous ship laying motionless in the vast sea. The surfman immediately notified the Creed Hill and Big Kinnakeet Coast guard stations. They collectively gathered on the beach …
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Corinthians Hold Their Annual Meeting and Election. January 27, 1899 – The annual meeting of the Corinthian Yacht Club (San Francisco) was held, Wednesday night in Red Men’s Hall, sixty or seventy members being present. Commodore Carl Westerfeld read his annual j report, In which he detailed the principal events of the yachting season …
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