Adela, one of the world’s fastest schooners is back for a fifth RORC Caribbean 600. The 182ft twin-masted schooner dates back to 1903 and has recently undergone an extensive re-fit at Pendennis in Falmouth, UK. Performance enhancements under the water and new carbon rigging will complement an extensive sail wardrobe of hi-tech sails, including ‘Big …
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GREENWICH – The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is using a racing yacht that ran up on rocks just east of Little Captain’s Island last weekend as an opportunity to remind boaters that some accidents need to be reported. A racing yacht that Dennis Conner skippered to an America’s Cup victory in 1980 got …
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This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience. This visualization was produced using model output from the joint MIT/JPL project: Estimating the …
Erick Cooper, Kimberly Anne’s owner, purchased the 1959 Sparkman & Stephens yawl this past spring. It had been out of the water for a few years. “It needed to be rescued,” he said. “It took a ton of work to get it ready.” The boat has been afloat since July, but it had been taking …
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A film by Eric and Susan Hiscock | Running Time: 91 minutes In the late 1950’s, very few “middle class” sailors had taken small sailing craft on long voyages. British Sailors, Eric and Susan Hiscock became pioneers in making long trans-oceanic passages in a small sailboat to what was then quite remote destinations. Their sailing …