2015 Panerai MoY Classic Yacht Regatta – Race 1

Published on Oct 2, 2015 Founded in 1980 by a group of enthusiasts who wanted to promote the culture of classic yachting, the Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta brings dozens of boats built by some of the greatest American masters (Herreshoff, Sparkman & Stephens) from all over the region each year to vie for …

Survival – The Shackleton Story

National Geographic Creative – Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew took bitter defeat and turned it into heroic survival.Early this century, members of the imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition watched as their ship, the Endurance was crushed by the frozen sea.They were left with no radio and no hope of rescue.For more than a year, they drifted …

Hurricane of 1939

Published on May 21, 2012 In the summer of 1939 in Newport Beach, unusually warm weather produced a rare event in Southern California – a hurricane! The storm happened right off the Balboa Peninsula and caused damage to local property and stress to residents. Luckily no one was killed but some daring surfers actually risked …