The elderly gentleman is off to the 2010 Laser Masters Worlds in Old Blighty.
Good luck sir.
Photos stolen from the Dog, altered by me.
Tillerman Tuesday.
Have You Put Away Your White Jacket?
Many of you insist that summer is over. Something to do with football and school.
She must not have read the memo.
Silly dog, he doesn't seem to know that summer is over, either.
I guess that it's time to put the boat away.
It will soon be too cold to go sailing on San Francisco Bay.
When The Lights Go Down In The City And The Skiffs Sail On The Bay.
http://blip.tv/play/hYk%2Bgfe%2BJAI
I bet you want to be in my city, Ooh. ooh.
Yeah, the skiffs were here and then the Finns.
Cold And Drizzly?
Really?
Wednesday Wipeout.
Egads. more Lasers!
Tillerman Tuesday.
Wouldn't you know it that a couple of Laser sailors would show up and try to crash the 18 Footers event. Laser sailors have no shame.
Look What The Cat Dragged Into Port.
Rumor From New Zealand? Oracle To Take Cup To Europe!
I'm taking this with a grain of salt until we have more sources or a direct statement from Oracle.
From the New Zealand Herald:
Oracle is set to shun the United States and hold the next America's Cup in Europe.
It's understood there isn't the financial willpower in the US to stage the regatta with the State of California broke.
Commentator PJ Montgomery says Larry Ellison is also poised to announce the Cup will not be raced in mono-hulls.
He says we should know in the next couple of months that the America's Cup will be raced in multi-hulls in La Maddalena in Italy.
Montgomery says there could be a small revolution from challengers on Oracle's hands.
He says Team Origin has already indicated it is not interested in multi-hulls.
This from stuff.co.nz:
Veteran New Zealand yachting commentator Peter Montgomery is predicting the next America's Cup will be held in Europe
Larry Ellison and his BMW Oracle Racing team won the cup off Alinghi in a multi-hull best-of-three race off Valencia in February this year and had widely been expected to set up the next regatta around San Francisco.
BUt Montgomery claimed on Radio Sport today that the State of California was broke and the financial clout required to host such an event will come from Europe.
Montgomery predicted the regatta would held in La Maddalena in Italy and will be raced in multi-hulls.
However, Montgomery believes the multihull decision could result in a small revolution from challengers with Team Origin already indicating it is not interested in multi-hulls.
Hat tip to Craig Russell over at H2uh0.
Cross-pollinated at Pressure-drop.us
Sailing Slideshow Of The Day.
Rescued From The Middle Of The Sea. [Video]
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Anna, an Atlantic 57 catamaran, capsized while sailiing from Tonga to Niue. Her crew was recued by the MV Forum Pacific with the assistance of New Zealand Search and Rescue and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Rescued From The Middle Of The Sea. [Video]
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Anna, an Atlantic 57 catamaran, capsized while sailiing from Tonga to Niue. Her crew was recued by the MV Forum Pacific with the assistance of New Zealand Search and Rescue and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
You've Heard Of Log Cabins, How About Log Canoes? [Sailing Video]
Island Blossom Log Canoe from B. A. on Vimeo.
In a world full of mass produced "international sailing classes," it's great to see boats that were designed for local conditions are still being sailed.
Photo: Jenkins Sails
Why You Shouldn't Scrap That 420. [Sailing Video]
Sailing Photo Of The Day. "Don't Let Go!"
Hold on, unless you want to go for a swim.
Tillerman Tuesday.
The joy of sailing small boats. Even if it is a Laser.
Friday Fishwrap. Part 1: Sailing
The highlights of the week from my fellow waterlogged bloggers and others.
W minus UH or is it a dash? From Ole's blog:The Maltese Falcon... 279' long, wow. Click to view slide show. You might be impressed by the yacht, but I'm impressed by the amount of time it must have taken to design this yacht; all the myriad details of this huge beautiful complicated thing. And I ask myself, how did the owner (Tom Perkins) make time for this? The whole idea of leisure time - whether spent doing nothing, or spent doing something like designing one's yacht - is strange, alien.
“All boat design is a compromise” – Rubbish storerboatplans.com
Team Origin Wins 1851 Trophy YachtingWorld.com
..nO wAY!! .sNIPEOUT
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOL8C4FPdc&w=480&h=385]
..ebbene sì..
..nonostante tutto ancora preferisco le regate sulle derive alla crociera..
..ed i toast alla piastra anzichè "fritti"..
..e adesso, per ri-bilanciare il karma di questa colonna..
..qui sotto una video-markettona vetero-nazionalista-buonista-finto-ecologista tanto ben confezionata quanto straziante..
Windsurfers Racing Extreme 40 Catamarans At Cowes waterhound.com
Dinghy - Nick Craig and James Stewart continue to lead Enterprise Nationals . . . Sailweb.co.uk
Five iPhone apps for sailors CNN International - World Sport
Wishing for the Darkness evk4
I'm not going to name names because what happens on the boat stays on the boat. Or something like that. I even have photographic evidence but am holding that in my special blackmail folder I keep on all people that I know (or know about). But I do have to tell the story.
The Scandinavian Cruiser-20: A Laser for the 21st Century! Doc Häagen-Dazs
Fish on Fridays Messing About In Sailboats.
Copa del Rey día 5 Jaunpa Cadario
Cat Crash H2uh0
Be Safe Because It's Getting Strange Out There Desert Sea
port mogeur in plouha Bowsprite
Äntligen windsurfingfredag… Blur
Laser - terza giornata di prove per il Campionato di Distretto 2010 Vela Blog
O Tahiti Nui Freedom Outrigger Sailing Canoes
Expedition to Papua New Guinea Canoe Sailing Magazine
Stand-Up Sailing.
CRUNCH! OUPS ! [Sailing Video]
Groupama is left with no steerage after a collision, and heads straight for the sea wall on day two of the Extreme Sailing Series at Cowes Week.
Via Pressure Drop. If I've said it once, I'll say it twice, read Pressure Drop!
