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Friday, May 23, 2014
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News

Search Crew Locates Overturned Hull of S/Y Cheeki Rafiki, Search Suspended – UPDATE

A helicopter crew dispatched from a U.S. Navy warship located the overturned hull of the missing Cheeki Rafiki sailing vessel approximately 1,000 miles

May 23, 2014
Total Views: 64

Sunday, May 18, 2014
Maersk Containership Finds Overturned Hull, Yet No Sign of Missing Sailors
Incidents

Maersk Containership Finds Overturned Hull, Yet No Sign of Missing Sailors

While on a transatlantic sailboat delivery from Antigua to the UK, the crew on board the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki activated two of their EPIRBS (satellite

May 18, 2014
Total Views: 75

Monday, April 14, 2014
Sailboat Does Spectacular Downwind Faceplant in Big Breeze
Blog

Sailboat Does Spectacular Downwind Faceplant in Big Breeze

Sailing downwind in big breeze is probably one of the most fun things you can do in sailing, especially on a boat capable of planing. Doing so however, you

April 14, 2014
Total Views: 103

Thursday, April 10, 2014
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News

Family Returns Safely To California After Pacific Ocean Rescue

By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A family of four rescued from their sailboat after their infant daughter became seriously ill at sea returned

April 10, 2014
Total Views: 59

Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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Interesting

Storm Over Parenting – Do Infants Belong At Sea?

By Jennifer Medina, New York Times — As her family began what was supposed to be a monthslong journey in a 36-foot sailboat from Mexico to New Zealand,

April 8, 2014
Total Views: 35

Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Video: Overboard Yachtsman Rescued from Pacific Ocean
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Video: Overboard Yachtsman Rescued from Pacific Ocean

A crewmember from an around-the-world amateur yacht race is lucky to be alive after spending 90 minutes in the stormy Pacific Ocean after falling overboard.

April 2, 2014
Total Views: 60

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
VIDEO: Stuntman Runs Up 30-Meter Mast of Moving Yacht… Literally
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VIDEO: Stuntman Runs Up 30-Meter Mast of Moving Yacht… Literally

Watch as solo round the world yachtsman Alex Thomson, the same guy who brought

March 18, 2014
Total Views: 76

Monday, January 13, 2014
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Engineering News

Oman’s Square-Rigged Flagship Launched at Damen Shipyards

Named the RNOV ‘Shabab Oman,” this 87-meter sail training vessel (STV) is destined to become the flagship of the Royal Navy of Oman once delivered

January 13, 2014
Total Views: 142

Saturday, November 23, 2013
Is Satellite Imagery The Future Of Search-And-Rescue Operations?
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Is Satellite Imagery The Future Of Search-And-Rescue Operations?

The search for the schooner, Niña, missing in the Tasman Sea, is breaking new ground in the use of satellite images to locate

November 23, 2013
Total Views: 201

Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Solo Robert Redford Stars in Intense High Seas Drama, ‘All is Lost’
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Solo Robert Redford Stars in Intense High Seas Drama, ‘All is Lost’

'All is Lost' Movie: After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his

October 16, 2013
Total Views: 87

Saturday, September 28, 2013
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News

Wild Oats Challenges Oracle for the America’s Cup

By Ronnie Cohen Sept 28 (Reuters) – An Australian winemaker and his son, who own an island off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, have officially

September 28, 2013
Total Views: 80

Wednesday, September 25, 2013
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News

Vincenzo, You Were Right…Yacht Racing Is Forever Changed

By Tom Weaver, In February 2010, the America’s Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing defeated the Swiss Alinghy team on the water in a “deed of Gift

September 25, 2013
Total Views: 64

Monday, September 23, 2013
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News

Oracle Team USA Continues Winning Streak Against Hobby-Horsing Kiwis

Oracle Team USA continued their winning streak this afternoon after sailing a race that Kiwi opponent Dean Barker described as “flawless” in a

September 23, 2013
Total Views: 39

Friday, September 20, 2013
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News

Oracle Team USA Dominates in Race 12 of the America’s Cup

Emirates Team New Zealand has 6 more “match points” left following yesterday’s race where they were handily beaten by Oracle Team USA. The

September 20, 2013
Total Views: 63

Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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Engineering News

The Trickle-Down Technology of the America’s Cup

Software titan Larry Ellison's decision to race the 34th America's Cup on high-speed 72-foot catamarans has been criticized for pushing the competition too far

September 17, 2013
Total Views: 501

Thursday, August 29, 2013
HYDROPTÈRE ROCKET
Engineering News

Stupidly Fast

Alain Thébault, founder of the l’Hydroptère project which currently owns the world speed sailing record after recording an average speed of 50.17

August 29, 2013
Total Views: 31

Sunday, June 30, 2013
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Blog

The Future of Sailing is a 137-Year Old Concept, Reborn by the 2013 America’s Cup

I’ve had serious reservations about the future of the America’s Cup over the past few years, even more so since the tragic death of Andrew

June 30, 2013
Total Views: 323

Friday, June 28, 2013
American Schooner Goes Missing in South Pacific
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American Schooner Goes Missing in South Pacific

Seven missing, including six Americans.

June 28, 2013
Total Views: 54

Wednesday, June 5, 2013
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Larry Ellison Is Destroying the America’s Cup: Jonathan Mahler

Jonathan Mahler is a sports columnist for Bloomberg View. He is the author of the best-selling “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning” and

June 5, 2013
Total Views: 246

Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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The Billionaire and the Mechanic: How An Unlikely Duo Won Sport’s Oldest Trophy

Just in time for the 2013 America’s Cup, The Billionaire and the Mechanic brilliantly captures the ongoing challenges of the prestigious race, telling

May 29, 2013
Total Views: 68