Caribbean Sailing Tour, Part 2 of 4, Bahamas, St Kitt's, Nevis, Dolphins and more!

Caribbean Sailing Tour - Part 2 of 4 - Bahamas, St Kitt's, Nevis, Dolphins and more!
Originally produced in 2009, we have re-mastered this series in HD and with new music for your further enjoyment!...Part 2 we enjoy some spectacular scenes on and around the French island of St Barth's including the famous Coral Beach!
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(Originally published on Nov 27, 2013)

EFG Sailing Arabia contest from Feb 9
Oman Daily Observer
MUSCAT — The fourth edition of the prestigious EFG Sailing Arabia — The Tour, the Gulf region's only annual long distance offshore sailing event has been announced today by organisers Oman Sail with the elite teams scheduled to make three stops in ...

OCC is losing its sailing symbol
Daily Pilot
The School of Sailing & Seamanship is moving away from an emphasis on sailing, instead placing a higher importance on training students in its professional mariner program, said director Brad Avery. The funds from the boat's sale will go back into the ...

Sailing Catamarans and Trimarans – History of Multihulls Part 1
YachtPals.com News
As we saw in Sailing Boats Through the Ages, the big problem with sailing boats is that they operate on the boundary between air and water, using the water to support the weight and the wind (movement of the air relative to the water) to provide the ...

Seve Jarvin to helm Australian entry in Extreme Series 2014
My Sailing
Extreme Sailing Series organisers OC Sport have today confirmed details of their most ambitious Series to date at the London Boat Show. The award-winning and 'ISAF Special Event' world tour will celebrate its eighth year on the international sailing ...

CofC Sailing Takes Fifth Place At Rose Bowl Regatta
Beach Carolina Magazine
The sailors had to contend with light wind conditions which limited the sailing to just one day instead of the scheduled two. No. 1-ranked Georgetown University finished a very strong fall season with another win, fifteen points clear of second-place ...

Three-way battle at the front as Clipper boats finally get wind astern
My Sailing
With GREAT Britain embracing the 'changeable' conditions of Race 7, skipper Simon Talbot and his team have reported completing more sail changes then they did in the Southern Ocean. While in contrast Invest Africa is enjoying the favourable tail winds ...

'Sailing Arabia – The Tour' begins this February
Sail World
The fourth edition of the prestigious EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour, the Gulf region's only annual long distance offshore sailing event, has been announced today by organizers Oman Sail with the elite teams scheduled to make three stops in UAE waters.

Race for 'Bart' attracts sailing clubs from around the globe
Dorset Echo
A SAILING event aiming to break a world record in memory of Olympian Andrew 'Bart' Simpson has gained the backing of almost 150 clubs worldwide. Bart's Bash aims to unite sailors and clubs around the country to take part in a simultaneous dinghy race.

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Caribbean Sailing Tour, Bahamas, St Kitt's, Nevis, Dolphins (video)

Caribbean Sailing Tour - Part 1 of 4 - Bahamas, St Kitt's, Nevis, Dolphins and more!
Join us for a sailing odyssey around the islands of the Eastern Caribbean! Originally produced in 2009, we have re-mastered this series in HD and with new music for your further enjoyment! Part 1 takes us from Pearson International Airport in Toronto over the Bahamas and to our sailboat 'Sophisticated Lady' in the Caribbean. From there we set sail on the open sea and take in the beautiful sights of Eustatia, St Kitts, Nevis, and more! Part 2 we enjoy some spectacular scenes on and around the French island of St Barth's including the famous Coral Beach!  Part 3 starts out with arriving at Guadeloupe under a beautiful rainbow, a night in Deshais harbor and then off to the Saintes. From there we sail with Dolphins on approach to the magnificent mountainous shores of Dominica, forever to be known as the Island of Discovery! Part 4 we sail past the live volcano of Montserrat, and timing couldn't have been better as it erupted right in front of us after having been dormant for several years!! Video Produced by www.LandAndSeaVideo.com Published on Nov 16, 2013

Asian Games: Early Exposure For National Sailing Team At Oceanbridge Sail ...
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) -- The national sailing squad will be competing in the Oceanbridge Sail Auckland championship in New Zealand as part of their early preparation for the Asian Games which will be held in Incheon, South Korea in October.

Festival of Sails 2014 - Women on water
Sail World
Geelong's iconic Festival of Sails, to be held Thursday 23rd until Monday 27th January 2014, offers people of all ages, experience, and backgrounds the chance to enter an eligible boat, crew on someone else's, or watch the action play out from the ...

Garbage boats to patrol Olympic sailing venue
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
With limited trash and sewage services in this sprawling metropolis of 6 million people, tons of garbage and raw waste flow daily from sludge-filled rivers into the bay, where Olympic and Paralympic sailing events will be held. At low tide, mountains ...

World comes to sail in Oman
Muscat Daily
Until 2013, Oman had never hosted a sailing world championship of any sort, but on November 24, after two years of preparation and planning by Oman Sail and the Ministry of Sports Affairs, the world's best Laser sailors lined up at the start of the ...

Sailing available to all
Busselton Dunsborough Mail
... sailing the chance to sail safely around Port Geographe. People of all ages and abilities will be given the chance to try sailing. Sail into life gives anyone who has never been able to enjoy the thrill of sailing the chance to sail safely around ...

Early exposure for national sailing team at Oceanbridge Sail Auckland
The Malay Mail Online
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 — The national sailing squad will be competing in the Oceanbridge Sail Auckland championship in New Zealand as part of their early preparation for the Asian Games which will be held in Incheon, South Korea in October. Malaysian ...

SpeedDream: In pursuit of the world's fastest offshore monohull
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Mike Golding is a former career fire-fighter who turned to professional sailing after winning the 1992/93 BT Challenge Round the World Yacht Race. Mike has subsequently achieved numerous podium positions in premier sailing events including the Vendée ...

RS CAT16 Wins Awards
Afloat
#rssailing – The RS CAT16 was launched in September and is already the winner of two prestigious sailing industry awards in the USA. Sailing World magazine has voted the RS CAT16 it's "Dinghy of the Year" and Sail magazine announced the boat as ...

Co-op team sets sails toward fun
The Beverly Review
“Not many schools offer sailing, and I like the fact that it's co-ed with McAuley. I also enjoy the fact that the kids are participating in something downtown. The kids are taking the train and learning how to navigate the city. It gets them involved ...

Snipe: Attracting the Millennial sailors
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
The event for those under 30 years – which includes two days of clinic, housing, and a charter boat – is hosted by the Miami Snipe fleet to showcase the Snipe and attract newsailors to the Class. This event is where Millennial sailors, having grown up ...

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CARIBBEAN Sailing, Up Island Sailing Adventure video

CARIBBEAN Sailing - Up Island Sailing Adventure - Day 1 (video above) . . . This year we have Jesse from Montreal, Margaret from Ottawa, and Erica & Regina from Switzerland, so come along as we set out from Grenada and sail to Carriacou on our first day of a 4-week long Caribbean thrill ride! The trip will have stops in the Grenadines, St Vincent, St Lucia, Dominica, St Kitts, St Martin, and many more, so keep watching ...(Published on Nov 26, 2013)
Song "Rootsman" by Quito Rymer in Tortola, BVI's www.QuitoAndTheEdge.com

Countdown to 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami | MOCR: " . . . less than a month away from the start of US Sailing’s premier racing event. Racing at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami will take place on January 27 through February 1 on Biscayne Bay. This world class regatta is the only North American regatta to be included in the International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) 2013-14 Sailing World Cup series. The 25th anniversary of this world class international regatta will feature elite-level competition in the sailing events selected for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5-21 and September 7-18, respectively. The 10 Olympic classes are: Laser Radial (women), Laser (men), Finn (men), Men’s RS:X, Women’s RS:X, 49er (men), Men’s 470, Women’s 470, Nacra 17 (mixed) and 49er FX (women). Paralympic classes included are: 2.4mR (open, able and disabled), SKUD-18 (mixed crew, disabled) and Sonar (open, disabled) ..."

Sailing: German-born finding traction in HB regatta
New Zealand Herald
Every time Muller, from the Bay of Islands, goes out to sail in her dinghy, she tows her yellow, bathtub variety duck to the racing line and back at the conclusion of each race. "It's a bit of fun. I take the duck out to remind me that I'm there to ...

Skip Novak Storm Sailing Part 5: Reefing
Yachting World
The ability to reduce sail area quickly is fundamental, yet to carry on comfortably and without chafe can be hard. Reefing systems operated from the cockpit are highly desirable on a cruising boat and manufacturers have pretty much cracked headsail ...

Rupert Murdoch finds buyer for his $29.7m sailing yacht
Telegraph.co.uk
He loves the boat, he loves to sail, but he doesn't really use it much.” Rosehearty was marketed as a “majestic” sailing yacht, built in 2006 by Perini Navi, the Italian shipyard. Her interior is designed by Christian Liaigre, the French designer, with ...

Largest tall ship in the world, meet Gotheburg
Sail World
A few days ago we published an article about the largest motor yachts and sailing boats in the world today. But that didn't include tall ships. With so many countries and cities in the world embarked on enterprises to keep old sailing ships working or ...

Laser Nationals Day Five - Building Up To The Final Day
Sail World
Mark Spearman (WA) member of the Australian Sailing Squad has had a mixed regatta consistently scoring in the top five but two major breakages have pushed him down to seventh. Day two he shredded his main sheet and on day four he pulled his toestrap ...

Was This The First Round Ireland Voyage?
Afloat (blog)
Yet despite the all-round sailing abilities of modern boats, the safety and convenience factor provided by reliable auxiliary engines, and the proliferation of new or improved harbours with convenient pontoon berths on every coastline, cruising round ...

Cape to Rio gets underway
SPORT24
Sailing from Cape Town to a finish line of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, there are no racing marks to the course, which may well give the huge array of competitors the opportunity to break the current record. Set by Zephyrus IV, a 22.9m sloop in 2000 ...

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