33 Beautiful Classic Sailing Yachts at Les Voiles de St Tropez (video)

33 Beautiful Classic Sailing Yachts at Les Voiles de St Tropez 2015 (video above)

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ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Nominees Announced
ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Nominees Announced : News & Features | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Site: "Set to be held on Tuesday, 10 November 2015 in Sanya, China, the Awards ceremony celebrates the world's finest sailors' achievements during the qualifying period from the end of September 2014 through to 31 August 2015. Only one nominee wins in both the male and female categories. The names vying for the coveted and prestigious 2015 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards are: 
Male: Peter Burling & Blair Tuke (NZL) Loick Peyron (FRA) Giles Scott (GBR) Ian Walker (GBR) Ian Williams (GBR) 
Female: Sarah Ayton (GBR) Sam Davies (GBR) Elena Kalinina (RUS) Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN) Charline Picon (FRA) ..."

Eric Leitner Wins Mallory Trophy on Final Race at US Adult Championship - US SAILING (press release)

John Arndt recipient of 2015 Distinguished Service Award
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
The Sailing Industry Distinguished Service Award is an annual honor bestowed on an esteemed sailor who has distinguished him or herself through ...

Dowd to coach US Sailing youth
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
SARASOTA — An instructor with the Sarasota Youth Sailing program has been tapped to coach Team USA's youth team during an international ...

Washington Post
After two decades, sailing by the stars is back at the Naval Academy
Washington Post
Almost 20 years after the last class of midshipman at the Naval Academy learned how to navigate by the stars, celestial navigation has once again ...

Transatlantic Dash to Caribbean Splendor
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
This route ran from England down the east Atlantic Ocean to the Equator. A good sailing time for the 3,275 mile run would have been around 21 days; ...

Michelle Slade's Sailing in Marin: Century-plus old schooner Yankee a family treasure
Marin Independent Journal
Michelle Slade's Sailing in Marin: Century-plus old schooner Yankee a family treasure. The yacht Yankee, built in 1906, will race this weekend ...

Dave Perry claims fifth U.S. Match Racing Championship
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
This US Sailing National Championship launched on Friday, as the 10 teams embarked on a fast and furious round robin stage. Perry came out of the ...

Dartmouth Sailing Places Second at Nicholas Barnett Trophy
Dartmouth College Athletics
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth sailing competed in three regattas over the weekend. A handful of Big Green sailors traveled to New York, another ...

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Charley Morgan, Sailboat Designer (video)

For sailboat designer Charley Morgan, life's still a breeze | Tampa Bay Times: "Charley Morgan, who calls himself "the ancient mariner," felt like a kid again. Eighty-five candles will grace his next birthday cake, but when he noticed the palm trees swaying beyond the window, he marched outside to look at Boca Ciega Bay. Standing on his dock, he saw Blue Cloud prancing at the end of a rope like a rambunctious colt wanting to leap the corral fence."Let's go sailing," Morgan said." (read more at link above)

Nautor's Swan: "08 September 2014: 93 SWANS PREPARE FOR FLIGHT IN PORTO CERVO - Teams from 21 different nations make up the 93-boat fleet, and today the hundreds of sailors were making final preparations at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) for the racing which begins on Tuesday."--Rolex Swan Cup

Sailing by the stars in the Cook Islands | Travel | theguardian.com: "... The ocean’s rhythms must have lulled me to sleep, for when I wake Captain Patai is navigating the vaka through choppy waves and into the narrow passageway in Aitutaki’s fringing reef. A swirling collage of aquamarine, turquoise and cream greets us. These days, of course, people fly from all over the world to discover this paradise. But to arrive here by sea, powered by the elements and guided by the stars … there is no better way to do it."
For more information: pacificvoyagers.org.

Sailboat gets caught under Dania Beach Boulevard drawbridge - Sun Sentinel: "The sailboat was northbound on the Intracoastal Waterway when strong currents pushed it off the center of the channel, said Capt. Kevin Pogan of Tow Boats US, the Fort Lauderdale firm that responded to the incident about 11 a.m."

Sheboygan to host sailing regatta for the blind
WISN Milwaukee
Sailors from around the world will gather in Sheboygan this week for a sailing regatta for the blind. Tweet · Pin It. Show Transcript Hide Transcript.


Charlotte Observer
Smooth sailing
Charlotte Observer
Neal Roberts, left, and his son Brandon Roberts, 19, both of Winston-Salem, sail a Flying Scott sail boat Sunday on Lake Norman, taking advantage of ...


Sail World
Support needed for USA to achieve Olympic success
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Stuart Paine has become an ardent observer of the USA Olympic sailing program, having watched his son Caleb scratch and claw his way to become ...

Sailing to the Maori Carvings on Lake Taupo.
Anthony Braybrooke
Lake Taupo is a HUGE lake on the North Island of New Zealand. In fact, it's the biggest lake in New Zealand (and the second biggest in Oceania).

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