2008 JP Morgan Round the Island Race - onEdition Source Wouldn’t want to tear this one!!! Comments >>

Need to ship two boats from PA,USA to the UK. Any suggestions as to how to do this at the lowest possible cost? TIA Steve

SEATTLE, June 29 (UPI) -- The owners of a fishing boat that sank in the Bering Sea are asking a federal judge to limit the Seattle firm's liability for the accident, court papers show.The Seattle Times reported Sunday 21 personal-injury and two wrongful-death lawsuits have been filed in King County Superior Court over the sinking of the Alaska Ranger.  read more »

Having sailed through that area in 2003 in between two pirate attacks on yachts a few weeks apart I am amazed that they: A). ran out of fuel when they could have filled up in Aden with pefect safety, and, B) they were near the notorious Somali coa...

[Source: Alinghi] Franck Proffit, well-known and highly experienced French multi-hull sailor, joins Alinghi, the Defender of the 33rd Americas Cup, to assist towards a possible multi-hull Deed of Gift Match. Alinghi team skipper Brad Butterworth comments on the new appointment: We welcome Franck to the team and look forward to working with him on developing our multi-hull skills towards the 33rd Americas Cup both on the water and in the design office. His depth of knowledge will complement that of Alain Gautier, Nigel Irens and Benoit Cabaret, and add to the already very strong design and sailing pool we have at Alinghi. The Swiss team, while drawing from its current team members, is also applying the knowledge of several multi-hull specialists consulting to both the design and sailing team in preparation for the next Cup. Nigel Irens and Benoit Cabaret are involved with the former while Alain Gautier sails regularly with Alinghi crew on the ORMA60 Foncia in Lorient.  read more »

Check out this New York Times article about the “funk” that is attacking the sailing areas in Qingdao. We’ve been fighting it off as best we can while we are over there, but its a losing battle. The Chinese government has increased the fishing fleet from a couple hundred junks to more than 1,200 accompanied by [...]