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VirtualSailboatShow: Good Old Boat Magazine At the 2006, 37th Annual United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD, Good Old Boat Magazine publishers, Jerry [...]

(NECN: Hyannisport, Mass.) - It was a day at the shore designed to send a message. Ted Kennedy has no plans to slow down. Senator Kennedy and his wife, Vicki, went sailing Wednesday afternoon, just one day after it was announced that he has a brain tumor. On a picture perfect day for a sail, [...]

Leeward and Windward A boats leeward side is the side that is or, when she is head to wind, was away from the wind. However, when sailing by the lee or directly downwind, her leeward side is the side on which her mainsail lies. The other side is her windward side. When two boats on the same tack overlap , the one on the leeward side of the other is the leeward boat. The other is the windward boat. First of all leeward and windward have been in the rules from the almost the very first draft. They are both words in use since the wind was harnessed to propel a boat. Every sailor is well aware of how the wind hits his/her boat. It is the force behind propulsion.  read more »

I have put three days of sailing behind me. A lot of fun meeting with friends from different classes and on Friday evening with a boat, that I had never sailed before. The Optimist Dinghy. Yes, I have folded 190cm into this little pram and it did not feel as bad as I thought. It all started with a promise or better a birthday present which I had given to K. last week. She got a voucher to take part in the local women Opti regatta and I promised to organise everything. From the fully rigged boat right on the pier to jump in, to babysitting our little one.  read more »

First part on Winging can be found here.

During the rest of the pre-start the wing boat has limited possibilities to be of use. Generally the boats move so fast, circling and changing course, that it is impossible to be always in the right position. The best a Wing can do, is to be in position for a couple of crucial calls. That is if they have enough insight to anticipate where boats are going. The Wing stays to windward of the boats and will try to disturb the water as little as possible. They do call when a boat gybes, at the moment the boom passes midships with "boom" and when the mainsail is filled with "complete". And of course the overlap or clear, if they are in a good enough position to see.
In the final minute when boats will sail back to the starting line, the Wing takes a position to leeward of the boats to call the overlap. Mainly to inform the umpires of a possible hook-up, near the starting line.  read more »

One of my favorite places to launch when I'm Lasering on my own is Colt State Park in Bristol because it has two boat ramps with a dock between them. It's very easy for me to launch my boat and tie it up to the dock while putting my dolly ashore. And ditto in reverse when I return.

I could launch off one of the many beaches in the area but after launching there's always that awkward "let go of the boat, run up the beach with the dolly, estimate state of tide during the next few hours and make sure dolly will be above the water all the time, drop dolly, run back to boat, and hope that in the meantime it hasn't (a) drifted out of reach, (b) capsized, or (c) been smashed on to the beach by wind and/or waves thereby causing extensive scratching, scraping and dinging of my precious gelcoat necessitating extremely tedious and time-consuming repair, and ditto in reverse when I return" process.  read more »

Plans for this past weekend began to take more solid form once wed ransomed our Expedition, Babe, for the service department at the dealership. After working Friday morning and the first part of the afternoon, I returned home to finish loading the truck, replace the air filter, and drive south to Elephant Butte Lake with Carol Anne and Gerald. We found a small obstacle at the marina; the rising lake waters had outpaced movement of the gangway to the marina, so we had to hop on boards to cross over the water. The three of us were able to join Zorro on his Etchells Constellation. We sailed around to the south and east of the Rock Canyon Marina, then turned north past Long Point Island .  read more »

This week we discuss the best way to use your federal tax rebate check to purchase a new boat. Plus the top 10 boating names of 2007! (Hour 1)
Sunsail/Paradise Found #9: Exploring the BVI Our cruisers continue to explore the BVI. The Flanders family strolls [...]

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[Source: AUDI MedCup] It was an opportunist's victory for Mean Machine, gained on the final gybe of the practice race for the City of Marseille Trophy regatta, but today's race is a clear indication that Peter de Ridder's crew are ready to win again. The ancient city ramparts around Marseilles Vieux Port are given over to an exhibition of hundreds of paintings but for most of the 2008 Audi MedCup Circuits crews gathered in Frances third city this week the writing may be on the wall, written large today by Peter de Ridders Mean Machine team when they seized victory in todays practice race in the final 90 seconds. After winning the opening regatta of the Audi MedCup Circuit two weeks ago in Alicante, todays warm-up contest, raced in 8-10 knots of Southerly breeze amidst a spectacular Mediterranean amphitheatre bound to the east by LIle Maire and the Montagne de Marseille Veire, signaled a clear warning that De Ridders team will be the crew to beat here.  read more »