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America’s Cup Live Broadcasts This Weekend If you have the time and interest you can tune in to the live broadcasts of the America's Cup series races from Venice this weekend. Quite a treat to hear the familiar "Guys, we got a cluster f**k here" spoken by a highly paid athlete in an Australian accent.
It's an amazing sight with the Cup catamarans racing in the narrow confines of the bay in front of lovely and historic Venice. You can find the races at http://www.youtube.com/AmericasCup. |
Sunday afternoon’s race was blown off the Bay with the first serious wind storm of the fall. At 11:15 Myron put out the racing canceled flag on the picnic table by the yard office in Boat Haven after first checking the ferry wind which was showing 28 to 30. Not everyone one was discouraged [...] The first race of the Night Cap Series attracted 7 boats, but alas, no finishers The calm day seemed to be freshening from the NNE at starting time, esp. in Admiralty Inlet, so the (landlocked) RC set a hopeful course–Start–#2 buoy–tower–#2 buoy–finish. Good start and hopeful progress. Some good wind lines for those who [...] The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed. var so34_1 = { params : { wmode : “opaque”, allowfullscreen : “true”, bgcolor : “#000000″}, flashvars : { file : “http%3A%2F%2Fptsail.org%2Findex.php%3Fcallback%3Dimagerotator%26gid%3D34″, shuffle : “false”, shownavigation : “false”, transition : “fade”, backcolor : “0×000000″, frontcolor : “0xFFFFFF”, lightcolor : “0xCC0000″, width : [...]  Rambler 100 turtled off Fastnet Rock when the keel failed. Photo from Phaedo From Scuttlebutt It was Monday (Aug. 15), and the Juan K designed Rambler 100 had but 265 miles remaining in the 608 mile Fastnet Race. They had just rounded the infamous Fastnet Rock, and needed to complete a short 7 mile beat before they could turn left and enjoy the hayride home. But then, at 5:45pm UK time, the unthinkable happened: the keel bulb broke off. Here Rambler 100 navigator Peter Isler shares his story from onboard: In 23 knots of wind, we were headed upwind after rounding Fastnet, and heard the big bang. The boat immediately flipped to 90 degrees, and within 30 seconds it turned turtle. Five people got separated from the boat. They luckily all had life jackets and were able to stay together. The remaining 16 crew were able to stay with the boat, three of which did the dry walk onto the overturned hull. Everyone had their own harrowing story to get up on the hull.  MORNING FLIGHT at the 2011 Classic Mariners' Regatta We waited a long time for a weekend like this last one. Sunny, clear, warm, and absolutely perfect wind. Like they say, it doesn’t get any better than that. There were 38 registrants for the Classic Mariners’ Regatta, as well as 7 for the rowing race on Sunday. Two were from Canada and a number from out of town. The race results are as follow Committee’s Choice Award: Lady Van (R-Boat from Canada)for sailing the perfect race, for coming down from Canada to do it, and for practicing all last week to ensure their victory. Ruling Class (those boats built to a “rule”, the R-boats and IOD, and 6-meters)
Racing Class A
Thunderbirds
Cruising Class B
Schooner Class
Class C
Nine boats participated in the rowing race. On the short course,17 year old Cooper Parrish won in his Aleut kayak. On the long course, Steve Chapin’s two- person Pocock shell came in first. Full results after the break |
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