A Lesson From Scuttlebutt.
The scary video at this site shows why spectators and photographers should stay clear of the pin when 90 ft. boats cross the start line at 20+ kts! Notice the unflinching way these professionals force their right of way.
Documentary of Alula’s 2016 R2AK
This inspiring documentary can be found here. It runs about 20 min. This should get you all fired up planning for next year's race! The law of averages says there should be ideal conditions this time, but Murphy and Parkinson are heavily invested in this enterprise to guarantee a challenge.
Interesting Videos
For your entertainment, if you go to this site you will find articles about an Orcas Island wind artist and also Commanche's new monohull Atlantic crossing record. The interesting bits are from 06:10 to 20:18.
From Timber To Tide
From Timber To Tide from Pixillion on Vimeo. This film documents Ben Harris’ love of wood work and boat building, how he acquired his skills, and how incredible it is to be able to take something that you’ve built with your own hands out onto the water and sail it across the sea. Who is Ben Harris? Ben has always loved wood. His mother said that his first word was ‘log’. He has been working with wood throughout the UK since the age of 15. First as an assistant to a cabinet maker, where he started by sharpening the tools [...]
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – Day 1 – 27 Dec 2015
A tough first day again breaks boats.
VIXEN’s Voyage
A lovely poem to cruising an old wooden boat. VIXEN and her crew were at the 2015 Wooden Boat Festival. Thanks, Jak, for the tip. Vixen's Voyage from Nicole Halabisky on Vimeo.
Battle Field – 52 Super Series
Just like on your boat but different ...
If I’m yelling at you, it’s just for clarity. [Explicit]
The not so quiet grace of sailboat racing. 2015 Block Island Race Week GoPro video footage compilation from the J29 STOUT's bowman.
SPARKLE, The Boat to Beat
A video from OffCenterHarbor.com
Ian Walker on One-Design Racing
http://youtu.be/CFUczd9DNkg Walker brings Azzam home to Abu Dhabi on Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race. Podium for Leg 2: Team Brunel, Dongfeng Racing Team, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.
Volvo Race Team SCA Battling the Agulhas Current
Thanks to Linda Newland for the recommendation on Facebook. "Day 2 out of Cape Town in the Volvo Around the World Race. Great video from the women's team. Not for the faint hearted. Wish I was there."
Racing the Atlantic Doublehanded
From the New York Times, a great video on racing across the Atlantic doublehanded by Chris Museler.
Water
Thanks, Jak. Water by Morgan Maassen from NouvelleVagueLA on Vimeo.
FROM PRISON CELL TO THE SEA: Greg White and Jeff Bolster
Boats have changed many a life, maybe yours, certainly mine. Charles Doane tells an inspiring tale of two lives changed by a dream of the sea. You remember Jeff Bolster, right? He lives down the street from me here in Portsmouth, and I've crewed on his boat, and he's crewed on my boat, and he doesn't mind eating fish raw for breakfast. He teaches history at the University of New Hampshire and in a past life was a pro schooner jockey. I've heard from him the story of how his first scholarly tome, Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the [...]
Anyone Got a Spare Set of Foils?
2013 Highlight Reel from Penalty Box Productions, new footage includes Moth Worlds, Little AC, E and A scow Nationals, CMRC, Nacra 17, Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta, Melges 20, 24 and 32, Charleston Race Week and more. Tracks: Dogfight - The Bloody Hollies Weapon of Choice (instrumental) - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Annoying music and other sailors having too much fun in warm weather. Yee haw, what more could you want?
And Now, Something Completely Different
This video was from the 36th annual Cividale Castlemont Hillclimb. The driver is Liber Federico, at the helm of the Gloria C8F, an open wheel racer with power from a motorcycle engine. Turn up the sound, hit wide screen and watch the video (actual run footage starts at 3:00 mark). Great parking lot at the end of the run. Thanks, Owen.
Cup Tied Up at 8 Races Each, Last Race Decides All
Just fabulous racing today finds Oracle after winning two races today tied with New Zealand at 8 races each . Great match racing, amazing boats, solid grit and it all comes down to one last race, winner takes all.
Terror in the Southern Ocean – Whitbread Round the World Race 1997-98
There's been a real shortage of sailing terror videos on the site lately, but this helps solve that problem. Jeanne Socrates is in town and she mentioned that in her recently completed solo, non-stop circumnavigation, she spent 4-months in the southern ocean.
The J’s Race at the 2013 St. Barths Bucket
Thanks, Piper, for the great tip. Eye candy indeed. The J's race at the 2013 St. Barths Bucket. from Onne van der Wal on Vimeo.
Team Emirates/NZ and Luna Rossa Line Up
On Sunday, New Zealand Herald sports editor Paul Lewis was guest onboard the Kiwi AC72 for some practice racing against Luna Rossa. Impressive how little spray these boats make while foiling as opposed to V1 of the Oracle boat.
“This style of racing, you’re going to get a bit of crash and burn evey once and a while.”
Sometimes, even if the guy works for you, there's no room at the Committee boat.
Irish Olympic Sailing Commentary
Thanks, Satch, for passing this gem along.
Singlehanded Transpac Promo Video
Thanks to Jak Mang for sending along this link. Got something you'd like to see on the site? Tell us about it at webmaster@34.220.204.41 2012 Singlehanded Transpac Promo from Pierson Jacquelin on Vimeo.
America’s Cup in Naples, Day 1 Highlights
Wild, bear away at the windward mark, bury bows, do an endo (or is that just a broach?), destroy wing. The program for Thursday starts with Match Racing, the pairings determined by today's results, followed by two Fleet Races. Racing begins at 1330 CEST (04:30 PDT). Check here or here to watch.
Sirocco at the 2012 Shipwrights’ Race
Thanks to Craig Wester for putting this together and making it available. Beautiful sail trim in the first shots, look how the main and genoa leeches match. Great boat, great crew.
Key West Race Week Day 1, Big Boats in a Building Breeze
The wind builds into the low 20's and the big boats fly in day 1 of Quantum Key West Race Week. Video by TP2, thanks Craig Montague for the tip. Always fun to look at the sail shapes and check out some of the jib sheeting angles. Amazing.
Greg Fisher Goes Over the Basics
The first event of the year, the Shipwrights Regatta on February 25, 2012, is coming up at a good clip. Time to start thinking about what you need to do on the boat and to get your head back into the very basics of sailing a race on the Bay. In the video below, Greg Fisher, former North Sails One Design star and now a college coach, goes over the basics. And if your goal is just to get the boat out of the slip a couple times more in 2012, or maybe give racing a try, consider joining the [...]
That’ll Buff Right Out
An outing of luxury sports car enthusiasts in Japan ended in an expensive freeway pileup - smashing a stunning eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and two Mercedes.
Kids these days!
Kite Park from EASY RIDE on Vimeo.
Another Reason to be Bilingual
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OCXCC0lkn4&feature=player_embedded
Catamarans Crashing, Cup Preview
More evidence of how stock car racing and sailing are becoming one.
Match Racing, Wild Move at Congressional Cup
Final Match of 2011 Congressional Cup - Francesco Bruni vs. Ian Willams.
AC45 Wing-Sailed Catamaran Under Sail in Auckland
First sail, rumored 23 knots in 10 knots of wind for the new winged Cup trainer.
Happy New Year
And so we end one year and start another. We do so full of hope, promise, torn sails, yard bills, wonderful memories, and the profound wish that we will never again have to work that hard to reach the start line while watching the big, red flying horse cross the line and finish the race. See you on the water. We can't wait for another year of fun.
Dhow Racing in Dubai
Filed under wooden boat racing. Interesting looking hull when you see it on the trailer. Look for some exciting upcoming information about next year's PTSA sponsored racing series for our local wood boats.
New Cup Rules May Include Jousting
From the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Dubai. As they say, "That will buff right out."
Route du Rhum Starts Sunday
The Route Du Rhum starts this Sunday. 87 skippers have signed up to singlehand the race across the Atlantic from Saint-Malo in France to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. The race is open to multihulls and monohulls, which are divided into several classes according to their overall length (LOA). With huge crowds expected at both the start in Saint-Malo and at the finish in Guadeloupe, it is obvious that the level of interest in sailboat racing, especially solo racing, is much higher in Europe. The thought of solo sailing one of the 60 foot multihulls (or monos for that matter) [...]
Is This the Future of the America’s Cup?
Reflecting the trades of the folks aboard, there is lots of car chatter on my boat. When it comes to racing, while the majority tend to praise the beauty of Formula 1, some of us raised in the desert watching the Unser's - fathers, sons, grandsons - flip sprint cars in the dust of a New Mexico night tend to champion a little more action. Sprint cars may lack the elegance of a perfect Formula 1 race, but they are a heck of a lot less boring. Which seems to be the thought behind Coutts and Ellison's revision of the [...]