Voyaging
Newport unveils plans for $1.46M Harbor Center
Providence Business News, March 10 2008-- City, state and federal officials, along with local business
leaders, today joined in unveiling plans for a $1.46 million transient
boaters’ center at the 124-year-old Newport Armory. The historic building, erected by the State of Rhode Island to house
the R.I. militia, is now owned by the Newport Redevelopment Agency. It
is located on Thames Street in the heart of the city’s waterfront
business district. “This new centralized hospitality and activity center will open up
opportunities for visiting boaters to experience the countless natural
and recreational attractions that Newport has to offer, and will
encourage extended and repeat visits to the City by the Sea and the
Ocean State,” W. Michael Sullivan, director of the R.I. Department of
Environmental Management, said in a statement today. Read More
Post to TwitterFrench wine "on sail"
The New Zealand Herald, February 25 2008-- French vineyard owners are
returning to a slower pace of life by starting to export their wine by sailing
boat - a method last used in the 1800s - to reduce their carbon
footprint. The three-mast barque Belem,
which was launched in 1896, the last French merchant sailing vessel to be
built, will sail into Dublin after a voyage from
Bordeaux that
should last about four days. The wines will be delivered to Bordeaux by barge using the Canal du Midi and Canal du
Garonne, which run across southern France
from Sete in the east, via Beziers in Languedoc. Each bottle will be labelled: "Carried
by sailing ship, a better deal for the planet." Read More
Message in bottle holds clues to fate of missing sailors
The Age, February 9, 2008-- A message in a bottle found on an Australian beach has provided some clues as to what happened to four sailors lost at sea in 1988. The boat was headed up the Australian coast when it vanished with all four crewmembers aboard. Rumours of foul play have been discounted by the families after learning of the note, written 10 days prior to the disappearance of the boat. Read More
Nearly blind sailors sail into Sydney
Watch this
video showing Pam Habek and Scott Duncan, two legally blind sailors sail into Sydney Harbor
after crossing the Pacific. The couple is circumnavigating the globe and
accepting assistance from sighted people only for guidance into busy foreign
ports. Learn the motivation behind this mission for the near- blind sailors in
this video. Watch the Video
Schooner sails out of ice after 500 days
BBC News UK, January 22 2008-- A boat that was deliberately trapped in the Arctic ice in an effort to
monitor the region's changing climate has broken free after more than 500 days. Read MoreSailors Wanted for Reality TV Show
IslandHopperCasting.blogspot.com-- Submissions
are being sought for personalities for Island Hopper, a new reality TV
show focused on cruising. Audition tapes are being accepted for someone
to host the show, the ideal candidate is an adventurous sailor with an outgoing
personality and mechanical abilities. Read MoreFamily Hang on to Hope for Yachties
The New Zealand Herald, December 20, 2007-- Canadian couple Chris Malchow and Courtenay Steele's sailing trip of
a lifetime began in New Zealand. Now their friends and family hope it
hasn't ended in tragedy off the coast of Hawaii.
Nothing has been heard from the couple since their final blog entry, on September 7, 2007. Canadian and American authorities have now suspended their search for the couple and their vessel Takaroa II. Malchow, 31, a carpenter and rigger, and Steele, 27, who worked in a cafe in Russell earlier this year, came to New Zealand in October 2006. They bought a van in Auckland and toured the country, before ending up in Northland. The couple divided their time between Russell and Whangarei before buying Takaroa II, a 9m Tahiti ketch. After refurbishing the boat the couple set sail for Tahiti and then Hawaii.
Around the world in a 10’ boat?
Approximately 300 days until the start of the Around
in Ten, singlehanded around the world yacht race in... 10 foot boats. The
goal is to beat the record set in 1987 by Serge Testa in his 11'10" boat Acrohc
Australis (pictured). The four entrants are each building
their tiny boats and are faced with the challenge of constructing the most
seaworthy vessel of its size as the boats are too small to carry
liferafts. Read More
Video: Ghost of Cape Horn
This nautical documentary uses rare footage to follow the boats and crews of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who dared the 18,000 mile voyage from New York to San Francisco, including passage around the infamous Cape Horn. Narrated by Jason Robards and presented by the National Sailing Hall of Fame.
