His teammates hooted and hollered, and Chad Orvella ignored their comments and swung away, dropping the golf ball 4 feet, 11 inches from the flag planted 110 feet away in the center field grass. more…
The Eastern Manufacturing Co. in South Brewer was the biggest employer in the Bangor area a century ago. Its modern sawmill, reputed to be the largest in Maine, and its pulp and paper mill dominated the waterfront across the Penobscot River from Bangor. more…
They loved their idyllic lifestyle in the South Seas, but John and Maxine White left behind their days sailing and basking on tropical islands to polish a diamond in the rough along the Carquinez Strait: the Glen Cove Marina. more…
America’s Cup champion Alinghi loses a court case in New York, raising hopes of a reinstatement of the 2009 regatta. more…
The man killed in a sailing regatta had just retired as a police officer in Northern Ireland, it emerges. more…
A man dies after falling into the sea while taking part in a dinghy championships off the coast of Gwynedd. more…
San Francisco?s Golden Gate Yacht Club sued the two-time America?s Cup champion Alinghi yesterday, seeking to replace the Spanish syndicate Desafio Español as the official challenger for the next regatta. Golden Gate asserted that Club Nautica Español de Vela was an ?invalid challenger? because it never held a regatta as stipulated in the rules of the ?deed of gift,? the regulations that govern the America?s Cup. The suit was filed in the State of New York?s Supreme Court, which has jurisdiction to settle all disputes in the competition. more…
The Coast Guard rescued more than 110 participants in a sailing regatta, most of them children 11 to 15 years old, from Dublin Bay after a sudden squall capsized a number of the small craft. All had life jackets. Fifteen were taken to hospitals with symptoms of hypothermia. Others described on television how they were thrown into the water off Dun Laoghaire when the wind toppled the boats. more…
Race six got away in five knots of breeze with class leaders covering each other and keeping a close eye on where the other competitors were running in the fleet. Building dark clouds to the south, threatened to break … Direct Link Comments more…
Last week we were in Hyeres competing in the 39th French Olympic Sailing week. It was our first Isaf grade 1 event together and my first grade 1 event. Our goal was to be top 5 silver fleet, but we qualifyed in 10th overall so easily putting us into gold fleet. We felt that we were sailing really well and we were always gaining places in races and making the right decisions but most of all we were achieving all of our process goals. In the first days of gold fleet everyones results were really inconsistent but we managed to get a 14 and 17 in the variable conditions which closed the gap bet… more…