Courageous owners Ray Douglas and Kris Maybach jumped the gun in the opening race of the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Chicago series, drawing an over-early penalty and forcing them to re-start behind the rest of their eight-boat J/109 fleet. They recovered quick enough to catch the fleet right before the end of the race. “Six or seven boats converged right at the finish line,” says Courageous’s spinnaker trimmer Aldo Caronia. “It was so close that the race committee declared a first-place tie between us and Slapshot II (a J/109 owned and driven by Scott Sims).
“From dead last at the...
No worries! Whether travel plans are uncertain due to the pandemic or if sampling the world of yacht ownership sounds like fun, Dream Yacht Charter has the solution. The Annapolis, MD-based company’s new Sail Pass allows customers to sail up to three times a year – twice in low season and once in high season – for one annual price. Pass prices vary depending on the yacht type and size chosen. Better yet, Sail Pass Maxi’s Exclusive Pass and XL Pass lets customers sail six weeks a year – three...
If you think two or three hulls are better than one, then The Multihull Company is one of the tops in the world when it comes to sales and service for cats and tri’s. The Philadelphia, PA-headquartered company’s global locations include five offices in the Caribbean (the BVI, St. Martin, Trinidad, Grenada, and Antigua). Now, there’s a...
An old trustworthy favorite will be back anew this fall. The Reef Sampler, the Bitter End Yacht Club’s (BEYC) 1968-purchased, 34-foot Maine-built fiberglass ‘lobster’ boat, which sank in 2017’s Hurricane Irma, has been found, refloated, renovated, and will be ready for the British Virgin Islands-based sailing resort’s comeback in November 2021.
The...St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Organizers of the USVI Charter Yacht Show, the premier event in the U.S. Virgin Islands for charter brokers and crewed yachts to see and be seen, are pleased to announce that the 2021 show will take place November 7 to 10, at IGY’s (Island Global Yachting) Yacht Haven Grande St. Thomas Marina. In the five years that the Virgin Islands Professional Charter Association (VIPCA) has organized the show, it’s grown to become an outstanding opportunity for charter brokers to see an impressive display of term charter yachts in one location at one time, and for...
(14/jun/21) El nuevo dispositivo de Garmin permite obtener imágenes en tiempo real cuanto sucede en cubierta o en otras zonas del barco. El equipo tiene un discreto tamaño y un precio adaptado a todo tipo de embarcaciones. Las imágenes tienen una alta definición y pueden verse en el televisor de a bordo, en monitores de vídeo o en los plotters compatibles en red.
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(13/jun/21) Diez tripulaciones tomaron la salida de la IX Sitges-Ciutadella el viernes 11 de junio para cubrir las 117 millas entre la población del Garraf catalán y el puerto menorquín. Las condiciones fueron de muy poco viento y el primero en tiempo real empleó más de 21 horas (5,4 kn de media) en el trayecto, una media que el resto de la flota no...