Támara Echegoyen y Paula Barceló recibirán el próximo 4 de septiembre en Galicia uno de los Premios Nacionales de Vela por su brillante trayectoria La gallega y la balear serán...
The post Echegoyen y Barceló, Premio Nacional de Vela al mejor equipo femenino first appeared on VELAS & VIENTOS, magazine.El RCN Valencia inicia la cuenta atrás para la gran cita de este 2021 como es el Mundial 29er, regata que se celebrará entre los días 23 al 31 de...
The post La Coach Regatta llega como antesala del Mundial 29er first appeared on VELAS & VIENTOS, magazine.Peter Duncan’s Relative Obscurity has prevailed over 60 other teams and challenging wind conditions to capture the 2021 J/70 World Championship title at California Yacht Club, today. In a five-day series that tested the skill and patience of top-notch competitors from 11 nations, Duncan – sailing with Willem van Waay, Morgan Trubovich and Victor Diaz de Leon – secured a top five position in the beginning of the regatta and never let go....
It’s rare to find a rum, outside of the French Caribbean Islands, made from pure sugarcane juice rather than molasses. Copalli Barrel Rested Rum from Belize not only uses sugarcane juice and canopy water from the rain forest but also employs production,...
Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the original Outrage, Boston Whaler has debuted a thrilling new version of its flagship model: the 420 Outrage Anniversary Edition. The new Anniversary Edition retains everything boaters love about the original 420 Outrage — incredible ease of use, expansive seating and gathering spaces, a well-appointed cabin, purposeful amenities,...
The Fastnet Race, from Cowes, England, then out the English Channel to Fastnet Rock off Ireland and finally back east to end off Cherbourg, France, is one of the premier ocean races. The race course alone makes the Fastnet a notable event, but large in the history of the race is the infamous 1979 running. That race was hit by a Force 10 gale and ultimately 19 racers were lost. Happily, this was a one-time event and the race has not had a recurrence of the ’79 tragedy.
This latest running was won by the British yacht Sunrise. Here is a press release from the RORC press...
When you’re ready to take a siesta from the sea and stay a few nights onshore, consider camping at one of the Caribbean’s many camping spots. There is everything from bare spots to pitch your own tent in an idyllic beach or mountain setting to more elegant or glamping (glamorous camping) spots that feature cottages with many amenities. Here’s a sampling of nine nifty spots to camp or glamp in the Caribbean.
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Joe grew up amid coal in Appalachia—where every man had the choice of going into the mines or starving. Life expectancies were low. Thus, families were big. Joe had nearly a dozen brothers—sisters didn’t count. And there wasn’t a choice, really—you either dug coal until black lung got you—or you weren’t a man.
Coal is non-renewable. What’s that mean? It means that if you dig out a clump of coal, it doesn’t grow back. Worse, the coal mines were just the first step on the journey to a slow and painful death—only the clever mining engineers lived a long time in Joe’s neighborhood....
Girls just wanna have fun on the water! In fact, 300-plus Caribbean women had a chance to experience sailing as part of World Sailing’s Steering the Course global women’s sailing festival in May. This included events in Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, St. Maarten...
Check out a big beautiful BVI-based crewed charter yacht on the small screen! Angeleyes, an 85-foot Horizon motor yacht debuted in the new Netflix series, ‘The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals,’ on June 18 in the third episode, called ‘Boats ‘N Floats.’
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