While the skies over Edinburgh were grey spirits were bright and lifted in the Royal Forth Yacht Club with the encouraging morning breeze…
Monthly archives for September, 2021
Nicolai Jacobsen wins International Moth Pre Worlds
Thursday
Sep 02
2021
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Sep 02
2021
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Nicolai Jacobsen of Hong Kong was the winner of the 2021 International Moth pre Worlds event – the Italian National Championship – on Lake Garda…
2021 International Moth Worlds starts today
Thursday
Sep 02
2021
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Sep 02
2021
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Today the 2021 IMCA Worlds gets under way on Lake Garda Italy, held at Fraglia Vela Malcesine. With last year’s scheduled Worlds at Weymouth cancelled due to Covid, this will be the first major event since Australia’s Tom Slingsby dominated in 2019…
365 days before return of the Golden Globe Race
Thursday
Sep 02
2021
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Sep 02
2021
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The third edition of the round-the-world yacht Golden Globe Race will set off from Les Sables-d’Olonne. The announcement was made at a press conference on Thursday morning, with 26 skippers of 11 different nationalities already set to participate…
Kite Foil League Highlight Reel
Wednesday
Sep 01
2021
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Sep 01
2021
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The Kite Foil League asks, “You wanted to see Markus Edegran in a Banana suit rolling up his yellow kite? We have that. Pirate wearing tear-away pants with a patriotic surprise? Check. Crashes, big air, 35 knots — check, check, check.”
“The event ended in a who-beat-whom battle between Markus Edegran and Evan Heffernan for the 42-race Triple Crown Series. Find out who won, and get your fix in less than four minutes…”
2021 Dragon Edinburgh Cup day 1
Wednesday
Sep 01
2021
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Sep 01
2021
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Tuesday saw the start of the 2021 Edinburgh Cup, the 72nd edition of the British Dragon Nationals. This year’s event is hosted by Granton Harbour’s Royal Forth Yacht Club who previously held the Edinburgh Cup in 1997…
America’s Cup Jungle Drums beat for Dalton’s head
Wednesday
Sep 01
2021
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Sep 01
2021
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The America’s Cup jungle drums are beating with increasing fervour as the date approaches for the revelation of the venue for the next cup . . .
America’s Cup: Glenn Ashby opens up on ETNZ
Wednesday
Sep 01
2021
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Sep 01
2021
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“Sitting in the board room with seven or eight people having to make a decision, with Dalts saying ‘it’s up to you guys, do we shut the doors, or do we keep them open, what do we do?'”…
A Panama Canal Alternative
Wednesday
Sep 01
2021
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Sep 01
2021
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Map of the Trans-Isthmus Corridor (Map by Shannon Cain Tumino/)
A proposed Trans-Isthmus Corridor project across Mexico would connect the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean by rail and highway, which could serve as an alternative to the Panama Canal. When completed, cruisers could potentially haul out and truck their boat the relatively short distance from one side of the isthmus to the other. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is urging approval to build transportation along the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Nearly 190 miles across, the isthmus is the narrowest landmass in Mexico…
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