http://sailboats.wordpress.com Stuff about boats, sailboats, boating, sailing, and fun on the water. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/9805f500cceeb68bc3da1c8d966ac0f1?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://sailboats.wordpress.com http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/14-girl-sailing-305/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/14-girl-sailing-305/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:49:37 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1206 14 Girl Not Sailing Around the World, Yet Netherlands — A Dutch court has ruled that 14-year-old Laura Dekker is not yet experienced enough to set off on a record-breaking sailing trip around the world alone. Judges at Utrecht District Court also placed Laura Dekker under the guardianship of child protection authorities until next July. The ruling on [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/14-girl-sailing-305/feed/ 0 emilyboats laura-dekker http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/bmw-oracle-americas-cup-3025/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/bmw-oracle-americas-cup-3025/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:40:25 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1201 BMW Oracle America’s Cup Boat DAMAGED The huge 200 foot mast on BMW Oracle’s America’s Cup trimaran BOR broke dramatically during a test sail on the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, snapping the mast in two as it hit the boat’s rear beam. None of the sailing crew were injured in the accident, which happened about 30 [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/bmw-oracle-americas-cup-3025/feed/ 0 emilyboats Americas_Cup_Dismasting Americas_Cup_Dismasting http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/americas-cup-3023/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/americas-cup-3023/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:56:19 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1195 America’s Cup Skipper Says RAK Venue Doesn’t Comply The proposed sailing venue in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, is no more of a legitimate America’s Cup venue than the Colorado River or Walden Pond would be, says the American challenger BMW Oralce in its latest court filing in a long, bitter legal battle with defending champion [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/americas-cup-3023/feed/ 0 emilyboats Ras Al Khaimah America's Cup Sailing Venue Americas Cup Boat http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/middle-sea-race-3022/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/middle-sea-race-3022/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:15:18 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1188 Rolex Middle Sea Race Without doubt the most productive finish line watch duty at this year’s Rolex Middle Sea Race was from 11.30 to 15.30 on Wednesday. Royal Malta Yacht Club watchkeepers, Clive and Mary Chipperfield, witnessed eleven yachts complete the course, equalling the number that arrived over the whole of Monday and Tuesday. The total [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/middle-sea-race-3022/feed/ 0 emilyboats middle sea race http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/rolex-middle-sea-race-3021/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/rolex-middle-sea-race-3021/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:11:35 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1183 Rolex Middle Sea Race The 30th Rolex Middle Sea Race is proving to be one of the most fascinating in recent years and we are only thirty hours or so into the race. The pressure is on for Mike Slade and the crew of ICAP Leopard (GBR) if they still have ambitions to improve on the [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/rolex-middle-sea-race-3021/feed/ 0 emilyboats Rolex Middle Sea Race http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/jessica-watson-sailing-3020/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/jessica-watson-sailing-3020/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:54:11 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1176 ]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/jessica-watson-sailing-3020/feed/ 6 emilyboats jessica-watson http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/gold-cup-3020/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/gold-cup-3020/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:53:06 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1168 Sailing in Bermuda at the Argo Group Gold Cup Team Pindar’s Ian Williams has got off to a strong start at the Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda. Six wins and just one defeat in the round robin stage have guaranteed him a place in the quarter-finals tomorrow, keeping his world title hopes alive. Williams lost just [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/gold-cup-3020/feed/ 0 emilyboats Sailing at the Argo Gold Cup by Charles Anderson http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/pirates-attack-3019/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/pirates-attack-3019/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:40:49 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1163 Pirates Attack French Navy Ship According to the the French military, Somali pirates attempted to storm the French navy’s 18,000 tonne flagship in the Indian Ocean after mistaking it for a cargo vessel. The crew of La Somme, a 160-metre (525-foot) command vessel and fuel tanker, easily saw off the brazen night-time assault by lightly armed [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/pirates-attack-3019/feed/ 0 emilyboats Pirates Attack Ship La Somme http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/jessica-watson-sailing-3018/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/jessica-watson-sailing-3018/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:39:40 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1159 Jessica Watson’s Gets a Beating Sailing to Sydney 16 year old sailor Jessica Watson’s trial voyage to Sydney is giving her a taste of the massive challenge she’ll face on her bid to sail single-handed around the world solo. The young girl has battled three-metre waves on her shakedown run from Queensland’s Gold Coast to Sydney [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/jessica-watson-sailing-3018/feed/ 3 emilyboats jessica watson http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/ellen-macarthur-sailing-3017/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/ellen-macarthur-sailing-3017/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:23:39 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1154 Ellen MacArthur Retires from Sailing to focus on environment Dame Ellen MacArthur revealed on Sunday that she has retired from competitive sailing to focus on the environment. Appearing on Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4, Dame Ellen, who broke the record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe in 2005, said a trip to the [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/ellen-macarthur-sailing-3017/feed/ 0 emilyboats Ellen Macarthur http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/rc-44-cup-301/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/rc-44-cup-301/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:17:27 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1151 ]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/rc-44-cup-301/feed/ 0 emilyboats ALFX8807 ALFX0067_ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/americas-cup-uae-3015/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/americas-cup-uae-3015/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:15:30 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1148 America’s Cup Sailing in United Arab Emirates? The BMW Oracle sailing team has cited “grave safety concerns” for its U.S.-based crew that would be sailing a massive trimaran named USA within miles of Iran asking a New York court to reject Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, as the port for the 33rd America’s Cup. The BMW [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/americas-cup-uae-3015/feed/ 0 emilyboats Americas Cup in UAE http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/jessica-watson-301/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/jessica-watson-301/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:32:58 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1145 Jessica Watson Warned to Call off Sailing Trip Jessica Watson, the 16 year old girl aiming to break a world record as the youngest to sail solo around the world, has reportedly been advised to cancel the trip by authorities in Australia. The Courier Mail revealed an alarming report this week, assessing Jessica Watson’s skills, or [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/jessica-watson-301/feed/ 2 emilyboats Jessica Watson Boat http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/ishares-cup-3013/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/ishares-cup-3013/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:08:27 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1140 iShares Cup Boat Collision in Amsterdam A collision with the Extreme 40 catamaran BT put a large hole in the port hull of Masirah during day 1 of the iShares Cup Amsterdam and she started taking on water. Pete Cumming and his crew, leading the overall iShares Cup circuit at this stage, will get redress for [...]]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/ishares-cup-3013/feed/ 0 emilyboats ishares-cup-amsterdam Damaged on Oman Sail Masirah after collision with BT on day 1 of the iShares Cup Amsterdam iShares Cup Amsterdam. BT, skipper Nick Moloney and Groupama, skipper Franck Cammas during the training day. iShares Cup amsterdam. Local residents watching training races. iShares Cup Amsterdam. Holmatro, skipper Mitch Booth during the training day. http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/istanbul-europa-race-3012/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/istanbul-europa-race-3012/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:01:09 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1136 ]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/istanbul-europa-race-3012/feed/ 0 emilyboats istanbul-europa-race http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/sail-for-gold-regatta-3011/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/sail-for-gold-regatta-3011/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:31:15 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1129 ]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/sail-for-gold-regatta-3011/feed/ 1 emilyboats sailforgold http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/americas-cup-3010/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/americas-cup-3010/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:20:46 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1116 ]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/americas-cup-3010/feed/ 0 emilyboats alinghi5 http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/acciden-ishares-cup-3009/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/acciden-ishares-cup-3009/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:28:57 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1104 ]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/acciden-ishares-cup-3009/feed/ 0 emilyboats iShares Cup Accident http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/laura-dekker-sailing3008/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/laura-dekker-sailing3008/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:17:18 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1101 ]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/laura-dekker-sailing3008/feed/ 2 emilyboats Laura Dekker http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/fastnet-race-3007/ http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/fastnet-race-3007/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:42:06 +0000 emilyboats http://sailboats.wordpress.com/?p=1095 ]]> http://sailboats.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/fastnet-race-3007/feed/ 0 emilyboats fastnet 2009