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Check Out The New Hydroptère…….
0 Comments……. doing some practice in the San Francisco Bay to prepare for the crossing of the Pacific. The freshly painted, newly sponsored DCNS Hydroptère, the boat that flies, has recently been delivered from France to the west coast of America to attempt to beat the Trans-Pacific World Record. This record should get smashed considering the boat’s speed. I am…
Whitbread for Multi-Hulls?
The Multi-one design 70 makes it’s debut. The race appears as though it will take on a Volvo Ocean Race type approach and is rumored to start in New York City around July this year! Great idea for a venue, should be fun to watch these high powered, multi-hulled, fully crewed sailing machines start their…
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It Takes Two To Tango….
Volvo Ocean Race has seen yet another disaster. Leg leaders, Groupama have unfortunately been dis-masted just some 600NM from the finish line. This may have been some sort of record for the Volvo Ocean Race and Whitbread Cups combined, for being the most disastrous leg in history. Abu Dhabi, who never seemed to quite catch up from their initial…
Super Sailing Yacht of the Year
“Vertigo” is what you might experience if you are ever fortunate enough to step aboard this 224 ‘ mega sailing yacht. It doesn’t seem that designer Philippe Briand and Alloy Yachts have left anything to be desired on this one. Boatinternational.com gives us the full report. Apparently this was built for a wealthy European family to enjoy extended…
Views From Aloft
Just another day at the office. Here I had to go aloft to take a perfectly good internal halyard that went to a brand new rope clutch and make it external. Don’t ask me why, it is just what the customer wanted. As we always say “as long as it is safe and functional”, it is…
We Like Bikes Too!
Check out The Rigging Company NEW Flat Track Motorcycles, ridden by The Rigging Company Owner/Partner, Sean Simmons. Come see Sean race this weekend at the Mason Dixon Fairgrounds……