Notive from the Regatta Committee: Changing the dates of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta from the usual second half of April to the very beginning (1-7 April 2020) has enabled various past participants to come and join us again, notably the magnificent 137’ Herreshoff gaff schooner Elena of London (above), the beautiful 86’ 1939 Henry [...]
Thousands raised as local children sail the seas to tackle social issues A relay-style sailing adventure around the UK coastline has raised more than £18,000 so far in aid of the Newark in Nottinghamshire YMCA, to fund its new Community and Activity Village. 80, mostly school age, sailing novices from the inland district were involved [...]
• Co-founder of the blocks and rigging multinational dies in Pewaukee Wisconsin. • He is survived by Ruth, his wife of 47 years, three daughters, four granddaughters and a grandson. • Preliminary plans include a visitation and service Saturday morning, October 26 at Galilee Lutheran Church in Pewaukee, followed by a celebration at Harken HQ. [...]
A 25ft power patrol boat has been 'printed' by the University of Maine at its Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono, Maine. The event also unveiled the world's largest polymer 3-D printer which is an astonishing six times larger than any 3-D printer before it. The two-and-a-half ton boat, called 3Dirigo took just 72 [...]
Peter Newbery-Thornton of Devon Wooden Boats is a finalist for the Dinghy of the Year Award for his new Dash dinghy, built in wood as a high performance single handed sailer at his yard in Totnes. The 12.2' (3.7m) dinghy weighs just 60 kg sans rig and offers several different sizes of rig to suit [...]
The RYA and British Marine, the two largest leisure marine sector member organisations in the UK, have been working closely together to seek and obtain greater clarification as regards the free movement of pleasure craft in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. Whilst by no means comprehensive or necessarily definitive, HMRC and the European Commission [...]
Who wouldn't want to own a classic sailor's sea chest - especially if you'd built it yourself. A course is being run which allows participants to do just that - at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, in St Michaels, Maryland. From 10am–4pm Thursday, Nov. 7–Sunday, Nov. 10, guests are invited to enrol at the CBMM [...]
• UK America's Cup challenge Britannia launches • British Olympic sailing team for Tokyo 2020 announced • More wind farms • Moving a 1700s house... by barge October 4, Portsmouth UK: Sir Ben Ainslie’s INEOS TEAM UK have named their first AC75 boat Britannia (above) for the 36th America's Cup. She was named by Julia [...]
Peter Harrison Foundation aids 20 Sailing Charities and Projects. The Peter Harrison Foundation will celebrate 20 years of helping sailing charities with grants of money in November 2019. Founded by successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, Peter Harrison KGCN CBE, the Peter Harrison Foundation and the Peter Harrison Heritage Foundation – a second grant giving charity set [...]
