Sail on Hilary Lister
I never met Hilary Lister and now it’s too late. This brave sailing icon passed away yesterday after decades of struggling against a degenerative condition that...
I never met Hilary Lister and now it’s too late. This brave sailing icon passed away yesterday after decades of struggling against a degenerative condition that...
It’s official – 59 North Sailing is now a two-boat operation! Starting in February, 2019, ICE BEAR (ex THINDRA), a German Frers-designed Swan 59, will be making offshore passages with Mia & I on the helm!
Note: Dan is Isbjorn’s oldest and most loyal crew. He was aboard for our first-ever passage to Lunenburg in 2015, and has sailed with us many times since. He was one of the first to hear the news about the new boat, and had a lot of questions for us!
With all five aboard perishing, the 1955 sinking of Suomi (pronounced swami) stood as the worst yachting accident on the California coast. In 2012, 57 years later, the Low Speed Chase tragedy on the South Farallon equaled her death toll...
The 29er class have very kindly arranged for Niall Myant to come up and run a coaching weekend at Loch Tummel SC on the 1/2nd September. He's got lots of new ideas that will be of use to both transitioning and more experienced sailors and so it should be a great weekend.
Thinking of chartering a boat abroad?
Thinking of refreshing your navigation and chart work skills?
Do you remember what lights vessels towing at night should show?
Are you looking for something to do on wintery Monday nights?
Rathdown County Council will temporarily close the roads listed below on Saturday 18th Sunday 19th August, 2018 to facilitate an Ironman Event.
Negotiations to stage a Tony Bellew vs. Oleksandr Usyk fight seems to be smooth sailing thus far.
The Guardian | Aston Villa's Hourihane grabs decider and averts penalties at doughty Yeovil |
Winthrop Engineering Ltd wishes the Dublin Topper Team going to China for the World Topper Championship the Best of Luck.
Have Another Day’s cruising season began in earnest about a month and with it came the need for a new planning and underway app. As you may know from my ActiveCaptain Community app guide, I’ve been paying close attention to what apps support ACC data.
We have 10 junior sailors from NYC competing in this event, see if you can spot them in these great short video updates.
#240. Mike Beemer is the department chair of the Marine Technology program at Skagit College in Anacortes, Washington. Mike & I were initially introduced by John & Amanda Neal from Mahina Expeditions, who work with Mike on some of their offshore cruising seminars.
What has now become an established event in the DBSC Flying Fifteen calendar the Facet Jewellers Trophy presented and donated by Pat Shanahan of Facet Jewellers took place over the weekend with a 17– strong fleet and was won by David Gorman & Chris Doorly (NYC).