Classic Motor Raccing Yacht Club
Hi again.
I seem to have boats on the mind today, as I type this from mine somewhere on the Avon. I think that I know precisely where I am, but the stupid sat-nav, which is superfluous to requirements sometimes says turn left when I am
hmmmmmm, waiting for a good ending
There wasn’t an overly large welcoming party awaiting Jim Grundy as he stepped onto Canadian soil at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron in Halifax on Monday evening.
The skipper from the New York Yacht Club rolled into Halifax Harbour under fading light to smash the record for fastest crossing in the Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race, catching some usual race followers off guard with his arrival at 8:46 p.m. Atlantic time. The fastest boats don’t usually arrive until sometime Tuesday.
But Bella Pita, the two-year-old 75-foot yacht designed by Bill Tripp Jr., crossed the finish line near the mouth of Halifax Harbour in 30 hours 36 minutes 52 seconds to obliterate the previous standard of 33:29:57 set in 1989 by the Starlight Express, a Santa Cruz 70, while riding the edge of a storm.
This time, there was no storm — only spectacular weather and a steady wind — to propel the 89 boats, including 19 from Nova Scotia, that set sail from Marblehead Harbor near Boston early Sunday afternoon.
Just another view of what it is like on the water in Marblehead. Such a beautiful town and a great Yachy club!
The Corinthian Yacht Club was the organizing authority of the pursuit race with the assistance of the Eastern and Boston Yacht Clubs also located in Marblehead. MARBLEHEAD — For its sixth consecutive season Officine Panerai announced the title sponsorship of the 2010 Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge with the inclusion this year of the Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta in Marblehead. Panerai Watches Classic Yachts Challenge sails into Marblehead for Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta....
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To Donald B. MacMillan, on the route to Baffin Bay (with apologies to Rudyard Kipling) : read before the Boston Yacht Club by Harlan T. Stetson, March 23, 1927 |
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Yachting Circulars and other information may be obtained from Donald W. Gardner, c/o Boston Yacht Club, 1 Rowe's Wharf, Boston, Mass. YACHT CLUB AT THE CROSSROADS ... |
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How Boston played, sport, recreation, and community, 1865-1915 See also Arthur Brayley, A History of the Boston Yacht Club (Boston, 1891); Charles Foster, The Eastern Yacht Club Ditty Box, 1870-1900 (Norwood, ... |
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The Lawson history of the America's Cup, a record of fifty years Now suppose the Boston Yacht Club should build a larger and faster boat and that in the preliminary trials she should prove to be speedier than the yacht ... |
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The Beverly Yacht Club The Beverly Yacht Club, one of the oldest yacht clubs in America, was founded in 1872 by young men who summered in Beverly. |
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Roger Hooper, noted architect and conservationist, dies at 93 An avid sailor, he was a familiar figure at the Inverness Yacht Club, where he served on the racing committee. "My father was known for his great sense of |
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The US Match Racing Championship Starts This Week in Grosse Pointe PORTSMOUTH, RI (September 15, 2010) – Detroit's Bayview Yacht Club is the host for this week's US Match Racing Championship, a US SAILING Adult National |
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For recreation, Guilford has a nice mix of two public beaches, three public marinas, a pair of private yacht clubs, the town-owned Guilford Lakes Golf
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MASSAPOAG YACHT CLUB HONORED: The Massapoag Yacht Club in Sharon was recognized by US Sailing as Yacht Club of the Year for 2009. The club was awarded this
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Airgas's McCausland Takes `Pugnacious' Tack in His $5 Billion Proxy Fight Skippering the Nantucket Yacht Club's entry in the world championships for International One-Design boats off the coast of Fishers Island, New York, |
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Our Business We have focused on our mission since we started Jordan s Marine Inc was founded in 1989 by Rich Jordan At this time Marblehead Harbor had many different mooring companies Rich decided to start from scratch and using his many years of
Lovells Island Sunset Photo by Stephanie Schorow Island Sunset Series Season Pass SpecialThe Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands are sponsoring four
