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| Thomas Coville claims the Single-handed Transatlantic record |
Another record has fallen and this one is huge. And not surprisingly, set by a Frenchman. What’s in the water over there that produces these amazing offshore sailors? Last Tuesday Thomas Coville set off from New York in an attempt to break the single-handed Transatlantic record; eastbound. Unlike his fellow countryman Francis Joyon (who set a new Transatlantic record last week) Coville waited for the perfect weather window and when his team deemed it right he took off like a slingshot with the hope of a crossing in under five days. Joyon’s time ...
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| Thomas Coville claims the Single-handed Transatlantic record |
Another record has fallen and this one is huge. And not surprisingly, set by a Frenchman. What’s in the water over there that produces these amazing offshore sailors? Last Tuesday Thomas Coville set off from New York in an attempt to break the single-handed Transatlantic record; eastbound. Unlike his fellow countryman Francis Joyon (who set a new Transatlantic record last week) Coville waited for the perfect weather window and when his team deemed it right he took off like a slingshot with the hope of a crossing in under five days. Joyon’s time ...
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Hard won miles to windward from the cerulean blue of our last Bahamian anchorage, some perspective on our months in the islands is sinking in. I went in with a mixed bag of expectations: friends who have sailed around the world claim it’s among the best cruising to be had (don’t we all love our first major destination?). Other cruisers who don’t have that far-reaching basis for comparison rave about it (was there narrower base of comparison at play?). It put me on guard: were we REALLY going to like it that much? How could islands so close to the ...
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Before I launch into today’s blog let me correct a mistake I made in the piece I wrote yesterday about Mighty Merloe and the Transpac. In the blog I mentioned that Phaedo3 might well have beaten Mighty Merloe had Crew Boss Brian Thompson not been sidelined with an injury. Brian is an incredibly talented sailor and they may indeed have won, but they didn’t. I then went on to state that Brian Thompson would have to wait to add Transpac Record Holder to his resume. Well I was wrong. Pete Melvin from Melvin and Morelli Design and Engineering kindly pointed ...
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Before I launch into today’s blog let me correct a mistake I made in the piece I wrote yesterday about Mighty Merloe and the Transpac. In the blog I mentioned that Phaedo3 might well have beaten Mighty Merloe had Crew Boss Brian Thompson not been sidelined with an injury. Brian is an incredibly talented sailor and they may indeed have won, but they didn’t. I then went on to state that Brian Thompson would have to wait to add Transpac Record Holder to his resume. Well I was wrong. Pete Melvin from Melvin and Morelli Design and Engineering kindly pointed ...
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| Mighty Merloe approaching the finish – Photo courtesy of Lauren Easley/Leialohacreative.com |
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The America’s Cup may be over but since the last race on the Great Sound there has been some thrilling sailing in other parts of the world as two long standing ocean race records tumble. On Monday evening the Shelter Island based yacht Prospector knocked more than two hours off the existing course record of the Marblehead to Halifax Race, while on the opposite side of the world Mighty Merloe rocketed into Honolulu harbor to break the Transpac multihull record. The Halifax Race record was set just two years
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| Mighty Merloe approaching the finish – Photo courtesy of Lauren Easley/Leialohacreative.com |
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The America’s Cup may be over but since the last race on the Great Sound there has been some thrilling sailing in other parts of the world as two long standing ocean race records tumble. On Monday evening the Shelter Island based yacht Prospector knocked more than two hours off the existing course record of the Marblehead to Halifax Race, while on the opposite side of the world Mighty Merloe rocketed into Honolulu harbor to break the Transpac multihull record. The Halifax Race record was set just two years
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#198. Special thanks to Thierry Humeau & Telecam Films for directing & producing the TV version of today’s podcast with Etienne Giroire. Thierry flew to Florida in April 2016 to film a TV-adaptation of the podcast at Etienne’s eponymous shop, ATN Inc. in Ft. Lauderdale. This is the audio-only version of that – to see the full-length film version, go to youtube.com/59northsailing.
Etienne Giroire is most know for his namesake sailing company, ATN Inc. which produces spinnaker sleeves, trampolines for catamarans, the ‘mast climber’ harness system and other bits and bobs. But more interesting, Etienne is a sailor ...
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#198. Special thanks to Thierry Humeau & Telecam Films for directing & producing the TV version of today’s podcast with Etienne Giroire. Thierry flew to Florida in April 2016 to film a TV-adaptation of the podcast at Etienne’s eponymous shop, ATN Inc. in Ft. Lauderdale. This is the audio-only version of that – to see the full-length film version, go to youtube.com/59northsailing.
Etienne Giroire is most know for his namesake sailing company, ATN Inc. which produces spinnaker sleeves, trampolines for catamarans, the ‘mast climber’ harness system and other bits and bobs. But more interesting, Etienne is a sailor ...
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Written by Ben Ellison on Jul 10, 2017 for Panbo, The Marine Electronics Hub
I won’t be at the ICAST fishing show this week, but I do know something about two of the major pre-show product announcements that came out today. For instance, while the introduction of yet another outboard engine joystick control system might seem insignificant, what if the technology is deeply integrated into the outboards, requires little rigging work or locker space, and costs a whole lot less? Say hello to iDock as it joins Evinrude’s Intelligent Piloting System…
What’s significantly different about iDock is that all E-TEC ...
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