"Stadium sailing" is what Paul Cayard - who sailed for the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco - calls it. After millions spent battling to bring the America's Cup back to America Larry Ellison and San Francisco will save the event. Racing these super fast machines in the San Francisco Bay, in front of crowds on the embarcadero and on the Golden Gate Bridge. count me and every other sailor in on this one.
Paul Cayard, the world champion sailor, tracked down the El Toro sailing dinghy his father had built sailed to win 50 years ago. HERE is the link. I love this story because I have spent most of my life trying to preserve and recapture the boating experiences of my youth: my Snipe class sailboat (15'6"), our 16' Thompson lapstrake outboard runabout, our 23 foot lapstrake Zobel skiff, the 18' Cape Code center board sloop that was the first boat my father bought, and the rowboat we used to get out to it at Sea Cliff Creek, Hempstead Harbor, NY. And there was the afternoon sail I never forgot on Lou Perretti's Friendship sloop.
Gladiator
I've done pretty well in my quest. At the moment I have 1A - a cedar 11' Monhegan skiff, North River 2 - a 17' mahogany keelboat (Buzards Bay 14), and Grace - an 18' Lyman inboard runabout. And of course we have a house in Friendship, Maine, across the river from the Zuber family which owns the century old Friendship sloop Gladiator. Pictured below in Friendship harbor, Bob Zuber tells the story of his family's boat HERE h/t Eileen Tulipan for the Pierre Cayard story
Soggy in Pittsburgh
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Thursday – photo by Mitch Waxman Pittsburgh’s Oakland section, where you’ll
find the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University and a
staggeri...
Jaunt ’24 b
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Days 3 and 4 . . . here are a few, all taken while heading north between
Long Beach CA and Salinas. I could say more and I will, but for now, enjoy
these p...
Deck Hardware Mounting Photo Essay
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*Article*Most any production boat over about 10 years old will have deck
fittings that need remounting. It's a process that seems simple...until we
dig in,...
Edwin Diaz....and Hope....Are Back
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So many bad things going on, sport is the least of it. But sport teaches
you to hope, to endure – an experiment in a test tube. Take Edwin Diaz of
the Ne...
Corned Beef Casserole
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[image: A plate of corned beef casserole next to the whole dish of it,]
Corned beef or venison casserole is a great use for leftovers. Add noodles,
cabbage...
Sitka Nature Show #305 – Paul and Brooke
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Download Radio Show The December 31st show featured a conversation with
Paul Norwood and Brooke Schafer. The Sitka Nature Show ended the year as it
began...
#31 Volcán Tajumulco, Guatemala High Point
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At 13,845 feet tall, Tajumulco is not only the highest mountain in
Guatemala but also the highest in all of Central America. Because if its
remote locati...
40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOSS OF THE AMERICA’S CUP
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SEPTEMBER 26, 1983 AUSTRALIA II DEFEATED LIBERTY 4-3 IN A BEST OF 7 SERIES
TO WIN THE AMERICA’S CUP. THE RIGHT THING HAPPENED FOR ALL THE WRONG
REASONS. I...
INSTALLING THE 48 VOLT LITHIUM BATTERY
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One of the nice things about electric propulsion in a sailboat is the
ability to upgrade parts of it as new technology comes along. When I made
the conver...
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
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My last art post was about the simply awful Hogarth exhibition at the Tate,
which was just terrible, having no interest in art or Hogarth or historical
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Hitching a Ride
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At sea, sometimes birds find places to land on the boat and rest for a
while. Usually they land on the rail, which is easy to land on.
(Continued...)
Drilling Shaft Hole
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Hi Everybody. First post here. I’ve been slowly building a Monaco. At the
point where i need to drill the shaft hole through the hull. I’ve seen a
number...
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Nach langer Krankheit ist meine liebe Frau Martina sanft in meinen Armen
entschlafen. Mancher, der unseren Blog über die Jahre verfolgt hat, wird
vielleich...
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Looking for something a bit different? Check out our Facebook Page with a
great little video gearing up for our summer fun!
And we Have Pirate Pizza - a ...
On the Road Again
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We are off again..This time to warmer Climes in the Caribbean. We brought
our departure forward by 2 days as we had a good weather window. We left in
Qu...
Red Dot on the Ocean
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Matt’s life and voyage have been made into a feature-length documentary,
Red Dot on the Ocean. Learn how you can see it at RedDotontheOcean.com
Rumour has it…
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Rumour has it that I was sailing this yacht last month on the Baltic Sea
and that they have started to build a very similar version for a third
attempt at ...
The End
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After almost two months at sea and more than 5,000 miles, Issuma reached
Norfolk, Virginia. This was both my longest passage and my longest
singlehanded p...
Sea Chair – Art from A Plastic Ocean
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Have a look at this beautiful video that speaks to the fact that the ocean
is full of all the consumer plastics we use that just Won’t. Go. Away!
These cle...
NRDC Defends California's Ivory Law in Court
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Elly Pepper, Legislative Advocate, Washington, DC: Last year, California
became the third state in the country to pass legislation (Assembly Bill
96) restr...
DAY 71 | Making the call
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[image: DAY 71 | An unmatched trilogy of Antarctic achievements]
The post DAY 71 | Making the call appeared first on Shackleton Solo.
Italian Travels
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[image: Italian Travels]
A few photos of Barb, Bono, and Jim's adventures in Italy.
Date: Apr 2, 2015
Number of Photos in Album: 61
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The Alexandra Shackleton on display at the ANMM
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The Alexandra Shackleton (our James Caird replica) is now on display at the
Australian National Maritime Museum, taking pride of place in the foyer as
part...
Enjoying the Snow
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A few weeks back I realized that we hadn't taken Fitz downhill skiing in
the backcountry at all. We've gone on tours in RMNP with Fitz in the
Chariot, but...
Star Island Shark Tournament Video
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Here's the film debut of the Small Fortune from last month's Star Island
Shark Tournament. No winning fish this year but we're crossing our fingers
for ...
Northwest Passage 2012 - ARCTIC DREAMS Video
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Looking back on 2012 hindsight is 20/20... ARCTIC DREAMS lead by Bob
Shepton aboard DODOS DELIGHT did an amazing 7,000 mile feat.... rather than
tell you ...
Design 90 - 76'-6" Shoal Draft Schooner
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Only two drawings were prepared for this preliminary design proposal; a
Lines Plan and a Sail & Deck Plan. I believe the Lines Plan that is shown
here i...
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Young Larry Blog - a continuation of Dermot's account of Young Larry's
transit of the Northwest Passage. We hope to up-date the blog at least once
a week....
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
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Took a look around on a cold (free) day. Yeah, it’s free admission on most
weekdays through the winter!
There is a lot going on with plants during the cold ...