Newport Boat Show Party to Benefit IYRS

Newport, RI…A party for exhibitors at the Newport International Boat Show will also act as a fund raiser for the Joyce Selig Memorial Scholarship Fund of Newport’s International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS). Besides exhibitors, the Boat Show will welcome the public to the event at a harbor-side tent at the Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina on Friday, September 18 from 6 – 8 PM, with partial proceeds going to the School. Tickets through IYRS are $50 per person and include entrance to both the Boat Show and the party that includes music, food and drinks. (more…)

Shipbuilders Blount, Senesco get $2.6M

Providence Business News - PAWTUCKET – Two local shipbuilding firms have been selected to receive more than $2.6 million in federal stimulus funding, U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy announced yesterday.

Senesco Marine LLC in North Kingstown and Blount Boats Inc. in Warren are set to receive the funding through the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Assistance to Small Shipyards program, which received $98 million in the stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama in February. Full story

Surf Report – 10am

1st is closed, a lot of white water but not really huge. Nobody is in the water.

Ruggles (pictured) is big and clean. Double to triple over head. Rights and lefts, (experts only) There are probably 150 people on the cliff watching, taking picture and video. Some have tents set up. There is a jet ski in the water doing tow outs. The only thing missing is a helicopter. There are professional photographers there. Look for images to surface soon.

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Watch BILL Go

They wouldn’t sell it to him so he stole it.

LNG tanker port would impact island lifestyle

Jamestownpress.com Editorial, Narragansett Bay is the boating capital of New England. These supertankers would frequently disrupt sailing regattas in the summer months. Bridge closings would delay emergency ambulance trips across the Pell Bridge. There could be economic impacts, such as a decline in property values, as well.

There is still time to be heard. Other agencies must approve the plan and public hearings will be held. We’ll keep you informed. In the meantime, write to our U.S. senators and representatives. They need to know how you feel about these LNG supertankers sailing past your home more than once a week. Read the story here.

Proposed sailing school remains grounded for now

JamestownPress.com – The FAST Sailing Foundation has withdrawn its request for a sailing school partnership with Jamestown. The Newport-based group expects to resubmit a proposal eventually, but, for now, the deal is off the table.

FAST is currently based at the Sail Newport Sailing Center at Ft. Adams State Park. The nonprofit group, which was founded in 2002, has sought to build a permanent home at Ft. Getty since 2004. Read on.

BILL

We’ll start to see BILL waves develop today. Check out the Magic Seaweed New England forecast model for hourly details. http://magicseaweed.com/hurricane/hurricane.php

Launched

Aquidneck Custom has just launched their 3rd Chris White designed Atlantic 57 Catamaran “Cerulean“. She is 57′ long, 29′ wide and took 18 months to build. Brownell Systems launched her via the big wide ramp in Bristol harbor. Cerulean is now in Portsmouth being rigged and prepared for delivery to her new owner.

Aquidneck Custom is a 10 man shop located in Bristol’s East Bay industrial park. Previous builds include Atlantic 57′s Leopard and Lely. You may have seen Leopard, She’s a local yacht.

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Fishing fanatics and friends

Last night I heard that Skip Helme  (Brewer Street Boatworks) landed a big fish. I e-mailed him and he sent along these images and this recap of the action by his buddy Jim Maguire. That’s an 11 foot Marlin!  Enjoy.

Jim writes – Not to steal Skip’s thunder as captain of boat, but I gotta tell this fishing trip story. It’s long but priceless……..

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Skip and I were planning a trip weather permitting wed / thur overnight this week with the boys … Saturday morning I notice the forecast improved and confirmed with Sam that there’s a small but good window Sat / Sunday overnight.

I call and email Skip around 7:30 am saying let’s go … about an hour later we’re confirmed and I’m scrambling to get the all the gear ready and Skip’s runnin his ass off at the office to get out of there – target is to leave the dock at 2 -

Morgan (and the crew at Newport Yachting Center!) helps me get the boat loaded and fueled – we meet at the loaded boat around 2pm – Skip gets everything kind of where it needs to be on boat and we pull out around 2:50 for a long ride to West Atlantis – Henry’s away so Dylan Pexton takes his spot. …… Skip, myself, James, Morgan and Dylan – long sloppy ride out with left over swells from 10 days of wind and seas …
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Kayakers report shark attack off Chatham

capecodonline.com – CHATHAM, Cape Cod – State officials are on the lookout for a seal carcass after kayakers headed for Monomoy Island reported seeing a shark attack one of the pinnipeds over the weekend.

Bruce Bean and his friend Rod MacKinnon, who both have homes on the Cape, were kayaking from Chatham to Monomoy Saturday morning at about 8:45 when they heard a large splash near a sandbar about a quarter mile south of the break in front of the Chatham Lighthouse, Bean said yesterday.

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The Bay is ripe for massive fish kill

by Peter B. Lord – Projo.com – Conditions in Narragansett Bay have reached a perfect storm of high temperatures, low dissolved oxygen and slack tides that could trigger another massive fish kill like the one six years ago in Greenwich Bay. Full story

Q&A with Ken Read

By David Schimdt, Senior Editor, Sail magazine

So, now that it’s all over, what are your thoughts about the Volvo Ocean Race? Is it the ultimate sailboat race?

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19 Teams from 14 Nations

19 teams from 14 nations are currently entered in the NYYC’s Invitational Cup sponsored by Rolex, Sperry, Top-Sider and now Henri Lloyd.

Fleet racing will take place in Newport, R.I. from September 15-19, 2009. “This event is, in fact, the world championship for the main yacht clubs of the world,” said Bruno Troublé, who will skipper the Yacht Club de France’s entry. “Most people do not realize how close the racing will be. Many of the teams will be very strong; although it is too early to say which team will win.”

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Ida Lewis Distance Race – Friday

Friday will be the first race for the new Highland Fling (82 feet) and she will be competing against the 75 foot Titan XV and the 90 foot Rambler.

The Ida Lewis Distance Race incorporates a 177 nm “Montauk” course and a 150 nm “Block Island” course for smaller boats and offers something for everyone, including classes for IRC, PHRF (including Cruising Spinnaker), One-Design (including NYYC Swan 42) and Double-Handed boats of 28 feet and longer. The event currently has 47 boats signed up. Here is the list.

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