Headed south

Monday, 26 October: Atlantide - the remarkable 122 foot steel ship built in 1930 finally leaves her “home away from home” at Jamestown’s Conanicut Marina.

Thanks to William Tuthill for sending along

Full profile image (St Barths) and more detail.

Bluefin bites within 20 seconds, says skipper

projo.com - Billy Silvia, skipper of the charter boat Can’t Imagine, took Chuck Millard and his grandson, Nick, fishing out of Peekit Hill Wednesday.

“We put our first bait in the water and within 20 seconds we hooked into a 69-inch, 174-pound bluefin tuna,” the skipper said. “We fought it for a half hour and finally reeled it in. More.

Seamen’s Church hosts ocean talk

jamestownpress - Seamen’s Church Institute will host “Land, Sky & Sea - Australia’s Great Barrier Reef,” by Thomas F. Freeman on Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 18 Market Square in Newport.

Rams report 1st day results

Student Yachting World Cup - Results, Day 1

1. Czech Republic 5 - 6 - 1 = 12
2. Ireland (Cork) 7 - 5 - 2 = 14
3. France (Audencia) 2 - 10 - 3 = 15
4. Ireland (Limerick) 9 - 3 - 5 = 17
5. England 1 - 11 - 6 = 18
6. Italy 8 - 1 - 9 = 18
7. Scotland 3 - 8 - 10 = 21
8. Switzerland OCS(13) - 4 - 4 = 21
9. USA OCS (13) - 2 - 7 = 22
10. France (EP) 6 - 7 - 11 = 24
11. Wales 10 - 9 - 8 = 27
12. Japan 4 - 12 - 12 = 28

Despite the “alphabet soup” finish in the first race, and a disappointing finish in the last race, we are still happy with the day. We know what our strengths are (boat-speed and boat-handling) and we know what our weakness are (starts), so we are looking to improve. The results are very tight, and with 5 more days of racing, we are confident that we can move up the scoreboard.

Read the full report and post a message for the team here.

World’s largest boat show

tcpalm.com - The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show will celebrate 50 years of operation when it opens on Thursday and for those in the boat sales business, they are hoping the show’s anniversary is not the only thing golden about it. Read more.

RIY is at the show for another project so I’ll track down some Rhode Islanders and post a few reports.

You would not believe the amount of freight that stages into this place!

Dinner and a lecture - Tuesday

Stop by Café Zelda for dinner with a special IYRS menu (528 Thames Street), 6-7:15 pm. Call Zelda’s for reservations: 401-849-4002 Walk to IYRS Restoration Hall for the 7:30 lecture (members-free; nonmembers-$7)

Tuesday October 27: Earl McMillen, “The Restoration of Freedom”, 7:30 pm
After a four-year restoration, the gorgeous Mathis-Trumpy built motor yacht Freedom was re-launched this spring. Earl will describe the monumental task of returning the 83-year-old, 104′ yacht to better-than-new splendor and discuss the challenges involved in restoring and managing yachts for fractional ownership.

More info

B12 update

The Newport Yacht Club has put the fall Bermuda One-Two newsletter out. It includes  a recap of 2009 and information about the 2011 event. You can read it here

Game over for LNG

The fall edition of Tides (Save The Bays Magazine) is out and the cover is dedicated to the fight to keep LNG out of Narragansett Bay. Here are a few highlights.

Make it a called third strike! The latest “offshore” option for LNG citing follows the 2006 “small barge” option, shot down by the U.S. Coast Guard, and the original 2002 large tanker proposal, also shot down by the Coast Guard.

Weaver’s Cove LNG’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will spawn a series of public forums where, again, the facts will make a strong case against the proposed terminal. Here’s a guide that focuses Save The Bay’s position and helps put into perspective why this project is simply wrong for the Bay.

Read it here.

Maine builder gets 4 boat contract

ibinews.com - US boatbuilder Morris Yachts has won a contract to build four Leadership 44 training vessels for the US Coast Guard (USCG) Academy. The new 13m (44ft) vessels, designed by US naval architect David Pederick, will replace the USCG’s old Luders sailing craft. Construction will begin later this year.

David Pedrick is based in Newport. Read more.

Webcams / Weather temporarily down

Saturday afternoon storms knocked out our internet connection at the Hyatt. The two webcams and weather station are temporarily offline. We checked on them Sunday and there is no equipment damage but it will take a little effort to get the connection back because of the remote location.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Webcam 3 is fine. It’s amazing how well the equipment usually performs. This is the first time the Hyatt cams have been off in over a year.

Portsmouth moorings no longer free

eastbayri.com - SAKONNET AREA - Mooring fees were on the agenda on both sides of the Sakonnet River last Tuesday evening, Oct. 13.

Free boat mooring ride ends in Portsmouth; Tiverton likely to stay at $50 Portsmouth still best bargain around at $5

On the Portsmouth side, the Town Council decided to do away with one of the last “freebies” around when it voted to charge at least $5 for every mooring in town.  Read on

12M Sailing comes to Jane Pickens Theater

Sweet Ride cruises into Bristol

Storm Chasers

While most people were watching football yesterday Will Tuthill was out and about in Jamestown recording the carnage from our first Nor’easter.

Slideshow

The last boat sitting peacefully at anchor was not only in the right spot but he was lucky too.

We saw the boat on Friday & went out to bring the dude a beer. Today (Sunday) we swam out [with full wetsuits] to bring him a care package with home made chicken soup, fresh corn & tomatoes, apples, pears, home made jelly, butter, eggs, newspapers, etc. His name is Henning Christiansen and he is from Denmark. He has sailed this boat around the world already starting in 2000. It is a fascinating story- pretty cool for a 30 foot boat! Will

PUMA Finale at Jane Pickens

Tues., November 10, 2009. 6:30 - 8:30pm - ON THE BIG SCREEN!

Sail Newport is proud to present even more never before seen footage of PUMA’s il mostro, which finished the Volvo Ocean Race in second place. PUMA Ocean Racing’s very own Ken Read will join us in person, giving us insight into the race. See and hear Ken’s wrap up of the VOR which finished its round the world journey in June.

Buy tickets and find out more at Sail Newport.