Puma leaves Alicante for Newport

Puma left Spain today headed for Newport and Ken Read has made an announcement about who will be on his Core Team.

PUMA Ocean Racing - April 29, – Today Ken Read, skipper of PUMA Ocean Racing, announced his core crew and management team for the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012. The team departs Alicante, Spain today to bring il mostro, PUMA Ocean Racing’s boat that secured a 2nd place finish in the last Volvo Ocean Race, back to Newport, Rhode Island where the team will immediately start training for the next race. il mostro will serve as the team’s training boat until a new boat, which will compete in the 2011-12 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, is completed.

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The Big Boys are charging

Oceanco changes ownership

By IBI Magazine - Superyacht builder Oceanco has been acquired by Mohammed Al Barwani, a private investor based in the Sultanate of Oman.

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LNG threat outlined by port foes

By Phil Zahodiakin

jamestownpress.com - Several of the state’s most outspoken opponents of the liquefied natural gas facility proposed for Mt. Hope Bay presented their arguments to a packed house during a forum at the Jamestown Senior Center last Monday evening. Read on.

Get out your gear

Bristol, RI. The Annual Herreshoff Wharf Sale will be held on June 4 and 5, 2010. You’re invited to clean out your boatshed, garages, and storage lockers, and donate gently used boats, marine gear, tools, artwork, and other items to this two-day sale which raises funds for the Museum’s programs. Corporate supporters of the Museum also provide new gear for the sale; past friends include Schaefer Marine, New England Ropes, IMTRA, and Ronstan.

If you have items you wish to donate, please contact the museum at events@herreshoff.org or bring them to the Museum in Bristol. Your donation is fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law, and supports the educational initiatives of the Museum.

Puma headed back to Newport with Brad onboard

Brad Read checks in with details about his latest adventure, and it’s a big one!

Dear Sail Newport sailors, friends and families:

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Women’s New England Championship

The Brown Bears win the Reed Trophy and Harvard finishes second. Both teams will move on to the ICSA Women\’s Nationals Finals to be sailed later in May at the University of Wisconsin. Congratulations as well to Boston College, Connecticut College, Tufts, Yale, and Dartmouth who finished third through seventh respectively and will compete at the Women\’s National Semi-finals at the University of Wisconsin. Results can be found here.

Racing took place Saturday and Sunday at the Edgewood Yacht Club / Providence River

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ACC11 – Looking fast

Aquidneck Custom Composites in Bristol has cool project going. The ACC11 is a hi-performance trimaran designed for coastal cruising and ocean passages.

She is being built in post cured Epoxy. The hull is uni-directional S-glass w/ Nomex honeycomb and SP Core-Cell A500 foam core. All structural and interior partitions are carbon and foam cored. The beams and Amas were female molded and also built in foam cored carbon. The interior will feature white Awl Grip surfaces and laminated Cherry trim. (more…)

Record Number of North Atlantic Right Whales Sighted off Rhode Island

A NOAA marine mammal aerial survey team based at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., has sighted nearly 100 endangered North Atlantic right whales feeding in Rhode Island Sound, the largest group ever documented in those waters.

“It all started with a flukeprint,” said Pete Duley, whale researcher at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center who was on the team that spotted the whales on April 20. Full story.

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Newport for New Products

Being the first major show of the Fall boat show season, manufacturers have long made Newport the place to launch their new boats and boating products. Together with Cruising World, Sailing World and MotorBoating magazines, the Show recognizes boats in divisions Under 30’ and 30’ and Over, as well as products used for boat operation or for boating safety… before the event in a special magazine insert, during the Show with special identification and activities, and gives awards for “Best New Powerboat”, “Best New Sailboat” and “Best New Boating Product”. If you’re debuting a new boat or boating product, debut it in Newport!

Clam boat brings up live grenades

capecodonline.com - NEW BEDFORD – As many as 100 vintage hand grenades – at least several of which still contained live explosives – were blown up in a controlled blast last night after Fair Tide Shellfish employees found the weapons while sifting through the haul of a clam boat. Details

Image – The Standard-Times/John Sladewski

Russian sub headed for scrap heap

Restoration Quarterly, SPRING 2010 #22

Restoration Quarterly is published by the International Yacht Restoration School. You can check it out online or have a hard copy delivered four times a year by becoming a member. Sign up here.

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33.5-pound carp caught on whiskey-and-tequila flavored corn

fishingblog.projo.com - It is the largest freshwater fish caught in Rhode Island, and a record to the Carp Anglers Group. Because Allard released the fish quickly, however, it is not an official state record because it was not weighed on a certified scale. More

Portuguese Surf & Turf

Recipe of the week from Narragansett Beer

Move over steak and lobster. The Portuguese culture know how to combine the best delicacies from both land and sea. Originating in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, this dish is most commonly referred to as Carne de Porco a’ Alentejana. It’s a delicious stew of both pork loin and clams and an excellent introduction to Portuguese cuisine. You will see this on every menu in the Portuguese restaurants of New Bedford, Fall River and East Providence. So here’s the recipe for you to enjoy in your home with family, friends and a ‘Gansett!