Update – Three Little Birds launched!

Bristol RI. – Here are some shots of launching day activities.
Three Little Birds was launched at 8:30 8/26/10
She is getting rigged at Little Harbor Marine.

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The Clagett Regatta

Image – Charlie Rosenfield (Woodstock, Conn.), winner of the 2.4 Metre class
credit – Dan Nerney.

In each of the four classes (2.4 Metre, SKUD-18, Sonar and J/22) competing at the eighth annual C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Regatta for sailors with disabilities, an unbroken winning streak on the second and final day of racing determined the championship winners. The storm that pulled out of the area Wednesday night left behind a perfect day for racing on Narragansett Bay, starting with a 5-7 knot westerly breeze that built to a top speed of 12-14. The only hiccup for the day came in the form of a 40-degree wind shift that caused a 2.4 Metre race to be abandoned just as it started and also necessitated a weather mark change for the SKUD-18 class. (more…)

Seamen’s Church Institute of Newport raises at $28,000 at Rock the Docks

On August 22nd Seamen’s Church Institute of Newport hosted its fourth annual Rock the Docks event. Seamen’s Church board members served dinner to 150 guests who braved the weather to support Seamen’s charitable mission. Rock the Docks is a grass root event run and staffed by the board and volunteers. We rolled up our sleeves and did the work and the result was that 90% of the funds raised went directly to Semen’s Church. Every board member played a role in our success in raising $28,000.

Image – (L to R) SCI Board members Mary Gilbane, Rick Grosvenor and Peggy Comfort

Little America’s Cup

Final results here.

The Winner!

BOAT: Canaan
OWNER: Fred Eaton, Toronto, Ontario
DESIGNER: Steve Killing, Midland, Ontario
BUILDER: Rossi Milev/ Multimatic, Toronto
LENGTH: 25 feet [7.6 meters]
YEAR: 2010
HULL: vacuum bagged carbon/epoxy

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Cardboard Shark Fin

It’s NEB!

New England Boatworks Inc. has been contracted to build PUMA’s new Volvo 70 for the upcoming VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2011-2012. Design for this latest generation round the world race yacht will be provided by Valencia based Naval Architecture firm Juan Yacht Design. Juan Kouyoumdjian’s designs have a perfect record in the VOR since the inception of the Volvo Open 70 Rule. They are credited with designing the 2006 VOR winner ABN AMRO One and the 2009 VOR winner Ericsson 4. Full release

Herreshoff Classic Regatta images from George Bekris

Here are some really nice images of the Herreshoff Classic Regatta presented by photographer George Bekris posted at Sail-world.com

More turtles

A Massachusetts-based network that counts turtle sightings has fielded 13 reports from Rhode Island boaters this month, including leatherback turtles and loggerheads like this one released in open waters off Key Biscayne, Fla.

They ply Rhode Island waters every summer, sometimes paddling right into Narragansett Bay or gliding along rip currents near the cliffy islands off Sakonnet Point. Story

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Man swept to sea from Hazard Rock

Rhode Island Speed

There’s a very cool project taking shape in Rhode Island and you’ll want to find out more.

The Project Leader and Design Coordinator is Vlad Murnikov. The Skipper will be Cam Lewis. They’re going to build the fastest ocean-going sailing monohull on the planet.

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It’s not too late

Not too late to sign on for America’s Cup 12 Metre Era Reunion

Newport, Rhode Island: All the big names of sailing are signing on to attend New York Yacht Club’s America’s Cup 12 Metre Era Reunion from September 16-19 at Harbour Court, NYYC’s on-the-water clubhouse in Newport – and it’s not too late to join in – but you will have to hurry.

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Tim Healy & local crew are World Champions!

Tim Healy of Jamestown won the J24 world championships in Malmo Sweden with an all local crew.

Gordon Borges – Providence RI
Moose McClintock – Portsmouth RI
Danny Rabin – Boston
John Mollicone – Newport RI

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Onne van der Wal Photography: Workshops

“Workshops on the Water” teaching the basics and some advanced techniques of digital photography when shooting from a moving (and wet and unstable) platform – like a boat!

The first workshop which will take place during the Museum of Yachting’s Classic Yacht Regatta on Sunday September 5th. The workshop will be from noon – 4:30. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to shoot beautiful boats aside Onne.

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Little Nor’easter

Monday Aug. 23 1100 – Warning signal for the first fleet race

Forecast for Monday - ENE wind 16 to 19 kt becoming NNE 11 to 14 kt in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 kt. Rain and thunderstorms before 3pm, then a chance of rain. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog. Seas 1 ft or less.

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Ida Lewis Distance Race – Results

Shortened Courses Deliver Overnight Challenges, Satisfaction

NEWPORT, R.I. (August 22, 2010)-George David (Hartford, Conn.) was shocked at how much wind there was during the sixth annual Ida Lewis Distance Race, even if 17 knots is nothing compared to what his crack crew aboard the 90-foot Rambler has endured before on its many race outings around the world. When Friday’s (August 20) 1p.m. start had to be delayed an hour due to a dieing gradient wind, David wasn’t hopeful that the shortened 122-nm course set for his IRC class would offer much in the way of thrilling winds, but Rambler wound up averaging an impressive 10 ½ knots of speed throughout 12-plus hours of racing, finishing at 2:18 the next morning and correcting out two hours ahead of Ron O’Hanley’s (Boston, Mass.) Privateer.

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