Saturday 31 August 2013
Fifth time Team Sponsor of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Qingdao, officially named their yacht this morning , part of the new state of the art fleet of ocean racers debuting in the 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Race which gets underway tomorrow from St Katharine Docks, London
First time Team Sponsor Henri Lloyd christened their first ever yacht entry in the nine-race history of the Clipper Round the World Race this morning. The yacht, part of the new state of the art fleet of ocean racers debuting in the 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Race, was christened Henri Lloyd – 50 Years of Pioneering Spirit.
At 1300hr on Thursday 29 August 2013, a local passenger boat skipper informed Seahouses Lifeboat Coxswain that a yacht was aground and high and dry at the Bridges, a location at the Inner Farne Islands. He was concerned for the safety of the yacht when the tide rose, as it was lying hard over on its beam. RNLI personnel then had discussions with Humber Coastguard. No distress call had been made by the yacht.
Sir Richard Grenville
‘Sink Me the Ship, Master Gunner!’
by BigJules
This day 422 years ago Sir Richard Grenville in the galleon Revenge, and separated from the rest of the English fleet off the Azores, began one of the most epic ‘last stands’ in naval history.
ENFANT TERRIBLE (ITA) at the front of the fleet upwind
Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2013 fleet
The 16th edition of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship hosted by the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) in Newport, RI, was as expected a tightly contested affair, and ended today after four days of intense competition over ten windward/leeward races.
Porto Rotondo, Italy – Due to great inconsistency in wind direction, there was no racing on day two of the 2013 Audi Melges 20 European Championship hosted by Yacht Club Porto Rotondo.
Lance Fraser ( BDA) prepares to turn around the leward mark in the 2012 Argo group Gold Cup. Fraser will sail in the Bermuda National Match racing Championship facing Bermuda’s recent Olympian Jesse Kirkland and Joshua Greenslade. The winner bags an automatic invitation to the Argo Group gold Cup Oct 8-13. © Charles Anderson/RBYC
By Colin Thompson
from the Royal Gazette – http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130830/SPORT03/130839966
Hamilton BERMUDA, August 30, 2013 Three of the Bermuda’s’s top match racing teams will do battle in the International One Design (IOD) on the weekend for the right to represent Bermuda in the 2013 Argo Group Gold Cup.
August 30, 2013—ClassNK Executive Vice President Toshitomo Matsui announced today that the ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team’s analysis and investigation of the MOL Comfort casualty will take longer than initially expected, and will delay the release of its findings. The team began investigating the MOL Comfort casualty in mid-June when the five year old containership broke in two.
Derry-Londonderry, UK City of Culture 2013, who last month announced a two race deal as a Team Sponsor of the Clipper Race, officially unveiled their Derry~Londonderry~Doire team entry today, just two days ahead of the Clipper 13-14 Race start in London, St Katharine Dock.
Garmin, the global GPS technology company, has officially named its yacht, part of the new state of the art fleet of ocean racers debuting in the latest edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.