Austal USA lays keel for EPF 8
March 30, 2016—Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard yesterday held a keel laying ceremony for the Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel Yuma (EPF 8). The ship is the eighth EPF built at Austal under the 10-ship, $1.6 billion block-buy contract awarded to Austal in 2008.
March 30, 2016 – Porotoroz, Slovenia – Like one year ago, Yacht Club Portoroz together with Porotoroz Marina will host the first event of the world famous Melges 24 European Sailing Series initiated by the International Melges 24 Class Association. The event, valid also as the Melges 24 Open Slovenian National Championship and the first event of the Melges 24 Italian Sailing Series under the name of the Portoroz Melges 24 Regatta, will go underway the upcoming Friday and will end on Sunday (April 1-3), after a series of nine races with a discard that will enter in play after the conclusion of the fifth race.
In the early hours of Wednesday, March 30, under some rain but with an obliging tide, Safran was launched back into the water in Port-la-Forêt. Soon after, the team set about stepping the wing mast, a tricky phase followed by adjusting the outriggers to allow the mast to work efficiently.
Set up only recently, the GC32 Racing Tour is a spectacular circuit for foiling catamarans which brings together technology, innovation and performance. It is on this demanding circuit that Sébastien Rogues has chosen to fly the Engie colours. For the third season, the GC32 attracts more and more renowned sailors from around the world resulting in a very high standard of 2016 entrants. For this new challenge, young talent joins Sébastien Rogues aboard the flying catamaran and are continuously training to be ready for the first event to be held in Austria mid may.
North American Melges 32 fleet ready to race the Lauderdale Cup, 2015-16 Blue Water Series stoked for another round of ‘Take A Junior Sailing’ day
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – The final stage of the 2015-16 Melges 32 Blue Water Series (BWS) is just days away from commencement, hosted by the Lauderdale Yacht Club (LYC) at Bahia Mar Marina. Three days and eight races are scheduled for the post-Easter weekend and the weather/breeze forecast looks to be superb.
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VIDEO: Crowley sets engine on LNG fueled ConRO
March 29, 2016—Crowley Maritime Corporation has marked another critical milestone in the construction of its two LNG fueled ConRO ships with the setting of the MAN Diesel & Turbo 8S70ME-C8.2-GI main engine onto El Coquí, the first of the new Commitment Class vessels under construction at VT Halter Marine.
 By nature of size and performance, the racing class circulated in a two by two formation. Geoff Hill’s Smith 72 Custom Antipodes and Ernesto Echauz’s TP 52 Standard Insurance Centennial III, fighting it out at the front. Not far behind, Steve Manning/Anthony Root’s Ker 42 Black Baza and Fred Kinmonth/Nick Burns Sydney GTS 43 EFG Mandrake have the pedal flat on the floor. Leaving Martin Tanco’s Sydney 46 Centennial II, keeping the pressure on from the back. Several big wind gusts produced some out of control broaches on the downwind and unintentional round ups to windward. Hill’s Antipodes claimed line honours in 2hrs 43mins 12sec’s with Echauz’s Standard Insurance Centennial III, a little over two minutes behind. But when the IRC ratings are applied, it’s EFG Mandrake that claims the handicap stakes by a mere 15 seconds, from Black Baza and relegated Standard Insurance Centennial III down to third place, Antipodes in fourth and Centennial II fifth. At the evening awards party, everyone agreed that it was a great race to open the regatta with. Despite the hangover from last nights welcome party, Jun Avecilla and the crew on his Beneteau First 36.7 Selma Star put in a sterling effort, to claim the daily double in the Cruising Class. Still getting familiar with the boat, Viggo Lisson and the Philippine crew on the Beneteau First 31.7 Selma had to settle on second place. Late to start, Garry Kingshott’s Fusion 40 catamaran Kerida, made up ground around the course but fell short of making an impression for third place.  Racing continues tomorrow with two windward/ leeward races for the Racing Class and another point to point race for the Cruising Class. If the wind is still blowing the birds out of the trees, Medy Fidel has already decided to lengthen the courses for both classes.More news, race info and photos goto Subic Sailing and Commodore’s Cup on FacebookGoto AY Pre-Regatta ReportAll the 2015-16 AY News, Views and Race Reports Here…This 2016 Commodore’s Cup – Race Reports are kindly bought to you by the following supporters
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Navy Captain gets prison term for Fat Leonard affair role
March 28, 2016—U.S. Navy Capt. Daniel Dusek, 49, will get a change of uniform June 15. That’s when he must report to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to start serving a 46 months sentence, imposed Friday, for giving classified information to a foreign defense contractor in exchange for prostitutes, luxury travel and other gifts.
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– Racing around the Arabian Gulf
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