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Video summary of the Melges 24 season 2016-2017 in Chile
Melges 24 fleet in Chile has just started their 2017-2018 season in September, but here’s the video footage of last season on Lake Rapel by Benja Sans Sailing Photo
Enjoy!
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Monthly Archives: September 2017
McCain seeks to make Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver permanent; Why the White House granted a Jones Act waiver that wasn’t needed
McCain seeks to make Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver permanent
September 29, 2017 — U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Mike Lee (R-UT) have introduced legislation that would permanently exempt Puerto Rico from the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, or the Jones Act, “to aid recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria and encourage long-term economic growth.” Senator McCain said, “While I welcome the Trump administration’s Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico, this short-term, 10-day exemption is insufficient to help the people of Puerto Rico recover and rebuild from Hurricane Maria.”
Trump authorizes 10-day Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico; Conrad wins nine barge order
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Leonardo exhibits new generation and bestselling VIP helicopters at the Monaco Yacht Show
Monaco, 28 September 2017 – Leonardo, a leading manufacturer in the global helicopter industry, is exhibiting two of its most successful models in VIP/corporate transport configuration at the Monaco Yacht Show (27-30th September). The company is showcasing a GrandNew light twin and an AW169 light intermediate twin aircraft, both owned by a British private customer and used for VIP transport missions across the UK.
McCain calls for Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico; Houston Ship Channel in “desperate” need of dredging
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Game Faces ON at the Midwest High Performance Sailing Camp
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Metal Shark to build more cats for NYC Ferry; Former Keppel Shipyard exec faces corruption charges
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Food and emergency aid arriving in Puerto Rico; VIDEO: Carnival to build fourth ship for Cunard
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Two calls for help in 24 hours for Exmouth RNLI Crew volunteers
Photos: (Credit: Alice Stott)
PR250817 Crew volunteers during the Champagne Challenge sailing event in the river Exe
Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat was called out twice over the weekend, assisting three people in difficulty. Crew volunteers were on exercise on their Shannon class lifeboat during the annual Champagne Challenge community sailing event.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE: FROM WORDS TO ACTION
Picture Flanagan Alpha Global Expedition collection
British solo-yachtsman facing the arctic sun as he navigates the Russian Northern Sea route in his 40 foot yacht Barabas. Adrian Flanagan set off from the Solent on the first vertical circumnavigation by sea (pole to pole) on28 October 2003, the smallest yacht to round Cape Horn West about, and still one of only a handful of yachts to make that passage, heading North up the Pacific an through the Bering Strait, along the Northern Sea Route, round Norway’s North Cape & South for home through the North Sea
ROUND THE WORLD SAILOR ADRIAN FLANAGAN BEING HANDED A CUP OF TEA BY CHIEF CHRIS BAMBER ON HMS TRUMPETER IN THE SOLENT.PICTURE BY STEVE REIGATE 21/5/2008
ROUND THE WORLD SAILOR ADRIAN FLANAGAN ON BOARD HIS YACHT BARABUS IN THE SOLENT.PICTURE BY STEVE REIGATE 21/5/2008
Read Adrian’s account of his epic and historic voyage. FIRE Project review of the book http://tinyurl.com/y9629kp8
The Northern Sea Route (NSR) is the shortest sea route from Asia to Europe. According to experts, after 2050 it will be available for year-round passage of conventional vessels with no ice reinforcement. Given this, it is a good strategy right now to develop the NSR not only for pure export of natural resources from the Arctic zone or for the “Northern Supply”, but also for container transportation. In 2016, a model for creating a regular Arctic container line on the basis of the Northern Sea Route was developed. A niche where NSR shipments are more profitable compared to the southern route is the transit of container cargo between the ports of the Northeast Asia (China, Japan, the Republic of Korea) and North Europe (Rotterdam, Hamburg, etc.) The container traffic on routes where the use of the NSR can potentially give a significant payoff to carriers, is about 455 thousand TEU. The commissioning of new facilities for the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the development of infrastructure in the Arctic will help significantly increase traffic along the NSR.