Sailboat Life | Sailboats News for 07/26/2010



Jellystone Park Camp Resorts Is Using Fun Family Activities, Themed Weekends And Special Events To H
When people go camping, they expect to see people in short pants and t-shirts. Some may be outfitted with a backpack and hiking boots, while others are armed with a fishing pole...

City Council to discuss Floatopia ban Monday
The City Council Monday will consider closing a loophole in San Diego's beach alcohol ban that allows revelers to imbibe while floating on rafts and other devices just offshore in an effort to bring an end to the so-called "Floatopia" parties that have drawn thousands to Mission Bay...

Sales Tax Hike and Floatopia Before City Council
San Diego City Council members were expected to vote Monday afternoon on a proposed increase in sales tax and a plan to close loophole in beach booze ban...

ABYC to show what multihulls can do
LONG BEACH - Multihull sailboats may be extinct as an Olympic class and currently an endangered species in the America's Cup, but some determined advocates are pressing on in Alamitos Bay Yacht Club's annual Multihull Regatta this weekend...

Missing boater's body found - Sandusky Register

Sandusky Register

Missing boater's body found
Sandusky Register
A regular customer, Shaw had owned sailboats for many years, Brand said. Shaw had recently sold his 26-foot AMF Paceship sailboat but took two people .

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Missing Long Island Sound sailor ID'ed as Irish national - The Journal News | LoHud.com

Missing Long Island Sound sailor ID'ed as Irish national
The Journal News | LoHud.com
The school has been running sailing classes and renting sailboats since 1968. It was originally established on City Island and relocated to New Rochelle in .

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Sailing center wants wind turbines to power school, boatyard - Asbury Park Press

Sailing center wants wind turbines to power school, boatyard
Asbury Park Press
A team of 20 to 25 instructors work on a fleet of more than 40 boats, ranging from open daysailers to cruising sailboats up to 35 feet, including a Bristol .

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Colorful sculpture catches the eye - White Lake Beacon

Colorful sculpture catches the eye
White Lake Beacon
The sculpture shows two of the areas main visual elements, trees and sailboats in White Lake. From the Montague side, the view is of trees and from the .

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Sailor missing after fierce squall tears across Long Island Sound
A boater is missing after a fierce squall tore across Long Island Sound this afternoon...

Challenging ice conditions in the Arctic
Posted: Jul 25, 2010 02:19 pm EST Several sailboats will try to go through the Northwest and Northeast Passage this Arctic summer. It is not a given that they succeed, says Arctic ice expert and adventurer Knut Espen Solberg...

1988 Gradywhite 25EUR Sailfish. Twin Yamaha 200hp (Price dropped .
1988 Gradywhite 25' Sailfish. Twin Yamaha 200hp (Price dropped) (Naples) $7000 1988 Gradywhite 25' Sailfish. Twin Yamaha 200hp. Bottom job last November. No...

RCMP attend seaside complaints - BCLocalNews

RCMP attend seaside complaints
BCLocalNews
"They were getting dangerously close to some very high end sailboats, so obviously that caused some concern and some dialogue between the parties," O'Brien .

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Sailboats' Mast Make for Good Scratching Post! Don't let this .
Be careful out there! Try to stay at least 2 boat-lengths away from whales or they might figure out what this whale learned EUR sailboats' masts make good scratching posts! From: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38339576/ns/world_news-africa/ ...

Life on the water
Whether you're out re-creating Henry Hudson's first voyage up his namesake river more than 400 years ago or just out for a cool evening boat ride, you have many choices where to dock when you want to come ashore...

Sailboats Lavender and Onions
Sailboats. I work in Lausanne, a city sometimes called EURThe San Francisco of Switzerland.EUR I've never been to San Fran, but I've heard of its famous incline, so I think I can identify the connection. Lausanne is essentially one giant ...

Children to draw sailboats, blueberry farms at Rockland library's weekly workshops
A child's drawing of Marshall Point Light from 2009. Rockland a ' Children will continue to explore Maine memories this summer at the weekly drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at the Rockland Public Library...

Sailor missing after fierce squall tears across Long Island Sound - The Journal News | LoHud.com

Sailor missing after fierce squall tears across Long Island Sound
The Journal News | LoHud.com
"They were saying that the smaller sailboats were having the most trouble." Robert Berg of Scardale got his power boat back to harbor two minutes before the .

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Althouse: Sailboats on Lake Monona, very free and easy.
Sarah said. My dad and I were out fishing on Lake Monona today - the sailboats were pretty, but the sheriff's office pulling over everyone violating the no-wake policy was much more amusing. ...

Zen-like spots in Coconut Grove
While we have the waterfront and sailboats and beautiful parks and such, I find one really great Grove scene to be the sidewalk on Grand Avenue across the street from the Shops at Mayfair...

Plastiki completes 8,000 nautical mile journey protesting plastic pollution
After traveling 130 days and 8,000 miles, the Plastiki sailed in to Sydney earlier today, ending the trek to bring attention to the problem of plastics in our ocean...

City Council to discuss Floatopia ban Monday
The City Council Monday will consider closing a loophole in San Diego's beach alcohol ban that allows revelers to imbibe while floating on rafts and other devices just offshore in an effort to bring an end to the so-called "Floatopia" parties that have drawn thousands to Mission Bay...

San Diego to sink 'Floatopia' parties
The City Council today will consider closing a loophole in San Diego's beach alcohol ban that allows revelers to imbibe while floating on rafts and other devices just offshore in an effort to bring an end to the so-called "Floatopia" parties that have drawn thousands to Mission Bay...

Christina Martine's Official Blog: Vampires and Sailboats!
Vampires and Sailboats! Hey! I've been doing a lot of giveaways, etc. I recently had a funny guest blog featured on http://vampchix.blogspot.com/. Check it out: Hello fellow vampire fans! Thanks for reading. ...

Sailboats are the stars of Boat Night - Detroit Free Press

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Sailboats are the stars of Boat Night
Detroit Free Press
Power boats cruised the river, looking at the sailboats and looking even harder at the partying onshore. Leila Vitale of Port Huron was spending Boat Night .
Port Huron to Mackinac race sets sail this weekendNew Baltimore Voice Newspapers
Pure Michigan Bayview Mackinac Race Starts With 206 Sail BoatsPR Newswire (press release)
Boat Week update: Racers getting set to sailPort Huron Times Herald
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RCMP attend seaside complaints
The RCMP's marine unit was out literally calming the waters of Nanaimo Harbour on the weekend. Officers attended to a flotilla of eight boats tied together near Protection Island...

Stretching their sea legs
About 20 young sailors earned their sea legs this week when they guided their sailboats through the treacherous waters of Eden Isles canals to earn their sailing certificates...

Plastiki completes Pacific crossing, environmental mission .
Messing About In Sailboats . "Anyone know what this boat is and why it has such a big fat boom?" "On this myth about renaming the boat. Does it apply to freshwater boats? I have sailboat that it is mainly sailed in freshwater." ...

Photos of the Week: July 25, 2010
Sailboats in the Beneteau 36.7 class compete on course A on Lake Ontario during the annual Youngstown Yacht Club Level Regatta, Saturday July 24, 2010...

New Sailing Movie - Sailing the World (blog)

Sailing the World (blog)

New Sailing Movie
Sailing the World (blog)
When asked how this sailing movie project came his way, 22 year old Efron said: EURI went and stayed the night on a sailboat with my dad. .

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Linking cities, eras, and competing needs
The Longfellow Bridge spans the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge with a mix of grace and heft...

Missing Long Island Sound sailor ID'd as Irish national
Police said Monday that the missing sailing student who went overboard when a squall hit his boat Sunday afternoon was a 30-year-old Irish national from Brooklyn...

Coast guard calls off search for boater
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a veteran boater swept away from his boat Saturday afternoon...

Praxedes Exhibition at Fine Art
I'd always assumed Praxedes was a man - until I looked it up on Google to discover that although it is, or was, originally a man's name, from the Greek meaning 'active, enterprising, of firm purpose' - and the name of an Ethiopian eunuch that is male, 'Praxedes' is also the name of an early Christian Saint, a Roman maiden whose feast day was last ...

Luxury Yacht Charters Offer Unique Way to View the North Channel of Georgian Bay
Luxury Yacht Charters Offer Unique Way to View the North Channel of Georgian Bay...

Sailing like the wind
Twenty-two sailboats kicked off the International Y-Flyer Regatta on Chippewa Lake on Friday. This is the first time since 1971 that the biennial race was held on Chippewa Lake. The event ends Sunday. (Lisa Hlavinka / Gazette) CHIPPEWA LAKE One after another, white sails unfurled Friday morning, catching the wind on Chippewa Lake. By 10 . Read More..

Colorful sculpture catches the eye
Posted: 7-26-2010 Colorful sculpture catches the eye 'Sailboat/Trees' will be dedicated in a public ceremony Thursday at 7 p.m. The new 'Sailboat/Trees' sculpture will be the centerpiece of the ACWL's Art Walk along the bike trial...

New Sailing Movie Sailboats and Sailing the World
When asked how this sailing movie project came his way, 22 year old Efron said: EURI went and stayed the night on a sailboat with my dad. I brought one script to read and it just happened to be Charlie St. Cloud. It was so surreal. ...

Learning to Sail Part 2 - Sailboats - YachtPals.com News

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Learning to Sail Part 2 - Sailboats
YachtPals.com News
Though the term "sailboat" may describe vessels which range in size and style from tiny dinghies to enormous mega yachts, the basic principles for sailing .

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Sudden thunderstorm capsizes sailboats, dunks young sailors in Belmar (with photo gallery and video)
Three dozen children aboard more than 25 small sailboats scrambled for safety this morning after a severe thunderstorm packing winds of 35 to 40 mph quickly moved into the back bay of the Shark River and capsized their boats...

City Council Considers Sinking 'Floatopia' Parties
The City Council Monday will consider closing a loophole in San Diego's beach alcohol ban that allows revelers to imbibe while floating on rafts and other devices just offshore in an effort to bring an end to the so-called "Floatopia" parties that have drawn thousands to Mission Bay...

More than 350 youngsters compete in Island Heights race
ISLAND HEIGHTS On the Web: To find out the Junior Olympic sailing results visit the www.regattanetwork.com website. To find out more about the Island Heights Yacht Club visit its webside at www.ihyc.com...

Readers rate their summer picks
Yes, Buffalo is the best place to be in the summer -- and I am not wearing a cheerleader uniform as I a write this...

Fair winds
WORCSTER - Steady winds propelled sailboats along Lake Quinsigamond near Regatta Point yesterday...

1979 Flying J sailboat, 2 sets of sails $1500 | Sailboats for Sale .
1979 Flying J sailboat, 2 sets of sails $1500 The FJ has a beam of 4'11" and an overall sail area of 100 square feet (9.3 m). and an overall length of...

Learning to Sail Part 2 - Sailboats | YachtPals.com
Sailboats - Though the term sailboat may describe boats which range from tiny dinghies to enormous mega yachts, the basic principles for sailing any boat are the same. So, in theory at least, if you can sail one sailboat you can sail ...

Johnson 4 hp outboard motor (N. ST. PETE) $125 | Sailboats for .
Johnson 4 hp outboard motor (N. ST. PETE) $125 Cleaned out late uncles garage. I've pulled it and it turns over smoothly along with the prop and gets good...

Duluth: The tall ships are coming! The tall ships are coming
The HMS Bounty, right, and USS Niagara sail the waters of Lake Erie. Many of the tall ships will be in Duluth this week...

Whale Crashes into Sailboat - Sailing the World (blog)

Whale Crashes into Sailboat
Sailing the World (blog)
Various media outlets are reporting that a whale breached the surface of the ocean crashing into the sailboat of a couple near Cape Town. .

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Missing boater's body found
A boater missing since Saturday was found dead Monday morning in Lake Erie about one mile north of Port Clinton...

Boater, 20, lost in Long Island Sound
A boater is missing after a fierce squall tore across Long Island Sound on Sunday afternoon...



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