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Ocean Paddle Challenge – Gran Canaria – Barbados
Ocean Pedalo Challenge 2011
2 BROTHERS, 1 PEDALO, 5 WORLD RECORDS & THE ATLANTIC
Some say they are mad, they may be right!
It all started the way many madcap adventures begin, several pints in the local pub. A group of friends wondered what it would be like to pedal an ocean going pedalo the 3,000 miles across the Atlantic? If we are honest many of us have dreamed of challenging ourselves in a similar way, but what makes Kieran, Shaun and Stuart different is they decided to follow their dream.
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SV Baloo 1, Elisabeth+Gerhard Kager AT
SV Baloo 1, a HR 352, started from her homeport UMAG some time in 2003. It took 7 years for their owners to arrive in Langkawi Malaysia, where they decided to take to boat to the hard to fly home to Austria and start their normal life back again. The boat will be used for holiday cruises in SO Asian waters for future years, as they decided to cancel the idea of concluding a circumnavigation due to the frightening idea to sail home through the Red Sea via pirates waters.
Please read the report of their journey here
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Bora Bora Liquid Festival December 12 -18, 2011
SOFITEL BORA BORA MARARA BEACH & PRIVATE ISLAND
Escape this winter to an unrivaled Polynesian adventure steeped in the culture, island hospitality and exciting water sports activities awaiting you at the most beautiful lagoon in the world, Bora Borahhh!
Known originally as the Bora Bora IronMana, the Bora Bora Liquid Festival began in 2000 as the only Va’a-1 (one-man traditional Polynesian outrigger) endurance paddling event in the world covering over 56km, or 34 miles
The brainchild of world-class aquatic athlete Stephan Lambert, the event has grown over the past decade into a festival celebrating Tahitian culture as well as sporting excellence. Continually growing and expanding, 2010 marked the introduction of the Bora Bora 5km swim, a 55km surfski division, a waterman triathlon and relay events. The event also now includes the world’s fastest growing watersport, Stand up Paddle or SUP, as well as two other disciplines with great historical significance for Polynesia: lay-down paddleboards and the sailing canoe, which will be used to symbolically open the festival. Now a more inclusive event for both competitive athletes and adventure-seeking guests, the Bora Bora Liquid Festival invites you to come celebrate with us and participate as a competitor, fan, guest, and of course, new friend…
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Windpilot cartoon – by Inga Beitz SV Olgalou
Title for Peter´s columns - by Inga Beitz SV Olgalou
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Ham radio – general information
How to hear and be heard with marine radio
We, the honorary operators of marine radio networks, rely heavily on good communication with sailing boats, so I would like to take this opportunity to offer some advice and tips on the subject of installing and operating marine radio transceivers.
Good technology can make a big difference, but what use is even the best radio set if it is not installed and cared for properly? And remember: WINLINK and SAILMAIL too can only work smoothly if the ship’s radio is firing on all cylinders.>continue reading
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Blog portal – admission free!
Did you realize that our BLOG PORTAL has been silently upgraded containg the following information:
– 1000 ship´s blogs from A – Z, containing links for website / blog, YouTube videos and tracking inrfomation
– Catamarans from A – Z, with identical criteria as mentioned above
– Yachtie´s and writers, because hands-on-info sometimes are the better rather than theory
– Circumnavigators from A – Z, including sailors staying in the Indiq or Z.A. because we have the felling that they are going back to their homeport at the end.
The portal will be extended and upgraded constantly and you may find info you never ever have found in an as simple way like that.
If you want to get your boat listed here, please just drop a line and we will be happy to add you to the linklist
If you are looking for a particular name of a yacht, just SEARCH for her at right had side.
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SV Quantum Leap – given up, but sailed to Honolulu
It has been during a delivery from SAN DIEGO California, to HAWAII, when skipper Philip Johnson and his crew experienced some electrical problems. Sea was getting rough and a wave hit the boat and skipper has been hit whilst working in the galley. He experienced serious inner bleeding. Decision has been made to rescue the crew and abandon the boat, due to the fact that the rest of the crew was totally unexperienced.
The yacht however arrived on its own more or less without damage at the beaches of Honolulu just 3 weeks later. The boat will be rescued for her next life at sea.
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SV Grace – John Otterbacher US
BROKEN HEART – LUCKILY NOT
CHICAGO january 1998. Deep winter, minus 25 Grad Celsius, snow white town all over.
I just built up my Windpilot equipment for CHICAGO BOAT SHOW – NAVY PIER – and accepted some icecold days driving back and forth between hotel lobby and the Convention Centre, always aware not to fall into depression.
Compared to Chicago the Boat Shows in Oakland, Ft. Lauderdale or Miami making considerably more fun as tempertures are somewhat better to say the least. Super yachts being exibited in Miami in deep frozen halls to avoiding stress for material and visitors. Cold is cool, at least in America´s Southern part. Continue reading
Moby Dick – Today
Glenn Wilson und Nerida Higgins were at anchor just upfront the costline of their home coast in QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIEN.
But the night turned out a different way.
A whale passed by, grapped their anchor line and turned towards the open sea – with the boat on a tow. Skippe and his wife stayed cool enough to take a video which has been published via SKY NEWS in Australian televison
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Sailing Conductors – Expedition Music Concept
Sailing Conductors – CRIBS from Sailing Conductors on Vimeo.
Während unserer zweijährigen Reise von Australien nach Deutschland, sollen auf fünf Kontinenten in etwa dreißig Ländern hunderte Musiker aufgenommen werden. Über die Zeit entstehen so Lieder von mehreren Künstlern, die sich persönlich nie begegnet sind. Denn jede Aufnahme findet zeitlich‐ und räumlich getrennt von der anderen statt.
Von Benjamin Schaschek und Hannes Koch in der Planungsphase des Projekts entwickelt, versteht es sich als Enkel der Konzeptkunst der späten 60er Jahre. Wie bei der Objektkunst von Marcel Duchamp, steht nicht das Werk im Vordergrund, sondern die Gedanken um dessen Bedeutung. Hier geht´s zum Blog
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