Archive for the 'Sailing' Category

Oct 24 2011

Preparing for winter

Published by under books,Sailing

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Sep 03 2011

Out of the Frying Pan into the Bilge

Above: Walton takes a break after polishing off half a dozen projects aboard Sancerre. Rob Walton, ever-so-recently retired from environmental engineering and recycling firm, has been named Chief Maintenance Officer of Sail Channel Islands, LLC. In his first half-day on the job, he completed an electric head install, rebuilt the pump on a manual head, [...]

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Jun 17 2011

Not a race fan, but this video is instructive

Published by under rescue,safety at sea,Sailing

As most of my sailing pals know, I’m not all that interested in racing, but this video leads with a spectacular clip of Oracle’s America’s Cup boat capsizing during practice. The film also captures a rescue at sea in 45 foot (15m) swells and bangs home the point that getting back to the victim is [...]

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May 18 2011

Rick Moore’s Credit Card Captains

Published by under safety at sea,Sailing

Rick reports that this sort of incident is NOT uncommon in the BVI. This film has been getting a lot of play on Facebook. There are a lot of comments, suggestions, descriptions and admonitions, but I am at a loss. A few viewers suggested inebriation, but drinking and sailing is customary in the BVI. In [...]

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May 14 2011

New film from & about Channel Islands National Park

This is a new film from the National Park Service portraying the lush/stark/beauty of our islands and extolling the virtues of conservation. The voice over is Kevin Costner, a local boy. How local? Costner attended elementary school at McKevette School in Santa Paula, California, Cabrillo Jr. High School and Buena High in Ventura, though he [...]

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