Franck Cammas and an all star crew which included Stan Honey as navigator, has set a new record around the world and claimed the Jules Verne trophy.
America’s Cup 1958
Columbia the first 12 meter built after world war II and the first 12 meter to defend the America’s Cup.
The 12 meter era of the America’s cup
Safety at Sea
St. Partick’s day weekend in Newport. The Safety At Sea Seminar also took place. The weather outside was some of the worst we have experienced in some time;sixty knots of wind and over 5 inches of rain.
LAS PALMAS
Las Palmas, the largest city on Gran Canaria, has a broad and varied history and architecture. Even Christopher Columbus spent time here. The first settlers found many wild dogs on the island; at the end of the nineteenth century the city fathers commissioned the statues of dogs to emphasize this fact. Curiously they did not choose the Canarian dog.
CANARY ISLANDS
I left Boston on Sunday the 10th of January, on my way to the Canary Islands, off the west coast of Africa, via Madrid. Travel took almost 48 hours because the airport in Madrid was under snow. The return trip took only 30 some hours, because of fog in Madrid.
photographs
August 28,1851 Cowes, Isle of Wight
SNOW DAYS
I had ordered a new scanner to replace one that functioned perfectly well except for the fact that Snow Leopard would no longer recognize it. HP after 4 months still had not created a new driver and there was no indication that they were even thinking of doing it. They were certainly no help when I contacted them.
burning calories
We had snow storm of the winter, starting last night into today, wind up to 50 knots. It seemed to me that we had 2 feet and drifts up to my chest, always just where I needed to shovel. For those who wanted a white christmas, their wish was granted. Ski country got only a dusting as it was a coastal storm, the same one that hit Virginia, New York, and on up the coast.