IN NEWPORT WE HAVE THE EXTRAORDINARY PRIVILEGE OF NARRAGANSETT BAY.
THIS PAST SUMMER HAS BEEN FULL A EXCITING EVENTS IF YOU LOVE BOATS; AND THE SEASON IS NOT DONE.
THE TWELVE METER CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE COMING UP SOON.
GRACE UNDER SAIL
HISTORY 40 YEARS AGO & 50 YEARS AGO
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the launching and first successful defense by the 12 meter “Intrepid”. It also marks the second successful defense by the 12 meter “Courageous”. Each boat successfully defended the America’s Cup twice. Only one other boat can lay claim to that fact. That was “Columbia” 1899 & 1901. She is no longer with us.
WEALD II TRANSATLANTIC RACE 1975
THE TRANSATLANTIC RACE OF 1975 STARTED IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND FINISHING IN COWES IOW. WEALD WAS A SWAN 48 DESIGNED BY S&S. A BOAT IN MY OPINION THAT WAS FASTER THAN “CARINA” IN THAT ERA.
THIS WAS ONE OF 9 TRANSATLANTIC RACES I HAVE COMPETED IN. EACH WITH IT’S OWN SPECIAL MEMORIES. ADDITIONALLY AN EXCEPTIONAL PRIVILEGE TO COMMUNE WITH NATURE IN A WAY PERMITTED TO ONLY A FEW.
SUNSET MOONSET
NEW ZEALAND WINS THE AMERICA’S CUP
https://youtu.be/g4m13fKfqXU
The edge every sailor wants is boat speed. It can disguise errors, it helps with execution of maneuvers. in short it can bail you out of suituations.
The New Zealand team had all the tools; a faster boat. and from a distance a team that had no egos. Everyone quietly did their jobs.
If you look at the New Zealand crew’s resume, it was brilliant.
By the way, Luna Rossa will be the Challenger of record.
I am pleased that New Zealand won. The one problem for most of the world is the fact that they are in a distant time zone.
THE RACE
from scuttlebutt:
An amusing event which likely have great publicity.
the record across the atlantic,
still held by the USS UNITED STATES. The trophy: the blue riband 
COURAGEOUS SUMMER OF 1977
The film produced by NBC sports is well done and a perspective I had not previously considered.
THE COLLEGE YEAR: SAILING
My fondest memories of college life are really are those of sailing and the broad community of all the colleges we competed against.
The format that of exciting sailing which afforded the opportunity to develop and sharpen our skills; but I am still racing with or against many of those I knew in college.
STADIUM SAILING “SIREN”
A WONDERFUL WEEKEND OF CLOSED COURSE SAILING IN NEWPORT RHODE ISALND.
AMERICA’S CUP SUMMER 1977
