Summer with Club Nautique

14 July 2008 

Club Nautique has great summer events on SF Bay
http://www.clubnautique.net/ or call 800-343-7245

Tall Ships Festival Tour

14 July 2008 

Wednesday, July 23-Sunday, July 27: Over 15 Tall Ships parade into the bay on Wednesday. Shore and bay activities; spectator boat with instructor.
For parade on Wednesday: Members: $135; Nonmembers: $185

WOW! Women on the Water

14 July 2008
Sunday, July 27, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm: A day on a 30′-32′ sailboat with a woman instructor. Practice away from the guys, or just have a fun day.

Members: $95; Nonmembers, $125

PYNOTG (Poke Your Nose Out The Gate)

14 July 2008
Sunday, August 3: A full day cruise past the Golden Gate Bridge with a Passage Maker Instructor.
Members: $145; Nonmembers: $195

Team Racing Tips: Start Line Strategy

by Steve Hunt

14 July 2008
This tip comes from professional sailor and newly crowned Etchells World Champ skipper Bill Hardesty (Bill is a previous Hinman Champion, 5-time Collegiate All American, and College Sailor of the Year), and involves starting and first beat strategy. It is very powerful for your team to win both ends of the start, which allows you to protect both sides of the race course.
http://www.teachingteamracing.com/

Vendee Globe 2008 - An All-Ticket Affair

14 July 2008
The premiere singlehanded event is shaping up to be the 2008 Vendée Globe, the non-stop race in Open 60’s that begins and ends in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. The thirty places planned in the race notice have now been filled for the start on November 9th. An exceptional line-up, an unprecedented competitive level, this edition of the race deserves all the superlatives.
http://xrl.us/kj7w5

Rescue 21

14 July 2008 

San Diego skipper gives Coast Guard’s new Rescue 21 emergency system real-world testing. San Diego Vessel Assist towboat operator Robert Butler spends a great deal of time traveling along the nation’s coastline, seeking out gaps in VHF radio coverage. His mission, more or less, is to find out-of-the-way, hard-to-reach areas where VHF radio communications are typically poor, and utter the words, “Can you hear me now?”
http://www.thelog.com/news/logNewsArticle.aspx?x=7566

Free Sailing Software Organiser - Beta 1.0

17 July 2008

Although SSOrganiser is still under development and unfinished, this company has decided to release the Beta for FREE.
http://www.sailingsoftware.co.uk/

Track the Singlehanders to Hawaii

17 July 2008

Go to: http://tinyurl.com/62fo2y

Track the Pacific Cup Racers to Hawaii

17 July 2008

Go to: http://www.pacificcup.org/08/followboat.html
 

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