Sailing Festival of Martinique is a Must-Visit Event

If somebody loves to watch several yachts moving in a direction and competing with each other, then the sailing festival of Martinique is the best place for them. The sailing festival of Martinique is one of the well-known and greatest racing events of the Caribbean which is back for its 35th edition in 2019. It is also known as a unique festival of Tour de Yoles sailing across Martinique.


This event goes on for a week and is one of the most talked-about events of Martinique for its unique nature. In fact, people also want to visit this festival once in their lifetime for the extravagance that the festival creates around the place. The sailing festival is one of the cultural emblems of the French Caribbean department as well. Continue reading

Indispensable Exercises in Authority and Collaboration

Authority exercises spring up in all parts of life yet skippering a cruising yacht offers a look at the profound end. With climate, wind, and waves to fight with, a group to persuade and be careful, the route to be worked out, and a costly vessel to keep up, solid authority is an absolute necessity.

Hustling raises the stakes and the feelings of anxiety. The captain should likewise guarantee the vessel is being cruised quickly, the team is inspired, and vital choices are made rapidly and conclusively. “You are viable playing chess on water and you’re overseeing hazard constantly,” stated Britain’s Ian Walker, who is a twofold Olympic silver medalist and Volvo Ocean Race-winning captain.
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Multis Rocks The RORC Caribbean 600

The race commences in the waters in the Caribbean. The race has become special for the 10 years is a platform to portray high the skills of navigation in extreme weather conditions, contested by serious racing teams.

This time, a record II multihull participated which sap up the energy on mono and multihulls fleet kicked off by big winds of some days. Among which the most striking retirement was of Fujin designed by Paul Bieker consisting him and the owner that had left from the first night from the coast of Saba. Peter Aschenbrenner managed to stay ahead in his large shaped Paradox leaving Jason Carroll’s Gunboat 62 behind. The third position was bagged by Gilles Lamire’s boats and the two positions to finish were imported from Australia.
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JNSC Hosted Junior National Sailing Championship Successfully

The Namibian Sailing Association (NSA) hosted its junior national sailing championship (JNSC) last weekend at the Walvis Bay Yacht Club and for the first time since its inception, the event took place in the Optimist Sailing Dinghy (OSD), this is an international class boat that has been designed exclusively for children by Clark Mills the American boat designer.

On Saturday, the wind was perfect and it was 4-10 knots, which give a big relief to the organizers as well as event sponsors, Catamaran Charters, after facing the strong wind condition over the previous weeks.
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The Path To Olympics Moves To Miami

It is above 400 boats and very close to 600 of the world’s finest small-boat sailors are planning to unite in Florida altogether for an important waypoint on path to Tokyo 2020 upcoming Olympic Games.

The Year 2018 World Cup Series Miami, USA on Jan 23 to 28 is the second of the four different events in World Sailing’s 2018 World Cup Series and just North American stop on the tour that has started in the country like Japan last dropped and will cease this summer in the continent of Europe.

Those sailors who are admiring for medals in the upcoming Olympic regatta, the 2018 World Cup Series Miami, USA finds an ideal time to make out where they actually stand against the champions of the world. They also fetch the read on pecking order within their own countries.

For the US Sailing team, the year 2018 World Cup Series Miami, USA will provide immense of the opportunities. Exceptionally talented young sailors aspiring dream to win Olympics will out all their efforts of winning in the Olympic level competition. On the other hand, the Olympics winners will be honored for their skills while making a final push to the US Olympics in the particular classes.

With the track record of thirty years of large international entry lists and the tough competition, the regatta will lock into a winning formula. During this year, the event will spread the shore side appearance with two-day World Cup Series Festival for two consecutive days in January, at Coconut Grove’s idyllic Regatta Park.

The live broadcast will take place showing the Medal Race and various Medal Ceremonies as soon as athletes arrived on shore. Food trucks will be provisioned so that everyone is well-fed.