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ELEONORA MAERSK

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:22:17 +0000

Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog The Eleonora Maersk (IMO: 9321500, Port of Registry: Svendborg, Denmark) is, together with her sisters (amongst others) ‘Emma Maersk‘, ‘Estelle Maersk‘, ‘Evelyn Maersk‘ and ‘Ebba Maersk‘, the largest containership ever with a total teu capacity 11,000 teu (of which 1,000 forty foot reefer containers) according to the A.P. Moller [...]

MS ROTTERDAM

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:17:53 +0000

Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog Today’s Ship of the Day is the ms Rotterdam (IMO: 9122552, Port of registry: Rotterdam), the flagship of the Holland America Line which has a capacity of 1,316 passengers. She is already the sixth ship of the HAL to bear the name. The Rotterdam has 658 rooms of which [...]

Congrats to Zac!

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:16:35 +0000

Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog Zac Sunderland has completed his circumnavigation of the world. The fact that it is a record is icing on the cake. In my book, he is an inspiration to young and old. By a stroke of luck it all seemed to come to a conclusion on a low [...]

Sailing Photo Of The Day - Racing Green

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:15:14 +0000

Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog Racing Green, originally uploaded by Andrew Murray.

Song For Friday: XTC - Love on Farm Boy’s Wages

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:14:02 +0000

Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog I am betting most people have never seen this one but its’ a fav of mine.

Sailing Photo Of The Day - II Puig Barcelona Clasica

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:12:37 +0000

Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog puig.clasico090716nm_0214, originally uploaded by Nico Martinez Photo. Not sure what this means but it’s a lovely boat

COSCO BEIJING

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:57:05 +0000

Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog The Cosco Beijing (IMO: 9308508, Port of Registry: Piraeus) is still one of the largest container vessels measuring in gross tonnage nowadays, together with her sisters: Cosco Hellas, Cosco Ningbo, Cosco Yantian and Cosco Guangzhou. However since the launch in 2006 and 2007 of Maersk PS-class vessels (amongst [...]

Outhaul safety

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:55:45 +0000

Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog I learnt a new way of making an outhaul safety the other day which I really love. See the below picture…. The clever thing about this is that the splice can be opened up (not completely taken apart because of the whipping) and then the knot slid through and the [...]

Sailing Mentors

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:54:26 +0000

Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog A few weeks ago I blogged about both Mark Hendy and my own experiences with sailing mentors. I wondered who else had sailing mentors. A couple of wags said that they never had one and felt it explained a lot. There were some very interesting perspectives on the [...]

TIDEAY ROLLINGSTONE

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:01:36 +0000

Submitted by Ship of the Day Blo The Tideway Rollingstone (IMO: 7814101, Port of Registry: Flushing, The Netherlands) is a stone dumping vessel, built in 1979 as the semi-submersible heavy transport vessel “Super Servant 1” at the Oshima yard in Japan for the former owner Wijsmuller Tansport. She was converted into her current form in 1992 at [...]

On With The Show!

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:00:38 +0000

Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog It’s boat show time once again at Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard. In fact, it’s Ventura County’s only boat show of the year. With the loss of the Marina Del Rey boat show this year, it is the only chance for boaters to look at boats in the [...]

Sailing Photo Of The Day - “Avanti” reaches along under spinnaker

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:58:34 +0000

Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog “Avanti” reaches along under spinnaker, originally uploaded by New Bedford Whaling Museum.

MSC DANIT

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:24:34 +0000

Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog Today’s ship of the day is the recently delivered MSC Danit (IMO: 9404649, Port of Registry: Panama). This container vessel is 365 meters long and 51 meters wide. Due to her design with the superstructure midships, she is capable of transporting about 14,000 TEU, more than Maersk PS-class (amongst [...]

1421 Nabs Frolic Cup Back at Oxnard Sailing Classic

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:23:26 +0000

Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog “1421″, a 2008 Hunter 36, Captained by John McKinney, won the coveted Full Moon Frolic Cup back last night by beating “Bodacious” and April winner, “Varekai” in a good evening breeze that began to die on the homeward leg. Varekai won the cup in April. May saw a [...]

Round the Island Race 2009 (Isle of Wight that is) by Guest Author Andrew Holmes

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:33:35 +0000

Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog 5.15am is definitely too early to be getting up on a Saturday morning, especially when the second thing you hear after the alarm clock is the rain. The timing of the Round the Island Race is however determined by the tides which that morning dictated a 7.30am race [...]