Recent Posts Tagged With 'sailing records'

• Sailing Highlights 2009 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 17:59 in environment, Pirates, sailing, trimaran, sailing records, america's cup

  YachtPals.com Boating and Sailing News 22 Dec Sailing Highlights 2009 - The Good, the Bad, and the UglyWhat a year! The 50 knot sailing barrier was broken by a sailboat, piracy shook the yachting community, the world's largest trimaran redefined spee...

• New l\'Hydroptere Speed Sailing Record

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 11:36 in france, sailing, trimaran, sailing records, l’hydroptère

  YachtPals.com Boating and Sailing News 12 Nov New l'Hydroptere Speed Sailing RecordFrance - l’Hydroptère, the hydrofoil trimaran which currently owns the record for the fastest craft under sail, has just topped itself, and has bested the 50 k...

• Sailing Around the World Non-Stop on a 21 Foot Boat?

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 13:48 in france, sailing, sailing records, singlehanded, les sables d’olonne, transat 650

  YachtPals.com Boating and Sailing News 29 Oct Sailing Around the World Non-Stop on a 21 Foot Boat?Les Sables d’Olonne, France – Those of us who are old enough might remember the day Sir Robin Knox Johnston became the first person to circumnavigat...

• The Debate in Her Wake - Jessica Watson Sets Sail

  Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 14:41 in australia, sailing, sailing records, jessica watson

  YachtPals.com Boating and Sailing News 18 Oct The Debate in Her Wake - Jessica Watson Sets SailSydney, Australia - The young lady who has caused such an uproar in Australia and around the globe has cast off her docklines in a bid to be the youngest p...

• Speed Sailing - The Battle Between Boats and Boards

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 17:40 in sailing, kiteboarding, windsurfing, sailing records, l’hydroptère, sailrocket, sailing video

  YachtPals.com Boating and Sailing News 09 Oct Speed Sailing - The Battle Between Boats and BoardsBack in 1972, Tim Colman of Great Britain took an odd looking boat named Crossbow for a record run in Weymouth, England, and ended up sailing at 26.30 kn...

• Boat Crashes Attempting Speed Sailing Record - SailRocket

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 14:42 in sailing, crash, namibia, sailing records, sailrocket, sailing video

  YachtPals.com Boating and Sailing News 06 Oct Boat Crashes Attempting Speed Sailing Record - SailRocketNamibia - Formerly the fastest sailboat in the world, SailRocket is making her final attempts at the outright speed sailing record this month, tryi...

• Vestas SailRocket

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 13:32 in sailing, namibia, sailing records, sailrocket

  Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating Community Hi Everyone New to this blogging lark so thought i'd post something interesting for you all.  Its a vid about the Vestas Sailrocket team going for the World speed sailing record in Namibia this mo...

• Crossing the Atlantic on a Beach Cat - News and Sailing Video

  Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 17:04 in france, sailing, Catamaran, atlantic, transat, lorient, sailing records, sailing video, beach cat

  YachtPals.com Boating and Sailing News 12 Sep Crossing the Atlantic on a Beach Cat - News and Sailing VideoLorient, France - Well, they did it! Benoît Lequin and Pierre Yves Moreau sailed a 20 foot sport catamaran (beach cat) from New York to Lorie...

• Fastest Sailboat in the World - Sailing Video

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 19:01 in france, sailing, trimaran, hydrofoil, sailing records, l’hydroptère, sailing video

  YachtPals.com Boating and Sailing News 07 Sep Fastest Sailboat in the World - Sailing VideoFrance - l'Hydroptère set a new speed sailing record on Friday, sustaining an incredible speed of 51.36 knots over 500 meters to become the fastest sailboat i...