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2024 Newport-Bermuda Race Recap
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A Brief Guide to Yachts
This is a continuation to my cultural education segment (aka my rich bitch guide).
The yacht is an invention of the 14th century Dutch. The Dutch used small, fast boats for chasing smugglers, pirates and criminals. Rich ship owners and merchants began using these small “jaghts” to sail out to celebrate their returning merchant ships.
The first yacht club in the world, called the Cork Water Club, was established in Ireland in 1720.
Some famous clubs include:
USA:
1. Annapolis Yacht Club: Surrounding the Spa Creek Bridge in Annapolis, the Club boasts over 75 wet slips and dry dockage. The club began in 1886 as an informal canoe club, and today has 1600 regular members active in social, racing, and cruising programs
2. Chicago Yacht Club: Founded in 1875, Chicago Yacht Club is one of the oldest and most respected yacht clubs in the world. The Club is home to more than 1,400 members, including a winning America’s Cup skipper, and Olympic medalists.
Italy:
1. Circolo Canottieri Aniene
2. Circolo degli Esteri
3. Compagnia della Vela
Canada:
1. Royal Canadian Yacht Club
2. Royal Vancouver Yacht Club
Yachts are most active in the summer months (May- August in the northern hemisphere) or the winter months. many yacht owners decide to keep the maximum number of guests onboard to 12 (plus crew) for chartering.
Different types of yachts:
Sailing Yacht: a yacht mainly propelled via wind and sails
Motor Yacht: a yacht propelled via one or more motors
Gulet Yacht: a hybrid yacht with both sails and motors
Open Yacht, Cruiser, Cabin Cruiser, Express Cruiser: an otherwise uncategorized standard yacht for cruising and entertaining
Luxury Yacht: a yacht that includes high-end finishes and features and the latest in modern performance technology. The term ‘luxury’ can precede any type of yacht, i.e. “luxury motor yacht”, “luxury sailing yacht”, etc.
Sports Yacht: a yacht geared towards fishing, water sports, or cruising with a sleeker design and more powerful motor for faster cruising speeds.
Catamaran Yacht: a yacht with two hulls (pontoons) often made of fiberglass that can be used in shallow waters.
The most popular destinations:
1. Monaco
2. The French Riviera
3. Greece
4. U.S. Virgin Islands
5. Palm Beach, Florida
6. Costa Smeralda, Italy
7. St. George’s Parish, Bermuda 
8. Newport, Rhode Island 
9. Nantucket, Massachusetts
10. Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island
Insane super yachts
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Football club owner Shahid Khan's 95 metre Lürssen Kismet was delivered in 2014. On match days, a four-metre silver statue of a jaguar, its paw resting on a football helmet, graces the bow. Elsewhere, its sizeable foredeck has enough space for Khan's beloved football team, the Jacksonville Jaguars, to stage a practice.
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The 70 metre Feadship superyacht Joy features a deck that's wide enough to enjoy a tandem jog around. This yacht is all about exterior living, which includes making use of these ample decks with some great sporting facilities. A basketball and badminton court is set all the way forward on the owner's deck. This is complemented by her large gym and dedicated spa. All of this adds up to make Joy an ideal choice for those interested in a yacht with ample fitness, wellness and sporting amenities.
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continuations · 7 months ago
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Going on a Voyage
Growing up in Germany my parents and I would spend two weeks every summer going to the Chiemsee to sail. We stayed at Gästehaus Grünäugel in Gstadt (no that's not the resort in Switzerland). I learned how to sail from my Dad who was self-taught. Thanks, Dad!
It was a ton of fun to be out on the water and I also built a deep association between sailing and vacation. What a great way to take one's mind off things! I wound up not sailing during college and for quite a few years after that. But then on a family vacation in the BVI I took a Hobie Cat off the beach and was immediately hooked again.
Susan and I were living in Scarsdale at the time, which is only 20 minutes from Larchmont and the Long Island Sound. We also discovered that friends of ours belonged to the Larchmont Yacht Club. We took the plunge and bought a J100 (admittedly a J100 was the only boat we test sailed and I may or may not have loved it so much that I charged ahead and bought one).
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We have spent many wonderful moments on Galatrona since. Sailing on the Sound with Manhattan in the background is delightful. We have also brought her out to Montauk a few times, where there is always wind. With every year of sailing I also remembered how as a child I had devoured the Horatio Hornblower series of books. The adventure of being at sea and braving storms seemed ever so exciting. I started following various ocean races online (the New York Vendée is on right now). And out of all this came an idea: what about an Atlantic crossing?
For a while this seemed like a bucket list item that I would probably postpone forever. But then one day our son Peter brought up that he would love to do this together with me. We mentioned it to my friend HL, who has been my sailing mentor for many years. And then all of a sudden a plan came together. We would buy a boat, race Newport Bermuda and then go on from there across the Atlantic. And that's exactly what we are now doing.
A few words about the boat. Frolic is a J44. It is hull #4, built in 1989. Pretty much everything else on the boat has been rebuilt over the last year starting with a brand new mast. J44s are cruiser-racers that perform extremely well under a wide range of conditions from light to heavy air. We have been trialing the boat by participating in a couple of early season races, including the EDLU and Block Island.
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Now the big voyage is coming up! We are starting with the Newport Bermuda race on June 21st. This will be a shakedown for the boat and maybe as importantly for the crew, in particular for Peter and me. While we done a lot of sailing, it has all been in the Long Island Sound and near Montauk. So there is some chance that once we get to Bermuda we will simply not want to carry on.
For right now though, I couldn't be more excited to be going on voyage. You can follow our adventure on Twitter, Instagram and our blog. Let me know what you want to hear about and I will try to post on that.
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brettbowden · 1 year ago
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Sailing Practice and Training
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I interviewed Skip Lissiman about sailing practice and training, excerpts from that interview are copied below. Skip has sailed just about everything from Pelicans and Cherubs through J24s, Etchells, 12 Metres and Maxi boats. He's also sailed in every position from bowman to sailing master. Skip was in the crew of Australia 2 when they won the America's Cup in 1983. He sailed for Australia in the Admiral's Cup and the Kenwood Cup, plus a multitude of other offshore events. Some of those include the Fastnet Race, Plymouth to Freemantle, Transatlantic Race, and 6 Sydney to Hobart.  Newport to Bermuda and this is just to name a few. Skip is also an accomplished match racer and has won six grade-one match racing events. FREE BOOK - Instant Download Brett: Is there any aspect of the sport you reckon can't be learned? I mean, you often hear about somebody who's a natural. I believe sailing's one of those sports, where you're always learning. You don't ever know it all. Skip: Well, every natural yachtsman that I've ever sailed with has always started at a very young age. Picking up the sport when you're older will be harder to learn the skills than at a younger age. I can't stress enough the importance of kids getting into the sport and doing the hard yards in the Opti's and the dinghy classes. The learning that you do after that, sailing with other people and other classes, will upskill you to a point where you get better and better. You've just got to get out there and do it as young as you can If you pick it up later in life, then read a lot, watch a lot, sail a lot. Especially sail with people better than you and you'll slowly pick up the skills. Brett: What age did you start, Skip, as a matter of interest? Skip: I started about age 6 and really didn't get into dinghy sailing big time until I was probably about 12. FREE BOOK - Instant Download Brett: I've read a lot of biographies of great sailors and five or six seems to be the magic starting time. Do you reckon there's any part of sailing where natural ability will trump someone who has to learn and practice the skill? Skip: Well, each class is different. The modern moth type classes where you sail faster than the wind is a totally different sort of skillset to sailing a slower moving boat like a Dragon, 12 Metre or a 5.5 that tack slowly and carries its speed through the tack. Each type of class has got a different skill set in how you use the wind shifts and the wind itself. You've got to apply the skills differently for each kind of boat that you're sailing and what the wind patterns are doing. There's no easy way around it. The guys that are very good at it have a knack of seeing the different ripples on the water and they can tell generally whether it's a lift or knock before the wind actually gets to them. That's a skill that you can only get good at by watching the gusts as they come to you and seeing what the boat does. Over time you get better and better at it. And if you get it right more often than you get it wrong, you're halfway there. FREE BOOK - Instant Download Brett: Once again, that comes back to time on the water in a lot of cases, because some people are slower than others to pick that stuff up too. Skip: Yep. Some people never really get it. Brett: Outside sailing, what do you do as part of the training if you were training for say an Etchells regatta for instance? What would you do off the boat other than gym work to keep fit? Is there another sport you'd play for instance? Skip: I do a lot of bike riding and do some static weights. I don't go to gyms generally. The one thing that really is important on a boat is good balance and good upper arm or upper body strength and core strength. If you're hiking all day on any type of boat, you need core strength. You need upper body strength to be able to pull on the sheets and do the things you need. So free weights exercises that give you good stamina. Bike riding does that very, very well. A lot of the Olympic athletes have bikes and they do a lot of bike work as well as static weights. I use an exercise ball and free weights and do that after I get home from a bike ride and that's enough for me. I've been doing more or less the same exercise routine now for the last 35, 40 years. I'm still the same weight as I was when I did my first America's Cup 40 years ago. FREE BOOK - Instant Download
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dibley-yacht-design · 2 years ago
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Lyman-Morse LM46 Semicustom Performance Cruiser
Lyman-Morse LM46 Semicustom Performance Cruiser.
The Lyman-Morse LM46 performance cruiser Hopgrasser is a stirring rendition of the Maine builder's new semicustom line.
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The cold front had passed overnight, and even though it was the middle of July, the fresh northwesterly off the coast of Camden, Maine, had the crisp, clear aura of an early fall morning. In other words, it was a perfect day to go for a sail. Happily, given that I’d found myself aboard just about the ideal yacht to do so: a slick new Lyman-Morse LM46, a semicustom homegrown beauty constructed at the longtime Maine builder’s facility in nearby Thomaston.
Hopgrasser, the first of two LM46s to emerge from the shed, was company president Drew Lyman’s personal ride, so named by his young daughter, who’d found it linguistically challenging to put the “grass” in front of the “hop.”
The unique name is in keeping with a special, quite inimitable sailboat. Designed by New Zealander Kevin Dibley, a naval architect renowned for his flat-out race boats and graceful performance cruisers, the LM46’s objective is fourfold: light but solid build; handsome yet functional lines and accommodations; prowess in light, inshore breeze; and the power and strength for offshore sailing, including events such as the Newport Bermuda Race (which Hull No. 2, Arcadia, knocked off this past summer).
We’ll start with the build, the first of many things that separate the LM46 from the majority of contemporary cruisers; after all, these days you don’t see many wooden boats at your typical boat show. Lyman-Morse earned its reputation and butters its bread by employing cold-molded, infused-epoxy construction with Douglas fir and Western red cedar. An internal carbon frame stiffens the structure, and ties in the shrouds and titanium chain plates (the rudder and stock are also carbon). The composite deck is laminated with a foam core, again in the dual interests of less weight and more strength. My question about what wood was used to fashion the lovely cabin top was met with a laugh: Turns out it’s all composite (keep it light!), to which a vinyl adhesive with a wood pattern is affixed. Tricky.
In profile, this is one of those rare yachts that looks extremely quick and maneuverable just sitting alongside the dock. The understated sheerline dips ever so slightly from bow to stern, accentuating the low-slung, minimalist coachroof. A dedicated carbon sprit forward is home to both the ground tackle and the tack fitting for off-wind runners and reachers, and gives the profile a businesslike effect. Unlike so many modern boats, there’s no hard chine; in fact, the hull tapers inward in its after sections, a design that does the opposite of a chine and narrows the beam, the thinking being there’s less drag when sailing off the breeze. There’s also less freeboard than we’re used to seeing in most new production boats. To my eye, it’s all very striking.
The boat is powered with a straightforward 12-volt system with a Mastervolt Combi charger/inverter, a 60-amp alternator, a solar panel atop the cockpit dodger, and a set of lithium-ion batteries. The B&G Vulcan 7 instrumentation package is standard. A Yanmar 80 hp diesel with saildrive, coupled with a Max-Prop feathering propeller, supplies the propulsion under power.
Interior details were hardly an afterthought. The forepeak has a centerline queen berth, with access from each side. Alison Langley
As a semicustom boat, the LM46 has quite a bit of leeway in the belowdecks layout and accommodations, but the rather traditional setup on Hopgrasser suited me just fine: galley and nav station at the foot of the companionway, opposing settees/berths in the main saloon, a head and shower forward, and an owner’s stateroom forward. (And a real sea berth to starboard, for which I’m a total sucker.) A single head on a 45-footer is also unusual these days, but a second head is an option.
I wondered aloud about the two quarter berths aft, both wide open and not stashed behind doors, which I thought was in keeping with the airy quarters but something you’re more likely to see on a racer than a cruiser. “If you want privacy,” Drew Lyman said with a laugh, “get yourself a hundred-footer.”
Stowage for a weekend or month’s worth of clothes and gear. Alison Langley
This I discovered rather quickly as we motored out of Camden and hoisted sail, beginning with a powerful square-topped, full-battened Doyle mainsail. Lyman-Morse promotes simple sailing, with the ability to be off the dock with sails hoisted in less than five minutes. With that norther coursing off the mainland, the seaway in the lee was flat and fast: pretty perfect for trialing a boat that accentuates performance.
Surprisingly, there’s no backstay on the LM46, but rather a pair of check stays that require regular attention. The twin wheels, with Jefa steering, are situated just abaft the cockpit-wide traveler, and a double-ended German-style mainsheet arrangement trims the main, which has three deep reefs, which is my preference for long-distance sailing. It’s all smart and efficient, befitting a true racer/cruiser sensibility. 
Hopgrasser draws 6 feet, the shoal option that replaces the standard 7-foot, 7-inch composite fin with attached lead ballast bulb (the Bahamas is definitely in its future; alternatively, there’s also a 10-foot version for owners of a more competitive nature).
Sailing the boat is loads of fun, and certainly athletic. Lyman said he’s still learning the boat but has discovered that the sweet spot when sailing upwind is a 20- to 22-inch heel angle, which you dial in by constantly playing and tweaking the traveler and vang, as you would on a dinghy or certain one-design classes. The Doyle headsail is sheeted in not on tracks, but instead on movable leads with multiple trimming options, which on the LM46 is certainly an enjoyable part of the exercise.
On our test sail, the puffy breeze was all over the place, dipping to around 10 knots in the lulls and kicking in at over 20 knots in the gusts. The one consistent factor in all this was the sheer joy in driving this ultra-sensitive, highly responsive sailing machine. In the lighter airs, Hopgrasser registered about 6.5 knots in upwind mode; that ratcheted up to nearly 10 knots just cracked off slightly when it filled into the upper teens. As far as top speeds are concerned, Lyman said that the second LM46, Arcadia, saw 19.9 on its speedo during the dash to Bermuda. No question—it’s a slippery hull indeed.
The LM46 is not inexpensive, but it epitomizes what my wise old sailing mate Alvah Simon referred to as “heirloom quality,” something so fine and lasting that it might be passed along in one’s family for years and generations to come. Those are high aspirations, certainly. But in the case of Hopgrasser and her sisterships, they’re attainable ones as well. 
Lyman-Morse LM46 Hopgrasser Specifications
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malbecmusings · 2 years ago
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footstepsbluedragon · 7 years ago
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Another Dragon sailing connection
I was one of last people to race (a 3rd in class in the Nassau Cup) with Ted Hicks “Ticks”, master at the Dragon School for over 30 years, POW, climber in the Himalayas before the last war, first non-US winner of the Newport Bermuda Race in 1972 and RYA yachtsman of the year.  One lasting regret, was not taking the opportunity to learn astro navigation from him, as we crossed the Atlantic (learning it from first principles of spherical geometry put me off, having just finished my maths ‘A’ level). He was phenomenal at taking the sights, capturing 3 stars in the short period when there was horizon at dawn and dusk, in rolling tradewind waves, calculating the sights using tables and then drawing a cocked hat for our position of a few miles. Sadly he died taking a short break in the UK when we were in Bermuda, leaving a young crew – oldest being the new skipper at 24 - to bring the boat back to the UK. His astro skills weren’t great – so if we saw a ship we would call them on the VHF, blame the weather (it was June so mostly sunny) and ask for a position – they always obliged. On a misty day, our first sight of land was the Needles, but we had Skipper’s identification problems, and thought they were Old Harry Rocks, so sailed on until St Catherine’s Point appeared and we realised our mistake - the beat back was the only time on the wind in the whole crossing. Ted did make one other contribution to my education, expanding my limited Latin vocabulary, when an extra crew was brought on board late one night (not by me) – he put his head out of the cabin to say, in a very loud voice, that he was not having his ship turned into a “floating fornicatorium”. Picture taken with Ted in the middle hatch sailing for the Spanish team in the 1977 Admirals Cup before I joined for the Atlantic crossing.
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ninedragonsphotography · 6 years ago
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Where would you sail away to if the winds were right? Wizard. Taken at the start of the Newport to Bermuda Sailboat Race. . . . . . . #sailing #sailboats #newportri #newporttobermuda #sailboatrace #sailors #wizard #interiordesign #interiordecorating #homedecor #homedesign #artforsale #printsforsale #sailboatphotography #photography #fineartprints #sailboating #sailaway #etsyhome #etsyhouse @etsyhouse #traditionalart #interiorstyling #artlovers #creativespace #neutralhome #ninedragons https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCEgnKAQ-k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hx440w5zmt2t
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a-solitary-sea-rover-backup · 6 months ago
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The 53rd Newport-Bermuda Race
Though the sea state was increasing and the wind was expected to also increase and harden up, the route to the Gulf Stream was champagne conditions. We’d found a warm-core eddy that sling-shotted us forward with about a knot of current towards that telltale line of clouds demarcating the Stream, where the warm water creates a distinctive local climate and cloud pattern. We entered an hour or two after sunset with the fleet packed quite densely around us. 
The sailing was active but not unmanageable through the night, and by 2 a.m., the sea state was characterized by large swells which caused the boat to skirt down the backs of the waves at slippery angles. Around 2:45 a.m., one such wave sent us careering into an unidentified object (whale lovers, rest assured, the noise it made was categorically not marine life). It was quickly clear that despite the seven engineers onboard and decades of experience, we were going to lose the boat. There was too much structural damage. Alliance’s 4,000+ gallons per hour of pumping capacity was keeping up just enough to buy time to make the necessary calls and gather our essentials.
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jeantparks · 7 years ago
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America’s Cup
Columnists writing in The Australian Gossip have suggested that a group of wealthy Australian businessmen could be interested in mounting an America’s Cup Challenge.
Australia has not had an entrant in the America’s Cup for 20 years, and by the time the next America’s Cup rolls around, it will be 38 years since Australia won the 1983 event in Newport RI.
The story does not have any concrete statement from the people it names as being potential joint backers/financiers of the team. But it notes that most of the Australians who competed in the last America’s Cup for various non-Australian teams in Bermuda were present at the recent Hamilton Island Race Week.
The likelihood of a nationality rule more stringent than just having one member of the sailing crew as a passport holder of the country of the club of the participating team will cause some tough decisions to be made by the Australian America’s Cup sailors.
They will either have to comply with the new nationality rule – which is likely to be tougher than just being a passport holder, or sail for an Australian team.
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Olympoic Gold medalist, Tom Slingsby is said by The Australian to be keen to skipper an America’s Cup challenger BMW / Carlo Borlenghi
The story says that Oracle Team USA’s Jimmy Spithill and Tom Slingsby along with Artemis Racing’s Nathan Outteridge were present at Hamilton Island along with a bevy of owners.
The Australian tips 84-year-old property developer Ervin Vidor, owner of several hotel apartment chains as being involved along with Brisbane office tower developer Peter Harburg, owner of the supermaxi Black Jack. Tom Slingsby was aboard Black Jack at Hamilton Island, and according to The Australian, the 2012 Olympic Gold medlaists is keen to skipper and Australian America’s Cup entry.
The newspaper says that the Oately family are not interested in being involved after their last experience as Challenger of Record for the 35th America’s Cup, before they pulled out ahead of the deadline for closure of entries in mid July 2014.
The full story story can be read by clicking here
The Protocol for the 36th America’s Cup is expected to be announced in three weeks time, before the end of September. As well as defining the nationality requirements and other key details, there will also be a statement on whether the America’s Cup Class will be a monohull or multihull.
by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World NZ
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hudsonespie · 5 years ago
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Commemorating Maritime History - in Needlepoint
Shortly after the USNS Comfort arrived in New York City last month, a remarkable image appeared on my Instragram account - a needlepoint pattern of the Navy hospital ship with the Statute of Liberty in the background. Intrigued, I contacted the artist, Susan Marszalek.
Marszalek - aka "The Needlepoint Novelist" - lives in Rhode Island. She starts her day at 4:30 AM, painting needlepoint canvases for several hours. Marszalek only does custom work, meaning that when a client contacts her, they have a specific vision in mind. She turns the vision into a permanent reminder.
A repeat client sent Marszalek the photo of the USNS Comfort and asked if she could paint it in the size of a Christmas ornament. Marszalek shared a photo of the USNS Comfort canvas on Instragram and Facebook. She was immediately deluged with requests to paint more copies. Long-time needlepointers - most without a military or maritime background - also wanted it, so Marszalek turned a one-of-a-kind ornament into 20 hand-painted copies within 72 hours. This supply did not meet the overwhelming demand so Marszalek will be painting more in May and June. 
Curious, I asked if the USNS Comfort pattern was a one-off. Do folks needlepoint patterns with maritime and military themes? Marszalek quickly sent photos of holiday ornaments commemorating the D-Day landing with Army troops struggling to get on land and Navy landing craft in the background, Massachusetts Maritime Academy needlepoint belts, Coast Guards cutters and elegant sailing ships.
Lest you think that the requests are all maritime related, Marszalek once painted tanks commemorating the Battle of Bulge, and somewhere in the US this year, a Christmas tree will be adorned with a U.S. Army Warrant Officer Rising Eagle needlepoint ornament.
Marszalek’s needlepoint canvases contain details that only a person growing up on the water would know, so I asked about her connection to the maritime community.  Marszalek’s father was an avid sailor, and Marszalek grew up sailing in the northeast. Her father skippered the family boat in the Newport-to-Bermuda race in 1981, and she was lucky enough to be part of the crew on that trip back home to Rhode Island. Marszalek and her husband own a Catalina 380, and along with her siblings, they have continued in her father’s tradition of sailing past U.S. Naval Station Newport each weekend.  
When the stay-at-home restrictions are lifted, you’ll find Marszalek at her local yacht club teaching women how to sail. She will also be racing on the only "all female" crewed sailboat, Brizo, in Narragansett Bay.
K. Denise Rucker Krepp is a former Maritime Administration Chief Counsel and Coast Guard officer.
from Storage Containers https://maritime-executive.com/article/commemorating-maritime-history-in-needlepoint via http://www.rssmix.com/
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dibley-yacht-design · 2 years ago
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Lyman-Morse LM46 makes Cover of Cruising World, Jan/Feb '23
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Lyman-Morse LM46 makes cover of Cruising World, Jan/Feb '23.
In ideal conditions on Chesapeake Bay, a taut fleet of 17 contestants vied for top honors in the 2023 edition of Cruising World’s annual Boat of the Year competition. When the spray had settled, at the top of the leader board was a pair of yachts destined for blue water and beyond: the Lyman-Morse LM46, the Domestic Boat of the Year, and the Hallberg-Rassy 400, the Import Boat of the Year. 
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DOMESTIC BOAT OF THE YEAR 
“Cold-molded construction, top- notch systems, a powerful sail plan and an interior that is practical and lovely at once. Wow! The LM46 is a heck of a boat. Purpose- built for an experienced owner, for sure, but in terms of a pure sailing machine, the 46 was the standout boat in this year’s lineup of new 
models.” —Mark Pillsbury 
WINNER
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Drew Lyman, president of Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company—the estimable midcoast Maine semicustom builder—knows a thing or two about cruising boats. After all, his father, Cabot, founded the firm in the late 1970s, and several years later, circumnavigated with his family on a Sparkman & Stephens-designed Sequin 49 produced in his yard called Chewink, with Drew aboard for significant legs of the journey. When Drew required a boat for a similar rite of passage with his own family, at first he was drawn to the notion of a cruising catamaran. But when push came to shove, he decided to move forward with a monohull.
That yacht is the Lyman-Morse LM46, a striking performance cruiser from New Zealander naval architect Kevin Dibley, who created a light, fast sailboat that’s both strong and sleek. Lyman added his own personal touches, including many features that he borrowed from legendary skipper Stan Honey, whose Cal 40 took overall honors in this past summer’s Newport Bermuda Race after a refit at—where else?—Lyman-Morse.
Our judging panel was thunderstruck by both the formidable sailing prowess and the exacting level of execution, and unanimously awarded it the title of Domestic Boat of the Year.
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roadtripnewengland · 6 years ago
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Newport Bermuda race to open HQ in downtown Newport https://t.co/W5DsKGzRBs
Newport Bermuda race to open HQ in downtown Newporthttps://t.co/W5DsKGzRBs
— RoadTrip_NewEngland (@RNewengland) April 23, 2019
from Twitter https://twitter.com/RNewengland
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michaeljtraylor · 6 years ago
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Airbus Puts Some Wind in the U.S. America’s Cup Team’s Sails – Robb Report
The America’s Cup, considered the world’s premier yacht-racing challenge since 1851, has long inspired extreme designs and relentless crews in pursuit of the trophy. Now Airbus has joined the competition, working with American Magic, a team from the New York Yacht Club. American Magic is designing and building a brand-new yacht for the 36th edition of the races, to be held in March 2021 in the waters off New Zealand. Since today’s high-tech racers use airfoils, aerodynamics, and high-tech engineering expertise in materials, modeling, and design, Airbus’s experience with jet airliners transfers well into the sport.
The Cup race has always required a mix of creative technology and extreme seamanship to reach the finals. Airbus aims to boost the American team’s technology edge, contributing its engineering resources to help design the fastest possible boat that will fit within the parameters set by the race rules. The rules for 2021 allow for “fully foiling” monohulls, a design that allows the hull to be lifted completely out of the water, minimizing drag, while control is maintained with maneuverable T-foils, ballasted to provide stability and control. The design is known as an AC75 sailboat.
“This is a true challenge for the team to see how they can optimize technological innovation under tight time and resource constraints,” said Jean Brice Dumont, executive vice president of engineering at Airbus. “We love good, clean competition. Our goal in this project is to help American Magic design the fastest possible flying yacht for 2021.” Airbus also worked with the U.S. team in the last race, held in Bermuda in 2017. The company says it benefitted from that work, developing improved wingtip designs for the A350 jet and new instrumentation that is now used in all aircraft development.
“Airbus’ expertise and personnel will be critical to a Cup-winning design team,” said Terry Hutchinson, American Magic’s skipper. The teams already have been working together for most of this year, and the results, Hutchinson says,  are “nothing short of awesome.”
The New York Yacht Club held the America’s Cup trophy from the inaugural race until it was lost to an Australian team in 1983—a 132-year run known as the longest-ever winning streak in any sport. The American Magic team is based in Newport, Rhode Island, where they already are testing out a prototype to refine their yacht design. “Together we will push sailing technology forward, win the biggest prize in the sport, and inspire sailors here at home and around the world,” said Hutchinson.
If you’re an amateur who wants to do a little speed sailing of your own, you could always put down the money to have this America’s Cup–inspired concept yacht from Philippe Briand turned into a reality.
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Airbus Puts Some Wind in the U.S. America’s Cup Team’s Sails – Robb Report
The America’s Cup, considered the world’s premier yacht-racing challenge since 1851, has long inspired extreme designs and relentless crews in pursuit of the trophy. Now Airbus has joined the competition, working with American Magic, a team from the New York Yacht Club. American Magic is designing and building a brand-new yacht for the 36th edition of the races, to be held in March 2021 in the waters off New Zealand. Since today’s high-tech racers use airfoils, aerodynamics, and high-tech engineering expertise in materials, modeling, and design, Airbus’s experience with jet airliners transfers well into the sport.
The Cup race has always required a mix of creative technology and extreme seamanship to reach the finals. Airbus aims to boost the American team’s technology edge, contributing its engineering resources to help design the fastest possible boat that will fit within the parameters set by the race rules. The rules for 2021 allow for “fully foiling” monohulls, a design that allows the hull to be lifted completely out of the water, minimizing drag, while control is maintained with maneuverable T-foils, ballasted to provide stability and control. The design is known as an AC75 sailboat.
“This is a true challenge for the team to see how they can optimize technological innovation under tight time and resource constraints,” said Jean Brice Dumont, executive vice president of engineering at Airbus. “We love good, clean competition. Our goal in this project is to help American Magic design the fastest possible flying yacht for 2021.” Airbus also worked with the U.S. team in the last race, held in Bermuda in 2017. The company says it benefitted from that work, developing improved wingtip designs for the A350 jet and new instrumentation that is now used in all aircraft development.
“Airbus’ expertise and personnel will be critical to a Cup-winning design team,” said Terry Hutchinson, American Magic’s skipper. The teams already have been working together for most of this year, and the results, Hutchinson says,  are “nothing short of awesome.”
The New York Yacht Club held the America’s Cup trophy from the inaugural race until it was lost to an Australian team in 1983—a 132-year run known as the longest-ever winning streak in any sport. The American Magic team is based in Newport, Rhode Island, where they already are testing out a prototype to refine their yacht design. “Together we will push sailing technology forward, win the biggest prize in the sport, and inspire sailors here at home and around the world,” said Hutchinson.
If you’re an amateur who wants to do a little speed sailing of your own, you could always put down the money to have this America’s Cup–inspired concept yacht from Philippe Briand turned into a reality.
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On June 21, 2024, 162 boats set sail from Newport, racing towards the Gulf Stream and kicking off the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race. 4,000 race fans along the shoreline, spectating the first time off Fort Adams, watched them start their journey to Bermuda.
The first night was expected to be slow, as storms affecting southern New England had dampened the wind. It’s a race to get away from land and into the next prevailing ocean breeze and Gulf Stream current.
At just shy of 48 hours into the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race, and there was already a dismasting, an abandoned ship, and a few retirements. Despite these challenges, the fleet encountered a variety of sailing conditions and sea states as they made their way to Bermuda. As the navigator on the expected first-to-finish Pyewacket 70, Peter Isler, said, “We have had every headsail up in the inventory (except the storm jib).”
Roy P. Disney’s Pyewacket, Volvo 70, arrived in Bermuda achieving the line honor finish with an elapsed time of 02d 11:17:35.
Sailors faced very light conditions off the coast of New England after the start as passing thunderstorms on land diminished the wind, making it a drifter at sea. Unfortunately, the JV 72, Proteus, owned by George Sakellaris, dismasted at 0200 on June 22 while sailing normally in moderate conditions due to a mast failure at the base. All crew were unharmed, the rig was cut away, and the crew safely returned to Newport. That day the breeze filled in, and the boats made quick progress along the rhumb line towards Bermuda.
At 0300 on the morning of June 23, Alliance USA 52770 J/122, owned by Eric Irwin and Mary Martin, reported dealing with water ingress via a rudder post and subsequently decided to abandon ship. Multiple competitors stopped racing and stood by to assist as needed. By 0400, all crew were safely aboard the J/121 Ceilidh, which will now resume racing with the Alliance crew, and was estimated to arrive in Bermuda on June 25.
On June 26, competing boats have been crossing the finish line since the early hours of Monday, June 24. The St. David’s Lighthouse Division of the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race has been won by Carina. Finishing with a corrected time of two days and 16 hours and 12 minutes, Carina sailed past the division’s namesake landmark just after 3:00 AM on Tuesday, securing its place in the history books as the most-winning yacht in the race’s 118-year history since its founding in 1906. 96 boats started in the St. David’s division.
This is the fifth Newport Bermuda Race win for Carina (1970, 1982, 2010, 2012, 2024), three of which have been under the ownership of Rives Potts. “It means a great deal, I’m just so proud of the crew,” said Potts, who met the boat and its sailors this morning as they docked at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC). “A lot of [the crew] are on the boat for the very first time, and they all did well.”
Carina’s skipper W. Barrett Holby, Jr. added, “from five minutes before the start we just raced hard. We realized we were doing well, but we didn’t think about that, we just kept racing.” Holby sang the praises of his crew saying, “everybody pulled their own—we had great food, great navigation, great sailors, and great helmsmen. Everything came together.”
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