Sailing on Breakfast TV

Here's a link to a nice little sailing promotional video done by Stephen DesRoches

http://www.btvancouver.ca/videos/3641901627001/

Spectator friendly matchracing event

Sailing seems to be slowly producing more and more spectator friendly events.

Here is one example in Marstrand Sweeden.  They hold a match race event every year in an enclosed bay that is surrounded by spectators.

Here is a highlight reel style video of the finals of the event.

Cruisers are different

Here's a nice little video about a solo cruiser.  Very well shot, well edited and a nice story.

Long term cruisers can be a little different though...

Twenty Eight Feet: life on a little wooden boat from kevinAfraser on Vimeo.

Deep thoughts about ocean racing

Ocean racers can have deep thoughs about their sport.

Who knew?

random sailing news

It seems that several interesting pro sailing events are reaching out and expanding their coverage.  Just this week an English speaking sailor won a race from New York to Barcelona Spain in Open 60 mono hulls.  There's a good series of videos on You Tube about the event, but here is the final one.






The production foiling catamaran is ripping up some race courses in Europe.  I wonder if one would if one would survive hitting one of the logs that litter our part of the straight of georgia?  Anyway here's a video :

Frost Bite season ends

Another season on winter sailing is over and done.

I have been racing in the winter with the Vancouver Rowing Club frost bite series, the Polar Bear.  Check it out here:

http://vrcracing.ca/polar-bear-race-2014-03-09/


Here is a video from the Boston Sailing Center about why people sail in the winter.

Having local dolphins rocks!

This week there have been sitings of large pods of white sided Dolphins in Howe Sound and Vancouver Harbour.  We no longer live in a waterway devoid of marine life!

 


Last spring I had the privlidge of sailing with a pod of Dolls Porpuses off Point Grey.



Cheers!