America's Cup in Multihulls

To be expected, BMW Oracle's decision to race the next America's Cup in multihulls created much gnashing of teeth among the old guard. For me, multihulls will provide the excitement that the Ole Cup needs to remain relevant as one of the premier sailing competitions. Next year, teams start tuning up with 45' wingmasted cats before graduating to the 75 footers for the Cup. To get an idea what next years Cup tuneup will be like, one only has to view the Extreme 40 cat series they run in Europe.............

TOH to YachtPals.

Natalie Gazing Trumps Navel Gazing, Naval Gazing and Natal Grazing.

For Tillerman............



Sorry!

Inside Joke.

Regular Programming will resume on the flip side.

Houston, We have lift off...........

What's striking about this video is the neck popping acceleration of this E scow once the chute is up and trimmed. Wowee!!!!!!!

Music Whenever; Mandolin Orange "The Train Song"

I realized that I've never featured a train song in my music selections. Oversight corrected...............

Mandolin Orange - "The Train Song" from Alex Loops on Vimeo.

Sea Snark Thread Continues

Reminder; the Sea Snark thread remains open. Any stories about Sea Snarks gladly accepted for publication on this here blog.

Recently, John Z. pulled out his well traveled Sea Snark to use as a beer cooler for an Octoberfest party he held at his "horse farm". Great centerpiece!

Hello! Coast Guard, We've got a problem here...........

Update....From November's issue of Latitude 38 we get the whole story.

"French artist, Julien Berthier, .....created Love-Love - a 21 -ft abandoned boat that appears to be sinking..... Berthier cut off the bow and replaced it with a unique keel - a saildrive was also installed - that allows the boat to motor around in calm water..."

Music Whenever; The Mighty Mighty Bosstones; "Simmer Down"

With the hyper-partisan, hyper-shouting election season of robocalls and wall to wall political ads behind us; how about a Bob Marley/ Skatalites song to mellow us out? "Simmer Down" covered by the Boston ska band, "The Mighty Mighty Bosstones".