(powerboat-world) Australian Scott Ramsden is probably
better-known as sailboat man than a powerboat man; after all, when you
can win world championships in the exciting 18-foot skiff class it’s
fairly obvious that sailing is your go, however Ramsden has over the
last decade delivered major advances in power catamarans.Source

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• U.S. Sailing announces 2010 U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics

     (ussailing.org) US SAILING, the national governing body for the sport, is proud to announce the members of the new 2010 US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG), the national sailing team comprised of Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls .

• Andrew Short recalled

     (yachte.com.au)  Following the tragic loss of Andrew Short and Sally Gordon in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Flinders Island Race on Saturday October 10, Andrew will be laid to rest today. Sailing writer Lisa Ratcliff discovers all ‘Shorty’ accomplished in sailing and for sailing as we say our goodbyes.   Source

• Detained UK crew yacht

     (BBC) The manager of the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club, Keith Mutch, has said he thinks the yacht which a UK crew were sailing on when they were detained did not have a propeller.  Source and WATCH THE VIDEO

• Sailor burned way for women

     (signonsandiego) When JJ Fetter started sailing 40 years ago, she had no idea she would become a pioneer in the sport.  But it didn’t take her long to discover that boys and girls — and men and women — were viewed differently in sailing.  Source

• Bringing speed sailing in the arena

     (yachtE) If you have watched the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, you may have seen some new and very dynamic sport disciplines, such as the Ski-Cross or Speed-Skating; four to six people on a downhill or oval racecourse – very spectacular and very emotional – the crowds went crazy –

• U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics members honored

     (sail-world) US Sailing has chosen eight US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) members as the sport’s 2009 SportsWoman, SportsMan and Team of the Year, in both Olympic and Paralympic classes, for outstanding on-the-water performance, achievement and sportsmanship.  Source

• Come Sail Away in Marion

     (wickedlocal) The Beverly Yacht Club will sponsor a visit Feb. 20 from Dean Brenner, Olympic Program Chairman, and Anna Tunnicliffe, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist, along with other members of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics, who will share their Olympic sailing experiences, during a talk at Marion Music Hall. The hall

• OTAL Hamburg comprises in its West Africa Road Map

    On 26 November 2009, the container ship â??CMA CGM IGUACUâ? called at the Port of Hamburg as part of the expanded sailing schedule for the â??Nigeria Expressâ? scheduled liner service operated by the OT Africa Line (OTAL). Read at OTAL includes Hamburg in its West Africa sailing schedule

• Samoan Tsunami concern for the sailing regatta in Cook Islands

     (sail-world) A Pacific Islands sailing regatta in the Cook Islands has been on tenterhooks after the nearby Samoan tsunami disaster caused over 100 deaths. There are reports of one New Zealand fatality.  The Cook Islands are about 150nm from Samoa, and a sailing regatta has been hosted at Aututaki for all of this

• Meet Greet with Gary Jobson: The Future of Sailing

     (Port Washington News) US SAILING President Gary Jobson met with Long Island Sound commodores, fleet captains and race officials to talk about the future of sailing this past month.

• Paddleboard for the lake in Burlington

     (burlingtonfreepress) Burlington’s Community Sailing Center hosted a family-friendly, stand-up paddleboarding competition Sept. 26. Individuals and teams of three competed in several categories of stand-up paddleboarding races while friends and family enjoyed music, a barbecue and games on land in the Stand Up For The Lake event held to benefits WAVES, an educational initiative of

• OOCL to launch new Asia-Europe service

    Orient Overseas Container Line will introduce new Asia-Europe services in January. OOCL is rescheduling the Asia-Europe service on three Loops, which will continue most of the carrier’s express services between Asia and northwest Europe. With the sailing from Yantian, China, Jan.

• Security guard: Why flag, matter

    There are now 169 member states which are parties to the IMO Convention. They range from the very familiar major shipping flag states to those which are rather more obscure, and seem to have a rather tentative connection with merchant shipping.

• Asia-Pacific commercial shipbuilding market – Participants should be at anchor in the repair yards

    Entrants in the Shipbuilding Industry Should Drop Anchor in the Ship Repair Yards to Tide over the Economic Downturn The shipbuilding market is sailing in choppy waters, with close to 30 percent of shipbuilding orders either being cancelled or delayed. Nevertheless, the market is soon expected to experience tail wind

• Port of Cork Welcome new service-French

    The Port of Cork yesterday welcomed the announcement made by BG Freight Line of a new weekly service between Rotterdam and the French ports of Montoir de Bretagne and Brest. The new service will not only be calling at Rotterdam, Dublin and Cork directly to / from Montoir de Bretagne