↓
 

Popular Sailing

Sailing for the rest of us ...

Popular Sailing
  • Home
  • Beneteau 323
  • Repair & Maintenance
    • balsa core
    • cabin
    • electrical
    • engine
    • keel
    • plumbing
    • rigging
    • safety features
    • winter
  • Safety
  • News
    • Offshore racing
    • Sailing records
  • Stories
    • Emergencies at sea
    • Weather
  • Places
  • About us
  • Contact
Home→Author Steve 1 2 >>

Author Archives: Steve

Post navigation

← Older posts

Prepping “Coconut”, Australian skipper Mark John Sinclair’s racing sailboat, for the upcoming 2018 GGR…

Popular Sailing Posted on May 22, 2018 by SteveMay 22, 2018

Mark John Sinclair shows in this video how his stock Lello 34 sailboat named “Coconut” has been fitted with safety and comfort features for the long circumnavigation via the three capes in the Southern ocean for an 8-month solo & … Continue reading →

Posted in Golden Globe Race 2018

2018 Golden Globe – Revisiting sailboat “Suhaili” that won the 1968-69 race

Popular Sailing Posted on May 13, 2018 by SteveMay 13, 2018

Featured in the following video is “Suhaili”, the sailboat Sir Robin Knox-Johnston entered in the first iteration of the Golden Globe race in 1968. It was not the fastest but likely one of the better built boats to sail the … Continue reading →

Posted in Offshore racing

A day to celebrate exceptional sailing women

Popular Sailing Posted on March 9, 2018 by SteveMarch 9, 2018

Sailing female skippers continue to amaze the world by their fresh tack on sailing long distances or in local racing events.  They pull many times their own weight in a sport or occupation that was for too long the preserve … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized

An excellent introductory video to the Golden Globe Race scheduled to start on July 1st, 2018.

Popular Sailing Posted on February 19, 2018 by SteveFebruary 19, 2018

  This quality video by Vimeo will bring you closer to the spirit of the race and also to the  interesting and warm personality of skippers committed to undertaking this amazing 8-month long adventure on the high seas that will … Continue reading →

Posted in Golden Globe Race 2018, Uncategorized

Paddle to the Sea – a very Canadian story of a carved Indigenous canoe from Lake Nipigon (Ont.)

Popular Sailing Posted on January 26, 2018 by SteveJanuary 26, 2018

For a backgrounder on the story and subsequent NFB film, please click here.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IbCPJkLn0k    

Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized

The Golden Globe Race 2018: an overview of the race concept.

Popular Sailing Posted on January 24, 2018 by SteveJanuary 24, 2018

This video provides an excellent overview of the GGR 2018 scheduled to launch on July 1st next from Les Sables d’Olonne (Fance), one where the skippers will navigate around the globe via the three capes: Cape of Good Hope, Cape … Continue reading →

Posted in Golden Globe Race 2018

Velux 5oceans Race and Barcelona World Race

Popular Sailing Posted on January 16, 2011 by SteveJanuary 16, 2011

(Updated on January 19, 2011)   In what turned out to be hard sailing both physically and at times tactically for the four remaining participants in the second leg of the Velux 5oceans  Race, skipper Brad Van Liew on Le Pinguoin was first in Wellington (NZ), yesterday January … Continue reading →

Posted in Offshore racing | Tagged Active House, Barcelona World Race, Caffari, Derek Hatfield, Desjoyeaux, ECO 60, IMOCA Open 60, offshore racing, offshore sailing, Peyron, Spirit of Canada, Velux 5oceans Race | Leave a reply

50th edition of the Paris Boat Show and other news

Popular Sailing Posted on December 4, 2010 by SteveDecember 4, 2010

The Paris Boat Show is on, starting today December 4, and ending on December 12, 2010. The difference with this year’s edition is the celebration of the 50th edition of the well-known annual Paris Boat Show. The English website for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sailing news, Sailing records | Tagged 2010 paris boat show, 50th edition, Alex Caizergues, fifty years, kite-sailing, kite-surfer, kitesurfing, online video, salon nautique de paris, world saiing speed record, world sailing speed record council, world's fatest sailor, WSSRC | Leave a reply

New sailing speed record across the Mediterranean sea

Popular Sailing Posted on May 23, 2010 by SteveMay 23, 2010

Another maxi-trimaran, Banque Populaire V,  breaks the average speed record under sail across the Mediterranean Sea. Average speed of 33.24 kts over a crossing distance of 477 miles between Marseilles (France) and Carthage (Tunisia). Quite a sailing achievement! For detailed info, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sailing news, Sailing records | Tagged Banque Populaire V, crossing, mediterranean sea, speed record | Leave a reply

All time fastest sailboat to sail around the world: trimaran “Groupama 3”

Popular Sailing Posted on March 21, 2010 by SteveMarch 21, 2010

News came in last night that French maxi-trimaran, “Groupama 3”, bettered by over two days the previous ’round the world non-stop sailing record held by Bruno Peyron on “Orange II” since 2005. These speed records are attempted and sometimes achieved in response … Continue reading →

Posted in Sailing news, Sailing records | Tagged average speed, best time, fastest sail boat, fastest sailboat, fastest trimaran, frank cammas, groupama 3, jules verne trophy, new world record, non-stop race, quickest sailboat, record time, round the world, sailing, shortest time around the world, trimaran | 1 Reply

Post navigation

← Older posts

Beneteau 323 Beneteau Oceanis 323 Canada CS33 ISO standards and directives jules verne trophy keel keel repair Kirby 25 kite-sailing kite-surfer kitesurfing last clippers lateral stability Les Sables d'Olonne liferafts Lifesaving Society light fixture long distance cruising Mahone Bay Maritimes mediterranean sea merchant ships motor motorized vessel new world record non-stop race Nova Scotia Oceanis 323 offshore racing offshore sailing online video overheated wires PCOC PCOC course PCOC exam PCOC for kids PCOC test performance Peyron pleasure boaters Pleasure Craft Operator Card repair sailboat sailing

©2023 - Popular Sailing - Weaver Xtreme Theme
↑