Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
The Latest Issue
Atlantic Boating 27.1 Halifax International Boat Show
Top News
Boat Review: The Zodiac 650 Pro Open Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat
By Patricia Nelder The great thing about getting into a rigid-hull inflatable boat, known as a RIB, is that it does not tip, and the high inflatable tube with many handholds gives a feeling of security. A RIB is a fibreglass or aluminum hull with a U-shaped inflatable tube wrapped around the top of ...
Warlock and the magic of Key West Race Week 2012
By Jim Snair I consider myself one of the luckiest sailors from Eastern Canada. It’s a big trek an...
Nautical Tales: Small Boat to Freedom
By Lloyd Corkum Small Boat to Freedom – A Journey of Conscience to a New Life in America By John Vigor Paperback, 260 pages ISBN: 9-78157-409-303-2 Sheridan House $17.95 Small Boat to Freedom is the inspired and true story of one family’s decision to leave apartheid-era South Africa for a new, b...
Events
Countdown is on for the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race!
Marblehead – Spectators on shore will have an unprecedented view when an expected 95 sailing yachts cross the starting line of the 2011 Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race on July 10. “We have reconfigured the start to bring the vessels closer to shore,” explained Peter Barnet, Vice Commodore of ...
Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race says, ‘Welcome to Yorkshire’
Yorkshire is set to take on the world with the announcement today that it is to compete in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race as the only English entry in the ten-strong field for the 40,000-mile global contest which is ‘raced by people like you’. The world’s longest yacht race will ...
Transatlantic Race 2011 Final Start
Newport, R.I. USA (July 3, 2011) – One of the greatest moments in the history of offshore racing took place today with the final start of the Transatlantic Race 2011 setting six yachts on their course from Newport to The Lizard off the southeast coast of England. And as the six magnificent yachts ...
