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 the [...]

By Jim Snair I consider myself one of the luckiest sailors from Eastern Canada. It’s a big trek and a rare opportunity to go sail in Key West in January. It’s my second time to Key West Race Week in four years – last time onboard the well known, J/92 Poohsticks from Lunenburg Yacht Club. [...]

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, but uncertain, life in [...]

By Rob Dunbar After diligently tuning Celtic Kiss for a day of light air sailing, I quietly slipped beyond the safe confines of Pirate Harbour and pointed the bow for the tranquil shores of Cape Breton Island and a little known archipelago in Inhabitants Bay. Though sailing solo, I was not wanting for company as [...]

You enter the three boat-length zone and look back at the boat to the outside and behind and say “I need room!”. You know the skipper; they are notorious for not giving ample room. You start your turn around the mark, but are more focused on the other boat than your turn radius. Just as [...]

We’re accepting entries for the Halifax International Boat Show contest! You send fill out the entry form below or simply send in your details to Suzanne at editor@advocatemediainc.com. Your email entry should include: Photo (at least 300 dpi in size) Photo details including the name of the photographer, location of the photo. Your contact information [...]

* Gold Coast Australia extends lead as cold front brings much-awaited wind * Battle of the trimmers underway as fleet finds band of breeze * Derry-Londonderry celebrates return to Indian Ocean with tot of rum Gold Coast Australia has extended its lead overnight as a cold front bringing winds up to 30 knots powered the [...]

* Visit Finland charges up the leader board buoyed after Ocean Sprint win * Teams reflect on epic Southern Ocean race after three weeks at sea * Crew member puts Formula 1 engineering skills to use to fix team toilets After clinching the bonus point for the Ocean Sprint in Race 4 yesterday, Visit Finland [...]

The 2010 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, Australian Tom Slingsby, is among the first of the top international athletes to arrive in Perth to train ahead of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in December. Slingsby is part of the Australian Laser Squad which is holding a training camp in Fremantle in [...]

* Skippers mull tactics as massive high pressure system looms * Singapore skipper “absolutely gutted” after colossal wrap * Discovery set to air Clipper 09-10 television series from this weekend As the teams approach the Ocean Sprint in Race 4, conditions are proving challenging due to a massive high pressure system sitting right in their [...]