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There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible then others are, but there's always a siren.
It may be with us all our lives, or it may be many years or decades before we find it or it finds us, if we are lucky we're Odysseus tied up to the ships mast, hearing the song with perfect clarity, but ferried to safety by a crew whose ears have been plugged with beeswax.
If we're not at all lucky, we're another sort of sailor stepping off the deck to drown at sea. Caitlin R Kiernan
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There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible then others are, but there's always a siren.
It may be with us all our lives, or it may be many years or decades before we find it or it finds us, if we are lucky we're Odysseus tied up to the ships mast, hearing the song with perfect clarity, but ferried to safety by a crew whose ears have been plugged with beeswax.
If we're not at all lucky, we're another sort of sailor stepping off the deck to drown at sea. Caitlin R Kiernan
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In this Dec. 26, 2015 file photo, Comanche sails out of the heads during the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race in Sydney. Last year, American yacht Comanche, damaged by winds and high waves, won the storm-wracked race that featured 108 starters. The 100-foot super maxi, owned by Netscape founder Dr. Jim Clark and skippered by Ken Read, reached the line 2 days, 8 hours, 58 minutes, 30 seconds. It was the first American winner since 1998 and the first foreign winner since Sweden's Assa Abloy in 2001. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
SYDNEY (AP) — The navigator for super maxi Wild Oats XI, which holds the Sydney to Hobart line honors race record, said Thursday the 100-foot yacht could finish three hours faster than the mark it set in 2012, based on weather bureau projections for Monday's start.
Veteran Spanish sailor Juan Vila, set to race the Sydney to Hobart for a third time, said weather models suggested the winner could finish in around 38 or 39 hours. That would have Wild Oats XI across the line at Constitution Dock in Hobart on the island state of Tasmania in about 1 day, 14 or 15 hours, well inside Wild Oats' record of 1 day, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 12 seconds.
For Monday's start of the race in Sydney Harbour, winds of 15 to 20 knots north to northeasterly are forecast, increasing to 30 knots. A gusty southwesterly wind change is then tipped to move up the southern New South Wales coast late Monday, hitting the fleet as it approaches Bass Strait.
"Our routing suggests we are almost in record time, just a little bit under, but that can change over the next days with new forecasts," Villa said.
The 72nd Sydney to Hobart, a 628 nautical-mile (722-mile, 1,164-kilometer) race, has attracted 90 entries, including 12 international yachts.
Those overseas yachts include skipper Jonas Grander on Swedish entry Matador, Richard Stain on Britain's Samskara, Kwanymin Rho on Sonic from South Korea and Joseph Mele, skipper of the U.S. entry Triple Lindy.
Last year, American yacht Comanche, damaged by winds and high waves, won the storm-wracked race that featured 108 starters. The 100-foot super maxi, owned by Netscape founder Dr. Jim Clark and skippered by Ken Read, reached the line 2 days, 8 hours, 58 minutes, 30 seconds.
It was the first American winner since 1998 and the first foreign winner since Sweden's Assa Abloy in 2001.
Veteran Spanish sailor Juan Vila, set to race the Sydney to Hobart for a third time, said weather models suggested the winner could finish in around 38 or 39 hours. That would have Wild Oats XI across the line at Constitution Dock in Hobart on the island state of Tasmania in about 1 day, 14 or 15 hours, well inside Wild Oats' record of 1 day, 18 hours, 23 minutes, 12 seconds.
For Monday's start of the race in Sydney Harbour, winds of 15 to 20 knots north to northeasterly are forecast, increasing to 30 knots. A gusty southwesterly wind change is then tipped to move up the southern New South Wales coast late Monday, hitting the fleet as it approaches Bass Strait.
"Our routing suggests we are almost in record time, just a little bit under, but that can change over the next days with new forecasts," Villa said.
The 72nd Sydney to Hobart, a 628 nautical-mile (722-mile, 1,164-kilometer) race, has attracted 90 entries, including 12 international yachts.
Those overseas yachts include skipper Jonas Grander on Swedish entry Matador, Richard Stain on Britain's Samskara, Kwanymin Rho on Sonic from South Korea and Joseph Mele, skipper of the U.S. entry Triple Lindy.
Last year, American yacht Comanche, damaged by winds and high waves, won the storm-wracked race that featured 108 starters. The 100-foot super maxi, owned by Netscape founder Dr. Jim Clark and skippered by Ken Read, reached the line 2 days, 8 hours, 58 minutes, 30 seconds.
It was the first American winner since 1998 and the first foreign winner since Sweden's Assa Abloy in 2001.
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Frenchman sets round-the-world sailing record: 49 days
Dec. 26, 2016
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PARIS (AP) — A little over 49 days — that's all it took Frenchman Thomas Coville to sail around the world alone, to set what French officials say is a new world record.
Coville sailed into the Brittany port of Brest on Monday on his Sodebo trimaran. He rejoined his family, weeping with joy, thanked his support crews and showered the seas with champagne.
His round-the-world journey, starting from an island in the English Channel, took 49 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds, according to his website.
It was Coville's third attempt to beat the previous record of 57 days held by Frenchman Francis Joyon since 2008. The record before that, of 71 days, had been held by British sailor Ellen MacArthur.
Joyon, in a statement, was among those congratulating Coville.
Coville sailed into the Brittany port of Brest on Monday on his Sodebo trimaran. He rejoined his family, weeping with joy, thanked his support crews and showered the seas with champagne.
His round-the-world journey, starting from an island in the English Channel, took 49 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds, according to his website.
It was Coville's third attempt to beat the previous record of 57 days held by Frenchman Francis Joyon since 2008. The record before that, of 71 days, had been held by British sailor Ellen MacArthur.
Joyon, in a statement, was among those congratulating Coville.
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Chinese carrier enters South China Sea amid renewed tension
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(Reuters) A group of Chinese warships led by the country's sole aircraft carrier entered the top half of the South China Sea on Monday after passing south of Taiwan, the self-ruled island's Defense Ministry said of what China has termed a routine exercise.
The move comes amid renewed tension over Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, ineligible for state-to-state relations, following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call with the island's president that upset Beijing.
The Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier has taken part in previous exercises, including some in the South China Sea, but China is years away from perfecting carrier operations similar to those the United States has practiced for decades.
Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the carrier, accompanied by five vessels, passed southeast of the Pratas Islands, which are controlled by Taiwan, heading southwest.
The carrier group earlier passed 90 nautical miles south of Taiwan's southernmost point via the Bashi Channel, between Taiwan and the Philippines.
"Staying vigilant and flexible has always been the normal method of maintaining airspace security," said ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi, declining to say whether Taiwan fighter jets were scrambled or if submarines had been deployed.
Chen said the ministry was continuing to "monitor and grasp the situation".
Senior Taiwan opposition Nationalist lawmaker Johnny Chiang said the Liaoning exercise was China's signal to the United States that it has broken through the "first island chain", an area that includes Japan's Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said people should not read too much into what the carrier was up to, as its movements were within the law.
"Our Liaoning should enjoy in accordance with the law freedom of navigation and overflight as set by international law, and we hope all sides can respect this right of China's," she told a daily news briefing.
Influential state-run Chinese tabloid the Global Times said the exercise showed how the carrier was improving its combat capabilities and that it should now sail even further afield.
"The Chinese fleet will cruise to the Eastern Pacific sooner or later. When China's aircraft carrier fleet appears in offshore areas of the U.S. one day, it will trigger intense thinking about maritime rules," the newspaper said in an editorial.
China has been angered recently by U.S. naval patrols near islands that China claims in the South China Sea. This month, a Chinese navy ship seized a U.S. underwater drone in the South China Sea. China later returned it.
Japan said late on Sunday it had spotted six Chinese naval vessels including the Liaoning traveling through the passage between Miyako and Okinawa and into the Pacific.
Japan's top government spokesman said on Monday the voyage showed China's expanding military capability and Japan was closely monitoring it.
China's air force conducted long-range drills this month above the East and South China Seas that rattled Japan and Taiwan. China said those exercises were also routine.
Last December, the defense ministry confirmed China was building a second aircraft carrier but its launch date is unclear. The aircraft carrier program is a state secret.
Beijing could build multiple aircraft carriers over the next 15 years, the Pentagon said in a report last year...
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The move comes amid renewed tension over Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, ineligible for state-to-state relations, following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call with the island's president that upset Beijing.
The Soviet-built Liaoning aircraft carrier has taken part in previous exercises, including some in the South China Sea, but China is years away from perfecting carrier operations similar to those the United States has practiced for decades.
Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the carrier, accompanied by five vessels, passed southeast of the Pratas Islands, which are controlled by Taiwan, heading southwest.
The carrier group earlier passed 90 nautical miles south of Taiwan's southernmost point via the Bashi Channel, between Taiwan and the Philippines.
"Staying vigilant and flexible has always been the normal method of maintaining airspace security," said ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi, declining to say whether Taiwan fighter jets were scrambled or if submarines had been deployed.
Chen said the ministry was continuing to "monitor and grasp the situation".
Senior Taiwan opposition Nationalist lawmaker Johnny Chiang said the Liaoning exercise was China's signal to the United States that it has broken through the "first island chain", an area that includes Japan's Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said people should not read too much into what the carrier was up to, as its movements were within the law.
"Our Liaoning should enjoy in accordance with the law freedom of navigation and overflight as set by international law, and we hope all sides can respect this right of China's," she told a daily news briefing.
Influential state-run Chinese tabloid the Global Times said the exercise showed how the carrier was improving its combat capabilities and that it should now sail even further afield.
"The Chinese fleet will cruise to the Eastern Pacific sooner or later. When China's aircraft carrier fleet appears in offshore areas of the U.S. one day, it will trigger intense thinking about maritime rules," the newspaper said in an editorial.
China has been angered recently by U.S. naval patrols near islands that China claims in the South China Sea. This month, a Chinese navy ship seized a U.S. underwater drone in the South China Sea. China later returned it.
Japan said late on Sunday it had spotted six Chinese naval vessels including the Liaoning traveling through the passage between Miyako and Okinawa and into the Pacific.
Japan's top government spokesman said on Monday the voyage showed China's expanding military capability and Japan was closely monitoring it.
China's air force conducted long-range drills this month above the East and South China Seas that rattled Japan and Taiwan. China said those exercises were also routine.
Last December, the defense ministry confirmed China was building a second aircraft carrier but its launch date is unclear. The aircraft carrier program is a state secret.
Beijing could build multiple aircraft carriers over the next 15 years, the Pentagon said in a report last year...
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Perpetual Loyal wins Sydney to Hobart race in record time
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Dec. 27, 2016
SYDNEY (AP) — Supermaxi Perpetual Loyal has taken line honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race with a winning time almost five hours faster than the previous record.
Skippered by Anthony Bell, Perpetual Loyal crossed the finish line around 2:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday to complete the 630 nautical mile race in 1 day, 13 hours, 31 minutes, 20 seconds.
That shattered the race record, set in 2012 by rival supermaxi Wild Oats XI, by 4:51:52.
Wild Oats XI had been leading the race and was on target to take line honors for the ninth time when it suffered a hydraulic failure on Tuesday and was forced to withdraw.
Perpetual Loyal inherited a comfortable lead, making up for its misfortunes of the last two years when it had to quit the race. In 2015 it was forced out with rudder damage and, in 2014, it withdrew after striking a submerged object. This year it was able to take full advantage of favorable wind conditions which propelled the 88-boat fleet at a record pace.
"We got a good set of weather conditions," Bell said. "Sometimes you just need a little bit of luck and we've certainly had our fair share of bad luck, so I was entitled to ask the forecasters for that."
Bell said he was immediately aware of the misfortune that struck Wild Oats XI and handed Perpetual Loyal the race lead. The failure of a hydraulic ram affected the movement of the yacht's keel and forced it to pull out of the race and head for the port of Eden in Victoria.
"We saw the boat tilt right over, we saw them come to a sudden stop," Bell said. "Our first worry was that it might have lost a crew member overboard.
"We radioed them and said, 'Hey if you're in trouble we're prepared to stop the race and go over and help the guys' but the fortunate thing is no one got hurt."
Wild Oats arrived safely in Eden late Tuesday night.
Owner Sandy Oatley, who was not aboard, was shocked the yacht was forced out of the race for the second straight year.
"Last year we tore the mainsail and we've done a lot of preparation and training in that regard and the boys were very happy with that," Oatley said. "This hydraulic failure has come out of left field.
"We don't really know what's happened yet. That's life, unfortunately."
The 70-foot New Zealand yacht Giacomo, skippered by Jim Delegat whose teenage sons Nikolas and James were among the 14-man crew, crossed the line 2 hours after Perpetual Loyal to take second place.
Giacomo completed the race in 1 day, 15 hours, 27 minutes, 5 seconds, just a few minutes ahead of the Hong Kong-based supermaxi Scallywag.
"This type of yachting is a boyhood dream come true," Delegat said.
"The key really is we picked a good plan, a good strategy. We really thought about the weather and we looked at where we had to be in the first 18 hours."
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Skippered by Anthony Bell, Perpetual Loyal crossed the finish line around 2:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday to complete the 630 nautical mile race in 1 day, 13 hours, 31 minutes, 20 seconds.
That shattered the race record, set in 2012 by rival supermaxi Wild Oats XI, by 4:51:52.
Wild Oats XI had been leading the race and was on target to take line honors for the ninth time when it suffered a hydraulic failure on Tuesday and was forced to withdraw.
Perpetual Loyal inherited a comfortable lead, making up for its misfortunes of the last two years when it had to quit the race. In 2015 it was forced out with rudder damage and, in 2014, it withdrew after striking a submerged object. This year it was able to take full advantage of favorable wind conditions which propelled the 88-boat fleet at a record pace.
"We got a good set of weather conditions," Bell said. "Sometimes you just need a little bit of luck and we've certainly had our fair share of bad luck, so I was entitled to ask the forecasters for that."
Bell said he was immediately aware of the misfortune that struck Wild Oats XI and handed Perpetual Loyal the race lead. The failure of a hydraulic ram affected the movement of the yacht's keel and forced it to pull out of the race and head for the port of Eden in Victoria.
"We saw the boat tilt right over, we saw them come to a sudden stop," Bell said. "Our first worry was that it might have lost a crew member overboard.
"We radioed them and said, 'Hey if you're in trouble we're prepared to stop the race and go over and help the guys' but the fortunate thing is no one got hurt."
Wild Oats arrived safely in Eden late Tuesday night.
Owner Sandy Oatley, who was not aboard, was shocked the yacht was forced out of the race for the second straight year.
"Last year we tore the mainsail and we've done a lot of preparation and training in that regard and the boys were very happy with that," Oatley said. "This hydraulic failure has come out of left field.
"We don't really know what's happened yet. That's life, unfortunately."
The 70-foot New Zealand yacht Giacomo, skippered by Jim Delegat whose teenage sons Nikolas and James were among the 14-man crew, crossed the line 2 hours after Perpetual Loyal to take second place.
Giacomo completed the race in 1 day, 15 hours, 27 minutes, 5 seconds, just a few minutes ahead of the Hong Kong-based supermaxi Scallywag.
"This type of yachting is a boyhood dream come true," Delegat said.
"The key really is we picked a good plan, a good strategy. We really thought about the weather and we looked at where we had to be in the first 18 hours."
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The iconic Chesapeake Bay log canoe.
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The hull is constructed of five (5) hollowed-out logs.
As you can see, ballast is provided by the crew who are hiked out (cantilevered) on a springboard.
Sail Area/Displacement: 60 (?)
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