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Paul Gauguin Cruises Announces 2013 Sailing Schedule

21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Gauguin Cruises (www.pgcruises.com), operator of the highest-rated and longest continually sailing luxury cruise ship in the South Pacific, the m/s Paul Gauguin, is excited to announce the 2013 sailing schedule.

Sailing Straits breezes

Three wind sailers and a snow-kiter are visible in this photo taken Monday at the World Ice and Snow Sailing Association (WISSA) championships being held at Chain Lake just north of St. Ignace. The site also featured the UP Pond Hockey Tournament over ...

Luxury sailing at Kangaroo Island

Picture: Mike Annese Source: Supplied The Lady Eugenie yacht - a five-star sailing experience at Kangaroo Island. Picture: Mike Annese Source: Supplied "ARE you OK if I fall off?" the skipper calls. It's not what you expect to hear as you set out on a ...

I Sail Race News

Wednesday night Sailboat Races to take place on Clear Lake

by Anthony Stoeckert | January 31, 2012 4:49 pm The Wednesday Night Sailboat Races are a six-month series of races, held on Clear Lake during Daylight Savings Time. The races feature professional and amateur sailors with 45 to 65 boats on the lake at ...

WEEKLY CALENDAR Regional arts and entertainment

... horse-drawn wagon rides, Frostbiters sailboat races, awards ceremony and more, details and times at www.cityofrochester.gov/wintercelebration or www.goforthecold.com. Canandaigua Classic Antique Show & Sale: Finger Lakes Casino and Racetrack, ...

Auckland celebrates on the water

Crowds are being treated to street entertainment, music, mini-sail boat races and a make-shift children's theme park as they meander their way down to Princes Wharf and the viaduct to catch a piece of the action. Cheers, chants and drums rang in the ...

Nautical News

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Path of tsunami debris mapped out

"So far, the debris field has spread in length more than 2000 nautical miles, and is more than 1000 nautical miles wide," he told BBC News. Japanese estimates suggested perhaps 20 million tonnes of debris were generated by the earthquake and the ...

Casting for Bargains Sarasota Nautical Flea Market and Seafood Festival

By Sarasota Nautical Flea Market SARASOTA, Fla., Feb. 14, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Sarasota Nautical Flea Market and Seafood Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 31 to April 1st, 2012, from 9 am to 6 pm at the centrally located Sarasota ...

Volvo Ocean Race Delayed by Unsailable Waves in South China Sea

Leg 4 will take the fleet 5220 nautical miles from Sanya, China, to Auckland, New Zealand. Weather advisers for the race ?believe we have conditions which will be dangerous up to 12-18 hours after the leg start, with waves that can break boats if you ...

Yacht Racing

The Espionage Behind the America's Cup Yacht Race

The structure will eventually make-up half of the hull for the team's 72-foot catamaran that will compete in the 2013 America's Cup yacht race. As Joe Rosato Jr. reports - for now, the design is strictly under wraps. Inside a cavernous white room amid ...

Newport Bermuda Race entries up

Cetacea has also won THE Bermuda Ocean Cruising Yacht Trophy three consecutive times for top combined Cruising Division performance in the Newport Bermuda Race and the Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race sailed in alternate years.