Slow Boat Pursuit On Delaware River: Stolen Gun And Stolen Boat = Jail Time

A man armed with a stolen gun stole a boat on Philadelphia's Delaware River and pretended to be a federal official when confronted by the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday, investigators said.

The ordeal began around 7:10 p.m. when Philadelphia police officers were flagged down by a member of a sail club. The member told police the club was doing training exercises at Pier 5 Marina near Penn's Landing just after 6:30 p.m. when a man, later identified as 31-year-old Roger Pojar,...

5.08.2023 by Ben Remocker
Lambriex - van de Werken and Botin - Trittel Locked in Battle for Lead



The battle between leaders Botin with Trittel (ESP) and Lambriex with van de Werken (NED) is on! After twelve 49er races, the Spanish and Dutch protagonists find themselves just 0.2 points apart at the top of the standings. The teams are locked on the leaderboard and locked on the water too, finishing within two place in each of the three races today....

The Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes and the Solent laid on a World Championship worthy of the leading owner-driver one design class, the RC44. Over four days, the nine teams enjoyed top of the range conditions, plus the usual complexities of British tides and fast moving weather systems. Despite these challenges Nico Poons, tactician Hamish Pepper and the crew of Charisma defended their World Championship title. Unlike the title they won last year in Portorož, Slovenia in ultra-light...

The Allianz Sailing World Championships got off to a flying start in The Hague with strong Italian, American and Spanish showings.
Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti caught the eye with three bullets in the Nacra 17, while in the 49er, there were two wins apiece for Diego Botin and Florian Trittel (ESP) and Nevin Snow and Mac Agnese (USA).

Elsewhere, there were some surprise results in the Mixed 470 and 49erFX classes, while Betsy Alison’s strong start in the...

World record attempt ANT ARCTIC LAB aborted

Only 5 days after the 5th start of project ANT ARCTIC LAB, skipper Norbert Sedlacek Koch announces with a heavy heart via satellite his decision to abort the world record attempt again.







Prior to this, the Open60AAL with skipper Norbert was passing through a stormy depression off the Irish coast when Norbert noticed damage to the canting keel of the racing yacht. The canting...

With two bullets from three races, Chris Bake’s Team Aqua has taken an early lead after day one of the 2023 44Cup Cowes, the World Championship for the high performance owner driver one designs.

With racing run by the event hosts the Royal Yacht Squadron under the eye of class PRO Maria Torrijo, the easterly – southeasterly wind direction required the race course to be set up in the central-eastern Solent, southeast of Brambles Bank. While the wind started...

SF Chronicle's Tara Guggin Reports:
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A marine heat wave that has spiked sea surface temperatures off the Oregon and Washington coast is moving into California waters. If it continues south, there is a chance it could raise temperatures along the chilly Bay Area coast within weeks, according to federal oceanographers.

The intense heat wave, which had lingered offshore since May, hit the Oregon and Washington...

Another "Captain" has had sailing issues and made a soft land at Stinson Beach...

Robin McNally has started a Go Fund Me account to raise money for purposes undescribed.

Your thoughts are encouraged to follow!...

The weather today in the Kiel Bucht region was exactly as forecasted, with strong westerly winds of 20-35 knots on the first Coastal Race of the 2023 ORC World Championship, producing a wild but fast and fun experience for the 113 boats competing in the event.








With the start made in front of Kieler Yacht-Club at Düsternbrook Harbor, four waves of starting groups successively filled the inner fjord with their small headsails and...

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, USA (August 6, 2023) – After participating in a morning parade around Newport Harbor that was punctuated by cannon salutes from yacht clubs and other prime waterfront viewing spots, ten historic 12 Metres moved on to Rhode Island Sound for Saturday’s final race of the 12 Metre World Championship. To be named the World Champions at the end of the day, Jack LeFort’s (Winter Park, Fla./Jamestown, R.I.) Challenge XII (KA-10) had merely to finish...