Water Dissolves Water (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
1. Today was the first day of my nine-day Thanksgiving vacation. I'll be travelling in a few days. but today I celebrated by spending the afternoon at a chan temple ( chan is the Chinese form of Zen, the ancestor tradition to the younger Japanese lineage). The temple was new to me, but it had apparently opened on the other side of the city about a year ago, and a friend had invited me to attend an...
Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | yesterday
[Source: Cammas-Groupama] Groupama 3 arrived in Cape Town early this Saturday afternoon and immediately tied up alongside so as repairs could begin to reinforce the aft beams. It was at around 1300 hours UTC that Franck Cammas and his nine crew made landfall after two weeks at sea: Groupama 3 had to abandon her Jules Verne Trophy record attempt on the eleventh day after breaking the port beam bulkhead....
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
A disappointing fourth was the reward for Ben Ainslie and Britain’s America’s Cup challenger Team Origin in the Louis Vuitton Trophy series off Nice.
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | yesterday
During a visit to flood-hit Cumbria Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledges an extra £1m to help storm victims who are now braced for more rain after England's wettest day on record. Alex Thomson reports.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Team Origin soundly beaten by Italian team Azzurra to signal the end of their Louis Vuitton Trophy campaign in Nice.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
An emphatic win for Britain’s Team Origin in the semi-final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy series in Nice squared the best of three at 1-1 as skipper Ben Ainslie took revenge for the opening loss to Italy’s Team Azzurra, skippered by Francesco Bruni.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Team Origin trounce Italian opponents Azzurra and go all square 11 in the Louis Vuitton Trophy semifinals.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Extra pressure poured on the Swiss holder of the America's Cup, Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi, following the latest ruling from New York judge, Shirley Kornreich.
MyDD (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The spintasic idea of using the remaining TARP money to payoff a part of the deficit is being laid at Geithner's feed, as his idea. Dean Barker points out that this is a gimmick: Arghhhhhhh! TARP is a loan program, not a spending program. Let's explain the difference so that even a Washington Post editor can understand it. A loan is expected to be paid back. When Congress appropriates money for a...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
• Outcome almost certainly decided by race official at first mark • TeamOrigin claim call should have been in British boat's favour Britain's TeamOrigin lost the first of its best-of-three semi-final match with the Italian team Azzurra, in a regatta for America's Cup challengers in Nice. The outcome was almost certainly decided by the refusal of an overlap by a race official at the first...
Yachting World news (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The leading three IMOCAs - Safran, Groupe Bel and Mike Golding Yacht Racing - have a substantial cushion, but the weather forecast is none too stable
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Sydney - Australian teenager Jessica Watson has crossed the equator and set a course south for Cape Horn in her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. We are just so pleased, mother Julie Watson said in a statement Thursday...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
An Australian schoolgirl bidding to become the youngest solo round-the-world sailor crossed the equator on Thursday, in what her supporters dubbed a "significant landmark" in her record attempt. Jessica Watson, 16, entered the northern hemisphere just over a month after leaving Sydney in her bright pink 10-metre (33-foot) yacht "Ella's Pink Lady", and two days ahead of schedule....
The Age (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Teenage adventurer Jessica Watson has crossed the equator one month into her bid to sail solo around the world.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
TEENAGE adventurer Jessica Watson has crossed the equator one month into her bid to sail solo around the world.
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