The Greek coast guard tried to get the boat to stop, but a “pursuit ensued with the operator of the speed boat making repeated dangerous maneuvers and attempts to ram the patrol craft,” according to the press release.Authorities said they fired two warning shots but when the speed boat driver failed to stop they fired … Read more
https://www.futbal.uk Two people taking part in Australia’s annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died in separate incidents, according to policeBoth crew members died in separate incidents after being hit by a boom—the large pole attached horizontally to the bottom of a sail. The event’s organisers said the incidents happened on the Flying Fish Arctos … Read more
Two sailors on separate boats were killed in boom accidents two hours apart on the storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race, adding to the event’s long history of deaths at sea. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) in Sydney, which administers the race, said Friday that one sailor each on entrants … Read more
Gucci’s first palpable memory was aboard her family’s sailboat, the 214-foot Creole. As she recalls growing up, the world’s largest wooden sailing yacht formed a playful cocoon for water fights, running along hundreds of feet of teak decks, swallow dives into the ocean, and, at peak performance, adrenaline rushes as the boat thundered at … Read more