Archive for April, 2009

Downwind faster than the wind

Some while back, I met Rick Willoughby on a forum at http://www.boatdesign.net . I was a little skeptical of a thread dedicated to travelling downwind faster than the wind, powered only by the wind - until Rick guided me through the associated physics.
Later, I discovered that for Rick this was only something that fell out [...]

Exercise TRANSGLOBE - adventurous training

On Saturday 11th July 2009 at 13:00hrs, three 67ft steel hulled yachts - Adventure, Challenger and Discoverer - crewed by Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force personnel, will set off from a start gate off Southsea Castle. They’ll be bound for the Canary Islands, on the first leg of a year-long round-the-world Tri-Service Adventurous [...]