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A Phoenician Ship Expedition is searching for keen sailors and adventurers to take part in a unique international project called Phoenicia.

The Expedition has begun by building a replica Phoenician/Mediterranean vessel and crew is needed in August 2008, for an attempt to recreate a circumnavigation of Africa, as first accomplished by Phoenician mariners in 600BC. Learn more and download an application form from the Phoenicia website.

Labels: adventure, Africa, archaeology, expedition, Phoenician Ship Expedition, sailing

69-year-old, Japanese sailor, Ken-ichi Horie, will shortly set out on yet another pioneering voyage, a journey of 4,350 miles from Hawaii to Japan in a wave-powered boat. It will be a world record for the longest distance traveled by a wave-powered boat, which is being described as the greenest nautical propulsion system since the sail.

Read more about this fascinating craft in an article by John Geoghegan and more about the legendary Ken-ichi Horie at SolarNavigator.

Labels: Hawaii, Japan, Ken-ichi Horie, sailing, World record

Two tall ship organisations have announced a search for crew. Clipper Round the World, founded by Robin Knox-Johnston, is searching for Singaporean and Singapore-based ex-pats, applicants have to be over 18 at the time of the race but there is no upper age limit.

The current Clipper fleet sets sail from Keppel Bay Marina, Singapore, on Sunday 27 January, 2008, departing the marina at 10.30am to head out to the start line for a race to Qingdao, China, which is the venue for the sailing events of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

In the second opportunity, fifty people from all over Cornwall will join tall ships in Falmouth, England, taking part in a race which leaves Falmouth on 13th September, 2008, bound for Ilhavo in Portugal, then on to Funchal in Madeira, in the Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta 2008.

Labels: adventure, China, England, sailing, Singapore, Tall Ships

The great French sailor, Francis Joyon, has regained the record for sailing single-handed around the world. He crossed the finish line off Brest onboard his 97ft multihull IDEC, in a time of 57 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes and 6 seconds. shattering friend and rival Ellen MacArthur's record by two whole weeks.

Labels: Ellen MacArthur, Francis Joyon, record, sailing, World

The Barcelona World Race is a new two-handed, non-stop round the world yacht race, which will be held every four years. For the first time, this race will see the world's best professional sailors from both solo and fully crewed disciplines coming together to compete against each other in teams of two.

The inaugural race starts on 11 November, 2007 and there are nine IMOCA Open 60 class yachts, ready to go. Promo Video

Labels: 2007, Barcelona, Barcelona World Race, race, sailing

Four hundred years ago, three settlers' ships made land at a swampy island, which became America's first permanent English settlement, Jamestown. In celebration of the 400th anniversary of their adventure, the neighbouring, larger harbour of Norfolk, has been asked to accommodate a fleet of more than 50 tall ships, military and character vessels, in Sail Virginia 2007.

Running from Friday, June 8, to Tuesday, June 12, 2007, the fleet is expected to include a replica of one of the Jamestown settlers' ships, Godspeed, usually berthed at the Jamestown Settlement living history museum. Another of the ships, the Picton Castle, will be fresh from a starring role as a pirate ship in the new reality TV series, Pirate Master, where 16 modern-day pirates are sent on a high seas adventure, living the life of buccaneers, travelling around the Caribbean island of Dominica in search of hidden treasure.

Downtown Norfolk will be infused with the same adventuresome spirit of America's founders, by over 1,000 artists, actors, musicians, historians, Native Americans and sailing crews from around the world. Sail Virginia is being combined with Norfolk's 31st annual Harborfest, a festival with live music, good food and spectacular fireworks, held along the Elizabeth river, admission is free and includes tours of the ships.

Labels: 2007, festival, Jamestown, Norfolk, Sail Virginia, sailing, Tall Ships, U.S.A.

110 days to Skandia Cowes Week, 4 - 11 August, 2007. Over 1000 yachts, 8,500 competitors and even more spectators, on and off the water.
This is an event that attracts local, national and international sailors, many of whom are amateurs but who also include professional, world and Olympic champions.

There are regular ferries to and from the Isle of Wight, no need to book as a foot passenger, and during Skandia Cowes Week there is a dedicated ferry service from Lymington Town Harbour Masters Jetty.

Labels: Cowes, Cowes Week, Isle of Wight, sailing

This year is the 40th Antigua Sailing Week, it began in 1967 with a small group of local yachts and has grown to become one of the world's top regattas.






Antigua Sailing Week runs from 29 April through to the 4 May, 2007.

Labels: Antigua, Antigua Sailing Week, sailing