|
|
|
Scuttlebutt Photos of the Week October 7, 2011 Here is a random assortment of photos from the sport. Click here to submit your photos for consideration.  Geordie Shaver and Ranger, before the start at the 2011 St. Barth's Bucket Regatta. Photo by Jim Teeters.  It's not the size of your cockpit, it's how you use it.  For the person who's got everything... an aluminum floating dry dock.  ORACLE Racing and the America’s Cup have a strong presence at Oracle OpenWorld 2011, the world’s largest technology show drawing more than 45,000 attendees.  Photographer Cory Silken provides us with a computer monitor background for the month of October. Click on standard screen or wide screen for your monitor type. Once the image is open, put your cursur over it, right click to open the drop down menu and indicate you want to 'Set as Background'.  A total of 25 champion sailors have signed up to sail in Topper Xenon's for this year’s Endeavour Trophy (Oct. 7-9), the UKs equivalent of the Championship of Champions held in the U.S. The winner of this invitation-only event, to determine the overall dinghy champion of champions from the UK’s most popular dinghy racing classes, will gain entry to the British Virgin Islands’ Pro-Am Regatta at Bitter End Yacht Club (Oct. 29 - Nov. 5). The Endeavour Trophy winner will join the Pro line-up, which this year includes Ed Baird (6-time Pro-Am winner and current skipper for Quantum Racing), Peter Holmberg, Anna Tunnicliffe, Paul Cayard, Dave Ullman, Russell Coutts and Zack Railey.  Leading the fleet on Lake Lanier in northern Georgia is the very sexy woody Thistle #1167, driven by Bob McCormack along with crew members Brice Dryden and Marie Thompson. Plastic ain't always fantastic. Photo by Kirk S. Jockell.  We have a hunch they're not selling deep fried corn-on-the-cob or chocolate-covered bacon at the Monaco Yacht Show. Photo: Carlo Borlenghi  The Maelar 30 Square Meter Yacht (Skerry Cruiser) from 1954 in Guldborgsund, Denmark. Owned by Lilian Grace Wells and Nis Peter Lorentzen and fully restored last year with 22 coats of Coelan coating.  The best holiday of all! Randy Tiffany of Lake Mission Viejo Yacht Club in Southern California celebrating OKTOBERFEST! Click here to submit your photos for consideration. |
|
