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Scuttlebutt Photos of the Week October 12, 2012 Here is a random assortment of photos from the sport. Click here to submit your photos for consideration.  Siblings Erika and Johnny Heineken (USA) are the 2012 Kiteboard Course Racing Womens and Mens World Champions. Photo by Alberto Foresti.   Aerial photo-shoot of the IMOCA Open 60 Alex Thomson Racing Hugo Boss during a training session before the Vendée Globe in the English Channel. The Vendée Globe, which begins in November, is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed non-stop and without assistance. Photos by Christophe Launay.  "My 12 year old sailing his Laser Pico for the first time on Lake Winnisquam NH. It was his first time alone on the boat, buried the rail and kept riding it." - Doug Holt   Nothing says victory like spraying $50 bottles of Moet champagne at each other. Now, who is it that says sailing is an elitist sport?  Young US Virgin Islander Taylor Canfield (second from right) made a big statement on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour by winning the Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda. Sailing with Taylor was Mike Rehe, Dan Morris, and Josh McCaffrey. Photo by Rick Tomlinson.  America's Cup pilates. Photo by Cynthia Ross.  There were a lot of multihulls at the U.S. Sailboat show in Annapolis last week. This boat name seemed to sum it up. Click here to submit your photos for consideration. |
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