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Offshore, a growing flotilla of warships from the U.S., Russia, the European Union and India has been trying to keep Somali pirates from taking their pick of the 16,000 mainly cargo ships that pass through the Suez Canal annually. There are several gangs of pirates; armed with Kalashnikov rifles...
When I got to the river, the women’s A division had just finished a race, so all the boats were on the dock and the B-division sailors were hopping in. Once the boats left the dock, the first thing I saw was one boat tip nearly...
Turns out, getting a boat to sail in a straight line when the wind is coming pretty much perpendicular to the course you’re trying to take is difficult. Even the little things, like getting all the boats to stay put on the starting line at once, I...
Also, the race course is short. It is sailed many times. This involves a lot of turning. How 18 boats all sailing around the same tiny buoy manage not to hit each other…in my opinion, a bona fide miracle. In reality, a whole lot of technical skill...
There’s just no place like home.The Harvard sailing team returned to the Charles River last weekend with one goal—to qualify for this month’s ACC Championships. Both the women’s and co-ed teams did much more than that, winning...