Sailors for the Sea founder, David Rockefeller, Jr., received the 2009 World Monuments Fund Hadrian Award for his outstanding environmental work.

Tweede deel met de trein van New York naar de Microsoft WWPC in New Orleans met een bezoek aan de alligators in de swamp met de air boat.

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Un piccolo anticipo del video che sto preparando sui corsi estivi di Escursionismo Velico ai quali hanno partecipato 40 ragazzi.

Ride aboard Team Origin in their Round Robin match against Artemis at the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice

Brainard Cooper has ben sailing Snipes since 1951. He got his introduction to Snipe sailing from Harold Gilreath and he's been in the class ever since. He counts among his close friends, people he met sailing Snipes in the early 50's. Brainard saw the transition from wood to glass boats. It wasn't an overnight transition but it was clear what direction the class would take when Lofland started building a low cost fiberglass production boat that required very little maintenance. He tells a few stories as only he can and gives us reason to value the history of the Snipe Class and those who made it such a strong class.

John Rose started sailing Snipes in 1948 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That was right after World War II and people were just beginning to think about what they could do for fun. Over the next 10 years the fleet exploded from 8 boats to over 50 and John started winning races and then regattas in the mid-West. John's always loved wooden Snipes and he saw the change coming when the fiberglass Snipe was introduced in 1954. It took 13 years of constant development before the first glass boat won a National Championship in 1967. His love of wooden boats is still there. He worked hard to make the Wooden Snipe Rally at this year's Snipe Masters a success. There were wooden boats there that had been lovingly restored to better than new condition with owners who could tell you just exactly what the pedigree of their boat was and the changes from the original construction made to it over the years.

Woody Norwood started sailing Snipes when he was 12 years old in the mid 50's. When he graduated to skippering his sister signed on as crew and together they weighed in at around 120 pounds. That was the perfect weight for sailing a Snipe at the Atlanta Yacht Club. Woody got one of the first fiberglass boats in 1957. There were technical issues with those early boats but their was no beating the ease of maintaining them. They didn't require complete refinishing each winter and they didn't leak when you put them in the water each Spring. Just like surfers, Snipes in big waves and breeze are an incredible ride. Woodys got a great story to tell about sailing off shore of Ft. Lauderdale in the late 50's.

Means Davis started sailing Snipes in Atlanta 50 years ago as a high school student. He remembers how great it was to experience sailing on a warm spring day - as opposed to running track. He's a big fan of the current group of younger Snipers who come to the class with a lot of training and experience that kids just didn't have when he started sailing. They study the boat and they use technology to make it faster all building on the groundwork of those who've been sailing Snipes for years. Means also has some good stories about traveling around the country to sail Snipes in competition with his kids.

Carl Eichenlaub started building Snipes before he started sailing them. Back when wooden boats where the only boats, Carl made Snipes in San Diego starting with an order of 5 boats from the Mission Bay Yacht Club. He started sailing them when one of his woodworkers wanted a Snipe but needed someone to drive it till he got the hang of racing it. Carl earned his reputation as a master boatwright the hard way. He was always available when someone needed help with their boat. In fact at the Peoria National in 1965 he took his wood plane to a boat that was an 1/8" too big at every station - the boat measured in and went on to take 3rd in the Nationals that year.

SteveSherman started sailing Snipes in Kansas City, MO. He worked on his first boat to make sure it was really ready for the season, only to find out wooden boats leak when you put them in the water. He gave up his job as an industrial engineer in order to buy Mike McLaughlin's boat building business and begin his career as a boatbuilder. Things were not always easy but the ability to handle all aspects of the business from the customer relations to the layup of the boats made it exciting. His industrial engineering background led him to work on the specific boat controls, making them easier to use and more powerful. Steve knows that Snipes are really a family. You sail with the same group for many years and they all take you into their homes and make sure you have what you need when you show up to race around the country.

Andy Pimental started thinking about Snipes in 1989 right out of college. When he finished up his Finn campaign he decided he like the comraderie of the Class and joined in. Ed Adams convince Andy to start building Snipes. He'd been working for Vanguard when he rented a garage, built the molds for his first Jibetech and started building Snipes. Along the way, there were a ton of people who had ideas about how to make the boats faster. He looks at building Snipes as doing artwork everyday. What better job could he have?

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Eerste etappe van de wereldreis 2009. Vier dagen in New York, waar Harry en Bart ons ook nog gezellig uit komen zwaaien. Met bonusbeelden van hun terugvlucht in de triple7 die ik van Bart geleend heb.

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Scuba diving Spitting Caves & Corner Pocket on 11/8/09 out of Hawaii Kai, Hawaii on the island of Oahu.

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