Ship’s Log

A new outright record was set Friday, October 28 for the Mount Gay Rum Around Jamestown Record. Zach Marks of St. Petersburg, Florida, rode his foiling kiteboard around Jamestown with an elapsed time of 53 minutes and 37 seconds.

Next Saturday, July 30th, Centerport Yacht Club (Northport Harbor, NY) will be hosting SailAhead’s 2nd annual event “Let’s Take a Veteran Sailing”.

Spring Off Soundings was an extreme exercise in micro-forecasting. If you can sniff a wind shift before the wind knows it’s going to shift, this was the series for you.

Jeff Hammer of Huntington, NY passed away this week. Jeff’s Tartan 10 Dreadlocks was a fixture in the western Long Island Sound PHRF racing community.

Sailing Community Mourns Paul Risseeuw – One of the best junior sailing champions in the country, Paul Risseeuw passed away on November 27, 2015.

The Board of Directors and the employees of the Hinckley Company mourn the passing of their friend and Chief Executive Officer, James P. McManus.

Mystic Seaport will honor historian and author Nathaniel Philbrick with the 2015 America and the Sea Award.