The America’s Cup World Series took over San Diego starting last weekend when the torrential rains put a damper on racing. The weather throughout the weekend improved a bit, but was riddled with crazy morning fogs. Good thing the weather cleared up by Saturday November 19 went the FloatWays crew was coming down to […]
Caribbean Island Hopping Sensational Boating Vacation
Island hopping is the most effective method of skipping island fever during a vacation. You spend a day or two on an island and before you start itching with fever from being in the same place too long, you hop on a boat and go to the next island. Yes, you can do it via […]
Kiteboarding Speed Freaks at the North American Speed Sailing Invitational
2011 is the year for kiteboarders to sail faster… AGAIN! On October 13, 2010, during crazy windy conditions at Luderitz Bay in Namibia, two speed-sailing records were set. The event was called the 2010 Luderitz Speed Challenge. The sailing speed record was set by a kiteboarder, Alex Caizergues clocking in 54.10 knots over the required […]
Sailing Review of the Oakley Oil Rig Sunglasses from a Yacht Racing Perspective
Having sailed in a number of regattas and performed all-day sails using my Oakley Oil Rig® sunglasses I saw it fitting to review them for FloatWays.com After writing the review of the Oakley Dispatch® I realized I had to write one based on sunglasses that are more apt for sailing than for styling around the […]
World’s Fastest Sailboats – The Catamaran, Trimaran, Windsurfer and Kiteboarder
Photo by: CultivArte Any time someone mentions a sailboat as being fast, the non-sailors cringe at the thought of 12 knots being fast. Can you say 50 knots? Teach them a lesson about fast sailboats… While 12-15 knots is actually quite fast for a racing sailboat in good windy conditions, high-caliber racing sailboats can do […]