COVID-19 canceling fall boat shows

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Daily News, Features

Annapolis, MD (August 20, 2020) – After the Annapolis Boat Shows worked hard creating safety protocols and meeting with health officials for its October 2020 shows at City Dock Annapolis, SpinSheet reports how the city announced today the shows would not take place in...

What if Tokyo 2020 was in 2020?

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Daily News, Features

Chelsea Carlson, meteorologist for the US Olympic Sailing Team, offers a view of what the Tokyo 2020 Olympics would have been like if they had not been postponed a year from their original dates of July 24 to August 9: The Tokyo Olympics were arguably one of the...

Paris 2024: All in for new offshore event

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Daily News, Features

While the event program for the Paris 2024 Olympics is not yet confirmed, teams are already preparing for what they anticipate to be the new Mixed Two Person Keelboat Offshore competition. From a report by North Sails, we share an excerpt about one of the efforts from...

Study finds more plastic waste in Atlantic Ocean

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Daily News, Features

Ten times more plastic pollution has been dumped in the Atlantic Ocean than previously believed, according to a study published on August 18. The paper is the first of its kind to measure “invisible” microplastics floating beneath the surface across the entire...

Annapolis boat shows cancelled

by | Aug 21, 2020 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1

In a discouraging development for the boating industry, the City of Annapolis announced yesterday that it was cancelling the US Powerboat and Sailboat shows scheduled for October, due to Covid-19 health concerns. Read full article in link below. By Arlene SloanAugust...