Practice Racing Day 1 of ACWS San Francisco. Photo by ACEA/Gilles Martin-Raget After achieving their first Gold certification in Newport earlier this summer, the America’s Cup aims to continue this trend for its events in San Francisco. For this October’s events, the following Clean Regattas Best Practices are being implemented: Trash-Free Regatta: The event aims … Read more
Good morning from San Francisco. We are very excited for the second America’s Cup World Series event in San Francisco. The village opens tomorrow with racing to begin on Wednesday. The city is feels very busy with Oracle OpenWorld and Fleet Week also happening this week! For a full schedule of America’s Cup events, click here. … Read more
Photo by Joy Dunnigan – click to view gallery. This week the 2012 Melges 32 Worlds hosted by New York Yacht Club is taking place here in Newport. The event is being run as a Gold Level Clean Regatta through NYYC season long commitment. 2012 marks their fourth year in a row! The NYYC venue … Read more
We are very excited to announce that West Marine will be hosting a community day at their Sausalito, CA store for Sailors for the Sea! On October 4th 5% of the stores sales for the day will be donated to Sailors for the Sea to support ocean conservation. The store is located at: 295 Harbor … Read more
This month’s Ocean Watch Essay comes from The Nature Conservancy in Alaska. Sailing off Flounder Flats, Nushagak Bay ca 1935. Photo by Dave Carlson, Dave and Mary Carlson Collection, Samuel K. Fox Museum. Dillingham, Alaska. Did you know that sailboats were used to fish for salmon in Alaska’s Bristol Bay until 1950. This fishery, now in it’s … Read more
Join the America’s Cup Healthy Oceans Project at The Bay Theater, Aquarium of the Bay on Pier 39, San Francisco, for a wonderful evening focused on plastic in the ocean. Guest speakers including Jean Michel Cousteau will present about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch showing pictures, samples, and discussion about what we can all do to make … Read more
Last Friday, 40 years after “the death of Lake Erie,” Peter Kent, Canada’s environment minister, and Lisa P. Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator signed an updated Great Lakes Accord.According to the NY Times:”Swaths of green scum regularly choked Lake Erie’s shallow western basin during the 1950’s and 60’s as phosphorus from farms, sewage and industry … Read more
The Rolex Big Boat Series hosted by the St. Francis this past weekend was run as a Sailors for the Sea Clean Regatta for the first time! This regatta was part of the season long commitment the St. Francis Yacht Club has made to the Clean Regattas program. Sailors for the Sea is excited to … Read more
Speed on! Photo by ACEA/Gilles Martin-Raget The America’s Cup World Series in San Francisco continued the strong legacy of Clean Regattas with the 34th America’s Cup, striving for a gold level certification and presenting innovative techniques for reducing the events carbon footprint. In addition to many of the Best Practices they have implemented in the … Read more
Once you have figured out where to take your compost (see our first composting blog) you will need to figure out how to separate the compost and how to encourage others to do so. Here are a few tips to keep the compost out of the trash. Figure out what kind of waste your compost … Read more
