Justin is sailing his opti to help raise funds for a bioextraction project. An Opti sailor from Long Island Sound has garnered our attention with his mission to help protect the waters that he sails. 12 year old Justin Smith from Oyster Bay, NY is sailing across the Long Island Sound solo from Stamford, Connecticut … Read more
A few pictures focused on Clean Regattas best practices being implemented at the America’s Cup World Series in San Francisco.
This morning at the America’s Cup World Series in San Francisco ocean health was in the spotlight with two exciting activities run by the America’s Cup Healthy Oceans Project. (ACHOP) The conservation activity team! Photo by Franny Kupersmith Sailors for the Sea staff raking mulch. Photo by Franny Kupersmith The conservation activity involved team members, … Read more
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
