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Recycled Regatta Trophies

Sneak peak at the 2012 BVI spring trophies! The BVI spring regatta will be doing yet another first for Clean Regattas at their 2012 regatta. They will take best practice #15, Recycled Trophies, to a new level with trophies made from used bottles!  The regatta is working hard to be certified at the gold level. Glass blowing studio in … Read more

A great method for reusable water bottles on a keelboat

Melges 32 team Intac sent us a few photos of their new method for hydrating while at Key West Race Week. In an effort to reduce the amount of plastic waste on board Intac made the switch to reusable water bottles. They knew a bit of strategy was needed to avoid metal water bottles rolling … Read more

San Diego Yacht Club – Malin Burnham Sailing Center

Ronstan hardware

While in San Diego Sailors for the Sea was lucky enough to tour the Malin Burnham Sailing Center at San Diego Yacht Club. The architect, Matt Wells from Hanna Garbriel Wells, took us on a tour around the building and pointed out many of the eco-friendly measures taken that enabled the building to be certified … Read more

Rainy Day Kits at the America’s Cup

water filtration and ocean pollution.

This week in the Healthy Ocean’s Project Hall at the America’s Cup World Series in San Diego local kids visited after school to learn about non point source pollution from our Rainy Day Kits program and the science of sailing from the Exploratorium. Sailors for the Sea staff members used the Rainy Day Kit lesson … Read more