Three remarkable craft made an unplanned rendezvous on the Antarctica Peninsula at Palmer Station in the summer of 1972. The 125′ American research vessel Hero and the 154′ ex-WW II minesweeper Calypso were both traditional wooden vessels while the 32′ steel sloop Ice Bird was the first small sailing yacht to visit the frozen continent. Their… Continue reading Ice Bird, Hero, Calypso at Palmer in 1972
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1960-2000 – The Singlehanded Trans-Atlantic Race
“The Ship Would Not Travel Due West” copyright Peter Marsh From the late 1800s until the 1960s, the development of the modern sailing yacht was an evolutionary process, occasionally interrupted by a flash of insight. Racing and cruising yachts were little more than refinements of the last sail-driven fishing schooners. In the first half of… Continue reading 1960-2000 – The Singlehanded Trans-Atlantic Race