The second leg of the Velux Five Oceans singlehanded around the world race began today with the five competitors setting sail from Cape Town, South Africa bound for Wellington, NZ, a 7,000 mile voyage across the wild Southern Ocean. Brad Van Liew, the one American racing, who won the first leg from La Rochelle, France to Capetown, reports “bashing upwind in 25-35 knots of wind” sailing his Eco 60, Le Pingouin. This is Van Liew’s third solo round the world race. The second leg of the race was original supposed to begin last Sunday, but the start was postponed due to high winds and seas.
Earlier this week we posted about
Carnival Cruise Line posted the following today on their 
On December 11, 1710, the English ship Nottingham Galley came ashore on Boon Island, off Cape Neddick, Maine, stranding its 14 man crew, of whom four would subsequently die. It became one of the best known shipwrecks in New England history. The 
Our belated congratulations to Inger Klein Olsen, who took command of Cunard Line’s 
