Checking In

Zeke Horowitz has joined the North Sails One Design Team at the company’s flagship loft and sales office in Milford, CT, and will work closely with North One Design’s Brian Hayes and sail designer Ched Proctor.

Margaret Podlich, President of the Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), is the 2014 Darlene Briggs Woman of the Year. The award, sponsored by the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and Boating Industry Magazine, is presented annually to an outstanding woman in the marine industry.

The next America’s Cup will be raced in Bermuda in June of 2017. The host venue was confirmed at a press conference in New York on Tuesday, 12/2/14, by Harvey Schiller, the Commercial Commissioner for the America’s Cup. © Roland Skinner/picturesquebermuda.bm “In Bermuda we have a perfect international venue to demonstrate the excitement America’s Cup boats and teams can generate,” Schiller said. “The sailing conditions are near perfect. The race course on The Great Sound is a…

The RAVE V from WindRider International is poised to bring high performance foiling to sailors of all abilities.

Held at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI, this three-day family-friendly event features hundreds of powerboats, sailboats, kayaks, and other watercraft; free seminars on boat handling, navigation and equipment; and plenty of inspiration with special appearances of the sport’s leading personalities and experts.

This day-long, hands-on seminar provides both novice and experienced mariners with the skills and information needed to safely navigate coastal waters from Long Island Sound to Cape Cod and the Gulf of Maine.

The National Coast Guard Museum in New London, CT will honor the heroism of the men and women who answered the call to always be ready, as in the Coast Guard motto: Semper Paratus.

A new scholarship fund has been established for Rhode Island’s Official Sailing Education Vessel, SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, by friends and family of Virginia Wagner of Newport. RI.

Peter Rich (Vice Commodore, Severn Sailing Association), Barbara Griffin (accepting for Peter Frey), Sally Lindsay Honey (accepting for Stan Honey), Bruce Cook, Arthur O’Neill, Joanne Dorval and Katie Ouellette receive 2014 US Sailing National Awards

Headsync LLC, a Newport, RI-based company specializing in marine plumbing services, has been appointed the East Coast distributor for Gobius products.