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The Educational Tall Ship

The Educational Tall Ship

This past week, two members of the BlooSee team had the privilege of sitting down with Sausalito based boat builder Alan Olson and discussing his plans to build a 140 foot wooden sailing ship for the San Francisco Bay Area. Alan explained the vision behind the Educational Tall Ship and what he hopes to accomplish with its...
World’s oldest sailor finishes 3 year circumnavigation

World’s oldest sailor finishes 3 year circumnavigation

Posted on 19 September 2011 by Jon Amtrup Minoru Saito (77 years and 8 months) thought he was going on a record fast solo the wrong way around the world when he left. But he returned to Japan three years and an earthquake, two tsunamis, a knee operation, giant icebergs, towering waves and five typhoons...