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Ken Fontenot and the crew at Cycle Sports in Houston, Texas, were thinking about putting together a project bike, something to occupy their time this past winter when things were a little slow. Digging around the shop, they looked at the rusty 1975 XS650 rolling chassis that had been sitting [...]

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1975 Yamaha XS650 Street Tracker by Cycle Sports

Line honours arrival in Subic Bay HI FI Neil Pryde, owner HKG 2112 Welbourne 52 Custom-Photo credit: Rolex / Daniel Forster Neil Pryde’s Hi Fi (HKG) held off several strong challenges from two TP52s for the IRC Overall win in the 2010 Rolex China Sea Race. This was after the boat clinched the Line Honours win yesterday morning.Hi Fi, which also took IRC Racing A division, held off rival Ray Roberts’ Evolution Racing by less than two hours. Roberts said that Evolution ‘parked up’ two times on the first night and lost about 12 miles to Hi Fi. For the rest of the way down the track the boats would close up and then spread apart again. Several hours behind Evolution, and keeping the pressure on all the way, was Geoff Hill’s Strewth (AUS), which was 3rd overall.Pryde was presented with a Rolex Yacht-Master timepiece for his IRC Overall win, which he generously handed over to Hi Fi crew member Kevin Costin (Kos), who has managed Pryde’s racing programme for the past 13 years.Kos prepared Hi Fi for the Rolex China Sea Race in 2008, but had to return to Australia for a prior racing commitment – and Hi Fi went on to win Line Honours. So this time Pryde said if they won again, he’d give Kos the watch. Kos said, “It was his threat, the whole race he had a photo of Hi Fi crossing the finish line from last time in the cockpit.â€?Ernest Echauz’ Subic Centennial (PHI) won IRC Racing B division, holding off a strong challenge from the Mills 41 Ambush. Echauz sailed as navigator this year, with Vince Perez as skipper. While Subic is the only Philippine entry in the race, Echauz is not just a local favourite, but also highly respected among other competitors for his efforts promoting youth sailing as President of the Philippine Sailing Association. Echauz always includes young sailors in his crew for both offshore races and around the buoys, providing them with some great training under the coaching of Australian Jamie Wilmot.Echauz revels in this race, which finishes in his home waters. About the conditions this year, he said, “It was very unique in that there were very light winds on the first day, and strong winds on Friday afternoon and Saturday. It was exciting in the sense that you have to prepare your route and where you’re going to have your landfall. It paid off in that we were more east compared to the others in our division, so we were able to get the land breeze earlier.â€?This race, Echauz traded skippering duties with Vince Perez who was co-skipper with him in the 2008 Rolex China Sea Race, when Subic Centennial won IRC Overall. Perez said, “Having won last time, the pressure was for us to come back, but we were downplaying our expectations by saying ‘let’s just have a relaxing voyage’. We enjoyed two full days of good winds and we thought we’d have the hometown advantage knowing … Direct Link

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HI FI ADDS IRC OVERALL TO HER LINE HONOURS WIN @ Sail Karma

[Source: Volvo Ocean Race] The final piece of the puzzle was revealed today when Auckland was announced as a stopover port for the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race. It will be the seventh time the City of Sails has featured in the event.Auckland last hosted the event in 2001-02. This time it will stage the leg four finish from Sanya in China and the start of leg five, which will take the fleet into the Southern Ocean once again, round Cape Horn and onto Itajaí, Brazil.With the confirmation of Auckland, the route for 2011-12 is now set and includes: start port of Alicante (Spain), Cape Town (South Africa), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Sanya (China), Auckland (New Zealand), Itajaí (Brazil), Miami (US), Lisbon (Portugal), Lorient (France) and the finish port of Galway (Ireland).”Our host port programme around the world is now complete and I can confirm that Auckland has won its bid to become our stopover port in New Zealand,” said Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad.”This announcement completes the route and our goal of contracting all the ports before the end of March 2010, significantly earlier than in previous race cycles. The preliminary course will be published during April.”The people of Auckland have an immense appreciation of sailing, and the Volvo Ocean Race in particular. Many of the world’s best-known sailors are from New Zealand, and we are proud to bring the race back to the City of Sails, where we will be sure of a huge reception.”Auckland’s selection as the port of choice and return to the race route was welcomed by Mayor John Banks. “This event is a great fit with Auckland’s maritime location and of significant economic benefit for our city,” he said. “Auckland has a proud history associated with this event and we look forward to welcoming the fleet and many spectators to our city once again.”New Zealand has fielded many of the world’s greatest sailors, including Sir Peter Blake who competed five times in The Whitbread Round the World Race, which became the Volvo Ocean Race in 2001. Blake’s victory in 1989-90 on Steinlager 2 included a clean sweep of all six legs.Grant Dalton, CEO of Emirates Team New Zealand, has also been a prolific competitor in the event, competing six times, being part of the winning crew onboard Flyer in 1981-82, and winning the maxi class with New Zealand Endeavour in 1993-94 whilst fellow New Zealander Ross Field won the Whitbread 60 division with Yamaha the same year.More recently, Mike Sanderson drove ABN AMRO ONE to a resounding victory in 2005-06, with Brad Jackson and Stu Bannatyne as his watch captains. They carried on their winning streak as watch captains onboard 2008-09 winner Ericsson 4 and were jointly named Sailor of the Year at the 2009 Yachting New Zealand Excellence Awards. Along with Mark Christensen, Jackson and Bannatyne are the only sailors to have won the race three times. Direct Link

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Auckland announced as a stopover port for the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race @ Valencia Sailing

Tango: “…an improvised dance based on mutual communication such that two people move as one.”Around the time the sexy new dance called The Tango caught fire in the 1920s, outboard motor boats were replacing the traditional oar driven rowing boat.

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National Geographic’s Adventurers of the Year Love That Tango Move – The New Whitehall Slide-seat Rowing Boat For Friends and Lovers

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A couple of years ago, there was a midget racer with a Drake water cooled Harley Davidson engine for sale. The car looked really nice but you could barely see the engine. I just noticed, there is another one of these for sale, but this time the car is all [...]

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1947 Water Cooled Drake Harley Davidson Knucklehead Engine