That arrival was memorably painful. Is that where Scallywag had to anchor and crab walk?
Just checked: Scallywag was anchored off Cardiff in the 2017-18 VOR (Scallyway wasn't in the 2014-15 race when Lisbon was one of the ports) as the rest of the fleet passed them by. Dong Feng was leading the fleet heading into Newport in 2018 but when the mist came out, the tide and current turned, and the wind died; 11th Hour sailed by as did 2 others and DF missed the podium.
There was also some anchoring in Lisbon in the last race, but Lisbon was the first stopover rather than at the end of the race whcih could be why you missed it.
Newport is in Maryland? Check your charts
No, but the Chesapeake Bay is still in MD!
No. This is the proposed new regulation, and you will see it only pertains to vessels over 65 ft:
Lots of Fossil Fuel funded astroturf organizations trying to knock out offshore wind.
Perhaps, though there have been any number of measures along the East Coast to protect right whales for decades now. I'm a little curious about whether the whales might not hear very fast sailboats in time to avoid trouble or absolutely will hear high-pitched foils at plenty of distance.
Nope. The proposed rule is for vessel over 35’, so pretty much any offshore racing boat, almost every east coast port is included from 1 Nov - 30 Apr.
Yup, I will eat the L on this one, I misunderstood the page. This does mention an update to include most vessels between 35 and 65 ft so it would seem logical to me that the rules aren't as restrictive, and may allow for offshore racing to happen.
