The radical extremes of the sport of yachting will be featured in this year’s spring lecture series at the International Yacht Restoration School.
Presenters will take audiences to geographically remote cruising destinations, give them a look at the excessive luxury of mega yachts, demonstrate the passionate effort required to race around the world alone and depict fanatical racing aboard the 110-foot catamaran “Team Adventure.”
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All lectures begin at 7 p.m. in Restoration Hall at IYRS, 449 Thames St., in Newport. Reservations are suggested, as seating is limited. Admission is free to IYRS members and $5 for all others. For more information, call 401 848-5777.
On Tuesday, April 3 Arctic historian, archeologist and author, John Bockstoce, will impart tales and depictions of the rugged beauty of extremely remote cruising destinations in the Arctic region.
Over the past four decades Bockstoce has covered more than 50,000 miles in Arctic waters and taken more than 40,000 photographs on his boating expeditions. His presentation at IYRS will include a selection of these images as well as a narrative about the scenery and culture of Alaska, Greenland, Labrador, the Shetland Islands, Norway and Iceland.
Marilyn Mower, executive editor of Showboats International magazine and co-editor/author of the magazine’s first book, “The Megayacht Century,” will explore the latest luxury yacht trends on Tuesday, April 10.
Jean-Pierre Mouligne, winner of Class 2 in the last Around Alone race, on Tuesday, April 17, will show a video to illustrate the effort required to campaign and win an around-the-world alone yacht race. The Around Alone is widely recognized as one of the most grueling sports events in the world.
Brian Hancock, and other members of Team Adventure, present a multimedia collection from “The Race, the Whitbread, and the Around Alone” at IYRS on Tuesday, April 24. The event ” was designed to be the “ultimate” non-stop around-the-world competition, raced on the fastest, biggest, most radical boats that entrants could imagine and afford. Six of the world’s fastest yachts started the inaugural event at Barcelona, Spain on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2000. The fleet is expected to finish by the end of April.
