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The largest US boat show has come to a successful end, and even the threat of hurricane Nate only materialised on the very last day of the show with a few hours of heavy rain.<\/p>\n
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While promotion of my latest book \u201c200,00 Miles<\/a>\u201d was the main reason for my presence at the show, it was also a good opportunity to meet old friends or participants in previous events who dropped by my temporary base on the Seven Seas Cruising Association<\/a> stand.<\/p>\n Among the first to call was my old friend Istvan Kopar, a veteran of our sailing events, who had sailed in America 500<\/em> Columbus anniversary rally in 1992, ARC 1995<\/em> and the Hong Kong Challenge<\/em> round the world race in 1996-1995, which he won as captain of the yacht MOL Hungaria. He is now preparing for the Golden Globe Challenge<\/em> singlehanded round the world race starting in 2018.<\/p>\n Annapolis was also the venue for a happy reunion for a number of participants in Barbados 50<\/a>, a transatlantic rally held in 2016 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Barbados independence.<\/p>\n Many participants have continued to sail together after the finish of the event, among them the crews of Asante, Aura, Kerpa, Lady Rebel, Tourterelle<\/em>, and White Ibis<\/em>, shown here celebrating the warm sense of camaraderie, a hallmark of Cornell Sailing Events<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n The largest US boat show has come to a successful end, and even the threat of hurricane Nate only materialised on the very last day of the show with a few hours of heavy …<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Annapolis2017-3.jpg\")
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