New Blog 2: November 2012

470 Sailboat

The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. The name is the overall length of the boat in centimetres (i.e., the boat is 4.70 metres long). The hull is fibreglass with integral buoyancy tanks. The 470 is equipped with spinnaker and trapeze, making teamwork necessary to sail it well. It has a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, and is designed to plane easily.The 470 is a popular class with both individuals and sailing schools, offering a good introduction to igherformance boats without being excessively difficult to handle. It is not a boat designed for beginners; ever, its earlier ned smaller sister, the 420, is a stepping stone to the 470. The 470 is an nternational Sailing ederationnternational Class and has been an Olympic class since the 1976 games. The Class was initially an open class, but since the 1988 games there have been separate events for men and women.World and Continental Championships are organized every year with separate starts for women and men/mixed teams. There is also a dhampionship for juniors and a Master World Championship. The 470 is used in regional championships such as the Asian, Mediterranean, and PanAm Games. Entries are limited in important international races, encouraging more competition by requiring qualifying races in most countries.

470 Sailboat

Sailboats For Sale In Texas

To further help sailors trade boats, the Sailboat Photo Gallery contains both ads of yacht sales that have sold and expired ads. By browsing the photo gallery you can see what people were willing to sell their sailboat for, and when! In early 2004 I started dating the 9,000 boats in the Photo Gallery, if there is no date on a boat you know the ad was placed before spring 2004. If you're looking to buy a sailboat, check the Photo Gallery to see what people have been willing to sell their yachts for. If you want to sell your sailboat, check the Photo Gallery to get an idea of what your boat is worth. Remember that these are "asking" prices, and often not what the boat actually sold for.This is only one page of the Sailing Texas Sailboat Classifieds, be sure to check the Catalina, Hunter, and Macgregor for sale lists. While many sites leave boat ads online when they get old to make it look like they have a lot of boats, on Sailing Texas ads are removed after 90 days unless the seller reduces the price, and ads are removed from the yachts for sale lists as soon as the seller notifies us it is sold. All ads are dated so you know how old they are, and a quick check of the Sailing Texas News column on the home page shows you all the new boats and price reductions on all 4 For Sale lists since your last visit.

Sailboats For Sale In Texas

Shadow Of The Hegemon

Shadow of the Hegemon (2001) is the second novel in the Ender's Shadow series (often called the Bean Quartet) by Orson Scott Card. It is also the sixth novel in the Ender's Game series. It is told mostly from the point of view of Bean, a largely peripheral character in the original novel Ender's Game. Shadow of the Hegemon was nominated for a Locus Award in 2002.[1]In Shadow of the Hegemon, all of the Battle School graduates, except Ender, return to Earth in approximately 2170 A.D. Ender's brother Peter, using his online pseudonym Locke, arranges for Ender to be returned to earth so he can control Ender, however Valentine under the pseudonym Demosthenes uses Peter's violent deranged past against him to keep Ender exiled on another planet so that the world's leaders won't be tempted to fight over his military genius. Shortly after their return, the members of the unit Ender commanded (called his Jeesh, an Arabic word meaning 'army'; because they fought under Ender, those 10 children are considered the greatest generals on the planet), with the exception of Bean, are kidnapped to be used as strategists in an upcoming struggle for world dominance that ensues after the Formics are defeated.The mastermind behind the kidnappings is Achilles, (ah-SHEEL) a brilliant, ambitious, and psychotic Belgian orphan. He subjects them to solitary confinement so they will help him in his plans for world domination.