Herb McCormick

1 week ago | yachtingmagazine.com | Herb McCormick

One of my favorite movies of the past several years was The Florida Project, director Sean Baker’s masterful take on the seedy underside of the Sunshine State as experienced by a feisty 6-year-old in a rundown budget motel just a stone’s throw from Walt Disney World (code-named “the Florida project” during its planning stages).

1 week ago | sailingworld.com | Herb McCormick

Tony Lush was in trouble—the deep, dangerous sort that you can get yourself into only when you race sailboats alone across vast oceans. It was late November 1982. Two weeks earlier, Lush had set sail from Cape Town, South Africa, bound for Sydney, Australia, on Leg 2 of the inaugural BOC Challenge solo round-the-world race.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Herb McCormick

Share Conor Fogerty was feeling it. Aboard the husky, well-prepared Beneteau 44.7 Black Magic , with Fogerty on the wheel, we were closing in on the fifth day of the 700-plus-nautical-mile SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race. Having just passed Thor Rock, we were fast approaching Rathlin Island, the northeast corner of the Emerald Isle’s rugged, wild coastline. The lights of Scotland blinked on the far horizon. The next 24 hours would unfold like a fever dream.

1 month ago | sailingworld.com | Herb McCormick

Conor Fogerty was feeling it. Aboard the husky, well-prepared Beneteau 44.7 Black Magic, with Fogerty on the wheel, we were closing in on the fifth day of the 700-plus-nautical-mile SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race. Having just passed Thor Rock, we were fast approaching Rathlin Island, the northeast corner of the Emerald Isle’s rugged, wild coastline. The lights of Scotland blinked on the far horizon. The next 24 hours would unfold like a fever dream.

1 month ago | yachtingmagazine.com | Herb McCormick

In Fall 2001, a group of sailors in Newport, Rhode Island, organized a regatta called Sail for Pride to raise funds for New York City firefighters and others affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The 180-plus-boat race around Narragansett Bay’s Conanicut Island raised more than $100,000. Now called the Sail for Hope, it’s become an annual event benefiting a host of nonprofits.