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Sailing Holiday Whitsunday: Icelandic Holidays (all business closes) Good Friday; Easter; Whitsunday; first Sunday after the summer solstice; Independence Day (June 17, Iceland's BIG DAY); Bank Holiday (first Monday in August); Sovereignty Day (Dec, 1); Christmas.
Some Nuggets of Fact Iceland traffic drives to the left, so watch out.
Publishes a periodic journal, The Spray, and monthly newsletters. Dues: $30 per year. Awards are made for outstanding seamanship and maritime literature.
United States sailing holiday whitsunday Association (US sailing holiday whitsunday), P.O. Box 1260, Portsmouth, RI 02871-0907; 401-683-0800; www.ussailing holiday whitsunday.org. The national governing body for the sport of sailing holiday whitsunday, whose mission is to encourage participation and excellence in sailing holiday whitsunday and racing in the United States. Its goals are achieved through member organizations and volunteers, supported by an administrative staff at the US SAIL Headquarters.
United States Olympic sailing holiday whitsunday Committee, 15 Maritime Drive, Portsmouth, RI 02871-6145; 401-683-0800; www.ussailing holiday whitsunday.org. This organization helps to raise funds to facilitate U.S. participation in Olympic yachting competition.See Also Sailing Knot:Where nautical miles are used, the unit is the sailing knot (kn or kt) one nautical mile per hour (note that "per hour" is included in "sailing knot" and is not stated with it). Speeds are normally stated in whole numbers and tenths; calculated results with additional decimal places are rounded up or down.
To make the Ghiordes sailing knot, a short piece of thread is laid across two warps, and the ends are carried down outside and up betwreen them, and pulled tight. In the Sehna sailing knot, one end is treated in this manner, but the other passes down between the two threads and up outside. In either case the pile is of wool, but the warp and weft may be of wool, cotton, or a mixture of the two, or occasionally of camel's hair or silk.
On The Other Hand See Sailing Ships For The 1800's:9. Norwegian ships of the Norwegian Line comprise, at present, two Norse fjords," the newer Oslofjord (13,300 tons) and the older Stavangerfjord 16,500 tons), sailing ships for the 1800's from New York to Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand, ben through the Skagerrak and up to the Norwegian capital, Oslo. A third, the krgensfjord, is now on the ways. The nation whose intrepid raiders scoured known and unknown seas a thousand years ago should be able, by this time, to run transatlantic ships effectively, and certainly it does.
Sports for participation include hiking, fishing, bathing, sailing ships for the 1800's, and, in winter, skiing (especially at Are), skijoring (being drawn on skis by a trotting horse), skate-sailing ships for the 1800's and, most thrilling of all, ice yachting. If the last three venturesome sports call you, the Tourist Association will give you a steer on how to go about engaging in them.
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