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Weekend Music: Guitarist Wes Montgomery

I have no idea if this is true, but perhaps the closest the great jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery ever got to sailing was through the title of one of his classics, “West Coast Blues” or via an album with Jimmy Smith entitled “Rockin’ The Boat.” His music, however, is a different matter. It’s aboard every [...]

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Solar Eclipse Over Tokyo May 21, 07:34

As fate would have it, Tokyo and Shizuoka City fall directly under the so-called “central phase” of the upcoming eclipse on Monday, May 21. This means people observing the eclipse with the appropriate and safe viewing gear will see a perfect solar ring around the moon. Further from the central phase, observers will see a less [...]

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2012 Golden Week Cruise Summary

This past Golden Week saw a TSPS fleet embark on another week-long cruise, this time to the west coast of the Izu peninsula. Boats that made the trip were Distant Dreamer, Bifrost, Fuji VII, and Sophie, and stops included the beautiful ports of Shimoda, Mera, Arari, and Misaki. Unfortunately, heavy rain, very strong winds, and [...]

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TSPS Among Fastest-Growing USPS Squadrons

Two thousand and eleven was a good year for the Tokyo Sail and Power Squadron. We organized great events, held very successful cruises, made a donation to Toyo High School as part of our Tohoku Relief efforts, and we expanded our membership considerably. Well, our parent organization, the United States Power Squadrons, has recognized our [...]

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TSPS Donates Model Ship To Kesennuma School

On Friday, February 24, TSPS Commander Warren Fraser along with Rumiko Fraser, Public Relations Bridge member Jiro Fujiwara, and TSPS member Tatsuo Fujimoto, met with the principal of Koyo Vocational High School to hand over a donation from the United States Power Squadron and the Tokyo Sail & Power Squadron. The donation, part of the [...]

TSPS Member Minoru Saito Receives Top Award

 Saito Presented Top Cruising Award By United States Power Squadrons (Originally published as a news release from Saito Challenge 8 ) JACKSONVILLE FLA – Japanese single-handed sailor Minoru Saito was named recipient of a transoceanic cruising award of the United States Power Squadrons at the organization’s national meeting last week. It was only the second time the [...]

The TSPS Japan Website Has A New Look

 As you can see by now, the TSPS website has a new look. We’ve redesigned the site to give our members and site visitors more information about the activities of TSPS and to make it easier to enroll in our education programs, find out about our upcoming events, and for visitors, members and non-members, places to [...]

Boat License Renewal in Tokyo

From TSPS Member Chris Pitts: Renew your boat operator’s licence in the centre of Tokyo! There is a basement office and classroom in Chiyoda-ku, a few paces from Kojimachi Station (Exit 2) on the Yurakucho Line, where you can renew your boat operator’s licence. It’s run by the JEIS (Japan Educational Institute for Seamen): http://www.jeis.or.jp [...]

Site Updates

• April 23, 2012 8:03:49 AM - New visualization video of 17th and 18th century shipping activity by voyage. Interesting to see new territories (for the Europeans) entered and explored and shipping activity on certain routes increase over time.  http://youtu.be/tnqxrcfUMsw #
• April 11, 2012 12:04:05 AM– New video section added: Boating Mishaps. The title speaks for itself. The first video is something else. #
• April 09, 2012 9:01:41 AM – We've added a new TSPS-Member forum, "TSPS Classified Ads" to "The Scuttlebutt." To post to this forum, you must first register with the TSPS site. #
• March 16, 2012, 12:45:54 AM Added new video category, 'The Oceans.' First video on the playlist is the very impressive 'Perpetual Ocean' from NASA. Thanks to George Leaning for providing the link. Take a look. #
• March 13, 2012, 10:08:15 AM – Added images of George Leaning's boat 'Sophie', to our growing photo collection of  'Boats in the Fleet.' #