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Volvo Ocean Race: Ericsson Racing Nordic team in Azores high pressure zone
  Nautical mile by nautical mile, watch by watch we are, in generally light conditions, sailing VMC mode, which means 'Velocity Made Good on Course' - the fastest but not necessarily the straightest way to the mark. We are now heading ...
Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race: Light westerly winds forcast for the start
The Official Race briefing for the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race was conducted last night from 1800 hours with over 150 people in attendance. Michael Logan, Manager, Bureau of Meteorology, announced the conditions that the fleet of 76 yachts ...
Junior 470 World Championships: Israel and Spain take the lead in Gdynia
Racing got underway yesterday at the Junior 470 World Championships for Men/Mixed and Women crews, taking from 21 to 29 July in Gdynia, Poland. After some hours of waiting for wind, a freshening breeze of up to 15 knots ...
UK. Pete Goss' Cornish Lugger Spirit of Mystery completes sea trails
Sailor and adventurer Pete Goss has given a big thumbs up to his Cornish Lugger Spirit of Mystery after initial sea trials. The first photos of the stunning 37-foot wooden vessel under sail were released today and Pete says ...
Tall Ship Race: RFA Lyme Bay, HMS Mersey and HMS Grimsby see yachts off to a flying start
The Tall Ships' Races 2008 got off to a great start yesterday at 1500 hrs local. The start line was established approximately two hours before the scheduled start time with the RFA Lyme Bay as the committee boat, HMS ...
Travemuende Week: Helge and Christian Sach win Tornado title
  The Bay of Luebeck in the Baltic Sea was very flat for a long time on Wednesday (23 July) and any racing on the fifth day of the 119th Travemuende Week had to wait until the later afternoon. ...
Tour de France a la Voile: Daniel Souben on Courrier Dunkerque wins sailing race
Elcimaï – Ville de Marseille (Dimitri Deruelle) had come closer and closer since the fleet arrived in Marseille. But that wasn’t enough to finish ahead of Courrier Dunkerque (Daniel Souben), leader since Lorient. The winner in the amateur ranking ...
Med Cup Breitling Regatta: Peter de Ridder's Mean Machine chases Bribon across finish line to win first of three races
Mean Machine emerged from a classic sea breeze day of three good races on the Bay of Palma to lead the 14th Regatta Breitling by seven clear points from Matador. Peter de Ridder’s team were on top of their ...
Transat Quebec Saint Malo: Red multihull Crepes Whaou still untouchable
In the wake of the untouchable red multihull Crêpes Whaou! which rounded the Percé mark at dawn this Tuesday, the fleet of the 7th Transat Quebec Saint Malo is continuing to make headway as best it can towards the ...
Junior 470 World Championships for Men, Mixed and Women crews in Gdynia
470 Class celebrates at Junior 470 Worlds for Men/Mixed and Women International 470 Class Association awards 4700 euros in cash to sailors in the frame of its Sailors Supports Prorammes Tuesday evening, at the opening ceremony of the Junior ...
Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam: Albeau and Ghibaudo to reign supreme on final day
  First shock to the final day’s proceedings was that Micah Buzianis (JP, NeilPryde, MFC) would not be participating after sustaining a broken leg in the previous day’s racing. The upshot of Buzianis’s injury meant he’d clock up last ...
Fuerteventura Kitespeed Grand Slam
The 2008 Fuerteventura Kitespeed Grand Slam came to an end today with another two exciting races in conditions from 25-35 knots. It was again a hard fight between Sebastien Cattelan, Robert Douglas and Alex Caizergues. Cattelan ended the event ...
Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race organisers showcase new technology
Organisers of the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race have announced new ways for spectators to follow the race. Yachts competing in the race will be able to send short mobile updates to the race committee which will appear ...
UK. Trust Patron Ellen MacArthur sails with young people from London & Northern Ireland
Young people from London and Northern Ireland sailed with The Ellen MacArthur Trust on their biggest sailing trip to date last week with five boats and 21 young people sailing in and around the Solent. Trust Patron Ellen MacArthur ...
Chubb U.S. Junior Championships: Top young sailors from will compete in Chicago
Chicago Yacht Club's Belmont Harbor Station is gearing up to host the country's top youth sailors at the Chubb U.S. Junior Championships from July 28 through August 1. Sponsored by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and LaserPerformance, the ...
UK. Crinan sea lock closure cancels Inverkip to Ardrishaig race
On Sunday 20 July the sea lock at Crinan developed problems, which have resulted in the lock being closed until further notice. On Monday 21 July, an underwater inspection was carried out on the structure, which dates back to ...
IODA World Championship: Puerto Rico wins in Cesme
The glorious winds deserted the venue yesterday and, despite moving the course far out into the bay, only one full race (Race 9) could be completed. Division A of Race 10 was completed but divisions B and C will ...
Royal Southern Y.C. July Regatta a prelude to Cowes
Often used by competitors as a last warm-up regatta before the start of Skandia Cowes Week this year saw a number of usual faces not yet returned from Cork Week in time for the club’s July Regatta. (As a ...
iShares Cup: Double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson takes her team into the lead
Glorious sunshine, torrential rain, hair-raising gusts and mirror-like calm - the first event of the iShares Cup at Lake Lugano in Switzerland had it all, but it was the sole female sailor of the fleet, Shirley Robertson, who came ...
RC 44 Austria Cup: Igor Lah and James Spithill on Team Cereef dominate the racing
  Following the sumptuous gala diner organised last night in the beautiful Gmunden City Hall, the sailors needed a little bit of time to get back in racing mode this morning. Indeed, the first start turned out to be ...
iShares Cup: Andreas Hagara talks about Team Holmatro disappointing start in Lugano
Team Holmatro (NED) had a slow start at the iShares Cup Extreme 40 Sailing Series 2008. After three days of light air racing on Lake Lugano on the Italian/Swiss border, the Dutch team finished seventh overall. The conditions on ...
iShares Cup: Team Alinghi learned a lot in Lugano says Ed Baird
The wind continued to play hide and seek with the fleet on the final day of the Lugano iShares Cup, but the committee managed to squeeze two races in between lulls. Alinghi took a 6th in the first race ...
Audi MedCup: Peter de Ridder's Mean Machine defends title in Marseille
The boat with the famous pink flames flying from her spinnaker has reached Marseille with two clear objectives: to strengthen her lead in the 2008 AUDI MedCup Circuit and to leave French waters with a City of Marseille Trophy ...
Hobie Class round up of May news
In May, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) met in Qingdao, China to discuss their decision to remove the multihull from the 2012 Olympics. It was a disappointing decision from the ISAF Council. They did not reverse their decision from November ...
Gitana 13 reaches Hong Kong in 1 day 58 minutes and 27 seconds
This fourth Asian record promised to be quick and that's exactly what happened. 1 day 58 minutes and 27 seconds after leaving the island of Taiwan, Lionel Lemonchois and his men reached Hong Kong aboard their trusty steed, Gitana ...
Deauville International Week: Mumm 30 Nouvelle Caledonie holds lead; Elcimai sails into second
    Today was the third day of racing in Deauville and the stamina of the competitors was essential once again… 1030 hours. The boats left the basin and slowly made their way to their respective race zones. In ...
Audi MedCup: Sergei Kotsiouba talks about the Rusian Valars project
 Sergei Kotsiouba has been instrumental in the Russian Valars project since the crew joined the MedCup Circuit in 2006 after they bought the 2005 Farr designed Caixa Galicia. For a time Marseille was home for him and he is ...
Audi Med Cup: Lone Italian Francesco Mongelli explains about Russian TP52 team Rusal Synergy
A lone Italian on the Russian TP52 Rusal Synergy, Francesco Mongelli explains it is more international than you might assume, and a new boat for 2009 is planned. This is your second season with Rusal Synergy and you are ...
Koh Samui Regatta 2008 pre regatta report
All the major racing class players in Asia are turning up in force at Koh Samui to make one last desperate bid to win an event before the 2007-08 season closes. After last years convincing win, Bill Bremner made ...
RC 44 Austria Cup: Racing cancelled due to the lack of wind on day four
  The organisers of the RC 44 Austria Cup are not lucky: the weather doesn’t play the game, and doesn’t reward them for their great organisation. Indeed, today’s fleet regattas got cancelled at 5:00 PM after a long day ...

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