12 August 2011

America's Cup World Series--Kiwis dominate again



Sailing: Kiwis dominate again
SkySports
Emirates Team New Zealand took maximum points for the second day in a row at the America's Cup World Series on Thursday. Dean Barker's crew won two of the three fleet races and then beat off the challenge of Sweden's Artemis Racing in a match race to ...

Weymouth and Portland International Regatta gold medals claimed
Sail World
Weymouth and Portland International Regatta, the Olympic Test event, has now witnessed Dorian Van Rijsselberge of the Netherlands, Zofia Klepacka of Poland and Silja Lehtinen of Finland claim the first gold medals after a gripping day of sailing on the ...

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Aboard Team Vodafone Sailing ORMA 60 Trimaran
Sail World
'I'm a self confessed monohull sailor however when I got invited to go for a run on the ORMA 60 Tri Team Vodafone Sailing shadowing the fleet of the Brisbane to Keppel recently I knew it was an opportunity too good to miss. I knew it would be a massive ...

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Mills & Clark lead Olympic test
BBC News
The World Cup runners-up are one point ahead of the second placed boat in the 470 class ahead of Friday's final round at the Olympic sailing venue. Clark was sixth at the 2008 Olympics and this is her first season with Mills, who replaced Sarah Ayton. ...

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Environmentalists: America's Cup not green enough
San Francisco Bay Guardian
David Anderson, Conservation Committee Chair with the Golden Gate Audubon Society, noted that the world-famous regatta would result in a major economic boon. "Certainly the city can afford some mitigation to make it right," he said.
Coastguard busy with Cowes Week sailing event
BBC News
Coastguards and lifeboat crews, which have laid on extra patrols during the sailing regatta, have also responded to numerous calls of yachts dis-masting, engine failures, broken rudders and people falling off vessels. A watch officer at Solent ...

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Celebrities compete in charity sailing race at Cowes Week regatta
AHN | All Headline News
Hollywood actor Ewan McGregor and the Queen's granddaughter Zara Philips are among the celebrity guests taking part in a charity sailing race during the prestigious Cowes Week regatta. The stars compete against each other in pro-celebrity Artemis ...
Jon-Paul Tobin just misses medals at Weymouth
Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand windsurfer Jon-Paul Tobin has finished just outside the podium despite a strong showing on the first day of medal races at the Weymouth international yachting regatta off England. Tobin won the men's RS:X medal race, which saw him climb two ...
Extreme Sailing Series - Interview with The Wave, Muscat's skipper
Sail World
We've got an incredibly talented bunch of sailors on our boat, very young as well, Kyle Langford from Australia has only just turned 22, so he's the future of the sport - you'll see him in the America's cup in a few years time. ...

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2 sailors rescued after hours-long ordeal
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content Two sailors were plucked from Lake Ontario early Thursday morning after spending almost six hours clinging to their capsized sailboat wrapped in a sail to keep warm. The sailors, Charlie Macchia and Gord Sparrey, ...

Sailing: Light southerly winds characterise the MBS St Peter's regatta
Malta Independent Online
Typical summer weather conditions characterised this year's edition of the MBS St Peter's Regatta. An event organized by the Birżebbuġa Sailing Club held annually over first weekend of August. A sizeable number of sailors coming from both the ...
Basque sailors retrace historic NL route
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content The sailing boat Pakea Bizkaia is in St. John's following the route of Basque whalers who first visited Newfoundland and Labrador nearly five centuries ago. The original sailors came in search of cod, but the modern-day ...
Dún Laoghaire greets prestigious sailing race
Irish Times
EXCITED VOLUNTEERS yesterday prepared Dún Laoghaire harbour to welcome one of the world's most prestigious sailing races to the Dublin shoreline. Sailing enthusiasts who braved the wind and occasional rainfall described La Solitaire du Figaro as the ...
Short Tacks
Annapolis Capital
The National Sailing Center and Hall of Fame has implemented a new "Match Race" fund-raising campaign that is being supported by renowned yachtsman Bill Koch. Koch, past winner of theAmerica's Cup, will match any dollar that is donated to the NSHOF. ...
Canadian sailboat rescued off of Mount Desert Island
Morning Sentinel
By From Press Herald staff reports news@mainetoday.com A Canadian sailboat that was disabled east of Mount Desert Island was rescued yesterday by a US Coast Guard crew based in Southwest Harbor. The sailboat Excalibur called the Coast Guard yesterday ...
Conservation Board Poised To Issue Wetlands Permit To Mecox Bay Sailing ...
27east.com
By Rohma Abbas Aug 11, 2011 3:02 PM The Southampton Town Conservation Board was poised to issue a wetlands permit on Wednesday that would have allowed a non-profit organization to move forward with plans to create a children's sailing program at Mecox ...
Lyme Regis: Thousands descend on resort for Regatta and Carnival Week
Bridport and Lyme Regis News
By Adrianne Maslen » CROWDS have been out in their thousands to enjoy all the fun of Lyme RegisRegatta and Carnival Week. Events began on Saturday and continue this week as the town buzzes with activity on both land and water. ...
US SAILING's 2011 Chubb US Junior Championships Day Two Report
US SAILING (press release)
TOMS RIVER, NJ (August 12, 2011) - All signs are pointing towards an exciting finish to the 2011 Chubb US Junior Championships following Thursday's set of races on day two of the regatta. Today proved to be a turning point for skippers Nick Valente, ...
Sailboat Championship Pro Discounted on iPhone & iPod
Gameplay Today (press release)
It does not matter if you are a novice or adept sailor - Sailboat Championship PRO is the best sailing game you can find! Participate in thrilling regattas and fast paced races against computer-controlled opponents, compete online with players from all ...
Cowes Week - HRH The Princess Royal starts XOD fleet
Sail World
Aberdeen Asset Management (AAM) Cowes Week special race today marked the final day of the three day AAM XOD Class Centenary Regatta. Andrew Shaw achieved a second successive bullet and third of the week in X23 Phoenix propelling him further into the ...
America's Cup environmental protections for San Francisco called ...
By Joshua Sabatini
As The City prepares for the 34th America's Cup yacht race, plans to protect the region from negative impacts fall far short, according to a coalition of environmental groups calling for increased restrictions on the event. ...
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Charter sailing Yacht, les voiles de saint tropez | Greece Travel ...
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'Charter sailing yacht' in Cannes or Saint Tropez, 'les voiles de saint tropez' Saint Tropez via Sardinia to Sicily and Malta, during the Bailli de Suffren Regatta. Liliade is based normally in Cannes for all the Festival charters and ...
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Non-Profit Program Sailing Heals Helps Cancer Patients Bond With ...
By deanreddington
Sailing Heals is a non-profit program that gives cancer patients and the people who love and care for them a day on the water to bond and heal.
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America's Cup World Series update « eComYachting
By Robert Richardson
Former Olympic 49er sailor Pete Greenhalgh,sailing with Energy Team,also wonders whether they'll be any good at the match racing:“We'll soon find out. If there's a bit of breeze,as we found practising against the Kiwis,you can end up ...
eComYachting
Regatta To Benefit Habitat for Humanity | Newport Now.com
By Tom Shevlin
The Crowbar Regatta is set for this weekend out of Sail Newport. (Photo courtesy Habitat for Humanity East Bay). We write a good deal about the city's active competitive sailing circuit, and frankly, it seems like sometimes we can't get ...
Newport Now.com
Youth Sailing Club Regatta
By Mary Gonzalez
The Youth Summer Sailing Program provided lots of nail-biting drama and close calls during it'sregatta on Sunday, August 8th, 2011.
The San Pedro Sun
Celebrities compete in charity sailing race at Cowes Week regatta ...
By AHN
Jojo Doria - AHN Sports Contributor Solent Strait, United Kingdom (AHN Sports) - Hollywood actor Ewan McGregor and the Queen's granddaughter Zara Philips are.
GantDaily.com
MEDIA ALERT: August 11, London 2012 Olympic Test Event | Olympic ...
By US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics
Saturday is the concluding day of the 2011 Weymouth and Portland International Regatta. This evening the first prizegiving took place and Sally Barkow, Alana O'Reilly and Elizabeth Kratzig Burnham received a bronze medal in Women's ... Sailing Association (US SAILING), the national governing body for the sport of sailing and sailboat racing. The top athletes in each Olympic and Paralympic class are selected annually to be members of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics. ...
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153rd Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club Regatta - First 3 days - Yachts ...
Regatta 2011 got off to a flying start today with a 'brisk' 15-20 knot breeze, gusting nearly 25 in the middle of Bridlington Bay, where the PRO, Peter Crooks, and his team set a start line from mark '0'.... Another day of high winds and choppy seas lead to another day of great sailing in Brid bay today. With a 15 – 20 knot W / NW 'breeze', the PRO, Peter Crooks, took the fleet out to mark number '4' in the NE of the bay. From there he used windward marks '2' and '9' for ...
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Juanpa Cadario: Noticias del Weymouth & Portland International Regatta
By Juan Pablo Cadario
After her superb performance in Weymouth Bouwmeester is eyeing up Perth 2011 ISAF SailingWorld Championship Laser Radial glory, "Hopefully at the Perth 2011 ISAF Worlds I can get a world title behind me. Everything went well this week ...
Juanpa Cadario
What is that huge sailing ship on the Seattle waterfront? | KING5 ...
What is that docked at Pier 66 in downtown Seattle? Something out of the Pirates of the Caribbean? Nope, it's from a completely different hemisphere.
www.king5.com/.../Russian-sailing-ship-docked-at-Seattle-wat...
Coast Guard assists sinking sailboat in Mexican waters
SAN DIEGO – A Coast Guard boat crew assisted a man whose sailboat was taking on water in Mexican waters approximately 11 miles south of San Diego, ...
https://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/830/1156583/
Sail-World.com : Weymouth and Portland International Regatta ...
2013 America's Cup ... Weymouth and Portland International Regatta is being held from 31 July to 13 August 2011 and is the London 2012 Olympic Test Event. The Women's Match Racing competition will be the first Olympic Sailing Event to ...
www.sail-world.com/USA/Weymouth-and.../86662
Sailing Stars Descend on Day 4, as The Wave Muscat Claim Top of ...
It was also a day that many well-known faces from the world of sailing and ... of Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes America's Cup campaigns; Vincent Riou, ... Team New Zealand is not having theregatta they would have hoped for so far. ...
www.extremesailingseries.com/.../sailing-stars-descend-on-day...

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