16 November 2011

ACWS San Diego Race Day 1 Live Nov. 16 at 4 pm ET



ACWS San Diego Race Day 1 Live Wednesday Nov. 16 at 4 pm ET (USA)

America’s Cup racing returns to San Diego 16 years after Conner lost Auld Mug - The Washington Post: "Nine teams will race fast 45-foot, wing-sailed catamarans on San Diego Bay in the third stop of the America’s Cup World Series running Wednesday through Sunday. Based on the previous two stops, there most certainly will be spectacular capsizes and maybe even a collision or two. The ACWS features both fleet and match racing."

Larry Ellison Bets Big On America's Cup Racing
Forbes
Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison has kicked the sport of sailing into hyper speed with his $300 million investment in the next America's Cup. To see exactly what Larry is up to, I journeyed to San Diego last weekend to ride on AC45s, ...
6 alleged pirates on trial in Paris court accused of hijacking sailboat ...
Washington Post
Six other men will go on trial May 2012 charged in connection with the April 2008 sea hijacking of the 288-foot (88-meter) luxury sailing yacht, Le Ponant, and holding its 30-member crew hostage. Six others escaped in that operation. ...
Volvo Ocean Race: Camper relaxed before approaching Doldrums
NZ Herald
An update on Emirates Team New Zealand during the Volvo Ocean race shows that Camper are relaxed and sailing at a "nice and easy" pace before arriving at the difficult Doldrums passage, which they hope they can sail through as quickly as possible.
Richmond Hill sailing team finishes third in home regatta
Bryan County News
Ten high school sailing teams converged on Sunbury to compete in Richmond Hill High School's home regatta on Nov 5. The breeze cooperated all day with 10 to 15 knots out of the north and north east. The horn for the first race of the day went off at ...
SAILING | Elis clinch top spot
Yale Daily News
In New York, the women's team won a tight regatta, finishing first on a tiebreaker over second-place University of Rhode Island. Both had 181 points in total. Third-place Dartmouth was just off the championship pace, finishing with 182. ...
Co−ed sailing team falters at season's final regatta
Tufts Daily
The co-ed sailing team struggled at the Atlantic Coast Championship, but their 13th-place finish did not dampen a strong overall season. The Tufts co−ed sailing team had a disappointing end to a fine fall season this past weekend, finishing 13th of 18 ...
NEW: RI Delegation Traveling to San Diego to Prepare for America's Cup
GoLocalProv
Rhode Island officials will be traveling to San Diego, CA this week to gain a first-hand perspective on what the state will need to do to prepare for hosting the final stop of the new America's Cup World Series taking place in Newport from June 23 to ...
Sailing teams place well at ACCs
The Dartmouth
A total of 18 teams competed in each regatta. The ACC performances provided an impressive finish to a particularly successful season. The Big Green most recently placed first out of 18 teams in the co-ed and women's New England conference championship ...
Sailing in the Med
EnjoyFrance.com
The Med is great for sailing and the choice of either a bare boat or a crewed boat, means that even novice sailors can benefit from some serious quality time just lying back and enjoying the adventure of sailing along the coastline or hopping across to ...
HOLDVolvo Ocean Race: Tracy Edwards' top tips to conquer toughest round the ...
Telegraph.co.uk
British sailing great Tracy Edwards MBE, who skippered the first all-female crew on Maiden in 1989/90, reveals to Telegraph Sport what it takes to win the round the world race. I remember sailing through the Southern Ocean standing with a crew member ...
PwC Named Official Supplier of the 34th America's Cup
BYM News (press release)
We have an ambitious plan to change the way people see the sport of sailing and that requires a complete focus on the needs of our viewing audience. We want suppliers like PwC who can not only deliver on services and support, but also philosophically ...
Mexico Cup Regatta 2012 Press Conference
Demotix
Mexico Cup Regatta 2012", announce the program of activities and participation categories in a sailing competence to be held in the Pacific coastal State of Nayarit, from 2 to March 18, 2012. The presentation of the program began with a speech by ...
Perth 2011 - And now to land the fish!!
Sail World
'Long John' (he is 6' 4') competed in five America's Cup campaigns and was the Project Manager and a member of the crew of Australia II when she won the Cup in 1983, so he knows how to make things happen. 'You know when you hook a fish and you are ...
On The Ocean Or On Wall Street, It's About Managing Risk
Forbes
Honey's job at the America's Cup is to come up with technology that will make sailing understandable to non-sailors. But in his free time Honey participates at the most demanding level of the sport, guiding ocean racers (including his own 40-foot ...
Medal haul for home team at ISAF Sailing World Cup
SportsAustralia.com
The medal races have been run and won at the opening round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup with home team Australia coming out on top at Sail Melbourne. The 49er class was the first race contested with the Gold medal coming down to any of the top three ...
America's Cup World Series : ORACLE Racing on San Diego Bay
BYM News (press release)
While practicing for the Port Cities Challenge, last weekend's tune-up regatta for the ACWS San Diego, the team found familiar settings all around. It also found the protected San Diego Bay in contrast to the wavy venue of Plymouth, UK “I think it's ...
USA & Netherlands. New Sperry Top-Sider® performance sailing technology ...
BYM News (press release)
The leading nautical performance and lifestyle brand has developed a collection of best-in-class sailing footwear featuring the brand's GripX3 Technology and has tested it exhaustively with Team Sperry™, a global team of more than 30 Olympic-class ...
Laz Sets Sail with French Team for America's Cup
NBC San Diego
Racers and fans also got a preview of America's Cup - San Francisco in 2013 without even leaving San Diego over the weekend. The AC World Series - San Diego took place Saturday with nine crews, representing seven countries training and racing off the ...
Courtesy of Team Hot Pursuit
HeraldNet
Michael Johnson and wife Joy Okazaki, of Edmonds, on board the chartered boat they will sail in this week's 2011 J/24 World Championship sailing regatta on the Rio de la Plata outside Buenos Aires. Michael is the skipper and Joy is one of four crew ...
YACHTING: Regatta prequel to the big one
New Straits Times
But from Thursday to Sunday, the home of the Monsoon Cup will be the venue for the KFC-Terengganu Open Regatta, a national level sailing championships organised by the Terengganu Sailing Association (TESA) in cooperation with the Malaysian Yachting ...
Watt Sailing Adventure: Bremer Bay
My Sailing
The sail was lovely until we neared Cape Knob – and then – well – sailing is sailing! It took as long to get the 50 NM from Two People's to the headland as it took to go the 21 NM around the headland! The sun set over the Southern Ocean. ...
America's Cup Pup Lost, Then Found
NBC San Diego
Mike Martin went sailing for the afternoon and left Lucky in the office since he couldn't bring him on the specialized sailboats. Once his owners were on the water, Lucky panicked and darted out of the secured area to find them. ...
Lipton Cup Regatta - A rapidly expanding fleet
Sail World
All up, the rapidly expanding fleet may total in excess of 150 boats sailing in eight divisions this weekend 19th/20th November 2011. This year the Lipton Cup Regatta will include an OTB Division to cater for the local dinghy clubs OTB fleets. ...
Sunreef Yachts launches the Sunreef 75 sailing catamaran for fast ...
By Wrik Sen
It's been a while since Sunreef Yachts have been making designer catamarans and yachts, and after completing the successful run in the segment, have now introduced a series of large catamarans, including the Sunreef 75. Built as a ...
Bornrich
RI Officials Prepare for America's Cup | WPRI.com
By By Shaun Towne
America's Cup trophy visits Newport. Regular Photo Size. Change Location Large Map Go. RI regattawill bring $72 million.
Top Stories | WPRI.com
RI Officials Prepare for America's Cup | WPRI.com
By By Shaun Towne
America's Cup trophy visits Newport.
News | WNAC TV
Roger Williams University Athletics - Sailing claims Atlantic Coast ...
The Roger Williams University Sailing team capped off a successful fall regular season with a win at the Atlantic Coast Championship, the largest regatta of the fall. On Saturday, the sailors enjoyed optimal sailing conditions, with breeze ...
Roger Williams University Athletics
Volvo Ocean Race Leg 1 - Alicante to Cape Town - Day 11 - Yachts ...
The Doldrums put up little resistance to the Volvo Ocean Race fleet on Tuesday with PUMA's Mar Mostro and Telefónica, still locked together in a tight battle at the front of the fleet, looking set to breeze through easily. ... The UK's top performance sailing magazine, Sunsail 2011 August ...
Latest news from Yachts and Yachting...
Talbert Talks Travel: Volvo Ocean Race Takes Off From Alicante ...
By Bill Talbert Talks Travel
Volvo Ocean Race, the world's premier ocean race, kicked off on November 5, 2011 from Alicante, Spain heading to Cape Town, South Africa. In May 2012, Miami will be the only city in North America to host to the Volvo Ocean Race for two ...
Talbert Talks Travel
Bareboat Charter Essentials: Book It Right! - Sailing Blog and Social ...
By ASA
An essential guide to booking a bareboat sailing charter, from choosing your destination and boat to dealing with the charter company. ... Tags: bareboat charter, caribbean, cruising, essentials,sailboatsailing, vacation · sailboat in beautiful ...
Sailing Blog and Social Hub from...
Star of India – Still Sailing | Old Salt Blog – a virtual port of call for all ...
By Rick Spilman
The Maritime Museum of San Diego brags that the Star of India is the oldest active sailing ship in the world. This weekend they demonstrated how they can make that claim. The Star of India, built at Ramsey Shipyard in the Isle of Man in 1863, ...
Old Salt Blog - a virtual port...
Staying Warm in Winter - Sailing, Simplicity, and the Pursuit of ...
By Teresa
Sailing, Simplicity, and the Pursuit of Happiness, began in 2008 when Teresa gave up a whole lot of stability for the unstable plan to chase her dreams by living aboard a boat and taking on odd jobs to support her lifestyle. In the following two years she lived aboard a small 27 foot sailboat named Daphne with only her cat Dory for company. Its not a house, but it was home, its not a car, but she traveled a blue road. For two years she sailed, explored, and discovered what simple living ...
Sailing, Simplicity, and the...
US SAILING Blog: A College Sailor's Life: A Win at ACC's to Finish ...
By US SAILING
This weekend marked the conclusion of the fall dinghy season in college sailing. Three of the biggest fall fleet races were on the line at the Pacific Coast Championship (PCC), the Women's Atlantic Coast Championship (WACC), and the ...
US SAILING Blog
Sailing on the Horizon | New Horizon Youth Centre - Creating ...
By admin
In October six young people from the centre attended a sailing residential for a week with CremyllSailing www.cremyll-sailing.org.uk who provide sailing experience to young people to develop character, build self-esteem and an awareness ...
New Horizon Youth Centre - Creating...
Volvo Ocean Race - BYM Sailing & Sports News
Sailing, watersports and powerboat racing stories from around the world. 6 boats ... Volvo Ocean Race :Trailing Nicholson puts the hammer down on CAMPER ...
bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=94805
Americas Cup » San Diego 1st U.S. host to America's Cup series
San Diego, the third stop for the 2011-12 America's Cup and only one on the West Coast, is the first U.S. city to host an event in the race's World Series. ...
blog.sfgate.com/.../san-diego-1st-u-s-host-to-americas-cup-seri...

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