Live Racing from America's Cup World Series at Newport, Rhode Island
Coverage starts Friday at 2:30 pm EDT US (UTC 18:30)
Racing begins in RI in America's Cup World Series
San Jose Mercury News
NEWPORT, R.I.—Top international sailors are in Newport as racing begins in theAmerica s Cup World Series.
Highlights Day 1 - ACWS Newport - It was a frenetic opening day of racing at the AC World Series in Newport, the sixth and final stop on the global international circuit. In glorious conditions on Thursday afternoon, the overall series leader, ORACLE TEAM USA's Jimmy Spithill, extended his lead, while his nearest rival, Dean Barker, saw his season championship hopes diminish with a dramatic and unexpected capsize. Spithill had roaring start in the opening fleet race, powering off the starting line in light breezes to lead from start to finish, giving the American team top seeding in the match racing quarterfinals, which started immediately afterward. Pushed to the limit in the match racing, the team responded to advance to the semi finals.
In search of fans, America's Cup makes changes
Bend Bulletin
Two years ago the officials who run the America's Cup made an important decision: They were going to change professional sailing into a sport that was actually fun to watch.This was a big shift for a sport that has traditionally been indifferent to the ...
America's Cup racing in Newport
Boston.com
The America's Cup World Series lands in Newport, R.I., this weekend on Narragansett Bay, where visitors to Fort Adams State Park can watch the sailors compete in the brand new AC45 wing-sailed catamarans. It is the first time these particular boats ...
America's Cup series racing in Newport a spectacular sight
SouthCoastToday.com
You don't have to be a sailing fan to enjoy the sight of the world's best boats racing around Newport Harbor.
America's Cup racing now goes to extremes - Boston.com
This kind of sailing is now an extreme sport. Everyone on board wears helmets and is perpetually in motion. The competitors are young, aerobically conditioned ...
articles.boston.com/.../32426743_1_sailing-boats-from-six-co...
At a special presentation in Lorient, Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad announced a major change for the next race; the introduction of a new high performance, one design 65ft racing boat.
Volvo Ocean Race: organisers to introduce brand new fleet of high performance ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Concern over the dwindling number of entries in the Volvo Ocean Racehas prompted organisers to introduce a brand new fleet of high performance racing yachts that can be bought off the shelf. Volvo Ocean Race competitors pass under the 25 de Abril ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Sweeping changes made for next Ocean Race
Stuff.co.nz
Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad said a minimum of eight yachts will be built, with the first launched in June next year. It will still be a high-performance boat, he said, but constructed strong enough to do two consecutive round-the-world races.
Stuff.co.nz
Volvo Ocean Race : Iker Martinez ...
BYM News (press release)
This coming Sunday, July 1st, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet will be hearing the sound of the starting horn for the start of the ninth and final leg in the race, connecting the ports of Lorient (France) and Galway (Ireland). This is the defining leg of ...
Keep The Oceans Clean Initiative Accompanying Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 is ...
Surfline.com Surf News
The Skeleton Sea artist collective have been touring with the Keep the Oceans Clean! project for the last seven months. The initiative is taking place in partnership with theVolvo Ocean Race. The artists' tour also reaches its conclusion at the race ...
Volvo Ocean Race introduces new boat for next two races
Sail World
'It represents another major milestone for a race that has never been afraid to move forward in our 39-year history. This move to a one-design gives us an enormous head start in our planning for the next two races and puts the Volvo Ocean Race in even ...
Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race: New Farr 65 one design announced for two races
Sail World
'We want to be true to the DNA of the Volvo Ocean Race, always relentless and always pushing to the limit, attracting the best sailors and teams from around the world. Volvo Ocean race and Volvo want a high performance boat that is challenging to race ...
Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race Announce New Boat Design
Getty Images
Volvo Ocean Race announces a new boat design that will be used in the next two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race on June 28,2012 in Lorient,France. The new boat design from Farr Yacht Design was unveiled at a presentation in Lorient, the ninth host port ...
Lower costs and harder work on the agenda for Volvo round the world race
The Independent
"It's clear the Volvo Ocean Race is trying to keep up with the changing global economic climate,” he said. “The new design should keep costs down and make entry to the race affordable. Farr Yacht Design has a proven track record in the race through the ...
Galway businesses commit to quality, value, and service during the Volvo Ocean ...
Galway Advertiser
Almost 100 local businesses in Galway have committed themselves to Fáilte Ireland's Quality, Value, and Service charter during the Volvo Ocean Race.
New Volvo Ocean Race 65 Design Announced for Next Race
Afloat
#VOR – The Volvo Ocean Race will have eight boats next time round and in a major departure from the current race a new design has been revealed. The idea is to reduce the cost of mounting a competitive campaign and stem dwindling entry numbers.
ISAF : Shortest Volvo Ocean Race Leg Could Present Major Difficulties
The sprint from Lorient in northwest France to Galway on the east coast of Ireland will only take a couple of days to complete but as this race has seen so many ...
www.sailing.org/38805.php
Volvo Ocean Race: Crunch time
Last chance at the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. Three scoring chances left. An In-Port Race here in Lorient, France; the short leg to Galway, Ireland; and ...
www.kansascity.com/.../volvo-ocean-race-crunch-time.html
Miami Highlights Show 2011-12 - Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12...Relive the highlights from the Miami Stopover including the PortMiami In-Port Race and the Leg ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXy57X91YHY
Volvo Ocean Race: organisers to introduce brand new fleet of high performance racing yachts
Concern over the dwindling number of entries in the Volvo Ocean Race has ... Volvo Ocean Race competitors pass under the 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Volvo-Ocean-Race-organisers-to-intr...
Retracing Roots - Sydney 2000 Olympic Sailing Competition
YACHTe.com.au
Ian Walker and Mark Covell's medal in the Star was emotionally charged after the pair had both lost their previous sailing partners. Walker won the 470 Men's silver medal at Atlanta in 1996 with John Merricks, who lost his life during a road accident ...
YACHTe.com.au
Sky is the limit for Olympic sailing coverage
Stuff.co.nz
While it wont be possible to view the action from London 2012 on free-to-air TV, Sky Television will be going to extra measures to ensure you don't miss a moment of the action.
Stuff.co.nz
16th regatta sails to success
Homer News
Homer Alaska - 16th regatta sails to success 06/27/12.
Homer News
WEYMOUTH: Local artist exhibits at sailing academy
View Online
WEYMOUTH landscape artist Kevin Frost has been accepted for an exhibition at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The exhibition is open now and will run until July 12th and then again for three weeks once the Olympic sailing events are...
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2012 470 European Championships at Largs Sailing Club
BYM News (press release)
Racing at the 2012 470 European Championship gets underway on Thursday 28 June 2012 in Largs, Great Britain. Teams from sixteen nations are competing, representing a mix of 2012 Olympic teams alongside the younger generation of 470 sailors.
In search of fans, America's Cup makes changes
Bend Bulletin
A screen showing sailing team boat positions and speed in the live control room for America's CupWorld Series in Naples, Italy. In a big shift, officials have come up with faster boats; courses closer to shore; and television wrinkles that make ...
Ainslie enters calm before Olympic storm
Eurosport.com ASIA
Ainslie has endured a hectic last few months with sponsor's public appearances, final preparations in Weymouth, plus competing at the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta all contributing to a busy schedule. But as Ainslie prepares to join the 1800 boats and ...
Eurosport.com ASIA
PHOTO GALLERY: Sailing across Lake Michigan for the Tripp Cup; Queens Cup ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
The start of the race went fine. Weather conditions were ideal for the trip.
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Spithill holds lead heading into ACWS final
Taipei Times
A new class of boats and a fan-friendly racing format evolved after Oracle Racing, owned by Silicon Valley maverick Larry Ellison, beat Alinghi of Switzerland in 2010 following a bitter court battle that severely damaged the image of sailing's marquee ...
The 34th America's Cup Sets Sail in Newport Rhode Island This Week
BostInno
The 34th America's Cup will set sail from Newport on Thursday, June 28th and will go through July 1st. America's Cup start time will be at 12 pm today. This year, the Cup is introducing high-tech carbon fiber boats, TV and live-stream web coverage, and ...
BostInno
Shifting Winds: Professional Sailing's Reach for a Mainstream Niche
Jakarta Globe
Two years ago, the officials who run the America's Cup made an important decision: They were going to change professional sailing into a sport that was actually fun to watch.
Jakarta Globe
Extreme Sailing Series heads to Portugal for Act 4 + Videos
Sail World
The Extreme Sailing Series Act 4 is being held from 5th to 8th July 2012. The Extreme Sailing Series is preparing to make its Portuguese debut with some of the best sailors of international yacht racing preparing to line up against one another as the ...
Sail World
London 2012: Weymouth Battle for the Winds costumes on show
BBC News
Costumes for a celebration of the opening of Olympic sailing events in Weymouth and Portland are going on show later.
BBC News
Sailing camp teaches love for water, teamwork
WALA-TV FOX10
The Mobile Yacht Club is hosting a sailing camp this summer. Kids learn a respect for the water, and they learn that sailing can be a safe and fun sport.
Town hosts top sailing event
Greenock Telegraph
LARGS is set to welcome Europe's top sailors to an international championship event ahead of theOlympic Games., Byline: Editorial, Category: Sport, Subcategory:Roundup, Published: 2012-06-28 14:00:00.
Windjammer Sailing Adventures plans first voyage in July
MiamiHerald.com
One of the vessels from the now defunct Windjammer Barefoot Cruises will sail again next month.
Sailing for everyone at the Volvo Ocean Race
Galway Advertiser
The Irish Sailing Association and Galway Speeders Club have announced their programme of events for the Volvo Ocean Race finale at a test run at the Galway Docks.
Sailing School Says 4 Boats Capsized Before Rescue
Patch.com
Portsmouth Youth Sailing tells how 12 children were saved after their boats went adrift Tuesday on the Sakonnet River.
America's Cup series racing in Newport a spectacular sight
SouthCoastToday.com
You don't have to be a sailing fan to enjoy the sight of the world's best boats racing around Newport Harbor.
DORCHESTER: Olympic honouor for floristry students
View Online
The college, on the outskirts of Dorchester, has been selected to help create floral bouquets for the Olympic sailing event in Weymouth and Portland this summer. The Kingston Maurward student designers will be made up from a team of both Level 2 and...
View Online
Official America's Cup racing begins today Parking at Fort Wetherill will be ...
Jamestown Press
The main sail on the AC45s is not a sail at all, but rather a wing, giving the boat more in common with an airplane than a traditional sailing vessel. The boats fly somewhat more traditional jibs and gennakers up front. Scott Ferguson of Jamestown is ...
West Briton Sailing round-up, June 28
This is Cornwall
Pendennis Cup EXCITEMENT MOUNTS AHEAD OF FIRST RACE:With less than a week to go the 2012 Pendennis Cup, it looks set to be the most exciting yet.The final list of entries is confirmed as 13,...
Monaco. Sailing yacht success at ShowBoats Design Awards
BYM News (press release)
As the largest sailing catamaran in the world at 44.2m (145') Hemisphere is renowned for her impressive interior space. The twin pontoons provide a beam of 16m allowing for a vast main salon area usually associated with much larger yachts. The naval ...
Plain sailing for Gower
This is Kent
SAILING: There were good conditions for race two in the evening series at Hampton Pier Yacht Club. Richard Gower and Howard Barker (Trio) have formed a good partnership and dominated the fast fleet...
WEYMOUTH: Olympic sculpture
View Online
They are hoped to provide an iconic and locally distinctive welcome for visitors coming to Weymouth for the London 2012 Olympic Games sailing events after which it is planned they will be moved to Portland. The sculpture is made up of ten separate ...
View Online
Melton SC gets into the Olympic spirit with Golden regatta
Melton Times
The regatta will also be a warm-up for the LRYSA team, which includes five Melton sailors, before they head off to the National Schools' Sailing Association Golden Jubilee Regatta from July 8 to 15 at the Olympic sailing venue at Weymouth and Portland.
TUUCI Supports Sailing for The Disabled With Shade Structure Donation to ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
(PRWEB) June 28, 2012 Recognizing the joy and the empowerment that comes from sailing, TUUCI a global leader in innovative shade structures, is donating high-performance umbrellas and flags to the BVI Watersports Centre in Tortola, BVI, in support of ...
Phil Freedman Writes College Sailing Book | Arizona Yacht Club ...
By Mike Ferring
Phil is a big personality and a lifetime sailor, so it was no surprise that he grabbed hold of the ASUsailing team and suddenly transformed it into something much bigger than it had been. He bought boats, “branded” the team with signs and ...
Arizona Yacht Club - Sailing in Arizona
America's Cup Updates As It Trawls for Viewers | OCSC Sailing Blog
By Michael Spranger
Originally published in the NY Times by JOSHUA BRUSTEIN June 27, 2012 Two years ago the officials who run the America's Cup made an important decision:
OCSC Sailing Blog
UPDATE: Sailing School Says 4 Boats Capsized Before Rescue ...
By Sandy McGee
Portsmouth Youth Sailing tells how 12 children were saved after their boats went adrift Tuesday on the Sakonnet River.
Tiverton-Little Compton Patch
Sailing for Couch Potatoes – America's Cup World Series Finale on ...
By Rick Spilman
Back in the old days, the America's Cup was sailed in 12 Meter yachts in the often misty light air of Rhode Island Sound. It was a competition more suited to still photography than video. How times have changed. Now elimination matches are ...
Old Salt Blog - a virtual port...
Sydney sailing and boat moorings at Lavender Bay | SailCorp on ...
By sandmanpr
SailCorp sydney harbour yacht charters manages 40 yacht and boat moorings in Lavender Bay, Sydney. The moorings are available for long and short-term lease allowing boats to be moored in convenient proximity to public transport and ...
SailCorp on Sydney Harbour
Magical Night Sailing – Pyxis | Round Ireland Yacht Race
By Pyxis
Decided to slip in an extra blog to describe something which I first saw as a teenager racing in the Irish Sea around the Morecambe Bay area and the Isle of Man - so like coming home really.
Round Ireland Yacht Race
Björn Hansen - Sailing Sweden
By Fabian Bengtsson
Volvo Ocean Race introduces new boat for next two races http://t.co/jCqHb9oa via @volvooceanrace 5 hours ago. Mattias Rahm losing his mast in @StenaMatchCup 2007. http://t.co/zMixrAaH #sailing#smcs12 #awmrt #segling 5 hours ago ...
Sailing Sweden
By Fabian Bengtsson
Volvo Ocean Race introduces new boat for next two races http://t.co/jCqHb9oa via @volvooceanrace 5 hours ago. Mattias Rahm losing his mast in @StenaMatchCup 2007. http://t.co/zMixrAaH #sailing#smcs12 #awmrt #segling 5 hours ago ...
Sailing Sweden
Porto gearing up to welcome Extreme Sailing Series as focus shifts ...
By redazione
Italiavela - Porto gearing up to welcome Extreme Sailing Series as focus shifts to Act - The ExtremeSailing Series is preparing to make it's Portuguese debut in just one weeks time with some of the best sailors of international yacht racing...
Italiavela
By redazione
Italiavela - Porto gearing up to welcome Extreme Sailing Series as focus shifts to Act - The ExtremeSailing Series is preparing to make it's Portuguese debut in just one weeks time with some of the best sailors of international yacht racing...
Italiavela
London 2012 Olympics: Prince Charles christens Team GB sailing ...The Prince of Wales has christened an Olympic sailing boat as he made a surprise visit to the ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFq-kG2QN78
Star Sailing | XS Sailing
MOVING PICTURES - Check out the close calls as Stars tack upwind to the weather mark. Well done video by Sailing World.
www.xssailing.com/racing/star-sailing/
Junior Olympic Sailing Festival coming to Annapolis
2012 Junior Olympic Sailing Festival to be held in Annapolis.
www.chesapeakefamily.com/.../3484-junior-olympic-sailing-f...
Windjammer Sailing Adventures plans first voyage in July - Business - MiamiHerald.com: "One of the vessels from the now defunct Windjammer Barefoot Cruises will sail again next month. Windjammer Sailing Adventures, using one of the vessels from the old company, has scheduled its first voyage for July 22 out of Grenada. Charles Kropke, CEO of Windjammer Sailing Adventures, said rooms are still available for the maiden trip, which will visit several islands in the Grenadines. Prices start at $1,599 per person, based on double occupancy; more information is available at www.sailwindjammer.com."
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