01 October 2012

America's Cup World Series Oct 2-7


This week's Discovered features all things America's Cup World Series in advance of racing in San Francisco October 2-7. We review the teams, personalities, tactics, training...and of course the ever exciting capsizes, and celebrity racers. We review AC72 sea trials and testing.

SAILING: Navy team 3 wins Patriot Regatta
Long Beach Press-Telegram
The regatta was hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club, the Long Beach Sailing Association and supported by the USO. The Navy had three teams represented here with seven of the other 10 boats represented by the U.S. Army, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. ...

Sailing has changed my life, says MOD70 star Khamis Al Anbouri
Times of Oman
I have learned a lot not just in sailing but in all kinds of things -“ in my personal and professional life in terms of the way I think, act and react.- Among those offering their congratulations were Her Excellency Maitha Al Mahrouqi, under Secretary ...

Washington College Sailing 12th at MAISA Women's Fall Championships
WashingtonCollegeSports.com
ST. MARY'S CITY, MD -- The Washington College sailing team finished 12th of 14 teams at the MAISA Women's Fall Championships, hosted by St. Mary's College, this weekend. Sophomore skipper Eleanor Conroy (West Dennis, MA/Tabor Academy) and ...

WashingtonCollegeSports.com

America's Cup: Key Emirates Team NZ crew returns home after injury
Sail World
The team is building up to the second round of the America's Cup World Series in San Francisco - and were on a longer build-up after their disappointing showing in the first round a month ago. The capsize occurred last Wednesday, local time, and Ashby ...

Sail World

Independence Day Race - Navy Sailing Club Set to Rescue Nigeria
AllAfrica.com
The much-anticipated Independence Day race holding at the Navy Sailing Club to celebrate Nigeria's 52nd anniversary promises to be full of surprises if the thoughts of the Club Commodore, Babatunde Ajayi is anything to go by. According to him, this ...

Sailing in the indie ocean
Times of Malta
Sailing in the indie ocean. Tall Ships. Photo: Stacey Hatfield. Originally from Falmouth but based in Brighton, Tall Ships have, for most of the past two years, drawn many column inches in various music publications and websites. It's hardly surprising ...

Newcastle teen joins sailing trip after beating cancer
ChronicleLive
A TEENAGE cancer patient joined other brave youngsters on a sailing trip inspired by Dame Ellen MacArthur. Hanna Schweppe was left fighting for life after she was struck down with a rare liver cancer in 2009, when she was just 15. At one point, the ...

French victory puts Ian Williams on top in Alpari World Match Racing Tour
Herald Sun
BRITISH skipper and reigning world champion Ian Williams has won Match Race France in emphatic style in Marseille, forging ahead to the progressive top place of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. Williams beat young New Zealander William Tiller as the ...

Poor weather forms backdrop for Team GAC Pindar's Alpari World Match Racing ...
The Independent
Conditions had looked less than promising for the final of the French championship, light winds persuading the race committee to shorten Williams' final against New Zealander Will Tiller from best of five to best of three. Williams won the start and ...

Barbara Veneri: Winners at Shields Nationals
SouthCoastToday.com
Racing in Buzzards Bay outside Sippican Harbor wound up last Saturday with the finish of the 48th annual Shields National championship, hosted by the Beverly Yacht Club. Local yacht clubs wind up their racing season this weekend and head off to enjoy ...

AfloatMagazine: #sailing National 18s racing in #Cork Harbour
Afloat
Dublin bay sailing club Results for 29 SEPTEMBER 2012 BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 2. ... Racing continues today with FG 11.55hrs as per the Sailing Instructions and not 10.25hrs as per the Notice of Race. Also in the harbour ...

British Unis set sail for 2012-13 season + Fleet Racing Champs
Sail World
Entries are now open for the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Fleet Racing Championships 2012. The first university sailing championship of the season will be held on the 3rd/4th November 2012 on Plymouth Sound at the Mount Batten Centre ...

Sail World

Huge season ahead for Sandy Bay Sailing Club
YACHTe.com.au
Hobart's Sandy Bay Sailing Club is a small off-the-beach club on the River Derwent that has produced many national and world champions, as well as Olympic andAmerica's Cup sailors. This coming season, according to Commodore Jill Abel, will be the ...

YACHTe.com.au

RYA Volvo Zone and Home Country Championships now underway
Sail World
... Zone Championship (Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Dorset) The London 2012 Olympic sailing venue today hosted over 150 junior sailors competing in the Optimists, Toppers, Windsurfers and a regatta fleet down on the South Coast.

Sail World

STARBOARD TACK: Back on the water, Relentless wins Thurber
The Westerly Sun
The event — in which participants were eligible for Eastern Connecticut Sailing Association (ECSA) points — included a cocktail party Saturday evening at Shelter Harbor Yacht Club and an awards presentation Sunday afternoon at WHYC. In addition to ...

Bluenose II, a Canadian Icon and Nova Scotia's Sailing Ambassador, Returns to ...
NorthumberlandView.ca
National News: Bluenose II, a Canadian Icon and Nova Scotia's Sailing Ambassador, Returns to Water. Contributed by admin on Sep 29, 2012 - 03:04 PM. Picture 0 for Bluenose II, a Canadian Icon and Nova Scotia's Sailing Ambassador, Returns ...

Latest Sail News
Afloat
Latest Sail News. Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results (DBSC) for 29 SEPTEMBER 2012 · Dublin BaySailing Club Results (DBSC) for 29 SEPTEMBER 2012 Dublin bay sailing club Results for 29 SEPTEMBER 2012 BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Bluefin Two (M & B ...

Williams & Hansen Top Seeds In Gold Cup
Bernews
Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Mekonomen Sailing Team was the Alpari World Match RacingTour leader before being eliminated without Tour points in France. He is currently second in ISAF rankings and is the number two seed in the Argo Group Gold Cup. He will ...

Bernews

University College Cork (UCC) Sailing Club's 40th Anniversary
Afloat
#ucc – Adding to the buzz in the Royal Cork Yacht Club yesterday was the celebration of UCC'sSailing Club 40th Anniversary that took the form of a celebratory Regatta and Dinner with all proceeds from the event going to the Joe English Trust writes ...

Oman Sail explores role in post-conversion Muscat port
Oman Daily Observer
MUSCAT — Oman Sail, mandated by the government to spearhead the country's ambitions to emerge as a high-end sailing destination, is keenly exploring opportunities linked the planned conversion of Muscat's Port Sultan Qaboos into a maritime heritage ...

Oman Daily Observer

Challenging conditions at day one of the NSW Youth Championships
Sail World
Strong wind blew across Lake Macquarie for the first day of the Nautilus Marine Yachting NSW 2012 Youth Sailing Championships. Over 250 sailors from all around Australia have made the trip to the Belmont 16ft Skiff club for the annual regatta where...

Sail World

Russian-Ukrainian yacht crew sets new records
The Voice of Russia
They have also become the first ever sailing crew to circumnavigate the South and the North Poles in one year. Earlier on its round-the-globe voyage, the Scorpius set new world records for the deepest Arctic and Antarctic penetration by a sailing vessel.

The Voice of Russia

Midland man hits the water for three-week boat journey with friends around ...
Midland Daily News
The 60-year-old Bartlett, recently retired from the sales and service department at Saginaw's Martin Chevrolet, took a 23-day sailing voyage across Lake Huron with his friends. He keep a daily log throughout the journey. “You can't imagine what we went ...

Sailing to the Promised Land - SailNet Community
Well traveled sea captain, age 64, sailing from Lake Erie to Israel. Looking for honest, hardworking companion, preferably female, to help in getting boat ready and sailing to the Promised Land.
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SAILING: Navy team 3 wins Patriot Regatta - Press-Telegram
The regatta was hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club, the Long Beach Sailing Association and supported by the USO. The Navy had three teams represented here ...
www.presstelegram.com/.../sailing-navy-team-3-wins-patriot-r...

America's Cup & Fleetweek -- Where to watch, What lens to bring ...
America's Cup & Fleetweek -- Where to watch, What lens to bring ... Getting in & out of this area is a lot easier than getting to the Yacht Club so you can go & grab ...
www.flickr.com/photos/sharpshutter/8033425550/

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US Sailing Certifications · Basic Keelboat · Basic Cruising · Bareboat Cruising · Coastal Navigation · Coastal Passage Making · Celestial Navigation · Offshore ...
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Sailing Yacht Renaissance (ex Loop I) - a CNT - Castagnola ...
Launched by the Italian shipyard Costruzioni Navali Tigullio - Castagnola in 2012 , the 39-metresailing yacht Renaissance, previously known as Loop I, is a ...
www.charterworld.com/index.html?sub=yacht-charter...

World Match Racing Tour - Match Race France - Sailing News ...
AC-45 - America's Cup World Series 2012 - San Francisco CA, USA. 10.03.12 ... World Match Racing Tour 2012 - Match Race France - Marseille FRA Thursday ...
www.sailing-news.us/?vs=26730&vt=1

The iPad thread! who uses an iPad for sailing? - Page 6 - SailNet ...
Originally Posted by Minnewaska I have a pacor modem, but I doubt it is wifi capable. I will have to research. I do not have a wifi network aboard at.
www.sailnet.com/.../87677-ipad-thread-who-uses-ipad-sailing-...

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