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LIVE Cardiff: Day Four - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2017

LIVE Cardiff: Day Four - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2017
Starts: August 28, 2017 - Monday 9am EDT (US)

LIVE Cardiff: Day Three - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2017

LIVE Cardiff: Day Three - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2017
Starts: August 27, 2017 Sunday 10:00 AM EDT (US)

Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Cardiff, day two - the best moments

Video above published Aug 27, 2017: Take a look at some of the best moments on the water on the second day of racing at Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Cardiff.

Cardiff, UK | Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6, August 25-28, 2017: For the sixth consecutive year, the Extreme Sailing Series will return to Cardiff Bay, Europe’s largest waterfront development, over the Bank Holiday weekend. The enclosed bay provides the ideal Stadium Racing venue for spectators to get up-close and personal with the racing from all sides.

So far in the first five Acts before the international fleet races in Cardiff Bay for Act 6, Oman Air leads the standings but SAP Extreme Sailing Team is snapping at the heels of Phil Robertson's team.

Standings after Act 5, Hamburg:

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Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6, Madeira Islands Sept 22-25, Sailing Videos

Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6 Madeira Islands Sept 22-25, Sailing Videos:

LIVE Madeira Islands: Day Four Extreme Sailing Series 
Starts: September 25, 2016 SUN 11:30 AM EDT(US)

3D Madeira Islands: Day Four - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series
Starts: September 25, 2016 SUN 10:00 AM EDT (US)

  LIVE Replay Madeira Islands: Day Three - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2016

Day 3 Video above, Saturday, Sep 24, 2016

Welcome to the Madeira Islands

We catch up with Sail Portugal - Visit Madeira's three-time Portuguese Olympian Diogo Cayolla who gives us the low-down on his team's performance so far this season, the brand-new Portuguese venue in Madeira, and what it's like to race in front of a home crowd. Published Sep 24, 2016

Meet SAP Extreme Sailing Team's co-skippers Gram-Hansen and Køstner:

Danish sailing stars Rasmus Køstner and Jes Gram-Hansen give an insight into their relationship as co-skippers of SAP Extreme Sailing Team in the Extreme Sailing Series™. What makes these brothers in arms tick? Video above published Sep 23, 2016

Video above: GC32 foil launch 2014--Launching the flying GC32--America's Cup sailor and Gazprom Extreme Series helmsman Paul Campbell James on flying GC32 during the launch in 2014. GC32 Version2: New L-Foils + New T Rudder + RakeControl system.

Extreme Sailing Series 2016: GC32s replaced Extreme 40s in the 2016 Extreme Sailing Series. The world’s leading Stadium Racing Series, celebrated its tenth season in 2016 with the introduction of a fleet of foiling GC32 catamarans, with the world’s top sailors ‘flying’ in front of thousands of spectators at premium venues around the globe. The 2016 season features a full grid of professional and brand-backed sponsored teams racing at iconic venues.

Madeira Islands, Portugal | Extreme Sailing Series: The island of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean, boasts an abundance of dramatic scenery. Act 6, set in Marina Funchal, on the south coast of the island, with generally light to moderate winds, will present a real challenge to the sailors who will sail in the warm waters just off the coast of the island’s capital.

Extreme Sailing Series overall standings after Act 5:

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Extreme Sailing Series 2016 - Remaining Schedule:
Act 6 Madeira Islands Sep 22-25
Act 7 Lisbon Oct 6-9
Act 8 Australia Dec 8-11

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Extreme Sailing Series Act 6, Rolex Fastnet Race, Sailing Videos

Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP - The sixth stop on the 2015 Extreme Sailing Series™ eight Act global tour brought together eight top international teams to race on the River Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The Wave, Muscat claim fourth Act title of the season | News: "The Wave, Muscat have been crowned victors at the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP, mastering the complex conditions of the River Neva in front of huge crowds, to win the Act with a race to spare. Their fourth Act win and third consecutive victory this season sees two-times Series winning skipper Leigh McMillan and his team extend their lead at the top of the 2015 leaderboard, with only two Acts left this year."

Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6 Results

Extreme Sailing Series--coming up:

Act 7: Istanbul, Turkey 1-4 October

Act 8: Australia 10-13 December

Artemis Ocean Racing Rolex Fastnet 2015 - "Published on Aug 20, 2015 by Robin Elsey
The Fastnet Race 2015 on board Artemis Ocean Racing IMOCA 60 racing in IRC Canting Keel


Phaedo3 taking part in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2015 from Ocean Images
Watch Kelvin Trautman's video of Phaedo3 taking part in the 2015 edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race.


World on Water August 23, 2015 Rolex Fastnet, Illes Balears Classic, Finns in Rio, - Published on Aug 23, 2015 - In this week's WoW the Rolex Fastnet the French winh the RORC biannual classic, In Palma the has broken masts and beautiful "Vintage" yachts, the Finns are part of the Rio per-Olympic training regatta, on the last day of the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week the rains came and the winners get "dunked", Outside the wonderful "Hermitage" in St Patersburg, Russia the fast Extreme Sailing Series, a CAT fight as the first cats of the new World Match Race Tour face off and fight it out and Mike Slade owner/skipper of the British Farr 100 super-maxi Leopard 3 talks of his Rolex Fastnet Race experience. Phew, what a week in sailing and it's all here in the WoW from boatson.tv the home of live sailing.

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Rolex Fastnet Race videos, Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6 Finals LIVE

LIVE St. Petersburg: Day Four - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015
by ExtremeSailingSeries
Starts: August 23, 2015
SUN 9:00 AM ET (US)


Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6 Finals - 3D St. Petersburg, Russia: Day 4 (graphics only above) - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015 - Starts: August 23, 2015 SUN 7:30 AM ET (US)

Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6, Day 3 video replay here
Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6 Results
Leaderboard:
1 The Wave, Muscat
2 Lino Sonego Team Italia
3 Red Bull Sailing Team
4 Oman Air
5 SAP Extreme Sailing Team
6 Gazprom Team Russia
7 GAC Pindar
8 Team Turx


The Saint Petersburg Stadium, Russia - ExtremeSailingSeries: With its hidden currents the River Neva race track is riddled with passing and losing lanes. Mastering the conditions is is no mean feat with big wins, and even bigger loses to be had, the skippers talk us through this tight tactical Russian venue.

Rolex Fastnet Race 2015 sailing videos:

Rolex Fastnet Race 2015 – A worthy winner - 21 August - A memorable edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race concluded on 21 August. Géry Trentesaux’s JPK 10.80 Courrier du Léon from France has been confirmed as overall winner of the race on IRC handicap prevailing from a record-breaking fleet of 356 international yachts. As winner of the race Trentesaux and his crew received the Rolex Fastnet Challenge Trophy and a coveted Rolex timepiece at the final prizegiving in Plymouth. The 90th anniversary edition of this famous offshore classic will be long remembered for its tactical challenges, the diverse conditions experienced and the quality of the competing yachts and sailors.


Stuart Childerley and Kelvin Rawlings on Jester win the two handed division of the Rolex Fastnet Race - Olympic dinghy sailor Stuart Childerley and long time big boat sailor Kelvin Rawlings have not only won the two-handed class in the Fastnet, but also came 4th in the overall results. The duo, new to shorthanded sailing, but many Fastnets between them are the first Brits in the Rolex Fastnet Race, that has been dominated by the French this year.

Rolex Fastnet Race 2015 results

The Rolex Fastnet Race facts:

THE RACE: 
The 603nm Rolex Fastnet Race is organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and just 7 boats sailed in the first race in 1925. The race has been sponsored since 2001 by Rolex SA of Geneva and is legendary within the world of ocean racing. The 46th edition of the biennial race will start off the Royal Yacht Squadron line, Cowes, Isle of Wight on Sunday 16th August 2015. It is the largest offshore race in the world and attracts the most diverse fleet of yachts.

ORGANIZERS: 
Established in 1925, The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) became famous for the biennial Fastnet Race and the international team event, the Admiral's Cup. It organises an annual series of domestic offshore races from its base in Cowes as well as inshore regattas including the RORC Easter Challenge and IRC National Championship in the Solent

The RORC works with other yacht clubs to promote their offshore races and provides marketing and organisational support. The RORC Caribbean 600, based in Antigua and the first offshore race in the Caribbean, has been an instant success and the RORC has extended its organisational expertise by creating a new Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Grenada, the first of which was in November 2014.

The club is based in St James' Place, London, but after the recent merger with The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Cowes, now boasts a superb clubhouse facility at the entrance to Cowes Harbour and a membership of over 4000.

The RORC has also been a leader in yacht handicap systems and in co-operation with the French offshore racing club, UNCL, created IRC; the principal yacht measurement system for the rating of racing yachts. worldwide.

The Spinlock IRC rating rule is administered jointly by the RORC Rating Office in Lymington, UK and UNCL Centre de Calcul in Paris, France. The RORC Rating Office is the technical hub of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and recognised globally as a centre of excellence for measurement. For Spinlock IRC rating information in the UK please see: www.rorcrating.com

Twitter for Rolex Fastnet Race and Extreme Sailing Series: #rorcrfr #EXSS

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Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6, Day 3, LIVE Video

LIVE St. Petersburg: Day Three - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015 from St Petersburg, Russia

Starts: August 22, 2015 SAT 9:00 AM ET (US)

Day Two video here - JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6, Day Two, LIVE Video, Red Bull Leads

3D St. Petersburg: Day Three - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015
Starts: August 22, 2015 SAT 7:30 AM ET (US)

Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6, Leaderboard:
1 The Wave, Muscat
2 Red Bull Sailing Team
3 Lino Sonego Team Italia
4 SAP Extreme Sailing Team
5 Gazprom Team Russia
6 Oman Air
7 GAC Pindar
8 Team Turx
more info: http://www.extremesailingseries.com/results

Lucky 13th for Géry Trentesaux: Overall Winner - Rolex Fastnet Race 2015: Géry Trentesaux and his JPK 10.80 Courrier Du Leon have been confirmed by the Royal Ocean Racing Club as winner of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race. For this the team will receive the Fastnet Challenge Trophy at tonight’s prizegiving, an event doubling as the 90th anniversary celebrations of the RORC’s flagship offshore race. In this, the Frenchman’s 13th attempt at the Rolex Fastnet Race since his first in 1977, Trentesaux’s performance was exceptional, beating Arnaud Delamare and Eric Mordret’s second placed JPK 10.80 sistership, Dream Pearls, by 2 hours 20 minutes. And this was despite being over early at the windless start and taking 40 minutes to restart..." more results here.


2015 Rolex Fastnet Race. Improved wind conditions have enabled all yachts to round the Fastnet rock and make real progress to the finish at Plymouth in the 46th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race enters its final phase. (August 20, 2015)


TV star Griff Rhys Jones skippering his classic yacht Argyll in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2015: Published on Aug 21, 2015 - Griff finished the gruelling and frustratingly calm race in the rain on Friday morning at the Plymouth Sound finish line, but enjoyed the whole experience, his first Rolex Fastnet Race.

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Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6, Day Two, LIVE Video, Red Bull Leads

LIVE St. Petersburg: Day Two - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015
Starts: August 21, 2015 - FRI 9:00 AM ET (US)

Red Bull leads first day in Saint Petersburg | News: "Russia delivered a glittering opening to the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Saint Petersburg presented by SAP, with Red Bull Sailing Team staking an early claim, winning the day against the golden backdrop of the Peter and Paul Fortress."
more info: http://www.extremesailingseries.com/results


3D St. Petersburg: Day Two - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015
Starts: August 21, 2015 FRI 7:30 AM ET (US)

Rolex Fastnet Race Leaderboard taking shape: News: "With the latest deluge of arrivals in the Rolex Fastnet Race, overall victory is currently looking like it might be claimed, in this 90th anniversary running of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship offshore race, by a fast boat in the 35-40ft range. Most promising at present is Gery Trentesaux’s new JPK 10.80, Courrier Du Leon. Overnight arrivals have caused the corrected times of Rambler 88 and Leopard to plummet down the IRC Overall leaderboard, leaving Dieter Schon’s Maxi 72, Momo, strongest among the big boats."
http://www.rolexfastnetrace.com/Results/
Day One Graphics Video



Mike Slade on 100ft maxi Leopard in the Rolex Fastnet race 2015 - Published on Aug 19, 2015: Mike Slade's 100ft maxi Leopard finished the 46th Rolex Fastnet Race early Wednesday morning, after a slow but intense race. A calm and fluky set of conditions, but enjoyed by the owner Mike Slade, race record holder in 2007 and two-time line honours winner.

#EXSS #RORCRFR

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Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2014 - Final day video

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2014 - Final day -
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2014 - Final day (video above) - Porto Cervo, Italy
Video edited by KPMG/Rolex. Published on Sep 6, 2014

Extreme Sailing Series Act 6 - Istanbul, Turkey, Sept 11-14 SCHEDULE
Act 6 - Istanbul, Turkey » Extreme Sailing Series:
Thursday 11 September 
12.00 Official skippers press conference and official opening of the event
14.30-17.30 Extreme 40 racing window

Friday 12 September
14.00-17.00 Extreme 40 racing window

Saturday 13 September 
10.00 Extreme 40 Bosphorus Race
15.00-18.00 Extreme 40 racing window

Sunday 14 September 
14.00-17.00 Extreme 40 racing window
17.30 Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Istanbul official prize giving ceremony

Extreme Sailing Series coverage will be provided on johnthecrowd.com Thursday-Sunday


The State
Sailing, rowing center to open this fall on Hilton Head Island
The State
The new dock on Skull Creek at the Rowing and Sailing Center at Squire Pope Community Park shown Sept. 8, 2014, from Benny Hudson Seafood.
Long-awaited Hilton Head sailing center opening - The State

Change for Sailing's Sake
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
In his monthly column for Sailing World magazine, Scuttlebutt editor Craig Leweck shares a few thoughts on how we can improve and grow the sport ...


The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan blind sailing competition kicks off
The Sheboygan Press
A Paralympic association is gearing up for a blind sailing championship in Sheboygan this week. The International Association for Disabled Sailing ...

Former sailing instructor admits to pot offense
Capecodonline
BREWSTER — A sailing instructor charged with keeping marijuana in the cabin where he spent the winter at Cape Cod Sea Camps admitted sufficient ...

Piracy not expected to impact Volvo Ocean Race
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
That year, the Cape Town to Abu Dhabi leg involved all the boats sailing to a secret safe haven destination, where they were loaded onto an armed ...


Telegraph.co.uk
Sailing - INTERVIEW-All hands on deck as Ainslie prepares Cup challenge
Yahoo Eurosport UK
The 37-year-old said at least five of his eight-man crew will be British and such is the talent pool in a nation steeped in sailing tradition that he said he ...

Finding Your Sailing Mate
Stormy
When I first met Emily I was deep in a boat project, chatted for a few minutes, piled a bunch of sailing books into her arms and shoed her away.

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