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PROMO: 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup, Stage 6 Alpari World Match Racing Tour -
2014 Argo Group Gold Cup, Stage 6 Alpari World Match Racing Tour
Hamilton Harbour in Bermuda is the setting for the Argo Group Gold Cup. Racing in the classic International One Design 20 teams will battle it out to see who lift the coveted King Edward VII Gold Cup, the oldest Match Racing trophy contested in one-design boats. The 2013 champion, Francesco Bruni, returns to defend his crown but will face stiff opposition from the other 19 teams desperate to etch their name onto the trophy. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.wmrt.com

The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is the world's leading match racing series featuring World-Class Championship events across the globe. The series is sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) with "Special Event" status. The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is currently sponsored by Alpari and thus officially known as the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT). In the world of sailing it is now widely referred to as the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT).

Gonzalo leaves merely a dent in Gold Cup | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Sailing: "...“The Argo Group Gold Cup organising committee met at 3.00 this afternoon to review our status and we are happy to report that we are proceeding as planned to host the Argo Group Gold Cup with practice on Tuesday and racing beginning on Wednesday,” Brian Billings, the Gold Cup’s chairman, said in a statement. “The Causeway to the airport is now open and flights are expected on schedule today. British Airways has rebooked many of the people due in yesterday to a Sunday flight. There was minor roof damage at the club, which will not have an impact on facilities...."

Volvo Ocean Race update:

The Doldrums are ahead and so is King Neptune. It's not going to be easy for the fleet to get to the Southern Hemisphere - some tricky days ahead (Oct 21, 2014)
More info: johnthecrowd.com: VOR
Volvo Ocean Race official website
Volvo Ocean Race dashboard

Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race: Team Alvimedica's Anderson Reggio assesses the fleet
Sail World
The first eight days of the Volvo Ocean Race have been filled with more excitement and tighter racing than anyone could have anticipated. Up until ...
Volvo Ocean Race - Team Vestas Wind contemplates the tropics - Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race - Team SCA ready for equator crossing - Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Leg one – Doldrums for dummies - Sail World

Sailing Hits The Road For Five Regattas
Harvard Crimson
The men and women of the Harvard sailing team had a full weekend of racing that included top place finishes in the Norman Reid Regatta and ...


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Does your local sailing area need more Relaxed Racing?
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
For many sailors, the world of sailboat racing is completely foreign. It can be an intimidating experience filled with complicated rules, fancy gear and ...


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
An international championship of junior champions
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
It's a tough schedule for these young sailors that concludes with the final race during a 'halftime' break in the Finals Day of the Argo Group Gold Cup.

Giles Scott named British Sailing's Athlete of the Year after unbeaten season
Insidethegames.biz
Giles Scott has been named British Sailing's Athlete of the Year at the British Sailing Team's annual awards following his unbeaten run in the Finn ...

VIDEO: Boat of the Year Awards 2015
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Video highlights of Sailing World's nominees for their 2015 Boat of the Year Awards during their October 2014 evaluation session in Annapolis, MD.


A Sweet Life
How I Sailed to New Zealand with Type 1 Diabetes
A Sweet Life
It would take us nearly a month to sail there, through calms and squalls and day after day of perfect tradewind sailing. We didn't see land nor ship for ...

Sailing
Stanford University
Get to know one of Stanford sailing's new faces. Three For Three. Meet the Freshmen: Julia. Strong Sailing. Meet the Freshmen: Kennedy.

Groupe Beneteau Named Sponsor of the US Sailing Team and ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami
United States Sailing Association
Pictured: US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider athletes training in Rio de Janeiro, site of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Photo: Will ...

Australian Sailing Team opens National Training Centre extension to integrate Paralympic training
Australian Paralympic Committee
The Australian Sailing Team has opened an extended deck at the National Training Centre at Middle Harbour Yacht Club in Sydney, which upgrades ...

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Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, Running on Water (video)

Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, Running on Water (video above)
First episode of weekly show - Life at the Extreme - your best way to join the adventure and share the exhilarating and demanding experience of competitive sailing, around the world!
more info: johnthecrowd.com: VOR
Volvo Ocean Race official website
Volvo Ocean Race dashboard

The National
Volvo Ocean Race fleet hit first choppy waters; Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing take lead
The National
As Tuesday turned into Wednesday and the Volvo Ocean Race reached the roughly 10 per cent of the way to Cape Town on the first leg of the ...
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 – Leg 1 position report: Day five, 0500 UTC - Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 Leg one – Getting south, and west… - Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race: Blogs from the Boats - Leg 1, Day 4 plus Videos - Sail World (blog)


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Volvo Ocean Race: A lesson in leverage
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Two-time Olympic medalist Ian Walker has been vanilla from the start, consistently positioning Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing amidst the fleet, allowing their ...


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Why we sail: A Waterlust film about the Volvo Ocean Race
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Seven international teams will race 38,739 nautical miles around the world in the 12th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. Along with being the foremost ...


Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race - Team Brunel prepares for possible gale force winds
Sail World
'The first leg really is something for you,' says bowman Gerd-Jan Poortman shortly after the start of the Volvo Ocean Race in Alicante. 'It's the perfect ...
Volvo Ocean Race: Passing inside the Canary Islands - Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race - Quite the day for Team SCA - Sail World
Volvo Ocean Race - Like ducks in a row, we march south - Sail World

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Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Connecting college sailors to big boat racing
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Over 430 college sailors raced on 52 owner-coached keel-boats over Columbus Day Weekend (Oct. 11-12) in the Storm Trysail Intercollegiate ...


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Professional sailing threatens Olympic spotlight
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
The president of Yachting Australia has revealed the America's Cup is the biggest challenge to the ongoing success of Australia's Olympic sailing ...

Independent Online
A new breed of sailing buff
Independent Online
Warsaw - Gliding down the river on a sleek wooden hull, its white sail gleaming as it catches the breeze, the vessel could easily be mistaken for a ...

Fashion & Style
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Becomes Patron Of Sailing Charity But Misses Event Due To ...
Fashion & Style
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge was announced as the new patron of sailing charity the 1851 Trust on Monday, however, she once again had to ...


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Hurricane to delay Alpari World Match Racing Tour in Bermuda
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Second, has the fleet of IOD's come through the storm well so we have boats to sail. And third will the airport reopen quickly so the teams can get here ...

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2014 Dutch Match Cup, Stage 5 Alpari World Match Racing Tour (video)

2014 Dutch Match Cup, Stage 5 Alpari World Match Racing Tour (promo video above)

Located near Amsterdam, Bataviahaven at Lelystad is the match race center of the Netherlands. Lelystad is one of the youngest cities of the Netherlands, build on reclaimed new land and located on the coast of one of the biggest European inland lakes with excellent sailing conditions. 12 teams go head to head to claim points on the Tour Championship

Dutch Match Cup: Host Club: Batavia Sailing Center
Location: Lelystad, Netherlands
Dates: 24 - 28 Sept 2014
More info: Dutch Match Cup (official website)
Dutch Match Cup Results

Round Robin day 1: getting to know the boat • Dutch Match Cup | 24-28 September 2014 | Lelystad, Holland: "... The teams tried to get to know the boat this first day of racing. After the practice sessions they already figured out some of the difficulties in sailing. Bjorn Hansen, who didn’t set a score today, explains they are still learning from the boat. “We still have to figure things out on the boat, so this was really a learning day.”..."

Taylor Canfield goes for a podiumspot • Dutch Match Cup | 24-28 September 2014 | Lelystad, Holland: "... Canfield plans to take it up against Williams, the current leader of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. “To get high up on the leaderboard we have to get up on the podium results, that’s our goal for the next two events.” This morning he has to wait for the first flight. “We still have to figger out a plan to win the Dutch Match Cup, so the first thing we do today is watching the other teams sail.”... "

Other Sailing NEWS:

Jagran Post
Asian Games 2014: Varsha Gautham, Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan at top spot in sailing event
Economic Times
INCHEON:Indian sailors Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan occupied the top spot after two races in Women's 29er- Two Person ...
Asian Games: Indian Duo at Top Spot After Two Races in Sailing Event - NDTVSports.com


Sail World
Star class: Cash prizes keep Olympians coming back
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Since 1932, the Star was sailed in the Olympic keelboat event, which helped to attract an elite crowd. But after the 2012 Games, when the keelboat ...


Telegraph.co.uk
Loe wins in 'Bart's Bash' sailing
Trinidad & Tobago Express
Sailors of all ages and from across Trinidad competed in this General Handicap race, including 44 boats and over 100 sailors turning out to take part ...

Class of 2014: Peter, Olaf, and L. Francis
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
The National Sailing Hall of Fame will induct eight people into the National Sailing Hall of Fame this weekend during their 2014 ceremony in Detroit, ...


The Maritime Executive
Columbia Completes Sailing Trials with ESG
The Maritime Executive
The sailing trials were held on September 18, 2014 directly offshore of the beaches of Panama City, Florida. Ninety-one years earlier, the original ...


Littlehampton Gazette
Sponsors keep Littlehampton sailing centre afloat
Littlehampton Gazette
The cash will help towards the annual running costs of AYAC, which has made sailingand canoeing affordable to hundreds of young people across ...

Heroes sail with Wild Hearts
Gulf Coast News Today
ORANGE BEACH, AL - More than 20 wounded military veterans and their families will climb aboard a 53-foot catamaran for a sunset sailing cruise at 5 ...

High School Sailing Thriving at Breakwater
Gavin Menu
“High school sailing at Breakwater is open to anybody middle school and up ... “High school sailing is booming nationwide and we are glad to help ...

US Sailing Judge Seminar (Advanced)
hobjen
Saturday – Sunday November 15 – 16, 2014. Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle 7755 Seaview Ave NW, Pier V. Become a US Sailing Certified Judge!

Olympic And World Champions Confirm ISAF Sailing World Cup Final Attendance
International Sailing Federation
Following the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain a number of the world's finest athletes quickly accepted their invitation after ...

Sailing
Stanford University
Marion Lepert ventures into sailing after windsurfing. Depth Propels Stanford. Catching Up with Hans Henken. Cardinal Named All-Academic.

US Team Racing Championship to Serve as Qualifier for ISAF Worlds
United States Sailing Association
Former U.S. Team Racing Champions, college All-Americans, and an impressive pool of sailors who have had success in various disciplines and ...

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Chicago Match Cup 2014 videos, Alpari World Match Racing Tour

Check out Taylor Canfield racing in the Quarter Finals of the Chicago Match Cup against Chris Steele. Even with two penalties against him watch how he stages a huge comeback to offload the penalties and take the race win. (published 9/20/2014)

Chicago Match Cup 2014 Final Weekend Preview -
Finals Weekend at the Chicago Match Cup, Stage 4 of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour.

Stage 5 Chicago Match Cup, Alpari World Match Racing Tour Results:
1 Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar  
2 Mathieu Richard (FRA) LunaJets  
3 Taylor Canfield (ISV) US One  
4 Björn Hansen (SWE) Hansen Sailing Team  
5 Keith Swinton (AUS) Team Alpari FX  
6 Phil Robertson (NZL) Waka Racing  
7 David Gilmour (AUS) Team Gilmour  
8 Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN) Aschenbrenner Racing Team  
9 Arthur Herreman (FRA) Team Herreman  
10 Philip Bendon (IRL) Glenmar Racing Team  
11 Klaartje Zuiderbaan (NLD) Team BSC  
12 Dirk-Jan Koppershoek (NLD) Opportunity Team

The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is the world's leading match racing series featuring World-Class Championship events across the globe. The series is sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) with "Special Event" status. The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) is currently sponsored by Alpari and thus officially known as the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT). In the world of sailing it is now widely referred to as the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT). More info: wmrt.com

ALPARI World Match Racing Tour - News: "Lelystad, Netherlands (23 Sept 2014): Twelve teams are about to start racing at the inaugural Dutch Match Cup, the latest addition to the Alpari World Match Racing Tour (AWMRT). With the contest due to begin on Wednesday, today the sailors are making the most of practice in the Maxfun25 keelboats in Lelystad, less than an hour’s drive from Amsterdam. None of the top seeds has raced these boats on these waters before, so it will be a fast learning curve as they get to grips with the specifics of the venue and the equipment. The seven Tour Card holders have only just flown in from the Chicago Match Cup which concluded on Sunday with a thrilling final between Taylor Canfield’s US One team and Ian Williams with GAC Pindar. Based on recent form, these two crews rank among the favourites in Lelystad, although there will be other teams that know they have to break Williams’ stranglehold on the top of the Tour leaderboard. Mathieu Richard and LunaJets have had a good season and sit in 2nd overall, albeit on 74 points, a full 20 points behind the British five-time World Champion. After four events this season, GAC Pindar has taken 94 points from a possible maximum of 100."

Charity Regatta Rallies as Alibaba Keeps Sailors at Work - Bloomberg: "Alibaba’s (BABA) initial public offering put a slight damper on the fourth annual New York Harbor Regatta. With just a couple of days’ notice, some of the bankers scheduled to sail on Sept. 19, the day of the IPO, pulled out of the races, which benefit programs at the maritime-driven New York Harbor School on Governors Island. “Because of Alibaba, we scattered to other boats,” said Strother Scott, an associate at H.I.G. Capital in Boston, who had planned to sail on a family boat... Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, two of the underwriters of the Alibaba IPO, were the event’s lead sponsors, along with Two Harbors Investment Corp. (TWO) Deutsche Bank was also an underwriter of the IPO. The conditions on the water were not as favorable as those for Alibaba. The race started with a “nice northeasterly breeze, then the wind shifted 300 degrees,” said Julian Fisher, chairman of the race committee at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club of Oyster Bay, New York, who presided...."

COED SAILING: Yale wins at MIT
Yale Daily News (blog)
After placing second at home last week, the coed sailing team performed even better this weekend, cruising to victory by a massive 98 point spread at ...

Sailing Posts Strong Results at Four Regattas
Harvard Crimson
The Harvard coed sailing team finished in second place at the Nevins Trophy Regatta, topping off a weekend that resulted in four top-10 overall team ...


Telegraph.co.uk
Bart's Bash sets the new Guinness World Record
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Bart's Bash, the global sailing race organised by the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation which took place on 21st September, has set the new ...

Gap narrowing between ISAF Sailor rankings and reality
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
With the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings for the 10 Olympic events as calculated on September 22, the accuracy of the list appears to ...

Royal visit to two of the region's sailing club's
The Northern Echo
ROYAL VISIT: Youngsters from East Barnby Outdoor Pursuits Centre greet HRH The Princess Royal at Scaling Dam Sailing Club in North Yorkshire.
Royal opening of sailing club's new facilities - Whitby Today


Sail World
Bart's Bash - Sailing legend and crew from world's longest yacht race
Sail World
Bart's Bash 2014 - A sailing legend and alumni of round the world ocean racers took to the Solent at the weekend as one of the largest entries in the ...

Bart's Bash at the Island Sailing Club
The Island Sailing Club Bart's Bash race got off to a flying start on Sunday with 29 boats managing to make it to the start line to race. No points were given to Gerry Faram in Ding Dong D who managed to break his rudder before the start and had to be towed home. Must try harder!..

RWU Sailing nets three top-four races on the weekend
WomenPlayBall
BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Sailing team grabbed a second, third, and fourth-place finish among the squad's four regattas this past ...

Women's J/22 Sailing Clinic
St. Francis Yacht Club
Event --Women's J/22 Sailing Clinic ...September 27-28

The Boom Vang
getwet
Vang…it's a weird word, but it's a part of the boat that is often overlooked but can be essential in the performance of your boat and your main sail....

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Cowes Week Sailing Regatta August 2-9 (LIVE Twitter feed)

Tweets by @cowes_week

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week - News: "Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week... this year’s regatta promises action-packed excitement afloat with a shore-side programme to match. This year, Cowes Combined Clubs celebrates 50 years of co-ordinated race management at the 188 year-old regatta, and at least 13 competitors racing this year also took part in the 1964 regatta (the first year of the formation of CCC). Eric Williams of Williams Shipping is one, and these days is frequently to be found towards the top of the leader-board with his Dragon, Ecstatic...." more info: http://www.aamcowesweek.co.uk/

Cowes Week NEWS:

Portsmouth News
Get ready for Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014
Keith Prowse
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014 is set to get underway this weekend (August 2nd) and will see thousands of fans of all things ...


Telegraph.co.uk
Cowes Week hopeful of Ben Ainslie Racing's £80 million British bid for America's Cup
Telegraph.co.uk
Cowes Week hopeful of Ben Ainslie Racing's £80 million British bid for ... and sailors at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is underpinning a ...


BYM News (press release)
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 50th Anniversary
BYM News (press release)
Cowes Week is one of the UK's longest running sporting events, having first taken place in 1826. The aspirational and inclusive sailing regatta is the ...


Island Echo
POP-UP TOURIST INFORMATION POINT OPENED
Island Echo
The “Island Welcome Centre” as it is being known will operate during Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week (2nd-9th August) from within the ...

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JohnTheCrowd.com coverage of Sopot Match Race, Alpari World Match Racing Tour, Jul31-Aug3 NEWS, Results, Leaderboard and LIVE Twitter Feed (go to link)

Volvo Ocean Race crews to battle in Round Britain test
Sail World
The event, which starts on August 9 and is preceded by Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, will see five of the new, one-design Volvo Ocean ...

NBCSports.com
U.S. Sailing not hindered by contaminated Rio bay before test event
NBCSports.com
The 2016 Olympic sailing venue is contaminated with sewage, but American sailors' training in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay hasn't been hindered ...


Bognor Regis Observer
Sailing: Races short on distance but not on drama
Chichester Observer
About half of the group will be engaged in sail training to Royal Yachting Association standards from start sailing through to advanced modules of ...

Jeremy Thorp wins Etchells Invitational Cup at Cowes
My Sailing
"It was my first time racing an Etchells," said Thorp, "And they absolutely live up to everything my really successful sailing friends have told me.

Plain sailing for Norfolk youngsters
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The event was excellently organised by Downs Sailing Club and the National Schools Sailing Association who deserve a great deal of praise for their ...


KOMO News
Two-day shutdown of international sailing 'irresponsible,' Ranker says
Journal of the San Juan Islands
A decision by Washington State Ferries to shutdown the international sailing for two days to remedy disruptions in ferry service near Seattle drew a ...


Sutherland Northern Times
Sailing day announced great success
Sutherland Northern Times
LOCH Shin Sailing Club's first ever training course has been hailed as a great success. The five-day course was well supported by 12 enthusiastic, ...


Sail World
Clean start for 35 boats in Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Race
My Sailing
Peter Harburg's Juan K 70 Black Jack, sailing for the event host club Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Yachting Australia President Matt Allen's ...


Tenby Observer
Saundersfoot Sailing Club
Tenby Observer
The continuing brilliant weather is bringing more boats out for the racing each week. Last Sunday, 16 dinghies rigged up to take part in the final two ...

Remembering CJ Buckley
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
The 12th annual CJ Buckley Team Race for the c420 class Team Racing Nationals was sailed out of East Greewich, RI on July 28-30 with 33 teams ...

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Sopot Match Race, Alpari World Match Racing Tour, Jul 31-Aug 3 (video)

Sopot Match Race, Alpari World Match Racing Tour, July 31-August 3 (promo video above)
Sopot is the most prestigeous sea resort in Poland located by the Baltic Sea, between Gdansk and Gdynia. 12 teams will be competing at the Sopot Match Race, Stage 3 of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour starting on 31 July and culminating in the final on 3 of August.

ALPARI World Match Racing Tour - Alpari World Match Racing Tour moves on to Poland: "Sopot, Poland (30th July 2014): One of the most exciting developments in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour for 2014 is the addition of Sopot Match Race into its roster of events.  This year will be the 11th edition of Sopot Match Race, taking place on the Baltic in the Polish holiday resort close to Gdansk. As a nation Poland is one of the most prolific internationally when it comes to match racing with the annual Polish Match Tour comprising five or six events annually. As a result, according to event organiser and competitor Przemek Tarnacki, his country also has more sailors in the top 100 of the ISAF match race rankings than any other. It is therefore fitting that Poland’s top event for the first time this year should form part of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour... Racing takes place over 4 days from Thursday 31st July until Sunday 3rd August and sunshine with a light to moderate sea breeze are to be expected. The format will see a full round of Qualifying, with the winner advancing to the Semi Finals, followed by a 6 team Quarter Final then Semi Final and Final."
Results
Leaderboard
Stage 3 Sopot Match Race, Alpari World Match Racing Tour:
Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar
Björn Hansen (SWE) Hansen Sailing Team
Keith Swinton (AUS) Team Alpari FX
Mathieu Richard (FRA) LunaJets
Taylor Canfield (ISV) USone
Phil Robertson (NZL) Waka Racing
David Gilmour (ASU) Team Gilmour
Przemysław Tarnacki (POL) Tarnacki Yacht Racing
Karol Jabłoński (POL) Jablonski Sailing Team
Nicolai Sehested (DEN) Trefor Match Racing
Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Stena Sailing Team
Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team

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Tweets about "@worldmrt OR #awmrt OR #sopotmatchrace OR #alparitour"


The National Sailing Hall of Fame: Hall of Fame 2014 -  (July 29, 2014) – The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) today announced the eight people who will make up its 2014 class of inductees into the National Sailing Hall of Fame:  Yachtsman, historian and senior statesman of the sport Henry H. “Harry” Anderson, Jr. (Mystic, Conn.); mathematician and navigator Nathaniel Bowditch (Salem, Mass.); boat builder and U.S. Olympic Sailing Team boatwright Carl Eichenlaub (San Diego, Calif.); brothers Olaf Harken and Peter Harken (both Pewaukee, Wisc.), respectively, boat builder and sailing hardware designer; naval architect and prolific writer L. Francis Herreshoff (Bristol, R.I./Marblehead, Mass.); 1960 5.5 Metre Olympic Gold Medalist and boat builder George O’Day (Brookline, Mass./Dover, Mass.); and Grand Prix yachtsman John B. “Jim” Kilroy (Marina del Rey, Calif.), the recipient of the NSHOF’s first Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Class of 2014 will be inducted on September 28, 2014 in a ceremony at the Detroit Yacht Club.

Sailing NEWS Digest:

Stuff.co.nz
Sailors to navigate dirty water in first Rio test
Columbia Daily Tribune
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sailors, coaches and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro acknowledge the problem: Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing at the ...


National Post
Sailing's not all gin and tonics, say Olympic hopefuls
Herald.ie
THE Irish Sailing Team had their most successful Olympics for 30 years at London 2012 with fourth, 10th and 14th place finishes setting the bar for the ...

Sailing the Flathead
Flathead Beacon
Jim Kelley, center, releases tension on the sails while Ken Yachechak, left, and his wife Jodee, prepare to tack during the Tuesday night race league ...

Sailing camps a hit with Prince Rupert youth
Prince Rupert Northern View
Prince Rupert's Big Blue Sailing School has helped bring back their kids camp, run by B.C. Sailing and the Mobile Optimist Sailing School (MOSS).

Oakville sailing coach in court again
Hamilton Spectator
An Oakville sailing coach facing 21 sexual assault-related charges stemming from allegations made by seven males appeared briefly in Milton court ...

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Stena Match Cup Sweden Final video

Daily Review: Hansen's Hat-Trick at Stena Match Cup Sweden 2014 Final - video below
A monumental final ensued at Stena Match Cup Sweden between two titans of match racing, Bjorn Hansen and Ian Williams. Watch them slug it out in one of the most dramatic finals seen on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour

ALPARI World Match Racing Tour - News: "Marstrand, Sweden (5th July 2014): Swedish fans turned out in their thousands to cheer on defending champion, Bjorn Hansen on the way to his claiming a third consecutive victory at the Stena Match Cup Sweden final, on this occasion against Ian Williams and his GAC Pindar crew.... "

STENA MATCH CUP SWEDEN RESULTS

Sailing club reopens after major fire
U.TV
He is also one of Carrick Sailing Club's most experienced sailors and has been Race Officer for the Clubs Points Racing for the last five years.

SAILING: Hine-Downing Summer Series stages third race
Falmouth Packet
Over the radio came a message from Intro, who had dropped all their sails, asking for assistance and the radio operator on the committee boat asked if ...

Alive just 300 nm from Vanuatu Race finish
My Sailing
Alive, owned by Philip Turner and skippered by Duncan Hine, both members of Hobart's Derwent Sailing Squadron, with a crew of Tasmanian and ...

NZL Sailing Team's Konsinska ends the RS:X European Champs in 12th
Sail World
This coming week a number of the NZL Sailing Team crack into their ... NZL Sailing Team sailors all started out at grass roots yacht clubs around the ...

Sail away at Sailapalooza!
Nelson Star
Sailing instructor Alastair McKay, 25, and instructor in-training Kaden Foy, 16, are at Lakeside Park with the Kootenay Lake Sailing Association and ...

Season of Sailing showcasing the Whitsundays
Whitsunday Times
A NEW digital Whitsundays Season of Sailing campaign is now underway, designed to display the range of sailing events and experiences on offer in ...

Musandam-Oman Sail puts Oman firmly on the map in Germany
Oman Daily Observer
MUSCAT — Oman became the centre of attention at the world's largest sailing event and Northern Europe's biggest summer festival Kieler Woche ...

Carlo Borlenghi's photo gallery of the foiling Luna Rossa AC45 | VSail.info
By Valencia Sailing
The world's best sailing photographer, Carlo Borlenghi, was there! Luna Ross'a foiling AC45 sails in Cagliari. ...
VSail.info

Super Yacht News: New sailing trips in Cuba, the British Virgin Islands and Turkey
By Frances and Michael Howorth
Building on the success of its current line-up of sailing trips, G Adventures is to expand itssailing programme for 2014/15 and has launched a range of ...
Super Yacht News

BBC News - Carrickfergus Sailing Club reopens two years after fire - BBC.com
bbc.com
Carrickfergus Sailing Club opens its newly restored clubhouse, two years after a fire destroyed the building.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-28177463

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Argo Group Gold Cup 2013, All the finals action video

Argo Group Gold Cup 2013, All the action from the finals (video above), Alpari World Match Racing Tour

Argo Group Gold Cup - 2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour - Results:
http://www.wmrt.com/component/wmrt/event_results/90.html
and http://www.bermudagoldcup.com/

WMRT - News: "The assembled spectators watching from the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and the massive fleet of craft parked by the race course were treated to a display of match racing at its best when the Luna Rossa crew, led by Francesco Bruni (2nd on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour in 2011) and Ben Ainslie’s Argo Group-backed crew (1st in 2010) lined up in one of the most tense Finals seen on the Tour this year."

Ainslie and Percy take second on World Match Racing Tour

Eurosport.com ASIA
Despite focusing the last year on the hi-tech America's Cup catamarans, Ainslie, the world match racing champion in 2011, quickly adapted to regatta's one design class, a 1930's racing sloop. He progressed through the qualifying and knock-out rounds ...

Italians win Argo Gold Cup
Bermuda Sun
Bruni, from Palermo, Sicily was the America's Cup tactician for Luna Rossa. He is one of the most active and successful Italian sailors in 30 years of the sport. He has won seven world, five European and 15 Italian championships in different classes ...

Sailing - Scott makes winning return after America's Cup duty - Yahoo Eurosport UK: "Great Britain's Giles Scott made a winning comeback to Olympic class sailing after returning from America's Cup duty." The former world and European champion took gold at the EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup in La Rochelle and admitted it was nice to be back on the water - despite the obvious differences between racing a foiling catamaran in San Francisco and a heavyweight dinghy off the coast of France. Scott - who was pipped to London 2012 selection by four-time gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie, despite being reigning world champion - dominated the regatta and took third in the final race to secure a confident win. "It's good to win, I suppose I could have fobbed it off on something if I hadn't but it's nice not to have to do that," he said. . . ."

ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao - Wild waves as racing commences
Sail World
The ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao threw out big breeze, strong gusts and wild waves as racing at the opening event of the 2013-14 ISAF Sailing World Cup began. A wind shift ahead of racing brought a strong northerly breeze that took the world's finest ...

Sail-freight voyage delivers goods, message
Troy Record
“The hull model sort of copies canal, lake and Hudson River barges, and the sailing rig is a sprits rig, which is imported from Thames river sailing barges in England.” With the specialized rig, two people can quickly raise and lower the mast, who can ...

Sailing club sees treble as people take to the sea
Burton Mail
Burton Sailing Club, which is based at Foremark Reservoir, revealed that it had been inundated with people wanting to take to the water following the 2012 Olympics in London. A series of programmes designed to introduce newcomers to sailing, attract ...

Sailing World Cup begins in China
Business Standard
The Sailing World Cup opened Monday in east China's coastal city of Qingdao with the participation of 131 sailors from 24 countries and regions. The World Cup, launched in 2008 and featuring the Olympic sailing events, will run for six days before ...

Top Universities Sailing J/80s- Student Yachting World Cup
J/Sailing News (blog)
J/80 Student World Sailing champions (Pornic, France)- The Student Yachting World Cup, an annual sailing competition organized by students of the École Polytechnique, a French engineering school, will have the world's best student sailing teams ...

Boeing, ORACLE TEAM USA Partner to Recycle Composites in America's Cup ...
Wall Street Journal
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) and ORACLE TEAM USA, winner of the 34(th) America's Cup, are collaborating to recycle 7,000 pounds (about 3,175 kilograms) of carbon fiber of USA-71, a yacht built for the America's ...

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Italy's Francesco Bruni wins Argo Group Gold Cup, Alpari World Match Racing Tour at Bermuda

Bermuda at it's best: "Oct 9, 2013 The Hon. George Fergusson explains what sailing means to the Island of Bermuda and its unique history with the Argo Group Gold Cup, an official stage of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour." Host club: Royal Bermuda Yacht Club; Location: Hamilton, Bermuda; Date: 07 - 13 Oct, 2013; Boat: International One Design.

Francesco Bruni takes Ainslie 3-2 to Win Argo Group Gold Cup: "Hamilton BERMUDA, Oct 13, 2013 – It was a battle of America's Cup tacticians Sunday in Bermuda. In one of the most exciting finals in Argo Group Gold Cup history, Francesco Bruni (ITA) Luna Rossa put a stop to the comeback kid, Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR) BART/Argo Group. Bruni won the first two races and then Ainslie took two and looked like he was going to add a Gold Cup comeback to his America's Cup record. Bruini would have nothing of that and sailed flawlessly in the final race to win the King Edward VII Gold Cup and US$50,000 of the $100,000 prize purse . . ."

Argo Group Gold Cup - 2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour - Results:
http://www.wmrt.com/component/wmrt/event_results/90.html
and http://www.bermudagoldcup.com/

WMRT - Bruni brings it home for Italy: "Italy's Francesco Bruni wins the Alpari World Match Racing Tour Team at the Argo Group Gold Cup, Bermuda, the penultimate round of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. They beat Ben Ainslie Racing Team by 3 points to 2. Bermuda (13th October 2013): Two past titans of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour came head to head on Bermuda’s Hamilton Harbour in today’s final of the 2013 Argo Group Gold Cup. The assembled spectators watching from the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and the massive fleet of craft parked by the race course were treated to a display of match racing at its best when the Luna Rossa crew, led by Francesco Bruni (2nd on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour in 2011) and Ben Ainslie’s Argo Group-backed crew (1st in 2010) lined up in one of the most tense Finals seen on the Tour this year. . . ." (read more at link above)

Barcolana regatta: Hundreds of yachts take to the sea off coast of Italy | Mail Online: Barcelona International Sailing Race - "Around 2,000 boats and 100,000 people took part in this year's regatta The race started as a local competition between 51 boats in 1969 It is now the most crowded sailing event in the Mediterranean and one of the busiest in the world" (read more at link above/also photos at link)

Even with inclement weather, U.S. Sailboat Show draws a crowd in Annapolis - baltimoresun.com: " . . . "This show is amazing," Schmidtt, 35, said as potential customers looked at his stock of Mercury Marine inflatable boats. "I've been to 22 shows this year, and this is by far the most crowded. You could go to an indoor show in New York City on a [rainy] day like today, and it would be empty. Here, there's rain and wind, and it's packed." Paul Jacobs, the show's longtime general manager, said the sailing industry that the recession nearly sunk in 2007 is slowly, and finally, starting to turn around. . . ."

Sailing to victory: Krueger, crew take high-performance title
Reno Gazette Journal
The four-day race involves more than 100 boats and crews sailing in 10 classes. Krueger and his crew won in the HPR — high performance rule — Class in the J/125 40-foot craft for a national championship on the last day of the Sept. 25-28 event. It ...

SAILING: Hollowell pair Holman and King star as Northants claim national glory
Daventry Express
Northants claimed glory in the National School Sailing Association Single Handed Team Racing Championships at Hollowell Sailing Club at the weekend. Two Hollowell sailors in the shape of Arran Holman and Izzy King were part of the three-strong County ...

Sailing Navigation Safety - What is 'Safe Speed'?
Sail World
Navigation Rule 9 cautions sailing vessels or vessels less than 20 meters (65.6 feet) not to block or hamper boats or ships in narrow channels or waterways. Just another good reason to 'stay clear to stay safe'. 3. Your Vessel's Ability to Maneuver ...

Arrindell awarded for outstanding sailing
Trinidad & Tobago Express
Young sailor Kelly-Ann Arrindell was presented with an Outstanding Achievement Award by the Trinidad and Tobago Sailing Association (TTSA) last weekend after a string of strong performances on the water. Arrindell was 23rd recently at the North ...

WC Sailing Finishes 9th at Hobart/William Smith, 17th at Moody Trophy
WashingtonCollegeSports.com
GENEVA, N.Y. -- The Washington College sailing team finished ninth of 12 schools at the Hobart/William Smith Fall Intersectional and 17th of 17 schools at the Moody Trophy, hosted by the University of Rhode Island, this weekend. At the Hobart/William ...

Kosinska claims silver medal
sportal.co.nz
New Zealand windsurfer Natalia Kosinska took second place at the Semaine Olympique Francaise Regatta for Olympic class sailors in La Rochelle, France. She was New Zealand's only competitor in the event and claimed second when passing France's ...

Nick Craig and Alan Roberts win 2013 Endeavour Championship
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Although Craig confesses he is no fan of light airs, he and Roberts managed to pull off a fine display of tactical, light wind sailing yesterday. Today, they did it again, but this time the weather couldn't have been more perfect for the champions ...

RS Sailors at Blessington for Inland Champs
Afloat
Blessington Sailing Club is hosting the 2013 RS Inland championships and after three races Franks and Kevin O'Rourke lead the biggest fleet, the 12–boat RS200s. Blessington's own Alison Dolan and Grainne Young top a 6–boat Feva fleet.

Yachting: Cup dreams on horizon
New Zealand Herald
If their successful habits continue, suitors will presumably seek to lock them into contracts for the next America's Cup. Burling has had a tiller in his hand the majority of his life. He was selected to race the 470 in Beijing aged 17; the youngest ...

Alan Bond's Americas Cup runneth over
WA today
Following the opening ceremony and the unveiling of the mast there was a VIP lunch with Australia II crew members and an America's Cup memorabilia display which included some rare pieces and a replica of the Americas Cup. Advertisement ...

America's Cup 2013 pictures: Oracle Team USA level with Emirates Team NZ
Telegraph.co.uk
The longest America's Cup in history will come down to two 72-foot, space-age catamarans making a final, dramatic sprint around San Francisco Bay, on a five-leg course framed by the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. Skipper Jimmy Spithill and ...

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Argo Group Gold Cup Day 5 in Bermuda (video)

Argo Group Gold Cup Day 5 (Saturday) action in Bermuda (Oct 8-13)

Argo Group Gold Cup - 2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour - Results:
http://www.wmrt.com/component/wmrt/event_results/90.html
and http://www.bermudagoldcup.com/

Sir Ben Ainslie and Francesco Bruni draw First Blood in Semis: "In the very light and shifty conditions, the Semi Finals were delayed after only one race in each match. Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR) BART/Argo Group defeated Adam Minoprio (NZL) Team Alpari FX in a runaway. Ainslie was masterful in picking his way through the shifts and taking the best of the puffs. The sole race between Argo Group Gold Cup defending champion Taylor Canfield (ISV) USone and Francesco Bruni (ITA) Luna Rossa went to Bruni by maybe a bow roller. In the three-lap puff hopper, the lead changed on wind shifts, penalties. Then with Canfield in the lead approaching the final windward mark on starboard, he had a windless mark rounding and a slower spinnaker set. . . ."

WMRT - News: "Bermuda (12th October 2013): English conditions prevailed on Hamilton Harbour today as a trough passed over Bermuda bringing with it ultra-light winds and drizzly rain for the Semi Final round of the Argo Group Gold Cup, the penultimate round of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. Matters were made no easier for the Race Committee when in the middle of proceedings, the wind turned inside out and there was a 180° wind shift. As a result only the first flight of Semi Finals racing was sailed."

Sailing - Thompson ready for worlds as he impresses in France
Yahoo Eurosport UK
He arrived in La Rochelle having finished fourth at the European Championships in August and third at the test event for next year's ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander last month. After four races at the fifth and final EUROSAF Champions ...

LAKE MURRAY SC: Sailboat ‘Super Bowl’ coming to Lake Murray | Local News | The State: "The series of races Oct. 25-27 is the “Super Bowl” of the sport, said Jan Jernigan of Lexington, chief organizer for the event. “This is a contest to see who is the best of the best.” It’s the first time the 37-year-old regatta — officially known as the Championship of Champions — has been held at Lake Murray, brought in by the Columbia Sailing Club. . . ."

Sag Harbor Sailing News
The Sag Harbor Express
Steve Kenny and Greg Ames sailed Gossip to a win in the second-to-last race of the Breakwater Yacht Club's fall Wednesday night sailing series on October 2, finishing with a corrected time of 47 minutes and 25 seconds. Light wind prompted the race ...

Sailing academy leaves Portland
Dorset Echo
The company is based at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA), where it runs the popular 'sail for a fiver' programme. Thousands of schoolchildren have learned to sail using the small dinghies under the supervision of experienced ...

Cornwall sailing legend Sir Ben Ainslie's new love interest is Declan Donnelly ...
This is Cornwall
TV presenter Georgie Thompson has announced her romance with Cornwall's sailing star Sir Ben Ainslie, according to the Daily Mail. The stunning 36-year-old presenter let the relationship slip during filming of the American sports talk show Crowd Goes ...

Victorious America's Cup skipper Jimmy Spithill discusses epic race in ...
Baltimore Sun
"I didn't want to let it go," Spithill recalled Friday, during a public interview with Annapolis-based sailing legend Gary Jobson before a packed ballroom at the Annapolis Marriott as part of Sailing World magazine's seminar series at the U.S Sailboat ...

Capt. Richard Phillips still sailing seas after 2009 pirate attack
Globalnews.ca
“In spite of the notices and warnings, Defendants, through their officers, employees, and/or agents, made the decision to sail and did sail MAERSK ALABAMA within approximately 250 miles (402 kilometres) off of the coast of Somalia,” the document stated ...

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