The World Sailing Show January 2018 (video)

The World Sailing Show - January 2018

The World Sailing Show video above originally published Dec 27, 2017:

• 01:02 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 & 3
• 07:19  News
• 08:30 How & why the new America’s Cup boat will work 
• 11:59 Aboard Imerys – How the Class 40 season title was won
• 16:18 eSailing World Championships
• 18:18 Gabart smashes solo world record
• 19:13 Youth Worlds Sanya, China

The World Sailing Show gets aboard Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde’ s Class 40 Imerys for a full-on, double handed 4,000 mile sleigh ride south to see how the pair took the coveted overall season title.

Also heading south, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet descended on Cape Town. With 7,000 miles under their belts, stomachs were starting to churn among the crew at the thought of the next 6,500 across the notorious Southern Ocean – they tell the World Sailing Show why.

What will make the new America’s Cup boat be so quick? Cup guru Grant Simmer explains in an exclusive interview.

We take a look at two major new world records set at very different ends of the scale. We also find out how to compete in a world championships without getting your feet wet.

Plus, were back in China, this time for the Youth World Championships.

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Jules Verne Trophy, Clipper Race Southern Ocean, Sailing Videos

Jules Verne Trophy - Spindrift Racing Day 11 - Des heures cruciales / Crucial hours - Published on Dec 3, 2015. More info: http://www.spindrift-racing.com/jules-verne/en/home


"During these 45 days, I monitor the progress of the boat every hour. So I never sleep more than an hour. The routing is to look where the ship, make sure everything goes well, analyze satellite photos, and determine if there is no grain. So in the end, I am very tired, maybe more than the guys on board."--Marcel Van Triest, onshore router IDEC Sport, Jules Verne Trophy Race. Published on December 3, 2015


GARMIN VIRB XE: Clipper Race fleet take on the Southern Ocean - Published on Nov 30, 2015
Captured on the Garmin VIRB XE, the official action camera of the Clipper Race, the fleet take on the Southern Ocean. Racing from Cape Town, South Africa to Albany, Australia. More at www.clipperroundtheworld.com

RORC Transatlantic Race update: "Day six of the RORC Transatlantic Race, and Phaedo3 & Concise 10/Ms Barbados are expected to finish the race tomorrow. Nomad IV leads the charge of the Maxis. Tales II makes up for lost time and Zed 6 finally heads south."

• Latest news, blogs from the boats and photos: http://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/
• Follow the progress of the race via the Race Tracker. 

A Finale for Four for Class 40 | Transat Jacques Vabre 2015 : Le Havre - Itajai | October 2015 | Take to the seas and act for the planet: "Proving the racing is as intense among the tail of the fleet as it was among the pacemakers, four Class 40s finished into Itajaí, Brazil between 2307hrs last night (Sunday) and 0818hrs this Monday morning. There was just 1hr and 40 minutes between seventh placed Groupe Setin (Manuel Cousin and Gérald Quéouron) and the all-girl duo Philippa Hutton and Pip Hare who finished ninth this morning on Concise 2..."

International Sailing Federation CEO Resigns Months Before Rio Olympics « CBS Sacramento: "... results of a new round of testing that shows Rio’s Olympic waterways are as rife with pathogens far offshore as they are nearer land, where raw sewage flows into them from fetid rivers and storm drains. That means there is no dilution factor in the bay or lagoon where events will take place and no less risk to the health of athletes like sailors competing farther from the shore...."

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Transat Jacques Vabre 2015 video, Le Conservateur Wins Class 40

Comme un seul Homme - Arrivée de la Transat Jacques Vabre (Published November 18, 2015)

Bestaven and Brasseur on Le Conservateur win Class 40 into Itajai | Transat Jacques Vabre 2015 : Le Havre - Itajai | October 2015 | Take to the seas and act for the planet: "Yannick Bestaven and Pierre Brasseur sailing their Guillaume Verdier designed Le Conservateur won Class 40 in the 5400NMs two handed Transat Jacques Vabre when they crossed the finish line off Itajaí, Brazil at 2040hrs and 09secs UTC this Wednesday evening to conclude a long, tense duel with Maxime Sorel and Sam Manuard on the 2015 Manuard designed V and B. When Bestaven and Brasseur clinched their overall triumph, the runners-up Sorel and Manuard are about 12NMs from the finish line. Third placed Carac Advanced Energies is more than 250NMs behind."

TJV2015 Tracker
More info: JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: Transat Jacques Vabre 2015 (twitter feed / video) 

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