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LIVE Nice: Day Two - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 -
Oct 3, 2014: LIVE Video, Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, Nice, France | 9:30am EDT (US)
Results and more info: 2014.sapsailing.com and extremesailingseries.com

Change in the air as Realteam, Gazprom Team Russia and Groupama sailing team excel in Nice » Extreme Sailing Series: Light winds dominated the opening day [Thursday] of Act 7 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Nice, France calling for pin-point precision from the teams as the battle at the penultimate Act of the 2014 global tour began on the sparkling Mediterranean waters....


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
New faces on top at Extreme Sailing Series Nice
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Nice, France (October 2, 2014) – Light winds dominated the opening day of Act 7 of the Extreme Sailing Series, the penultimate Act of the 2014 global ...
GAC Pindar eager to impress as the Extreme Sailing Series reaches Nice - Sail World
Extreme Sailing Series: Tricky start for The Wave, Muscat and Oman Air - Sail World

3D LIVE Nice: Day Two - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014

Be there at the start | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 -
Don't miss the start of the world's most extreme ocean race. You can watch live streaming of the Volvo Ocean Race Alicante In-port race on Saturday October 4th. volvooceanrace.com


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Top 10 reasons to attend US Sailing's National Conference
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
US Sailing annually brings together members and administrators to reflect on the past year and plan for the future. Revisions to the event, beginning ...


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
San Francisco hosts 2014 U.S. Match Racing Championship
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
San Francisco, CA (October 2, 2014) – Match Racing takes center stage on one of America's most exciting and challenging sailing venues on San ...


WalesOnline
Young cancer sufferer embarks on inspirational sailing trip with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust
WalesOnline
For Tom, who finished treatment in April 2009 for disseminated astrocytoma at the University Hospital Wales in Cardiff, this was his first time sailing ...


Red Sports
Asian Games Sailing: Singapore grab 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze; finish joint-second with China
Red Sports
The Singapore sailing contingent ended the Asiad with three gold, two silver and two bronze medals, bettering the medal haul of two gold, two silver ...


Sail World
America's Cup: Three NZ sailors celebrated in Top 20 sports earners
Sail World
Sailing has three sailors on the list with Emirates Team NZ's Grant Dalton having an alleged $2million income and Dean Barker and alleged $1million ...

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3D LIVE, Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, Nice, France, Thursday

3D LIVE Nice: Day One - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 -

3D LIVE, Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, Nice, France, Thursday (Day One) video: scheduled start 8 am EDT (US)
Results and more info: 2014.sapsailing.com and extremesailingseries.com

Act 7 - Nice, France » Extreme Sailing Series schedule:
Thursday 2 October 11.30 Official skippers press conference at the Extreme Club 12.30 SAP Tech demo 14.00-17.00 Extreme 40 open-water racing window
Friday 3 October 10.00 Race Village opens 14.00-17.00 Extreme 40 stadium racing window
Saturday 4 October 10.00 Race Village opens 10.00 Optimist sailing 14.00-17.00 Extreme 40 stadium racing window
Sunday 5 October 10.00 Race Village opens 10.00 Optimist sailing 14.00-17.00 Extreme 40 stadium racing window 17.30 Optimist sailing prize giving ceremony 18.00 Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 7, Nice official prize giving ceremony

Times of Oman
Extreme Sailing: The Wave, Muscat and Oman Air relish Nice Act
Times of Oman
Muscat: The 2014 Extreme Sailing Series (ESS) reaches a 'critical' point with Act 7 in French city of Nice later this week but Oman Sail's crews on The ...

Kiwis ready for Act 7 of the Extreme Sailing Series
LiveSailDie.com
Photos just in from ETNZ team photographer Chris Cameron sees the Kiwis in the practice race ahead of the penultimate Act 7 of the Extreme Sailing ...

Sail World
2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami Notice of Race Released
US SAILING (press release)
US Sailing's premier event – the ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami – is set to return to Miami, Fla. for top-level Olympic and Paralympic class racing. The Notice of Race for ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, scheduled for January 25-31, 2015, has been released.
Notice of Race
Nation Flag Specifications
On-line entry will open on November 10, 2014 at mocr.ussailing.org. The deadline for priority entries with regards to quotas is December 5, 2014. Entries must be received no later than January 5, 2015 to qualify for early entry.- See more at: ussailing.org

SAILING: Elis continue to dominate the seas
Yale Daily News (blog)
Over the weekend, the No. 1 coed sailing team split up over three events, displaying their talents across the Northeast. Two Elis qualified for the ISCA ...


Channel News Asia
Asian Games: Sailors claim Singapore's 5th gold medal
Channel News Asia
The five male sailors joined the three women who won gold for Singapore on Tuesday, with Jodie Lai in the Women's Optimist and Kimberly Lim and ...
Asian Games: J80 sailors win third gold for Singapore after beating South Korea 2-0 in final - The Straits Times


The New Indian Express
Proving Medal: Sailing in Uncharted Waters
The New Indian Express
INCHEON: One member of this sailing pair is 16 and the other 18. They may just be teenagers, but their achievement is historic. Chennai gave India a ...

Scuttlebutt Sailing News
David Kellet recognized for outstanding voluntary
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Throughout his time within ISAF Kellett filled many roles around the Olympic SailingCompetition. For Sydney 2000 he was a Member of the 2000 ...

Santander 2014: What's The Big Deal?
Tyler
Santander 2014 just wrapped up last week. The score are in, the winners have been placed and all the boats are put away. Many sailors might be ...

Barcelona World Race Ocean Campus
Universitat de Barcelona
Acadèmic. The Barcelona Foundation for Ocean Sailing (FNOB) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have presented the Barcelona World Race ...

Winona Post
Winonan Taff Roberts
Winona Post
Taff Roberts had a cold summer. The Welsh-born Winonan sailed north of Newfoundland, north of Hudson Bay, and north of the Arctic Circle into a ...

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LIVE: Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, Istanbul, Saturday Video

LIVE Istanbul: Day Three - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 -

Saturday, Sept 13, 2014, 9:30 am EDT (US)
LIVE: Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, Istanbul, Saturday Video above
Extreme Sailing Series, Act 6, Istanbul RESULTS
Friday Replay video

3D LIVE Istanbul: Day Three - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, 8 am EDT (US)

Day of the underdogs as Oman Air and GAC Pindar prove themselves a force to be reckoned with » Extreme Sailing Series: Friday - 12th Sept. 2014 - Day two at the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6 in Istanbul without doubt went to the two Oman Sail teams, with Oman Air clocking up more points then any other boat on the water to climb a massive four places on the leaderboard, and finish the day in third....


Auckland stuff.co.nz
Oman teams rule the day at Extreme Sailing Series
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Istanbul, Turkey (September 12, 2014) – Day two at the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6 in Istanbul without doubt went to the two Oman Sail teams, with ...
Alinghi & Groupama sailing team back on the water and raring to race after a night in the pitlane - Extreme Sailing Series


The Independent
Extreme Sailing Series: Leigh McMillan and Sarah Ayton 'want to do the simple things well'
The Independent
It's always tight at the top for Leigh McMillan and the British Olympian, defending his Extreme Sailing Series title in The Wave, Muscat in Istanbul, once ...


Sail World
Light winds for Lasers at ISAF Sailing Worlds
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Santander, Spain (September 12, 2014) – The thick fog that covered the harbour at the start of the day soon burnt off and gave way to a light 5 to 7 ...


Stonehill.edu
Best Book - Shai Simonson - "Sailing Alone Around the World"
Stonehill.edu
One such book, not as well known as Scott's attempt at the South Pole or Shackleton's famous adventure, is Joshua Slocum's Sailing Alone Around ...

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Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, LIVE from Cardiff, Final Day

LIVE Cardiff: Day Four - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 -
Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, LIVE from Cardiff, Day Four, LIVE 10:30 am EDT (US)

3D LIVE Cardiff: Day Four - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 -
9 am EDT (US), August 25

Small breeze & big tactics takes The Wave, Muscat into pole position ahead of final Cardiff showdown » Extreme Sailing Series:What a difference a day makes. If Saturday’s Extreme 40 racing on Cardiff Bay was all about power, Sunday was about tactics and finesse, with light breeze dancing across the bay, at Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ presented by Land Rover. Just five points scoring races were added to the tally – but five all important leaderboard changing races - with the pressure piling on the teams to lay down a strong performance ahead of Monday's final day. One team with huge pressure on their shoulders in Cardiff is The Wave, Muscat, who need an Act win here to keep in touch with the top of the overall Series leaderboard and skipper Leigh McMillan more than rose to the challenge, adding 33 points to their score to overhaul Alinghi, and lead the pack for the first time, heading into today's racing.

Extreme Sailing Series Results: Cardiff
RANK TEAM ∑

1 The Wave, Muscat 172
2 Alinghi 165
3 J.P. Morgan BAR 158
4 Realteam by Realstone 138
5 SAP Extreme Sailing Team 135
6 Oman Air 129
7 Red Bull Sailing Team 126
8 Emirates Team New Zealand 110
9 GAC Pindar 106
10 Gazprom Team Russia 105
11 Groupama sailing team 99

Extreme Sailing Series Sunday Replay

BBC News
Extreme sailing series returns to Cardiff Bay
BBC News
Cardiff Bay plays host to some of the world's best sailors as the Extreme Sailing Series returns to the Welsh capital for a third consecutive year.
A different day at Extreme Sailing Series - Scuttlebutt Sailing News


TODAYonline
Youth Olympics: Team Singapore strikes first golds in sailing
The Straits Times
Singapore's Bernie Chin took the gold in the Men's Byte CII sailing event at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games on Aug 24, 2014. -- PHOTO: XINHUA.
Sailors win Singapore's first golds at YOG 2014 - Channel News Asia
Double Youth Olympic Gold For Singapore's Byte CII Sailors - International Sailing Federation


Sail World
IFDS Disabled Sailing World Champs – Securing Berths
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Halifax, Nova Scotia (August 24, 2014) – The 2014 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship has come to a close, and the United States has ...

Norwich group's sailing club builds teamwork
CT Post
For Kimberly Miller, 53, of Norwich, learning to sail aboard the Interim did more than prove she has a steady hand with the telltale lines. It taught her ...

Utah Lake home to community of sailors
Daily Herald
When talking about great places to sail, Utah doesn't usually come to mind. Surprisingly, good sailing is to be had in the Beehive State and one of the ...

Morvan wins Detroit Cup
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Detroit, MI (August 24, 2014) – In masterful display of (nearly) error-free match race sailing, Pierre-Antoine Morvan and his Vannes Agglo Sailing ...

Tributes to former school sailing master
Banbury Guardian
Douglas Perrin, 66, who worked at Bloxham School between 2003-2009 teaching Politics, History and English as a Foreign Language, was sailing off ...


Reuters
Rain and breeze for final day at Youth Games
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Nanjing, China (August 24, 2014) – After three frustrating days for the 101 sailors from 62 nations, the rain and wind is a welcome change from the ...

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LIVE Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 - Cardiff Day Three Video

LIVE Cardiff: Day Three - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 -

LIVE Sunday, August 24 - LIVE Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 - Cardiff Day Three Video, 10:30 AM EDT (US)


9 am EDT (US) Sunday, August 24

Extreme Sailing Series Day 2- Saturday Replay

Extreme Sailing Series Results

Big breeze in Cardiff reshuffles the leaderboard » Extreme Sailing Series: Saturday - "The grudge match on Cardiff Bay continued today, where there was no quarter given and no margin for error as a colossal 10 races were sailed, plus a knock out round at Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ presented by Land Rover. With an average of 10 knots of breeze and gusts up to 18 knots rolling across the course, the fleet tore around the tight track travelling at up to 24 knots, and Morgan Larson and Alinghi kept it cool under the pressure, with two race wins enough to elevate themselves to the top of the leaderboard - despite missing out on the gold final in the knock out round...." (read more at link above)

Extreme Sailing Series CARDIFF Results:
RANK TEAM ∑

1 Alinghi 141
2 The Wave, Muscat 139
3 J.P. Morgan BAR 131
4 SAP Extreme Sailing Team 120
5 Realteam by Realstone 113
6 Oman Air 106
7 Red Bull Sailing Team 91
8 Gazprom Team Russia 87
9 Emirates Team New Zealand 75
10 GAC Pindar 67
11 Groupama sailing team 33
(source: extremesailingseries.com)


Telegraph.co.uk
Sir Ben Ainslie storms up the leaderboard as Extreme Sailing hits Cardiff
Telegraph.co.uk
Sir Ben Ainslie enjoyed his return to competitive sailing in Britain by skippering his boat to victory on the first day of the Extreme 40 Sailing Series in ...
Extreme sailing series returns to Cardiff Bay - BBC News
Big breeze shuffles standings at Extreme Sailing Series - Scuttlebutt Sailing News


US SAILING (press release)
2014 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship, Day 4
US SAILING (press release)
Halifax, Nova Scotia – Day 4 of the 2014 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship was a challenging one for race officials at Paralympic sailing's ...

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Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, Programme Two, Muscat, Oman (video)

Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, Programme Two, Muscat, Oman (video above)
Programme two of the official 2014 TV series comes to you from the stunning Muscat, Oman, where the 11-strong Extreme 40 fleet raced from the 19-22 March. The Arabian waters threw very different challenges at the teams over four days, testing their skills and tactical ability, and after 29 races, it came down to a big breeze, final race shoot out for the winner to be decided. Watch the highlights from a spectacular Act. Next up: Land Rover Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 3 Qingdao, for the 'Double Star Mingren' Cup, 1-4 May

Extreme Sailing Series returns to 2008 Olympic venue
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
China's host city for the 2008 Olympic sailing regatta holds plenty of proud memories for the fleet, with Brits Paul Goodison, Pippa Wilson, Sarah Ayton ...

Washington College Sailing Qualifies for ICSA/Gill Co-Ed National Championship
WashingtonCollegeSports.com
KINGS POINT, N.Y. -- The Washington College sailing team has qualified for the first round of the ICSA/Gill Co-Ed National Championship for the sixth ...

Go sailing at the RI Boat Show
Providence Eyewitness News
The Rhode Island Boat Show returns to Providence in May. And whether you're a boating expert or just want to learn more about how to stretch your ...

NOAA ships set sail for 2014 hydrographic survey season
Boating Industry
OAA ships, small boats, and hydrographic services contractors have their sailing orders to survey more than 2,000 square nautical miles in U.S. ...

Peninsula Petroleum rallies to win RC44 Cascais Cup
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
“I feel sorry for the Nika team – they sailed great all week. I know how it feels to be one race away, but I am really proud of my guys and the way they ...

Hungary, Denmark win 2014 World Byte CII Championships
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Riva del Garda Trento, Italy (April 27, 2014) – Jonatan Vadnai of Hungary won the 2014 World Byte CII Championships, the boat selected for sailing in ...

Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club wins the Jackson Cup Team Race
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
“We are very fortunate to sail in such a great event and it came down to the last race so we have to thank the New York Yacht Club team for giving us ...

Sailors in Camellia Cup regatta race for time on Folsom Lake
Sacramento Bee
Sailboats on Folsom Lake on Sunday were not only competing for the coveted Camellia Cup but also racing for time on the water this summer.

Clipper Race: Light and variable winds hamper progress to Panama
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
(April 28, 2014) – With less than a hundred miles now separating the entire Clipper Race fleet, Jamaica Get All Right's gamble to head further east is ...

Why we need to keep Rule 16.2 in the Racing Rules of Sailing
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
16.2 In addition, when after the starting signal a port-tack boat is keeping clear by sailingto pass astern of a starboard-tack boat, the starboard-tack ...

Missing yacht's skipper 'not a communicator' | Stuff.co.nz: "The skipper of the a missing yacht has been described as headstrong and did his own thing. Bluff Marine Radio operator Meri Leask, who may have been the last person to have contact with the skipper of the 7.5-metre Munetra on April 16, said he ''was not a communicator''. The skipper sailing with two females, believed to be foreign tourists, also only had a hand held radio when he left Bluff in rough conditions, she said. The Munetra left Bluff headed for Preservation Inlet at the southwest of the South Island and has not been spotted or heard from since its departure...."

Sailboat runs aground at Catalina Island, 2 injured: "Two people on a sailboat suffered minor injuries, and a third escaped injury, as their vessel ran aground today at Catalina Island. The sailboat ran into rocks off Isthmus Cove, near the settlement of Two Harbors, about 12 miles northwest of Avalon and 27 miles south of Long Beach."

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LIVE Singapore Day Four, Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014

LIVE Singapore: Day Four - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 - Scheduled for Feb 23, 2014
(sailing video above) Extreme Sailing Series results and standings here.

Groupama sailing team and Team Aberdeen Singapore in major crash as Alinghi dominate the racing » Extreme Sailing Series:  Biggest gust of the day sees Team Aberdeen Singapore plough into the back of Groupama sailing team – full video sequence (video here) - Alinghi dominates the racing in a way rarely seen on this event, but The Wave, Muscat win half the days races, chasing them hard in second. - Groupama and Team Aberdeen Singapore expecting to be back on the racetrack Sunday

Sailing a tall ship across Lake Superior
Dallas Morning News
The sailing trip my wife and I took last July across Lake Superior, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, to Duluth during its Tall Ships Festival, began last January when I discovered a buried email from an old contact at the Pride of Baltimore II. The ...

Sailing for the perfect Europe
InCyprus
The Slovenian owner of a Cypriot-registered sailing boat carrying the message of a successful and united Europe around the world wants Cypriots to only look ahead. "Leave the past behind, only look ahead, look to the future and connect so that you ...

Top three boats have all to play for at Farr 40 Nationals
My Sailing
Here not all. There's all to play for the top three boats, us, Estate Master and Voodoo Chile,” said Slingsby. “The team is sailing well. It's a bit of snakes and ladders and a bit of luck. We are trying to do the small things right. As tactician you ...

Sail Solomons Instructors Awarded “Outstanding Instructors for 2013”
Southern Maryland News Net
Sail Solomons co-owners and instructors Andy Batchelor and Lisa Batchelor Frailey were each named “Outstanding Instructor for 2013” by the American Sailing Association (ASA). The award recognizes the top 1% of over 2000 ASA sailing instructors ...

Fleet splits as Clipper boats head north to the South China Sea
My Sailing
After consulting Team Garmin's navigator we agreed to tack north with the first boats rather than continue sailing east as there was a chance we could sail through the lee of an island. As we are already struggling to match the other boats for speed we ...

Japanese sailing legend Masayuki Ishii dies aged 82
Sail World
He became internationally acclaimed as a Judge and Umpire of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF ) and served on the International Jury at the 1992 Olympic Games and countless major regattas and World Championships of many classes, including ...

Haylee Outteridge and Alex South discuss the challenge of the Extreme Series
My Sailing
A couple of these guys have been sailing together for 20 years or so!" We were standing watching the 49er FX exhibition race. "There's a real difference in being skipper and being crew. You really focus on your job as everything moves very quickly. You ...

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LIVE Singapore Day Three, Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014

LIVE Singapore: Day Three - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 - Scheduled for Feb 22, 2014
(sailing video above) Extreme Sailing Series results and standings here.

Shuffling the pack ahead of the penultimate days racing at the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Singapore » Extreme Sailing Series: "Alinghi stamp their dominance, taking the lead after two days on the Marina Bay Stadium – despite narrowly avoiding a capsize! - The fleet battle a huge wind range with gusts up to 24 knots funneling through the surrounding skyscrapers and across the race track. - A night in the pitlane for Realstone and Oman Air after a huge collision leaves both boats bruised.  - Groupama sailing team win the Aberdeen Challenge Trophy...."

SAILING: Willis joins Patience for 470 glory bid
Dorset Echo
The 30-year-old Willis, who won the 470 World Championships in 2006 and 2008 with former helm Nic Asher, had been sailing with two-time Olympic silver medallist Nick Rogers during the 2013 season up until the World Championships in August.

Hobart ups the ante at Farr 40 Nationals and damage occurs
My Sailing
On competing at a home fixture Hunn says they are enjoying hosting and sailing against the top teams on local waters. Other than tactician David Chapman and bowman Wulf Wilkens, both from Sydney, the entire crew was born or lives in the Tasmanian ...

European sailors gaze longingly south at Les Voiles de St Bath
My Sailing
With winter storms continuing to batter the coast of Europe, the Caribbean sailing season is already well underway in the warmth of the trade winds with the first regattas taking place in Antigua, Barbados and Grenada. Many of the regular competitors ...

Le Mans start gets Clipper boats underway for the next leg from Singapore to ...
My Sailing
The Clipper race to China's Olympic sailing city is one of contrasts. The fleet is still suffering with steamy temperatures, fairly calm seas and light winds, but once it reaches Taiwanese waters it can expect the winds to increase to 30 to 40 knots ...

Sailing the seas in a luxury submarine
Telegraph.co.uk
Could it be that luxury travellers are tiring of the reliably lavish but occasionally homogenous experiences provided by the world's best grande dame hotels? Offering truly distinct experiences, an increasing number of entirely unique hotel rooms have ...

Australians with repair work to do after tough opening day at Extreme Series
My Sailing
The opening Act of the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series began today in Singapore under the gaze of the cities soaring skyscrapers, where eight races produced six different winners. The Swiss flagged Realtstone were the form team, executing a consistent ...

Extreme Sailing Series 2014 in Singapore. This is not a rehearsal.
Sail World
Today produced the opening strokes of the Extreme Sailing Series 2014, the original stadium-racing-high-adrenaline-right-in-front-of-the-crowd sailing event that started back in 2007. Sure, Singapore is never going to turn out the sort of crowds that ...

British team at the America's Cup: smooth sailing?
CNBC.com
Much has been said of Olympic sailing gold medalist Sir Ben Ainslie's ambitions for the America's Cup and his plan to raise $100 million for a team at the world's most prestigioussailing event – but is a British team at the America's Cup a realistic ...

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LIVE Singapore Day Two, Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014

LIVE Singapore: Day Two - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 - Scheduled for Feb 21, 2014 (sailing video above) Extreme Sailing Series results and standings here.

Realstone throw down the gauntlet on Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 opening day » Extreme Sailing Series: "The first eight races of the 2014 season complete – with up to 250 more planned this year. - GAC Pindar finish the day bruised – but not out – with a night of repairs in the pitlane ahead....."

Sailing-Ainslie sets British course for America's Cup | Reuters: "Sailing legend Ben Ainslie has his sights on a British victory at the next America's Cup but is keeping his skills sharp and putting some new crew members to the test at the start of this year's Extreme Sailing Series in Singapore. A four-time Olympic gold medalist and an America's Cup winner last year with Oracle Team USA, Ainslie told Reuters on Thursday that the tight circuits of "stadium racing" present tough challenges for sailors of the high-speed catamarans...."

Training begins this week for the 35th America's Cup
Scuttlebutt Sailing News: "The 2014 Extreme Sailing Series will celebrate its eighth year on the international sailing calendar, with twelve elite teams putting it on the line this week as the circuit gets underway in Singapore. The season has gotten extra attention this year, as with details still getting sorted out for the 35th America’s Cup, several aspiring challengers are directing their training to the Extreme 40 racing. Among the field in Singapore are… Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) – Skipper/Helm: Dean Barker (NZL) GAC Pindar (AUS) – Skipper/Helm: Seve Jarvin (AUS) Groupama Team France (FRA) – Skipper/Helm: Franck Cammas (FRA) J.P. Morgan BAR (GBR) – Skipper/Helm: Ben Ainslie (GBR) . . ."

Sailing: 2014 Extreme Sailing Series returns to Singapore
Channel News Asia
With more boats competing in this year's edition, the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series got off to a challenging start within the extreme confines of Marina Bay on Thursday. PHOTOS. The 2014 Extreme Sailing Series got off to a challenging start on Thursday ...

Extreme Sailing Series: Underdogs on top in Singapore
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
(February20, 2014) – The much-anticipated opening Act of the 2014 Extreme SailingSeries™ began today in Singapore under the gaze of the cities soaring skyscrapers, where eight races produced six different winners. The Swiss flagged Realtstone were ...

Hobart ups the ante at Farr 40 Nationals and damage occurs
My Sailing
On competing at a home fixture Hunn says they are enjoying hosting and sailing against the top teams on local waters. Other than tactician David Chapman and bowman Wulf Wilkens, both from Sydney, the entire crew was born or lives in the Tasmanian ...

Sail fest in Tanauan
BusinessWorld Online Edition
SAILS WILL fill the waters of Taal Lake as the City of Tanauan and Taal Lake Yacht Club (TLYC) hold the Tanauan Sailing Festival on Feb. 22-23. Dubbed by Lonely Planet as the country's “sailing mecca” for its ideal winds all-year long, the inland body ...

Le Mans start gets Clipper boats underway for the next leg from Singapore to ...
My Sailing
The Clipper race to China's Olympic sailing city is one of contrasts. The fleet is still suffering with steamy temperatures, fairly calm seas and light winds, but once it reaches Taiwanese waters it can expect the winds to increase to 30 to 40 knots ...

Set sail in Pittwater Sail Expo to win boating holiday
My Sailing
Together with Club Marine, the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club situated on Sydney's northern beaches will host the third annual Club Marine Pittwater Sail Expo over the weekend of 22 & 23 March, featuring over 40 exhibitors supplying goods and services ...

Dubai Sailing News
Live Trading News
Overall series leaders, EFG Bank (Monaco), skippered by Sidney Gavignet won Leg 4 of the EFG Sailing Arabia — The Tour 2014, from Dubai to Ras Al Khaimah yesterday, despite being one of two teams over the line at the start. However, it didn't take too ...

Oracle America's Cup team to train on Sydney Harbour | The Australian: "AUSTRALIANS will get a taste of the spectacular America's Cup sailing competition next month as reigning champions Oracle Team USA train with newly formed Team Australia on Sydney Harbour. And there's a slim chance the city could even end up hosting the next America's Cup - with the current venue for 35th edition of the Auld Mug still very much up in the air."

Fairhaven crew aids in Coast Guard rescue of storm-battered sailboat | Local News | The Bellingham Herald: "... At about 6:30 p.m., the crew of the Fairhaven-based Coast Guard Cutter Terrapin heard a distress call from a sailboat that was taking on water about 5 miles from shore. The 34-foot sailboat's sails wouldn't come down, and the boat was being battered by waves up to 5 feet high and 40 mph winds. A father and his two young sons were on board, as well as two other men, and the boat wasn't going to make it to shore. Cann and Petty Officer 2nd Class Cameron Ostman got into an inflatable Zodiac and headed out to the sailboat. When it was clear that conditions were too poor to tow the boat to shore, the Coast Guard decided to get the people off the boat before the waves took it down...."

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