Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2016, The Spirit of Yachting Video

Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2016, The Spirit of Yachting:

The Rolex Spirit of Yachting film series present the Rolex Farr 40 World Championships 2016 — the action, highlights and memorable moments. This iconic regatta has captivated the yachting community since its inception in 1998. The 19th edition, held in Sydney, Australia, provided the perfect stage for close racing between evenly-matched, 40-foot monohull racing yachts, helmed by skilled and competitive owners. This year’s reward — the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship trophy and the Rolex Yacht-Master 40 watch — went to Alex Roeper’s crew on the US yacht Plenty for a second time. Published June 17, 2016

More info:

• 2016 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship on Yacht Scoring: 2016 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Kirribilli, NSW, Australia February 16-19, 2016
• 2016 Worlds | farr40worlds.com: "Plenty (Alex Roepers, USA) won the Rolex Farr 40 world championship on Sydney’s Manly offshore course today with clever, conservative sailing for a third and a second in the last two races while his two closest opponents fell out of contention with early errors..."

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Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2016, Sydney, Australia, Twitter Feed & Video

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2016 - John Calvert-Jones Day 1
Interviews for the John Calvert-Jones opening day of the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2016. Interviews with Jeff Carter of Edake, who is fourth overall and won race 3, Helmut and Evan Jahn from Flash Gordon 6 who won race 1, and are third overall (tied for second), Alex Roepers of Plenty who is leading overall, and Wolfgang Schaefer of Struntje Light who is in second overall. Published Feb 16, 2016

2016 Farr 40 Worlds: ""John Calvert-Jones Race Day" produces close competition for Rolex Farr 40 Worlds Day 1 The top six boats on the scoreboard are within five points after three close races and mixed fortunes in a fresh southerly off the Sydney coastline in the opening day of the Rolex Farr 40 world championship, hosted by Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Clear leader is Plenty (Alex Roepers, USA) with nine points from 5-2-2 placings followed by two boats on 13 points: Struntje Light (Wolfgang Schaeffer, Germany) 8-1-4 and Flash Gordon 6 (Helmut and Evan Jahn, USA) 1-7-5. Plenty wins John Clavert-Jones Race Day"

More information:

• farr40worlds.com
• Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron - Farr 40 World Championship
• 2016 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship on Yacht Scoring

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