GC32 Racing Tour 2017 - It's a wrap! (video)

GC32 Racing Tour 2017 - It's a wrap!

GC32 Racing Tour video above published Nov 17, 2017: A look back at the 2017 GC32 Racing Tour season: Five wonderful venues, 13 teams racing with us across the season and some of the most amazing sailing action between the fast, flying GC32 one designs. Watch and enjoy. #bestfoilingexperience #gc32racingtour #gc32

Great news! The #GC32 has received @worldsailing Class Association status - official endorsement for what is now the leading one design foiling #catamaran class. #gc32racingtour pic.twitter.com/4EcBAmrj62

— GC32 Racing Tour (@GC32RacingTour) November 13, 2017

Yes, it's that day again. Just now, the new featured team on our IG Stories aired. Today it's our first argentinian owner-driven team Código Rojo GC32 Racing Team
visit our IG channel on your mobile device to see their best pics.
photo JRenedo #gc32racingtour #codigorojoracin pic.twitter.com/XNuBEQMo9H

— GC32 Racing Tour (@GC32RacingTour) November 15, 2017

Congrats to 2017 #gc32racing Tour winner @realteamsailing, Zoulou 1st @MarOneDesign
+ 1st owner-driver Mamma Aiuto! https://t.co/jnDiZOt6IG pic.twitter.com/mdRK9J29En

— GC32 Racing Tour (@GC32RacingTour) October 15, 2017

more info: gc32racingtour.com

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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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The Foiling Tack Explained, Flying the Course, Sailing Videos

SoftBank Team Japan: The Foiling Tack Explained:

“We know now that it’s achievable and it's a real game changer”, said Skipper and CEO Dean Barker. “We think most of the teams know we did it so the race is on now. The trick with the foil gybe was learning the different settings and techniques for different wind conditions and that’s going to be the same with the tacking.” Published Aug 25, 2016

Flying the course a game changer:

Now it can be told! The foiling tack is a game-changer. SoftBank Team Japan​ and then ORACLE TEAM USA, started foil-tacking upwind back in April. Earlier this summer, ORACLE TEAM USA, added the move to its repertoire when sailing in full manual-mode, and now the race is on to get around the race course without coming down off the foils. Published Aug 26, 2016

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Foiling: Duchess of Cambridge Takes Flight on the Solent, Sailing Videos

The Duchess of Cambridge takes flight on the Solent:

There’s a new crew member in town The Duchess of Cambridge learns the ropes from Ben Ainslie onboard T1. Published May 25, 2016

ETNZ: First day flying back on Auckland harbour:

It was the first day of Emirates Team New Zealand's on-water testing program, and the first day back out flying around Auckland harbour. Published on Dec 10, 2015

Sailing news from around the world: 
Meet the adorable hen sailing around the world with her best friend
Telegraph.co.uk
If you're going to spend years sailing around the world, it's probably a good idea to have a comrade to keep you company. A French explorer picked ...
Monique, the hen who is sailing around the world - BBC News

Windy and racing: Sailing, America's Cup World Series Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
What Outteridge called a “good sailing community'' certainly showed up in force. Once again thousands lined the east end of Navy Pier to watch ...
Sailing-Sweden's Artemis Racing the top boat in Chicago - Reuters
Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series Chicago: Artemis Racing's Super Sunday - Sailing World

Watch medal race highlights from the Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland
Telegraph.co.uk
Watch highlights of the medal races from the Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland, where a number of the British Sailing team battled their way ...
Giles Scott and Ben Saxton victorious at Sailing World Cup - Cambridge News
Tom Burton wins Bronze at Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland - Sail World (press release)

The Big Easy
Sailing World
A wide-eyed high school sailor leaves the New Orleans sailing scene ... The sailors from Moses Brown in Providence, R.I. get away for a Big Easy ...

NESS's new sailing center opens Wednesday
The Westerly Sun
STONINGTON — When Spike Lobdell founded New England Science and Sailing (NESS) in 2002, his vision was to use the nonprofit to provide water ...

US Sailing and The Moorings Announce Sponsorship Extension
US SAILING (press release)
US Sailing, the national governing body of the sport, and The Moorings, the world's premier yacht ...

ISAF Sailing World Cup: Giles Scott among five British gold medal winners
BBC News
Four-time world champion Giles Scott won one of five British gold medals on Sunday at the final World Cup event before the Rio Olympic Games in ...

Midlothian teenagers take part in Clyde sailing voyage
MidLothian Advertiser
The weather was kind to the first-time sailors as they took on all the challenges of sailingthe 70ft yacht Alba Venturer. They learned to navigate and ...

Gold and Silver for NZL at 2016 Weymouth Sailing World Cup
New Zealand Herald
New Zealand has won gold and silver at Sailing World Cup Regatta with young crew Logan Dunning Beck and Jack Simpson taking the 49er victory ...
Kiwis win 49er gold in Weymouth - NZCity

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SkyWalk by Alex Thomson, Extreme Sailing, Flying, Foiling (videos)

HUGO BOSS | The SkyWalk by Alex Thomson | Extreme Sailing #skywalk:

Below: Incredible drone footage - Extreme Sailing Series goes flying, foiling:

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Foiling, Flying A Catamaran Sailboat, Oracle Team USA (videos)

What is foiling? - see video above -  Foiling Week 2015 at Lake Garda: a five day festival of foiling in superb conditions at Lake Garda. The weather really turned it on for three days of fast and furious foiling with an eclectic mix of foiling craft. More info: www.foilingweek.com


ORACLE TEAM USA flies (foiling) across the Great Sound during training in Bermuda. Published Jul 11, 2015


The Oracle Team USA answers questions at the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series in Gothenburg. Published on Sep 29, 2015

Argo Group Gold Cup 2015:

• JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: World Match Racing Tour, Argo Gold Cup 2015, Bermuda, Oct 7-11
• Results: Racing days from Wednesday October 7 to Sunday October 11, 2015 http://www.argogroupgoldcup.com/results
• Official websites: bermudagoldcup.com and www.wmrt.com

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