Sailing News: Rolex Fastnet Race 2015, Olympic Sailing Test Event

Rolex Fastnet Race 2015

Rolex Fastnet Race 2015: "Giant crowds packed the Cowes and Western Solent shoreline this afternoon as a record-sized fleet of 356 set off on the 90th anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. With a complete lack of wind in the central Solent, the boats ghosted across the start line starting their 600 miles voyage to the Fastnet Rock and on to Plymouth with a whimper...."
more info:

• JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: Rolex Fastnet Race Starts Sunday, August 16th, LIVE Coverage
• Fleet Tracking: http://www.rolexfastnetrace.com/Tracking-Full-Page-Hidden/2015-fleet-tracking-race-player.html
• Race Website: rolexfastnetrace.com

Other Sailing NEWS:
Aquece Rio International Sailing Regatta, 15-22 Aug 2015 Marina da Gloria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:

US SAILING (press release)
Olympic Test Event 2015 (Sailing): USA Starts Strong In Laser, Radial
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Light air greeted 339 sailors from 52 nations during the first day of racing at the Aquece Rio International Sailing Regatta 2015 ...
World sailing no plans for viral tests at Rio Olympic waters - Washington Times
Rio Hosts Another 2016 Olympic Sailing Test Event on Bay - The Rio Times


Forbes
The Corsica Classic Sailing Regatta Returns to the Mediterranean in Grand Fashion
The YCF will be giving a very special Prize at the closing ceremony to the most FairplaySailing Yacht. Created in 1867 by Napoleon III, the highest ...


CapitalGazette.com
Short Tacks: Annapolis Yacht Club will be first stop on America's Cup Trophy tour
The SpinSheet Junior Sailing Trophy will be presented to the top boats that qualify for the special category. Boats 25 feet or less in length must have at ...

Kotoun dominating Moth US Nationals
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Launched in 1997, Scuttlebutt provides sailing news with a North American focus. Look for the latest information to be posted on the website, with the ...


3News NZ
Kiwi Maloney sixth at Rio sailing event
Andy Maloney is sixth in the Laser class after being the first New Zealand sailor on the water at the Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro. Maloney was ...

Chester Punches Above its Weight with 2015 Race Week
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Ken Legler, head sailing coach, Tufts University, Florida, and race official, Alpha Course, said that overall, there was a tremendous variety of courses ...

Aquece Rio – Int'l Sailing Regatta - Light breeze the opening test
Sail World
The four Olympic events on show on the opening day of the Aquece Rio – InternationalSailing Regatta faced a light wind test across two racing areas ...


Muscat Daily
FEATURE-Riding the waves on a futuristic trampoline
Eurosport.com AU
The multihull flagship yacht of the Sultanate of Oman's fleet, part of an ambitious sailingprogramme designed to restore the country's maritime ...

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Rio de Janeiro Olympic Test Event, Aquece Rio - International Regatta 2014 videos

The Australian Sailing Team won 4 medals at the first Rio de Janeiro Olympic Test Event Aquece Rio - International Regatta 2014 and finished the the week-long regatta as the best performed nation. Mat Belcher & Will Ryan won Gold in the Men's 470 and Tom Burton in the Laser. Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen won Silver in the 49er Class and Darren Bundock & Nina Curtis in the Nacra 17. Olivia Price & Eliza Solly came 4th in the 49er FX. Hear from our Team about their regatta and their learnings about Rio, Brazil and Guanabara Bay - the 2016 Olympic & Paralympic Sailing Venue. Go Aussies - Well done all! Aug 9, 2014



Officials Call Sailing Test in Rio a Success - NYTimes.com: "Organizers of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro said a sailing competition that was the first test event for the Games was “a great success.” The organizers said all objectives were “successfully reached” in the seven-day event, which ended Saturday. Nearly 330 athletes from 35 countries participated in the regatta, the biggest ever held in Brazil...."

International Sailing Regatta 2014 | Aquece Rio RESULTS: "Results dated daily, the results present an overview and each athlete's current position: MEN-  49er; Laser; 470 M; RS:X M; Finn | WOMEN-  49er FX; Laser Radial; 470 W; RS:X W; MIXED NACRA;"(for all results go to link above)

Rio de Janeiro Olympic Test Event: Final Report | US Sailing: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – The Aquece Rio International Sailing Regatta (Olympic Test Event) concluded on Saturday with US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider athletes finishing in the top 10 in 5 of 10 classes. “We came here with 25 athletes to learn as much as we can about the Rio sailing venue and Guanabara Bay,” said Josh Adams, Managing Director of US Olympic Sailing. “It was a great week of sailing and racing. US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider athletes performed well, and learned a lot about the sailing venue where we’ll be sailing in the Olympic Games in 2 years.”....“Everyone involved in this event is impressed by the variety that Rio delivers, from the big-swell ocean courses to the inside courses on Guanabara Bay which are flat, tactical and feature a lot of current. I think it puts [the idea] in the minds of all US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider athletes that they need to be well-rounded, that they have to go home and train in all conditions, and spend as much time in Rio as [they] can before The [Olympic] Games.”.... For the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider’s Olympic-class athletes, the focus now shifts to the ISAF World Championships in Santander, Spain (September 8-21). A performance peak event for American sailors, the ISAF Worlds brings together the world championship regattas of all ten Olympic classes into a single event. Half of the available qualification spots for the 2016 Olympic Games will be awarded at this event.

U.S. Youth Sailing Championships 2014 Preview | US Sailing: "The US Sailing National Championship tour of Michigan continues this week with the U.S. Youth Championships, hosted by Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. The U.S. Youth Championships is the pinnacle youth sailing event for young women and men up to 19. Over 150 sailors representing five classes will race on Lake St. Clair beginning Monday, August 11 through Thursday, August 14."

U.S. Youth Championship | US Sailing: "The premier youth sailing event in the United States, entry to the U.S. Youth Sailing Championship is by resume only. Applications open in January each year and close in March.  With no fixed fleet sizes, selection is based on choosing the top youth sailors in the country. The 2015 U.S. Youth Championship will be the qualifier for the 2015 ISAF youth worlds."
Events: •    Doublehanded Dinghy – Club 420 •    Doublehanded Dinghy – International 420 •    Doublehanded Skiff – 29er •    Singlehanded Dinghy – Laser Radial •    Singlehanded Dinghy – Laser

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Cowes Week Sailing News and Videos

Cowes week Timelapse Aug 4, 2014 -





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Cowes Week NEWS

Telegraph.co.uk
Cowes controversy as owners protest to committee over changes to race course finishing line
Telegraph.co.uk Aug4,2014
A postponement in many of the small boat classes at Aberdeen Asset ManagementCowes Week due to lack of breeze created confusion and chaos ...

 Centenary of the start of the First World War
Isle of Wight County Press
Cowes Week abandoned, Needles passage closed and prisoners dig trenches — the Wight at War
Isle of Wight County Press
Cowes Week was abandoned, visitors left in large droves, and families waved-off loved ones at railway stations across the Island. "The men were ...


Daily Echo
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is off to a perfect start
Daily Echo
The 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week got off to a smooth start at the weekend as thousands of sailing fans descended on the Isle of ...

Musandam gears up for Cowes
Oman Daily Observer
MUSCAT — The crew of the Omani sailboat Musandam of Oman Sail project is preparing to take part in the UKCowes Week, starting with the 8th ...

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014 - Day two round-up
Sail World
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014 - Family Day at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week provided another great day of racing ...


Island Echo
DUKE VISITS COWES WEEK
Island Echo
The Duke of Edinburgh has visited Cowes Week over the past two days, meeting a variety of businesses and interacting with ...


GossipCenter.com
Pippa Middleton is a Sailing Beauty
... during Aberdeen Asset Management's Cowes Week in the Isle of Wight. ... Pippa Middleton sailing with UKSA sailors during Cowes Week in Cowes, ...

Cowes Week: sailing's profile is finally growing - Telegraph: "... The RYA, the governing body for sailing in the UK, has recorded an increase from 1.1 million people sailing in 2012 to 1.3 million last year. “The profile of the sport is growing – it’s never going to be tennis or football, but Ben Ainslie is now a personality being talked about in a more mainstream way,” says RYA spokesman Louise Nicholls..."

Sailing NEWS

BBC News
Mixed feelings about sailing in polluted Rio bay
Businessweek
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Josh Adams expressed slightly mixed feelings about sailing in polluted Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing in the 2016 ...


Bellingham Herald
Sailing around the world: Whatcom couple attempts feat to raise global warming awareness
Bellingham Herald
As the beginning of her retirement neared, Virginia, 67, and her husband Jerry, 56, decided they were going to sail around the world with the Blue ...


Sky News Australia
Sailing: No wind and no racing in Rio on day two
Voxy
It was hot and calm in Rio, Brazil today, and no racing was possible at the Olympic SailingTest Event (Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta ...

It's all fans on deck (or dock) for sailing races in Annapolis
Baltimore Sun
What began as "beer can races" — just a casual event to break up the week — has become serious business for the sailors, as well as for City Dock ...


International Sailing Federation
Light winds cause postponement at Rio test event
My Sailing
Unfortunately, for the 324 sailors from 34 countries it was not perfect conditions for sailboat racing at the Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta ...


Sail World
YCCS gets ready for September Rolex regattas
My Sailing
The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (31 August - 6September) and the Rolex Swan Cup (8 - 14 September) will see thousands of sailors from around the globe ...

PC's Reiss reflects on sailing summer, future
The News Herald
An accident in Spain in March not only sidelined his sailing partner but also may have derailed his dream of competing in the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

Ideal conditions for first day of Copa del Rey in Palma
My Sailing
The wind arrived on time for its appointment at the Bay of Palma, and the fleet was able to fulfil the programsailing two races in its debut in the 33rd ...

Record fleeet starts on Monday at 2014 ORC Worlds
Valencia Sailing
Posted on 04 August 2014 by Valencia Sailing. [Source: ORC] At 10:55am on Monday 4 August, the first Warning signals will sound for the first race on ...

​Meet The 29-Year-Old Woman Sailing Around The World Solo: ".... Have you been in any big storms? ER: Nothing devastating, that perfect storm hasn't hit me yet. But, there have been storms where the waves have been taller than my mast, which is 45 feet. I guess that's fairly bad weather. You just have to get through them. They can last for seven or eight days, you wake up and think, "Surely the rain will stop today." But, it just keeps raining and stays grey and that can have a huge impact on my mood. My mental well-being is very connected to the physical world in that sense. I wear a harness when the weather turns really nasty..." (read more at link above)

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