Extreme Sailing Series 2014 Videos, Results, Alinghi Champion

Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 highlights video above.
Sydney, Australia hosted the grand final to the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series™ which has been one of the most competitive and exciting to date. Over 11 months of global touring, from Asia to the Middle East, Europe to Australia, the best in the sport went head to head in one of the toughest events in professional sailing - but this is a level playing field. With new teams joining the line up the expectations were huge, everyone had a point to make, and the stakes were high.


Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 8 Sydney presented by Land Rover in 90 seconds--Act 8 Sydney presented by Land Rover has delivered in spades for the final Act of the global tour, with the best racing of the year - and some of the most memorable in the Series' eight-year history. Watch a 90 second snap shot of the highlights above.


Olympic champion Nathan Wilmot and his team on GAC Pindar had their regatta cut short on the final day of racing in at Act 8 Sydney presented by Land Rover, following a collision with Realteam. The Aussie's were overtaking Realteam on the downwind leg and attempted to bear down in front of her as she passed, misjudged it and got their port rudder knocked off, leaving them without steering and no control of the boat. Watch the capsize above.

see also: Extreme Sailing Series 2014, Sydney Final Day Video Replay here

Extreme Sailing Series: Alinghi crowned 2014 (and Sydney) champion in the best day’s racing of the year--"It is mission accomplished for Ernesto Bertarelli’s Swiss team Alinghi, as Morgan Larson and the team grabbed victory with both hands at Act 8 Sydney, and with it the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series™ title – and Larson’s words say it all: “We’ve had an amazing season with an amazing team. To win the season and the Act on the last day in the conditions we had here in Sydney, which is the best sailing venue in the world, is a special moment that’s going to take a long time to sink in. The level of confidence that we have on our boat just made me realise I can win anything with these guys. This is the best feeling I’ve had all year and probably in the whole of my sailing career, so I’m going to cherish it.”... (read more at the link above)"

Extreme Sailing Series 2014 Overall: Regatta Rank
1 Alinghi
2 The Wave, Muscat
3 Realteam by Realstone
4 Emirates Team New Zealand
5 J.P. Morgan BAR
6 Red Bull Sailing Team
7 Oman Air
8 SAP Extreme Sailing Team
9 Gazprom Team Russia
10 Groupama
11 GAC Pindar
(more details at link above)

see also: JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: EXSS

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3D LIVE Extreme Sailing Series™ Istanbul; America's Cup Press Conference (videos)

3D LIVE Istanbul: Day One - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 -
3D LIVE Istanbul: Day One - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 (September 11)
More info: extremesailingseries.com

Extreme Sailing Series results overall before Act 6, Istanbul:
RANK  TEAM  ∑
1 Alinghi 47
2 The Wave, Muscat 45
3 Realteam by Realstone 34
4 Emirates Team New Zealand 33
5 J.P. Morgan BAR 25
6 Gazprom Team Russia 22
7 Red Bull Sailing Team 20
8 SAP Extreme Sailing Team 18
9 Oman Air 16
10 Groupama sailing team 15
11 GAC Pindar 5

A full replay of the 35th America's Cup Press Conference from London - 

Skippers from the six teams of the 35th America's Cup were introduced at a press conference in London on Tuesday, September 9th:
Nathan Outteridge, Artemis Racing;
Ben Ainslie, Ben Ainslie Racing;
Dean Barker, Emirates Team New Zealand
Max Sirena, Luna Rossa Challenge
Jimmy Spithill, ORACLE TEAM USA
Franck Cammas, Team France
also Dr. Harvey Schiller, Commercial Commissioner, 35th America’s Cup

Cup teams already plotting course to victory - 35th America's Cup: "... Speaking to a home audience, Ben Ainslie told the media his team would draw on a combination of youth and experience in building a British challenger. “We’re putting together a predominantly British sailing team, a mix of experience with guys who have been there and won the Cup a few times as well as some younger, homegrown talent that is coming through. If we were going racing tomorrow, I would be steering the boat, but that might not be the same answer in a few years time.”..."

Sir Ben Ainslie says 2017 America’s Cup could be the most competitive | Sport | The Guardian: "Sir Ben Ainslie claimed the 2017 America’s Cup could be the most competitive in history as the four-times Olympic sailing champion confirmed he intends to helm a team that is targeting a first British title. Last year Ainslie was part of a winning America’s Cup crew, playing a key role in the remarkable comeback of Oracle Team USA who overturned an 8-1 deficit over Emirates Team New Zealand to prevail 9-8 in San Francisco...."

Imperial researchers outline how businesses can learn from the America's Cup: "According to researchers from Imperial College Business School, the America’s Cup can provide businesses with ideas for developing technologies. It can also offer business leaders examples about how to improve their strategic and tactical decision making."

No criminal charges in America's Cup fatal capsize - ESPN: "... According to the report, Artemis Racing designer Adam May told a police officer after the accident on May 9, 2013, that the 72-foot catamaran had just performed a bear-away maneuver on San Francisco Bay "when the port side hull dug into the water and failed structurally. This hull failure caused the vessel to capsize and come to rest with the platform inverted." Simpson, a gold and silver Olympic medalist, suffered extensive trauma to his head and neck and drowned after being trapped underwater for about 10 minutes, according to the autopsy report. There were serious cuts and bruises to Simpson's head and neck, and foam inside his crash helmet "was irregularly separated consistent with being crushed," the report said. The cause of death was listed as "blunt trauma with drowning." "There were no criminal charges in this case. The investigation is closed," Officer Albie Esparza, a San Francisco police department spokesman, said Tuesday...."

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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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