Showing posts with label Junior World Championships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Junior World Championships. Show all posts

13 July 2014

Volvo Ocean Race - Team Alvimedica and Abu Dhabi racing across the Atlantic (video)


Volvo Ocean Race - Team Alvimedica & Abu Dhabi racing across the Atlantic - filmed by a Drone from Emmerik719 on Vimeo.
Team Alvimedica and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing setting off for a race across the Atlantic from Newport RI to the UK in preparation for the real around the world race.
www.emmerik.no

Port Huron to Mackinac sailboat race set to begin | News - Home: "The 90th annual Port Huron to Mackinac Island sailboat race is ready to kick off. Michigan-based Bell's Brewery Inc. sponsors the race, which starts Saturday just north of the Blue Water Bridge. The boats are expected to cross the finish line on Sunday or Monday. Boaters take the Cove Island or Shore courses on Lake Huron to the island. Winners are determined based on a handicapping system weighting each boat's ability. The Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit organizes the event."

Sailing: Podium finish delights Jess and Megan at junior world championships
Chichester Observer
“We are really pleased with the silver medal, we have sailed a really consistent event and have worked really hard in some tough conditions.

Junior sailing programs a big success
Park Record
Tanner Pidwell, left, and Chris Drury, members of the Guppies program for young sailors, pose for a picture while setting sail on the Jordanelle. (Photo ...

NZ sailing crews in prime position
Radio New Zealand
The New Zealand men's and women's World Champions sit in pole position going into the deciding day of sailing's 49er & 49erFX European ...

Henri Lloyd wins Clipper Race and boats parade through London
My Sailing
“Whenever I thought the team couldn't be pushed any harder, they dug deeper through some of the worst sailing conditions I have ever seen on the ...

Kiwis in early assault at MC38 Harbour Regatta
My Sailing
Spencer got off to a cracking start, winning Race's 1 and 3 for a one point advantage over Leslie Green's Ginger, which recently scored victory at Sail ...

Princess Royal delights sailing enthusiasts
expressandstar.com
Juniors demonstrated sailing on the lake in Gailey Lea Lane, near Penkridge, and the royal also looked at the club's many trophies and plaques, ...

Solo sailing star's passion = busy environmental schedule
Sail World
Matt Rutherford, who came to prominence in the non-competitive sailing world by completing a non-stop solo journey around the Americas in a 27ft ...

2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship - US Team preview
Sail World
The ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships are set to begin in Tavira, Portugal, with races being held across eight classes from July 14-18. The US ...

Greek wind god blows across Saronic gulf | VSail.info
By Valencia Sailing
Greek wind god blows across Saronic gulf. 470 European Championship - Greek mythology has ...
VSail.info

Holden ready to raise the trophy! - Sail Canada
sailing.ca
In early October, about a month after Eric Holden and his crew set sail from London in a race around the world, the Henri Lloyd found itself following a ...
www.sailing.ca/holden-ready-to-raise-the-trophy--p192810

Private light sail spacecraft to launch by 2016
CBS News
Nine years after a rocket failure destroyed its solar-sailing spacecraft, the Planetary Society -- the nonprofit space advocacy group led by scientist and ...

Sailing The Solar Winds: LightSail Launch Set For 2016"Solar sailing appears to be the most natural form of propulsion for humans. For hundreds of years, people have used wind to sail across the ocean to explore the Earth. Solar sailing is essentially the same thing. The LightSail craft will unfurl a metallic-looking sail. The sail will catch energy from the sun, which will push it away from the Earth deep into space. We can feel the pressure of photons every day when we go outside. In space, with a large enough area to catch photons, that pressure is enough to propel an object to tremendous speeds, theoretically."

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29 June 2014

Extreme Sailing Series LIVE Sunday, Saturday Replay (videos)


LIVE video above from St. Petersburg, Russia: Day Four - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014, Sunday, June 29, 2014


From St. Petersburg, Russia: Day Four - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014 (graphics video above)


Extreme Sailing Series Act 5, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Day Three video above - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2014

Six different race winners sees the tables turn on the Saint Petersburg leaderboard » Extreme Sailing Series: " . . . Blue skies and 10 knots of breeze made for thrilling – if not slightly exhausting – racing, and the Russian public turned out in their thousands to support their two home teams and watch the fleet of 12 high-performance catamarans battle on the confines of the Neva, while fans around Russia followed the racing live with national broadcaster, NTV+... The scene is set for a massive final showdown tomorrow, with a double-points final race shoot out still to come..."

Extreme Sailing Series Act 5, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Last Score Update: 2014 June 28, 08:45:37 UTC-5 source: extremesailingseries.com
Regatta Rank
CompetitorNameR14R15R16Σ
1
 Alinghi
Alinghi
3
9
9
117
2
 The Wave
The Wave, Muscat
1
8
1
105
3
 Emirates NZ
Emirates Team New Zealand
1
5
10
93
4
 J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan BAR
6
10
5
85
5
 SAP
SAP Extreme Sailing Team
5
3
7
83
6
 Oman Air
Oman Air
9
6
6
76
7
 Team Russia
Gazprom Team Russia
8
7
1
75
8
 Realstone
Realteam by Realstone
2
2
2
72
9
 Red Bull
Red Bull Sailing Team
10
4
4
69
10
 GAC Pindar
GAC Pindar
7
1
8
61
11
 Groupama
Groupama sailing team
4
1
3
54
12
 Invite
RussianFirst
1
1
1
19

2014 Extreme Sailing Series: The Wave, Oman Air poised for strong finish to St Petersburg Act
Times of Oman
It proved a roller coaster day for both Oman Sail teams with a full programme of ten races producing seven podium places in total though on this rare ...

ETNZ: Extreme Sailing Series Russia-Race Day 3
Day 3 of racing was moving day for the fleet. The course moved, the wind moved, and positions on the leaderboard moved with Emirates Team New ...
www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/video.cfm?c_id...id...


Video Highlights above – Day of 2 Fleet Racing  - RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup

– RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup | VSail.info
By Valencia Sailing
Posted on 28 June 2014 by Valencia Sailing. Watch the highlights from day two of fleet racing at the RC44 Puerto Sotogrande Cup including an ...
VSail.info

Sailing - Thompson and Martin scoop bronze in Split
Yahoo Eurosport UK
Olympic sailing hopefuls Nick Thompson and Chloe Martin braved the Croatian sun to each claim a bronze medal at the Laser and Laser Radial ...

SAILING: Decent night's racing at Royal Cornwall
Falmouth Packet
The separation worked well allowing sailors to enjoy racing against their own immediate competitors without worrying about other fleets. Racing into ...

Robert Suhay looks to make sailing history on the Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore Sun
For the past week, Robert Suhay often has imagined sailing the Chesapeake Bay, visualizing various tide patterns, weather conditions and landmarks ...

Wind all over the shop at Queensland IRC Championship
My Sailing
In the Sail Mooloolaba Keelboat Performance Division Ian Griffith's 40-foot Witchy Woman was the handicap winner of Race 1 after achieving a clean ...

Only one race counted at Bermuda Anniversary Regatta after race committee shambles
My Sailing
His Excellency the Governor of Bermuda Mr. George Fergusson, who sailed aboard Constellation in both races, was at the helm of last leg of the final ...

Another strong Kiwi crew leads 49er Junior World Championships
My Sailing
A rainy calm greeted the sailors this morning as they arrived for Day 1 of the 2014 Seiko 49er & 49erFX Junior World Championships in Aarhus.

BOWERS: Program teaches Merced youths how to sail, enjoy time on water
Fresno Bee
They are members of the Lake Yosemite Sailing Association's summer junior sail camp, and this is their second day of sailing. Three of them are out ...

A sailing, nature and history sanctuary in Istanbul
Daily Sabah
Situated in Tuzla, a coastal suburb that sits at the very southeastern tip of Istanbul's Asian side, is a very special place, a small piece of paradise in the ...

"Kinky conditions" but four races possible for RC44s
My Sailing
“It is always nice to sail in 20 knots, because then the boat is just flying and downwind it was great. That is why we do it! It is sometimes hard to steer, ...

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