Kiwis' Peter Burling; Transat Jacques Vabre update; Sailing Videos

Burling: The Kiwis not so secret weapon - Peter Burling, winner of the inaugural Red Bull Youth America's Cup, has helmed Emirates Team New Zealand to the lead after the first three Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series events. And he, along with his 49er and LVACWS crew Blair Tuke, has just been named the ISAF Male World Sailor(s) of the Year.


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Kiwis just 2 wins away from America's Cup Victory, America's Cup Superyacht Regatta (video)

America’s Cup Races 11 and 12 postponed to Wednesday due to excessive wind on Tuesday. Racing continues Wednesday, September 18, 1 pm PT (US), 4 pm ET (US), 8 pm UTC, LIVE (virtual eye and audio) at americascup.virtualeye.tv. More info at americascup.com.

America's Cup Superyacht Regatta
The America's Cup Superyacht Regatta has become a staple companion event of the America's Cup since the first one in New Zealand in 2000. This year, the America's Cup will host a fleet of some 15 superyachts ranging in size from 85 feet to 300 feet. Many will be berthed along the eastern seawall of the America's Cup Park, at Piers 27/29.

Larry Ellison’s Oracle Team USA Faces America’s Cup Defeat to Kiwis | TIME.com: "Time is running out for Oracle Team USA. The high-tech U.S. racing team is on the verge of losing the America’s Cup, the world’s most famous sailboat racing competition, to Emirates Team New Zealand, in what would be a bitter defeat for Silicon Valley billionaire Larry Ellison, who spent an estimated $100 million on the American effort...."

America's Cup: The Man Who Would Be Blamed
Wall Street Journal
Russell Coutts is one of the world's greatest sailors. A former Olympic champion, the 51-year-old New Zealander has won the America's Cup with three different teams, including his current squad, the defending champion Oracle Team USA. He is also the ...

Kiwis Regain America's Cup Momentum

NBC Bay Area
The summer of racing at the America's Cup met its full promise this weekend with competitive races and high drama on the bay.Tens of thousands of people gathered atAmerica's Cup Park to watch the action. Laurence Scott has a look at Sunday's high ...

America's Cup: Ainslie hopes to one day win Cup for Britain
Marin Independent Journal
Out on San Francisco Bay, he's the tactician for America's Cup defender Oracle Team USA. And really, Ainslie can't lose even if Oracle fails to defend the America's Cup. Signed to steer the B boat to help get skipper Jimmy Spithill into fighting trim ...

Next Cup Battle - To Decide What Representing a Country Means - NYTimes.com: "But Grant Dalton, the combative managing director of Team New Zealand, has made two things clear. He wants the cost of competing in the next edition of the Cup to be considerably less expensive in order to attract more teams. He also wants to restore a nationality rule."

Sailing-Oracle fights tooth and nail to keep America's Cup from Kiwis
Reuters
"We keep a watchful eye on Oracle and we are impressed by the way they are sailing. We know we have to keep on improving," New Zealand skipper Dean Barker said after Sunday's mixed results. Until the weekend, New Zealand had dominated the ...

Sailing-Nerves jangle as NZ prepares for America's Cup clinchers
Reuters
AUCKLAND, Sept 17 (Reuters) - New Zealand sailing fans are set to descend on Auckland's Waterfront on Wednesday as the America's Cup enters what could be its final day. Team New Zealand hold a 7-1 lead over technology billionaire Larry Ellison's ...

Sailing : Kiwis win to inch nearer taking America's Cup
Pakistan Daily Times
SAN FRANCISCO: Emirates Team New Zealand won Sunday's 10th race of the America's Cup, grabbing back momentum from defending champion Oracle Team USA and inching closer to taking the yachting trophy. The Kiwis crossed the start only a ...

Sailing Opens Season with Strong Showings
Harvard Crimson
Harvard sailing started its season with a splash as the team finished in the top five for three of its four regattas this weekend. The Crimson, which ended last season unable to qualify for nationals, displayed improvement and promise in its first races.

Sailing | First weekend for Tufts marked by victory in Maine
Tufts Daily
The Tufts sailing team was back on the water this weekend as it opened the 2013-2014sail season with a first-place finish at the Harmon Cup-Sloops Regatta in Penobscot Bay off of Maine. The team also competed at the Harry Anderson Trophy at Yale and ...

Sailing death in the Hudson River under investigation
Times Herald-Record
PORT EWEN-The Ulster County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of a Kingston Sailing Club member on Sunday. Skipper Kevin MaKenzie participated in races on the Hudson River in Port Ewen. According to the club's commodore Ian ...

Cornish sails well in Laser European Championships in Ireland
Exmouth Journal
Cornish was the fourth British sailor in this extremely competitive class, a result that reflects the hours and hours of gruelling practice that he has put in to his sailing over the last several years and promises even better results in the future ...

ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami - 2014 marks 25th anniversary
Sail World
The ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami is set to return to Miami, Florida for top-level Olympic and Paralympic class racing. Scheduled for Jan. 25-Feb. 1, the regatta will mark its 25th anniversary of delivering elite-level competition in the sailing events ...

Celebrating sixty years of sailing at Stawell Yacht Club
The Stawell Times-News
Showing off their trophies were Johno Knight who was awarded third place with a total of 22 points, outgoing club commodore Peter Knight in second place with 18 points and Jan Ibs von Seht who sailed his Impulse class dinghy named 'Germanater' into ...

Offshore Sailing Competes at the NASS Race to Oxford
NavySports.com
OXFORD, Md. - The Navy varsity offshore sailing team had six boats competing in the NASS Race to Oxford on Saturday and the Hammond Memorial Regatta on Sunday. In Class PHRF A2 Skipper senior Nick Padleckas skippered NA24 Gallant to third place ...

“Vrengen” Wins PHRF Sailing Championship
Bernews
The championship for Bermuda yachts, run under the PHRF handicap system, took place on Saturday, with 17 teams entering the 3 race competition for the Ignition Trophy. The event format was for two windward-leeward races, followed by a distance race.

Sailing Weekend Recap: Valente Wins Laser North Singlehand Qualifier ...
Maritime College Athletics
THROGGS NECK, N.Y.The Maritime coed dinghy sailing team took part in two events this past weekend – the Laser North 1 hosted by Kings Point off the north shore of Long Island and the Harry Anderson Inter-Conferece Regatta hosted by ...

Exciting sailing continues
Evesham Observer
SUNDAY saw eight boats take to the water at Arden Sailing Club, Defford, for the fourth race in the Arden Burgee series, with a good breeze from the west. Simon Newman in the Solo made a good start, with Keith Stevens in hot pursuit in the Comet, as ...

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Oracle Penalized 2 America's Cup Races, Kiwis Win Red Bull Youth

Scheduled for Thursday,  September 5, 2013 at  12:30 pm EDT (US), 4:30 pm  UTC (1630)

AMERICA'S CUP OPENING SKIPPERS PRESS CONFERENCE video above

Spithill: “We’re the underdogs” / America’s Cup: "“We’ve got four days to get organized,” Spithill said. “We’re going to get our two boats out there tomorrow (Wednesday). Now we know who we can sail with. We’ll probably sail one boat on Thursday and we’ll decide afterwards about whether we go out on Friday.” Spithill says this is a challenging situation for the defender, who now finds itself as the underdog. “There’s no question in my mind that Team New Zealand are the favourites here. We’re in an underdog position now,” he said."

International Jury decisions issued on ORACLE TEAM USA AC45 yachts / America’s Cup: "To win the America’s Cup, a team must score nine points, the highest ever number in the competition’s 162 year-old history. The defender now starts with a deficit score of minus-2 and must win 11 races to retain the trophy. Emirates Team New Zealand, the challenger, is unaffected and must win 9 races as before."

Oracle Down 2 Races Before America’s Cup Starts - NYTimes.com: Oracle Team USA will begin defense of the America’s Cup on Saturday with a two-race deficit after being penalized for prohibited modifications to its racing yachts in 2012. Oracle will begin the best-of-17 event with a score of minus 2. To capture the America’s Cup, Oracle will have to win 11 races. The challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand, will need to win 9 races. A five-member international America’s Cup jury also barred a veteran Oracle sailor, the wing trimmer Dirk de Ridder, and two shore team members from the race. Another team member was suspended for the first four races. The team was also fined $250,000.

Oracle hit with unprecedented penalties for America's Cup cheating | Reuters: "The Cup finals are a best-of-17 series, and Oracle will now enter the event two points behind: it will need to win 11 races to win the series, while New Zealand will only need to win 9. Oracle will also be sailing without a key crew member, Dirk de Ridder, a 40-year-old Dutchman who was banished from the event for his role in the weight scandal. Another Oracle sailor was suspended for the first 4 races, and two shore crew members were barred from any further participation."

USA team faces harshest penalties in sailing history

USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Defending champion Oracle Team USA has been docked two points in the America's Cup match against Emirates Team Zealand and a key sailor was expelled in the harshest penalties levied in the 162-year history of sailing's ...

Kiwis and Portuguese top the table at the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup / America’s Cup: "The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup provided thrills, spills and plenty of action over four days of intense competition on San Francisco Bay. On Wednesday, the New Zealand Sailing Team with Emirates Team New Zealand recovered from a poor start to beat their fierce rivals on Full Metal Jacket (NZL) and the ROFF/Cascais Sailing Team from Portugal to win the inaugural title. The leaderboard was tight, leading to tense moments on the final day. Just three points separated second from fifth place. When the Swiss Team TILT won race 7, they became the sixth different team to claim a race win in the regatta. Race 8 – which was to score double points – was cancelled with the winds on San Francisco Bay over the limit. . . ."

Replay of Race 7 of Red Bull Youth America's Cup: http://www.johnthecrowd.com/2013/09/red-bull-youth-americas-cup-races-7-and.html

Red Bull Youth America’s Cup – Results:
1. NZL Sailing Team with Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) 2-RDG-7-3-1-1-4 – 57 points
2. Full Metal Jacket Racing (NZL) 7-1-4-6-6-3-5 – 45 points
3. ROFF/Cascais Sailing Team (POR) 3-6-1-8-8-5-2 – 44 points
4. Team TILT (SUI) 8-5-2-2-9-7-1 – 43 points
5. American Youth Sailing Force (USA) 1-7-3-5-7-4-8 – 42 points
6. Swedish Youth Challenge (SWE) 6-2-9-1-4-6-10 – 39 points
7. Objective Australia (AUS) RDG-10-6-10-2-3 – 38 points
8. Next World Energy (FRA) 4-4-8-4-5-9-6 – 37 points
9. All In Racing (GER) 5-8-5-9-3-8-9 – 30 points
10. USA45 Racing (USA) 9-9-10-7-10-10-7 – 15 points
(RDG = redress awarded by International Jury) (Provisional Standings)

Young New Zealand sailors win twice
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Skipper Peter Burling and his NZL Sailing Team showed why they were the pre-regatta favorites in the Red Bull Youth America's Cup by taking both races Tuesday and building an 11-point lead in the standings. Objective Australia, which struggled in the ...

Canadian sailing around Japan for answers to country's maritime past
Asahi Shimbun
Two months have passed since Kirk Patterson started his solo sailing tour of the Japanese archipelago. The 59-year-old, who always dreamed of sailing on the open sea, has wondered for years why Japan, where he has lived nearly half of his life, never ...

Plain sailing for Annalise Murphy in Dun Laoghaire
RTE.ie
Annalise Murphy won two more races today at the Laser Radial European SailingChampionships in Dun Laoghaire. It brings her total race wins to seven out of eight since the regatta began on Sunday. There are four races left to sail in the championship ...

Sailing club buoyed by arrival of racing yachts
Kent Online
A fleet of boats moored in Queenborough overnight ahead of a 40,000 mile race, and a Sheppey man is crewing one of them. Twelve vessels taking part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race arrived in the harbour on Sunday evening. The convoy was ...

European and World Sailing Championships Dun Laoghaire
Irish Times
Competitors from 43 nations , launch their craft from the slipway at the National Yacht Club, at the Laser European and World Sailing Championships, at Dun Laoghaire . The event comprises the European Laser Standard Men's Championship, the European ...

Memorial will honor sailing heritage
Port Huron Times Herald
Wayne Brusate talks about a diving helmet in his collection. He is donating a ship propeller that will be a permanent memorial honoring sailors and the victims of the storm of 1913. / WENDY TORELLO/Times Herald ...

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America's Cup Match Racing preview

The America's Cup is a Match Race -- 2 boats and only one winner, there is no "second" --  Queen Victoria, who was watching at the finish line of the first America's Cup in 1851, was reported to have asked who was second, the famous answer being: "Ah, Your Majesty, there is no second." This year the winner will either be Oracle Team USA (the "defender") or Emirates Team New Zealand a/k/a the "Kiwis" (the "challenger"). Racing starts Saturday, September 7th.

Experts foresee good matchup for America's Cup - SFGate: "As Gary Jobson sees it, the Kiwis are like "a well-choreographed Broadway show" and the Oracle sailors are "still auditioning." He also thinks the Emirates Team New Zealand crew might have an edge in motivation. Unlike the Oracle guys, they're sailing for their country. As Nathan Outteridge sees it, Oracle has a slight speed edge upwind. The key will be not just getting to the first mark first but leading at the bottom, or second mark. "That's probably going to determine the race," he said. Jobson and Outteridge are expert commentators on the TV coverage of the America's Cup regatta, the experienced Jobson handling the in-race analysis and the newcomer Outteridge providing postrace commentary. Both say it's difficult to predict the outcome of the finals - a welcome case after the tedious predictability of the first seven weeks of the regatta...."


AC Explore: Boat Building video above - In collaboration with the Exploratorium, the America's Cup is 'exploring' aspects of the history and science behind the America's Cup boats and technology, using exhibits both on site at the America's Cup Park and at the Exploratorium and by speaking with experts from the Exploratorium and the America's Cup teams. This video explores boat building. 

Oracle duo called to give evidence
New Zealand Herald
The cheating allegations involve OTUSA's AC45 catamarans used in the America's Cup World Series, a warm-up event to the America's Cup but which is sailed under the same rules. That means the cheating allegations could potentially be serious for OTUSA ...

America's Cup spectator count lags predicted 2 million turnout
San Francisco Business Times
The question of exactly how many people watch the America's Cup races will come into sharper focus once the races wrap up. An America's Cup that has attracted fewer participants, will generate less spending and will have fewer race days than promised ...

America's Cup: How rugby game put dent in Cup
New Zealand Herald
Emirates Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton apparently let a six-year-old cat out of the bag at the official Louis Vuitton prize giving dinner on Tuesday. In the midst of what those present said was a superb speech, Dalton's mischievous sense of humour ...

Contract dispute adds to America's Cup troubles
San Francisco Chronicle
Add a $4.2 million contract dispute to the headaches surrounding San Francisco's debut effort hosting the America's Cup. The former merchandising partner for the prestigious and seemingly snake-bit international sailing event is in the midst of a legal ...

America's Cup: Oracle Team USA principals called to Hearing on Friday
Sail World
The date of the Hearing under Article 60 of the Protocol governing the 34th America's Cup has been twice moved, originally to accommodate the unavailability or Oracle Team USA's legal counsel, Phil Bowman. The team will also be represented by Golden ...

Emirates team set up America's Cup date
gulfnews.com
Dubai: It's official now. Come September, Emirates Team New Zealand will be the ones to challenge the Oracle Team, USA for the 34th America's Cup. It's the fifth time in the past six America's Cup matches that the Emirates team will be a contestant in ...

America's Cup: Hearing into Oracle's alleged cheating delayed
Radio Sport
The Jury has called cup holders Oracle's chief executive Russell Coutts, general manager Grant Simmer and Jimmy Spithill among the witnesses for the hearing. The American syndicate is alleged to have brought the regatta into disrepute by modifying ...

Yachting: Taste of NZ wins over yachties and locals
New Zealand Herald
Restaurateur Tony Stewart is thankful this week's break in racing in San Francisco will allow his staff at Waiheke Island Yacht Club to regroup and brace themselves for the "madness" that will follow during the America's Cup. The Kiwi pop-up restaurant ...

Kids learn all about sailing from experienced skippers
DesMoinesRegister.com
It's not hard for Todd Wilson to close his eyes and remember one of the best days he's ever had. Suddenly, it's 1978 and he's 8 years old again, launching a new Hobie catamaran at Clear Lake with his dad. That first ride was enough to make Wilson a ...

AFLOAT: Weymouth Sailing Club's centenary boost
Dorset Echo
A £4,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund has been awarded to Weymouth SailingClub to support its Centenary Exhibition project. The week-long exhibition, which begins tomorrow, is a celebration of the past 100 years of the club, from its original ...

Dutch flotilla sails into Port Adelaide for tall ship festival
ABC Online
A fleet of three Dutch tall ships has sailed into Port Adelaide ahead of a weekend celebration of the state's maritime history. Hundreds of people watched the vessels arrive yesterday afternoon as part of an epic journey retracing historic ...

Youth Sailing Foundation spices up Saturday night
TCPalm
VERO BEACH — Saturday night was spicy hot with Youth Sailing Foundation's 2nd Annual Chili Cook Off held at the Vero Beach Power Squadron. Over 100 people sampled the sixteen different chili recipe entries, voting on their favorites. Prizes were ...

GW Sailing's Inaugural Alumni Regatta Set for Sept. 28
George Washington University - Official Athletic Site
WASHINGTON - The George Washington sailing program will host its inaugural Alumni Regatta at the Washington Sailing Marina on Saturday, Sept. 28. "Though we're entering just our second season as a varsity program, there is a long history of competitive ...

Perfect sailing forecast for SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2013
Sail World
Some 55 boats are expected to face the starter tomorrow Friday for SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2013 now in its seventh year, with more than 120 boats in all competing in Sail Townsville 2013. While dual Sydney to Hobart winner Bob Steel and his ...

Forget the America's Cup, Larry Ellison's Art Is at the Asian Art Museum
Huffington Post
Larry Ellison's name has been all over the news in San Francisco this summer. Not because of anything to do with his company, Oracle, except indirectly, because the tons of money he made as CEO of that company enabled him to buy a state-of-the-art ...

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Extreme Sailing Series LIVE from Cardiff, Kiwis in America's Cup

Live Cardiff: Day Four - Extreme Sailing Series by extremesailingseries  LIVE Monday 11 am EDT (US)
Results at: http://www.extremesailingseries.com/results


Highlights: LOUIS VUITTON CUP FINAL RACE 8

America's Cup: Emirates Team New Zealand advances to face Oracle - San Jose Mercury News: "But the big question remains: Can the New Zealand team, funded by the government, an airline and other corporate sponsors, beat the Oracle Team USA powerhouse owned by billionaire Larry Ellison? "The bottom line is nobody in the know knows," said John Bertrand, the Australian who broke the Americans' 132-year hold on the America's Cup when his Austrailia II team beat Dennis Conner's Liberty in 1983. "The next two weeks could be the decider in terms of development. Every time (the teams) go out, they get faster. They improved in speed by 30 percent since they were first launched.""

Emirates Team New Zealand wins second consecutive Louis Vuitton Cup / America’s Cup: "Emirates Team New Zealand won the 30th anniversary Louis Vuitton Cup with a 3:20 victory over Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge in the eighth and deciding race. The Kiwis, who beat Luna Rossa in the previous Louis Vuitton Cup in 2007, won the series 7-1. The victory makes Emirates Team New Zealand the official challenger to ORACLE TEAM USA for the 34th America’s Cup in the “September Showdown” beginning Sept. 7. It’s the fifth time in the past six America’s Cup Matches that the Kiwis will be a contestant in the match. . . ."

Races / America’s Cup: Red Bull Youth America’s Cup schedule (8 fleet races)

• Sunday, Sept. 1: Fleet Races 1 and 2 (11:00 am PT)
• Monday, Sept. 2: Fleet Races 3 and 4 (11:00 am PT)
• Tuesday, Sept. 3: Fleet Races 5 and 6 (11:00 am PT)
• Wednesday, Sept. 4: Fleet Races 7 and 8 (11:00 am PT)

America’s Cup Finals schedule (best-of-17 series)

• Saturday, Sept. 7: Final Race 1 (1:10 pm PT), Final Race 2 (2:10 pm PT)
• Sunday, Sept. 8: Final Race 3 (1:10 pm PT), Final Race 4 (2:10 pm PT
• Tuesday, Sept. 10: Final Race 5 (1:10 pm PT), Final Race 6 (2:10 pm PT)
• Thursday, Sept. 12: Final Race 7 (1:10 pm PT), Final Race 8 (2:10 pm PT)
• Saturday, Sept. 14: Final Race 9 (1:10 pm PT), Final Race 10 (2:10 pm PT)
• Sunday, Sept. 15: Final Race 11 (1:10 pm PT), Final Race 12 (2:10 pm PT)
• Tuesday, Sept. 17: Final Race 13 (1:10 pm PT), Final Race 14 (2:10 pm PT)
• Thursday, Sept. 19: Final Race 15 (1:10 pm PT), Final Race 16 (2:10 pm PT)
• Saturday, Sept. 21: Final Race 17 (1:10 pm PT)

Sailing and The Famous Holmberg Family
All At Sea
Sailing is in the blood of St. Thomas' Holmberg family. In fact, it's a water sport excelled at and enjoyed by three generations. Family patriarch and Chicago native Dick Holmberg first visited the Virgin Islands in the 1950s while serving on a ...

Kinsale Disabled Sailing Worlds Underway
Afloat
The seagoing vista was practically indescribable with brilliant sunshine, a nor westerly breeze making for wonderful sailing opportunities with great flat water sailing on gleaming waters, and all surrounded by the magnificent scenery that is synomous ...

US Adult Sailing Championship - Climactic final in Rochester
Sail World
The 2013 U.S. Adult Sailing Championship, hosted by the Rochester YC, came down to the wire in an action-packed finish on Lake Ontario Sunday. David Klatt's (Oxnard, Calif.) talented team pulled out the victory with a win in a climactic final race this ...

Tall Ships Sailing to Lake Erie to Re-Enact Battle
ABC News
Cannon fire will ring out again on the waters of Lake Erie when tall ships re-enact a battle that marked a turning point in the War of 1812. The bicentennial re-enactment of the Battle of Lake Erie will highlight a Labor Day weekend festival on Ohio ...

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America's Cup Kiwi Invasion (video)

America's Cup: Kiwi Invasion - YouTube: "Emirates Team New Zealand took to the San Francisco Bay today for their first complete practice on a race day schedule. The fans lined the shoreline to watch the action. The America's Cup Park, at Piers 27/29, opens on July 4."

America's Cup yachtsman Ted Hood dies in Portsmouth
Turn to 10
Ted Hood of Portsmouth has passed away at age 86. Hood was a yachting designer, business owner and sailor all his life. He won numerous Newport-based races and came to international prominence when he won the America's Cup in 1974. He sailed the ...

Sailing and design icon Ted Hood remembered
Trade Only Today
Frederick E. “Ted” Hood — a legend in the America's Cup, sailing, boat building and design — died Friday at the age of 86. “We regret to inform you that the Eastern Yacht Club and the town of Marblehead has lost a favorite son with the ...

A look back at Ted Hood--sailmaker and sailor: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072213/1/index.htm

America's Cup Fleet Parade
SFStation.com
The parade of more than 40 boats, which will also feature race management vessels, passes the America's Cup Park, at Piers 27/29, and continues along past Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, and Fort Mason before concluding off the Golden Gate Yacht Club and ...

America's Cup changes 'dangerous': Barker
NZ City
Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker has hit out at a potential ruling to alter America's Cup boats as "incredibly dangerous" just five days before racing is scheduled to begin off San Francisco. Team NZ object to two of the 37 safety recommendations ...

America's Cup 72s take over San Francisco Bay July 5 for fleet parade and time ...
America's Cup
Following an action-packed Opening Day program on July 4, fans will have the opportunity to see the America's Cup boats up close along San Francisco's city front during a fleet parade on Friday, July 5, signaling the final count down to the start of ...

Ellison Speeds Up America's Cup With Flying Cats in Spectacle
Businessweek
The doors of Larry Ellison's waterfront hangar on San Francisco Bay slide open and more than a dozen men in hard hats roll out the billionaire's latest technological marvel. Built to defend the America's Cup starting here on Sept. 7, Oracle Team USA 17 ...

Mumm Napa Named Official Sparkling Wine of 2013 America's Cup
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Mumm Napa, one of California's top sparkling wine houses, is now the official sparkling wine of the America's Cup Summer of Racing in San Francisco. From the opening ceremonies on July 4 through the final races in September, Mumm Napa sparkling ...

Death of America's Cup sailor remains unsolved
Ct Post
The Artemis Racing AC72 catamaran, an America's Cup entry from Sweden, lies capsized after flipping over during training in San Francisco Bay on Thursday, May 9, 2013, in San Francisco. Artemis Racing said Andrew "Bart" Simpson, an Olympic gold ...

America's Cup: NZ Rigging drops the Big Boat's mast into cafe alley
Sail World
KZ-1, The Big Boat of the 1988 America's Cup fame is now on permanent display outside the Maritime Museum, and forms the predominant landmark on the Auckland waterfront. After 18 years had lapsed, since the 1988 America's Cup Challenger had her rig ...

America's Cup chaos
The Providence Journal
The America's Cup sailing this summer in San Francisco Bay is turning out to be a much bigger headache than race organizers expected. The elimination series for Cup challengers hasn't even begun and the action may start shifting from San Francisco Bay ...

Flying on Water: The New Tech of America's Cup
Popular Mechanics
The America's Cup, born in 1851 and contested a total of 33 times, has seen its share of changes. Few, though, have been as dramatic as those that will be on display this summer, when 12-story-tall carbon-fiber yachts rip through San Francisco Bay at ...

Olympic sailing medalists return to racing
Stuff.co.nz
Kiwi sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke return to international 49er racing for the first time in almost a year tomorrow (NZT) when the European championships start in Arhus, Denmark. Burling and Tuke have essentially had an 11-month sabbatical from ...

Camp Dayspring partners with sailing school for summer fun
My Eastern Shore
On June 18 and 19, the Dayspring campers spent afternoons learning knots, safety, parts of a sailboat and tacking. They also played nautical games. The sailing school staff included Thad Bench, Lauren Mathis, Will Sunkler and RHYCSS racing teamsailors ...

Sailing club offers free taster day
New Post Leader
A county sailing club is hosting a free taster day next month to give people the opportunity to test their sea legs. Newbiggin Sailing Club will hold the day on Saturday, July 13, for accompanied children wanting to try out sailing for the first time ...

Teenager's daring cross Channel sailing
Daily Echo
But early yesterday morning the teenager from West Cowes left her wheelchair behind tosail across the Channel in her 21ft mini transit Miss Isle Too to mark her 16th birthday. Without the use of her hands, she sails the yacht with her mouth using a ...

Sailing: Hat-trick for Keith Lancaster
Northampton Herald and Post
Keith Lancaster took a hat-trick of wins in Hollowell SC's Sunday Spring Series over the weekend, but it was not enough to knock Keith Runacre off top spot in the standings. Around 20 boats took part in the day's racing. With a westerly to south ...

Tall ships sailing into Cleveland again
Akron Beacon Journal
CLEVELAND: A dozen historic war ships are sailing into the Port of Cleveland this week as the city revives its Tall Ships Festival. During the festival from Wednesday to Sunday, the ships will provide a glimpse at the kind of wooden sailing vessels ...

More jobs set for Olympic sailing village
Specification Online
More jobs are set to come to the former Olympic sailing village at Osprey Quay in Portland following the start of construction of the new Navigator Business Centre. Tidebank UK has begun the construction of a new 4,500 sq ft industrial unit at Osprey ...

Disabled teen conquers solo Channel sailing challenge
Practical Boat Owner Magazine
Natasha, who sails her 21ft yacht, Miss Isle Too, with her mouth using a 'sip and puff' system operated by a straw inside a mountain bike helmet, was initially delayed by fog but eventually got underway at 7.30am. And with perfect, steady South ...

The quest to 'get the country sailing' continues
Sail World
On Saturday [6th July] Olympian and Team SCA 2014/15 Volvo Ocean Race crew, Annie Lush and Rio 2016 medal hopeful, Nick Thompson will be inspiring and mentoring hundreds of first time sailors at the 'Volvo Sailing Academy', Queen Mary SailingClub ...

Magic Marine widens sailing portfolio
SportsPro Media
Carrie Howe, marketing director of Magic Marine, which was founded in 1989 and is a specialist in sailing apparel, said: "The 49er and 49er FX Classes are a perfect fit and an appealing global sailing brand that will be great to work with. The start of ...

Local sailors with disabilities supported by WPNSA
Sail World
The legacy programme has now been extended to offer water sport opportunities to those with disabilities with the introduction of the 'Chesil Sailability' group, After nine successful years of 'Sail for a Fiver' funded by the Chesil Trust introducing ...

Operation Landfall sailors charter a course to visit every R.I. island
The Providence Journal
Despite Monday morning's menacing skies, their spirits remained buoyed by the unusual journey they were about to begin — sailing to every single island in Rhode Island. That might not seem like much to those who know only a few obvious ones — islands ...

World Match Racing Tour- Estate Master returns
Sail World
Twelve of the world's best teams will sail against each other in match race sailing, a form of head-to-head combat similar to the America's Cup, just feet from the edge of Navy Pier. They will compete for their share of the $100,000 prize money purse ...

Teenager with cerebral palsy sails the Channel
Telegraph.co.uk
Natasha left from Boulogne-sur-Mer in France and arrived in Dover after sailing across the Channel. She used just her mouth to control the specially adapted boat, dubbed the, 'Miss Isle Too' and was able to control the vessel completely independently.

Sailor Liam works towards realising Paralympic dream
Chichester Observer
Aspiring Paralympian and former Bishop Luffa School student Liam Cattermole helped Great Britain bring home the Squadraon Cup team trophy at the 2013 International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) Blind Sailing Championships. BA (Hons) ...

2013 RSX Class Europeans - 'La crème de la crème'
Sail World
Brest, homeport to many sailing record events will host the three European Championships bringing together the future and present champions of both the RS:X and RS:One windsurfing classes. 270 athletes from 38 different countries will gather in the ...

RS200 Grand Prix at Hayling Island SC
Sail World
Unfortunately it wasn't just the sailors' heads which were foggy on arrival to the boat park Sunday morning. As a mist rolled in, my head ache grew worse! With fear of losing racing a postponement went up. Luckily the sun burnt through and the fleet ...

Robertson Muscles His Way To The Top In Windy Marstrand
World Match Racing Tour
Marstrand, Sweden (Monday 2nd July): Phil Robertson has been sailing out of his skin to be joint top of the leaderboard with Simone Ferrarese after a stunning day of sunshine and strong wind at Stena Match Cup Sweden. The Kiwi skipper of WAKA Racing ...

BYM Sailing & Sports News
BYM News (press release)
Brest, homeport to many sailing record events will host the three European Championships bringing together the future and present champions of both the RS:X and RS:One windsurfing classes. 270 athletes from 38 different countries will gather in the ...

Safran on final thousand miles of North Atlantic record attempt
Sail World
Having begun his attempt to grab the prestigious North Atlantic record four and a half days ago, Marc Guillemot is set to begin the final thousand miles he needs to sail to get to The Lizard. Safran is currently 95 miles ahead of the record pace set by ...

Day 2: A deciding afternoon – Matches to keep an ... - Sailing Sweden
By Fabian Bengtsson
SMCS13_DL-293. Stephanie Roble hit the ground running in the race for the Women's Trophy with three straight wins against Meldgaard Pedersen, Kjellgren and Sylvan. She has taken the lead while three skippers are still in a tie for second ...
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