Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships; ETNZ Wins Extreme Sailing Series Istanbul (videos)

Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships--Monday Sept 15th video above

More info: SANTANDER 2014 - ISAF Sailing World Championships (Sept 8-21, 2014)


Santander ISAF Sailing World Championships Team Volvo Update: Over 90 British Sailing Team members have descended on Santander for the ISAF Sailing World Championships with 15 Team Volvo sailors leading the charge.

ETNZ Wins Extreme Sailing Series Istanbul (video above)

Emirates Team New Zealand--ENTZ--won Act 6 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Istanbul. After a tight battle all week with The Wave Muscat for the top spot it came down to the final double points race. Dean Barker and his crew nailed the start and sailed away to win the regatta by 6 points.

Arctic sailing: Will ocean racers follow Franklin? - CNN.com: "Robert Molnar has a vision: an ocean race from New York to the Canadian Pacific city of Victoria, via the Arctic. "Because of climate change, we can do this race," Molnar told CNN. He pictures oceangoing sailboats hugging the Atlantic coast up through Halifax to western Greenland, then heading west through the Northwest Passage to Tuktoyaktuk on Canada's Arctic coastline, before rounding Alaska to Dutch Harbor and, at last, Victoria. In 2017, Molnar plans to make this a reality in the form of the Sailing the Arctic Race, or STAR. "The Arctic is the big attraction. There is a romanticism about it," says the 66-year-old, who spent decades working in advertising while nursing his passion for sailing..."

San Diegans build replica sailing ship in honor of first explorer
Los Angeles Times
San Diegans build replica sailing ship in honor of first explorer ... the Star of India, built in 1863 and billed as the world's oldest working sailing ship.

Marin sailing by Michelle Slade: Young cancer survivor an honorary captain for Leukemia Cup...
Marin Independent Journal
Carl Krawitt and his son Rhett Krawitt, 6, of Corte Madera, look over the boats in Sausalito. (Sherry LaVars — Special to Marin Independent Journal).


Sail World
Santander ISAF Sailing World Championships joins Bart's Bash
Sail World
The Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation is delighted to reveal that the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships will participate in the ...

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America's Cup Updates; J/88 Sail Testing (video)

J/88 Sail Testing (video above) Published on July 24, 2013 - Sail testing in Narragansett Bay with Bob and Rodney Johnstone on J/88 Hull #1 - 3Di main and A2-1 code sail offered standard North Sails CSD.

European challengers commit to America's Cup: "Four European teams promised on Friday to compete for the next America's Cup, ensuring the event would be viable after official challenger Team Australia pulled out because of rising costs. The European rivals from Italy, Sweden, Britain and France said they would cooperate with Oracle Team USA, the holders, to ensure the 35th America's Cup in 2017 was a sporting and commercial success. "The teams Luna Rossa Challenge, Artemis Racing, Ben Ainslie Racing and Team France – jointly with the yacht clubs they represent – confirm their full support to the event, regardless of the host venue that will be selected," they said in a joint statement. Planning for the 2017 Cup was thrown into turmoil last week when the Australians, the Challenger of Record, withdrew from the event. The next America's Cup will be sailed in either San Diego or Bermuda, with the venue to be confirmed in October...."

More America's Cup NEWS:

Stuff.co.nz
America's Cup pow-wow proves 'positive'
Stuff.co.nz
America's Cup syndicates have pledged to do more talking in the leadup to the next regatta and those ongoing discussions are likely to include Team ...


The Independent
America's Cup 2015: Long-term planning to be discussed in London meeting
The Independent
A steady as she goes meeting of four of the possible five challengers with the America's Cup defender has decided in London to demand much more ...


Portsmouth News
Day at sea gives taste of Clipper race
Portsmouth News
With Sir Ben Ainslie choosing Portsmouth as his base for the America's Cup and global sailing company Clipper Ventures based in Gosport, I thought ...

America’s Cup Boss Coutts Tells Kiwis To Skip Cup Meeting « CBS Los Angeles: "America’s Cup boss Russell Coutts told The Associated Press on Sunday that he told the Kiwis not to come to a meeting in London on Tuesday at which competitors will try to hash out differences following a week of bruising publicity."

Sailing NEWS:

Stuff.co.nz
Clean up of Olympic sailing venue way behind schedule
Boston Globe
RIO DE JANEIRO — Sailors, coaches, and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro acknowledge the problem: Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing at the 2016 ...

Updated sailing resource for aspiring youth and young adults
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
US Sailing has launched a brand new Clever Pig website, which was designed specifically for aspiring youth and young adults who want to take their ...

Sailing Yacht Research Foundation moving forward
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
(July 29, 2014) – The Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) has appointed two new members to the Board of Directors and a new member to the ...


Warwick Beacon
Young sailors race in memory of CJ Buckley
Warwick Beacon
“You've been here for 15 minutes, get moving,” one of several adults on the beach yelled. “You can get your sails up when the boats are in the water.”.

US National Sailing Hall of Fame announces 2014 Inductees
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
“When the National Sailing Hall of Fame was formed in 2005, a central piece of its mission was to focus attention on Americans who had made ...


Bellingham Herald
Youth Sailing Camp on Bellingham Bay
Bellingham Herald
Sailing instructor Peter Carle, left, teaches kids the basics of sailing on Bellingham Bay on the first day of the Community Boating Center Adventure ...

Bellingham hosts sailing race for leukemia research
Western Front
Like ducks in a row, sailing teams race into the bay at the start of the Bellingham Bay Leukemia Cup on Saturday, July 26....

And Now for Something Completely Different
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
While some people are still in shock that the America's Cup has moved on from San Francisco, others are seeking to connect with the eclectic culture ...

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