Quantum Key West 2014 Live Coverage

Quantum Key West 2014 Live coverage

Premiere Racing, Inc. | Quantum Key West 2014: January 19 – 24, 2014

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High Profile Sailors To Take Part In Key West Regatta « CBS Miami: "...Amway President Doug DeVos will skipper Quantum Racing, the U.S.-flagged winner of the 2013 52 Super Series that comprises six annual regattas in Key West, Miami and Europe. Among Quantum’s noted crewmembers are tactician Terry Hutchinson, strategist Ed Baird and navigator Juan Vila. Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom’s Swedish-flagged sailing yacht Ran has Adrian Stead aboard as tactician...."

British man killed on yacht in St Lucia - Telegraph: "A British man on a year-long sailing trip to the Caribbean has been killed and his wife left injured after their yacht was attacked in St Lucia. Roger Pratt, 62, is understood to have been shot on a boat moored off the Vieux Fort coast as he defended his wife Margaret from robbers who had boarded the vessel. The couple, from Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, who ran a financial consultancy firm together, were six months into a trip to celebrate Mrs Pratt’s 60th birthday when their yacht was attacked on Friday night, the Mail on Sunday reported..."

SAILING: MYA: Khairulnizam needs foreign coach
New Straits Times
General manager Mohd Afendy Abdullah said Khairulnizam's progress over the past few years, together with the rest of the laser standard and radial sailors, has been stunted by the lack of a quality coaches in the country. The National Sports Council ...

Thrills and spills in Round Barbados regatta as strong winds hit
My Sailing
Day two of the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series produced big winds and big waves, which made for spectacular sailing. The biggest excitement of the day was in the first race for J/24s when gusts up to 30kts hit racecourse causing half the fleet to ...

Sur sailing school sets sail
Oman Daily Observer
SUR — A celebration was held yesterday in the Wilayat of Sur under the auspices of Dr Mohammed bin Hamad al Rumhy, Minister of Oil and Gas to mark the opening of OmanSailing School in the Wilayat of Sur. The school initiative is part of the corporate ...

EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour: Team Delft gears up for battle
Sail World
EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour is coming up in February and a young amateur team from the Netherlands skippered by a 25 year old is gearing up for a challenge against some of the world's top professional sailors lining up for the prestigious event - by ...

ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami - Pressure mounts as start nears
Sail World
Belcher, the 2013 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, made it 18 consecutive wins in a row when he took gold at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne and it was his tenth in a row with Ryan. Belcher's run stems from November 2011 and as the victories have ...

Frustrating weather conditions for Clipper Race skippers
My Sailing
Usually that would take about 12 hours for us but on this point of sail under these variable conditions it is looking like taking another two days plus! This isn't taking into account that the current that we are punching will get stronger as we get ...

Famous yachts to race in 178th Australia Day Regatta
My Sailing
The Australia Day Regatta, proudly acclaimed as the oldest continuously-conducted annual sailing regatta in the world, has been conducted each year since 1837 to commemorate the anniversary of the first European settlement of Australia. Originally ...

Sail-World expands in Europe
Sail World
Sail-world.com, the World's largest sailing news network is expanding again, with five new marine sites soon to be launched in Europe, Sail-World publisher Rob Kothe announced in Copenhagen today. Kothe said 'Europe is without doubt the key sailing ...

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Line Squall hits Club Sailing Race (video)

Line Squall hits Club Sailing Race!: "Line Squall hits Club Sailing Race!" - Yacht club sailboat race around the bouys on a Wednesday night gets hit by a line squall, winds in access of 30 knots with gusts close to 40 knots. Aboard a Jeanneau 39i Performance s/v Black Diamond. Check our blog also at www.sailboatcruise.ca (Uploaded on Dec 31, 2011)

Sailing: Dalton struggling to find funds
Newstalk ZB
Team New Zealand managing director Grant Dalton is struggling to find the funding to put together another round the world sailing campaign. Dalton's given himself until March to find the 17 million Euros needed to enter the next Volvo. "I just can't ...

Scuttlebutt turns 4000
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Scuttlebutt was first launched in 1997, well before regatta organizers and the sailing media had embraced the Internet. The early focus of the email newsletter was Southern California, but as interest in the publication grew both nationally and ...

Common ground: America's Cup and 18ft Skiffs
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Two of the highest profile sailing classes for more than 100 years have been the America's Cup and the 18ft Skiffs. While the 18s have been famous for their spectacular speed and wild rides/capsizes, The America's Cup has been contested mainly by large...

Premiere Racing, Inc. | Quantum Key West 2014: January 19 – 24, 2014: "Key West, Florida Keys - Quantum Key West 2014 is gearing up for its trademark full week of racing on the aqua-colored waters off the coast of the Conch Republic. From the professional-laden 52 Class to top tier club-oriented programs in the PHRF classes, this midwinter classic offers something for everyone..."

Clipper fleet enjoys champagne sailing to scoring gate
My Sailing
As the fleet leave behind the Southern Ocean once again, and head into the Coral Sea and its tropical climate Derry~Londonderry~Doire show no signs of relinquishing its minimal but early lead. However, with less than 20 miles separating the first nine ...

2014 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland: Top internationals line up in Laser
Sail World
All three NZL Sailing Team Laser campaigners, and New Zealand's best up-and-comers, will be joined by top international competitors from Australia, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Singapore, the Netherlands and Korea for the 2014 Oceanbridge Sail Auckland.

Reaching and racing: Is the pendulum swinging back?
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Many of the most memorable races I sailed when young included reaches. A J/24 Worlds with an around Jamestown race, windsurfing races, and Laser regattas with crazy fast and long reaches immediately come to mind. The best were a number of 420 ...

Maserati smashes Cape to Rio Race record
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
“We have been sailing in winds varying from 6 knots to 12 knots, right from behind in swelly conditions,” said Kushner. “This means that it is very difficult to keep the kite trimmed all the time.. and this means not such good speed. We are still ...

Sam Newton compares 18 foot skiffs to AC boats
My Sailing
Two of the highest profile sailing classes for more than 100 years have been The America's Cup and the 18ft Skiffs. While the 18s have been famous for their spectacular speed and wild rides/capsizes, The America's Cup has been contested mainly by large...

Fleet sets sail from St Lucia in World Arc Rally 2014/15
Cruising World
Second across the line was the Discovery 55 Hebe (GBR) sailed by Andrew and Jane Lax followed by the X-612 CHIKA-lu (GER) owned by Hubert Hirschfeld. The remainder of the fleet followed in close succession creating an excellent display. Joining them ...

Topper Worlds 2014 at Pwllheli Get Sponsor
Afloat
The International Topper Class Association and Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club have announced that local chandlery company, Firmhelm are supporting the World Championship 2014. Over 700 sailors, coaches and their families are expected to ...

Musket Cove Fiji Regatta - An event like no other
Sail World
Musket Cove Fiji Regatta is open to all-comers – cruising and racing sailors who are sailing through this beautiful part of the world aboard monohulls or multihulls. The event is all about casual fun and camaraderie – people having good times on and ...

Looking Back: America's Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Record-Setting
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Aboard a 110-foot trimaran named after an American Indian, Geronimo, 11 French sailors are preparing for one wild ride. Fittingly, Geronimo's captain – the five-time circumnavigator and the former French radio personality Olivier de Kersauson – has a ...

Clipper Race 2013-14: leg five trip from Brisbane to China could be hardest of ...
Telegraph.co.uk
... of windless wilderness through the glassy seas around Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia could come as a shock to the 79 new crewmembers who might have thought they'd signed up for some breezy 'champagne' sailing across the world's oceans.

French sailing legend Sidney Gavignet assembles international specialist team ...
BYM News (press release)
Gavignet is signed on to skipper for EFG Bank (Monaco). 760 nautical miles will be raced over 15 days of the competition. The freedom of racing in shorts and t-shirts during the northern hemisphere winter is part of the draw for international sailing ...

Rupert Murdoch finds a buyer for his $29.7m sailing yacht - Telegraph
Rosehearty, the $29.7m (£18m) sailing yacht owned by News Corp and 21st Century Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch, has been sold after less than four months ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Rupert-Murdoch-finds-a-buyer-for-hi...

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Spinnaker takedown onboard the J Class Yacht Hanuman (video)

Spinnaker takedown onboard the J Class Yacht Hanuman (video above)5 minute drill for a spinnaker take-down on a J Boat off of Newport Rhode Island 2009. Wind was 15-20knots from SW. Boatspeed was 12.5knots. Rain squalls threatened and spit . . . Temperature was 62 F. Dolphins danced off our bows briefly (not in this video). We were practicing maneuvers and testing sails onboard the J Class Yacht. Several new sails had been delivered and most of the crew was involved in making sure they fit properly and that the boat was set up properly to handle them. J Class Yachts were sailed before World War Two but have seen a resurgence as expressions of the beauty of sail. That said they are huge and must be handled carefully witness the way the bowman is whipped around like a rag doll when he release the A2 spinnaker tack.

Crewman Dies as Storm Dismasts Yacht in Cape to Rio Race - Bloomberg: A crewman on a yacht taking part in the Cape to Rio race died and others were injured as gales damaged at least eight boats in the competition from South Africa to Brazil. The death and injuries on Bille, which also lost its mast, were reported yesterday, a day after the competition started in Cape Town, race Chairman Ray Matthews said in a statement on the event’s website. The boats sailed into rough seas about 75 nautical miles (86 miles) from the start, South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute said in a separate e-mailed statement today. The boats “suffered damage in what is reported as conditions of up to eight-meter (26-foot) swells and up to 60-knot gale-force winds,” the NSRI said...

Yachting: Cup challenge to be a snip at $80m - Sport - NZ Herald News: " . . . If OTUSA (Oracle Team USA) is sincere about keeping sport's oldest (and one of the most significant) sponsorships, it will need to produce more than the lame duck regatta of last time; Louis Vuitton are not known for backing lame ducks. That suggests cost reduction efforts will be genuinely pursued. Cost and Oracle's considerable technological lead and experience in giant multi-hulls were all factors in potential challengers dropping out last time - and Ellison will not want his credibility swamped again under a wave of no-shows"

Local competitive sailing season about to hit high point - Outdoors - MiamiHerald.com:
Jan. 15 is the start of the 2014 Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race, with 37 boats registered so far vying to be fastest covering the 160 miles from Port Everglades to Key West Harbor... Quantum Key West 2014 beginning Jan. 19. Teams from up to a dozen countries will line up in the open ocean off the southernmost city to compete in Melges 24 and 32; the 52 class; J/70; and Mini-Maxi. Jan. 25 - in Miami -the ISAF Sailing World Cup on Biscayne Bay. The regatta, which runs through Feb. 1, is the only North American event included in the ISAF 2013-14 Sailing World Cup Series...All 10 Olympic and all three Paralympic classes will be featured. The Olympic classes are Laser (men); Laser Radial (women); Finn (men); men’s and women’s windsurfing; 49er (men); 49er FX (women); men’s and women’s 470; and Nacra 17 (mixed). The Paralympic classes for disabled sailors are 2.4mR; SKUD-18’ and Sonar. Headquarters is the US Sailing Center in Coconut Grove. Coral Reef Yacht Club, Coconut Grove Sailing Club, Miami Rowing Club and Shake-A-Leg Miami will cohost... 

Sailing to a paradise so close to home
Victorville Daily Press
CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA • It's a little stretch of paradise off the coast of busy Los Angeles. My wife and I first came here more than 40 years ago, and now after all these years, we boarded a big Catalina Express vessel for the hour-long cruise ...

GU Sailing Wins Rose Bowl Regatta
Georgetown University Official Athletic Site
WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University sailing team won the 29th annual Rose Bowl Regatta, held in Long Beach, Calif., this past weekend. The Hoyas competed in a field of 26 collegiate teams sailing CFJ dinghies that measured 13 feet, 3 inches with ...

Sailing gods shine on Keppel Bay club's Brett Pearson
Central Queensland news
While the conditions claimed many causalities, the sailing gods shone on Keppel BaySailing Club's Pearson, with the local leapfrogging fellow competitors to move into a comfortable eighth position on the leaderboard. Pleased with his results, Pearson ...

Sailing into a good place
Marlborough Express (blog)
The great thing about sailing is still getting out on the water, getting the sails up and turning the motor off. The boat grows silent and there's just the wind above and the water against the hull. And usually some gentle encouragement from the skipper.

Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation official charity of London Boat Show
Yachting and Boating World
Managing Director of National Boat Shows Murray Ellis said: "We are proud to be partnering with The Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation at the 2014 London Boat Show. Andrew was a huge supporter of the Boat Shows, frequently giving his time to support ...

One Bar Playa Blanca Voted World's Favourite Yachting Bar! 
Scuttlebutt Sailing News: "This year’s contest was again extremely tight between the winning bar and the runners up, including the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the Boatyard Bar & Grill in Annapolis, the Bitter End Yacht Club in the BVI, the Oar on Block Island, The King & Queen in Hamble, GB, the Yacht Club Micalvi in Chili, Maddie’s Sail Loft in Marblehead, Mass, Schooner Wharf in Key West, and Pier 23 in San Francisco...."

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