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3D Singapore: Day Four - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015:
Scheduled for Feb 8, 2015

Results | Extreme Sailing Series
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Team Vestas Wind In-Port Sanya Highlights | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 (Feb 7, 2015)

JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: VOR: Volvo Ocean Race updates


Feb 7, 2015: All the live action recorded from the In-Port Race in Sanya, and what an exciting race it turned out to be!

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LIVE from Singapore, Extreme Sailing Series, Day 3 Video

3D Singapore: Day Three - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015

Results | Extreme Sailing Series
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LIVE Singapore: Day Three - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015 - sailing video below
Scheduled for Feb 7, 2015


Skippers Press Conference - Sanya | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
In-Port Race Sanya February 7, 2015 
Leg Start Sanya-Auckland February 8, 2015 -- 5,264 nautical miles

Volvo Ocean Race: Breaking a winning formula? Dongfeng navigator sits out Leg 4 - Yachting World: "... to leave Dongfeng’s star navigator Pascal Bidégorry on the dock will surely raise a few eyebrows. Dongfeng’s success so far has relied on two key features, boat speed and solid tactics. Leg 3 and the fickle breezes that dominiated that leg made their performance particularly impressive..."

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LIVE: Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015, Day Two Singapore (video)

3D Singapore: Day Two - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015

LIVE Singapore: Day Two - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015 -
Scheduled for Feb 6, 2015
Results | Extreme Sailing Series
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A man on a mission: Leigh McMillan stakes early claim in Singapore | News: "He said he wanted to win and wouldn’t settle for second this time round. And for Leigh McMillan and the team on The Wave, Muscat their campaign to become 2015 Extreme Sailing Series™ champions couldn’t have got off to a better start. Under the gaze of the towering Singapore city skyline, the team representing Oman executed a consistent strategy in trying conditions, sailing to victory in three of the eight races sailed to finish the day just where they wanted: in pole position...."

Tension rising in Volvo Ocean Race as winds of up to 30 knots forecast for Sanya departure - Volvo ocean race | Sport360.com: "Volvo Ocean Race’s six-strong fleet heads out towards Auckland from Sanya for Leg 4 on Sunday with some big calls to make in the latest installment of a marathon offshore contest which could hardly be more finely poised...."

News & Features | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Site : 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Series Notice Of Race Published: "The Notice of Race covers Hyères, Weymouth and Portland and Qingdao as well as the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final set to be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 27 October to 1 November."

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Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015, Singapore Day One; Sanya Race Weekend (video)

3D Singapore: Day One - Graphics Only - Extreme Sailing Series™ 2015 - Scheduled for Feb 5, 2015 1:30 am EST (US) #exss

Act 1, Singapore training day – The sailors thoughts | News: "Nine Extreme 40s entered the Marina Bay racecourse today, under the shadows of some of Singapore’s largest skyscrapers surrounding the Act 1 Stadium for one final training session...."

Results | Extreme Sailing Series

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Sanya Race Weekend | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Published on Feb 4, 2015: A weekend of racing in Sanya, China. In-Port race on Saturday, 7 Feb (0600h UTC / 1400H CST) and the start of Leg 4 on Saturday, 8 Feb (0600h UTC / 1400H CST). #VOR


Life at the Extreme - Ep. 17 - 'Dead Calm' | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Published on Feb 4, 2015: This week, the fleet is dealing with a serious lack of wind, a real problem when racing around the world. We meet the people behind the storytelling and follow the onboard reporters at work. We also join young sailor Nicolai Sehested back at home as he reflects on his team’s crash. Meanwhile, Team Vestas Wind shore crew are finally getting the boat off the reef, grasping their last chance to re-enter the race….

US Sailing Statement On Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Sailing IPC Decision | US Sailing: "The following is a statement from US Sailing, the national governing body for sailing, on the recent decision by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to not include sailing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. “Yesterday’s news about Paralympic sailing being dropped from the slate of sports at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is highly disappointing. Our sport attracts a diverse group of disabled athletes across the world, as demonstrated by the three fleets of sailors from 14 countries competing in Miami last week at ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami. US Sailing will join ISAF, IFDS and the national governing bodies of our fellow Paralympic sailing nations to lead an appeal of this decision in the fight for reinstatement of Paralympic sailing at the Tokyo 2020 Games.” – Tom Hubbell, President of US Sailing"

Marly Isler Elected 2015 Women's Sailing Captain at Yale
Yale University Athletics
No. 3 Yale women's sailing team elected junior Marly Isler as the 2015 captain. Isler grew up in La Jolla, Calif. She began sailing in Sabots at age 7 and ...

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Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, Sailing Videos, EXSS Starts Feb 5th

The life of an Onboard Reporter | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 -

Every boat in the Volvo Ocean Race has an Onboard Reporter dedicated to capturing the stories of the race and the crew. The reporter is not allowed to do anything at all sailing related. Get a glimpse into the life of our onboard reporters in this behind-the scenes video

Dongfeng Race Team - Black's Birthday Wishes | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 -

Dongfeng Race Team’s Black takes his grandmother for a day of prayer at the Nanshan Temple, a 108 metre-high Guanyin Buddha that dominates the skyline for miles, to wish good luck to his family and teammates.

Racing takes its toll | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 -

The SOS Medical Study, an in-depth medical study carried out on Team Alvimedica's sailors, shows some fascinating insights which could include pre-diabetes symptoms caused by mental stress, amongst other things.

Extreme Sailing Series 2015 starts FEB 5th--LIVE from Singapore, Act 1--

Crew details confirmed for the opening Act in Singapore | News: "Nine teams with 45 world-class sailors from 10 nations will lock horns from the 5 to the 8 of February, under the gaze of the towering downtown city skyline with the support of Host Venue Partner Aberdeen Asset Management...."

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Groupama sailing team and Team Aberdeen Singapore crash video

Groupama sailing team and Team Aberdeen Singapore in major crash on penultimate day
Groupama sailing team and Team Aberdeen Singapore crash video above - The penultimate days racing in Singapore delivered possibly one of the most dramatic moments in the eight-year history of Extreme Sailing Series™. In winds that were varying from 5 to 23 knots across the racecourse, Team Aberdeen Singapore caught one of the biggest gusts of the day as they came into the finish line struggling to hold off the pace and ploughing into the back of France's Groupama sailing team.

Extreme Sailing Series - Impressive comeback for The Wave, Muscat
Sail World
For the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series The Wave, Muscat set out their stall with a second overall place at Singapore having staged a solid and impressive comeback over the four days while Oman Air are already looking ahead to Act two in Muscat next month.

Big guns line up for Australian IRC Championships in Newcastle
My Sailing
From Thursday 17 April - Sunday 20 April, the starters will vie for the pinnacle of IRC handicap racing in Australia and the chance to win a brand new North Sails spinnaker emblazoned with '2014 Audi IRC Australian Champion' for divisional winners.

Sailing Greece is idyllic but it could be expensive
Balkans.com Business News
The new regulations received much attention from cruising sailors and international organizations, associations and unions active in the maritime tourism domain informed their members about the new increased taxation Greece has imposed on yachts.

Trinity Sailing offers Devon young people life-changing opportunity
Torquay Herald Express
YOUNG people across Devon are being offered a once-in-a-lifetime trip across Europe by a Brixham-based sailing charity. Trinity Sailing has teamed up with a string of Devon businesses to offer 12 deserving young people a voyage at the 2014 ...

Young sailors show they are up for the challenge
Ripley Today
Carsington Sailing Club hosted the first training session of the pre-season period, which was extremely well-attended and well received by the sailors. The light wind conditions were perfect for helping the sailors to learn to extend their ...

EFG Sailing Arabia The Tour – EFG Bank strengthen lead
Sail World
In EFG Sailing Arabia – The Tour 2014, after another win today in the first part of Leg 6 (race 13a) from Dibba to Musannah, Oman, Sidney Gavignet and his team on EFG Bank (Monaco) have strengthened their overall lead. Due to light winds forecast ...

Youth Olympic teams to be selected at Sail Brisbane 2014
My Sailing
The 11th annual Sail Brisbane regatta will include selection for Oceania Sailing Federation sailors to represent their countries at the second Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in the single handed Byte dinghy class in August. The Oceania region ...

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Extreme Sailing Series 2014 season opens in Singapore (video)

Extreme Sailing Series 2014 season curtain-raiser in Singapore
The anticipation that has been building around the first Act of the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series™ - dubbed by many sailing fans and the media as the sailing series to watch this season -- will come to a head as the first starting gun is fired, starting four days of Stadium Racing on Singapore's world-famous Marina Bay, 20th-23rd February. In 2014, the pioneering Stadium Racing circuit will once again be supported by Series Main Partner Land Rover, as it continues to deliver high-octane Stadium Racing at eight iconic locations around the world. Watch the promo video, as the ultimate city-centre stadium, Singapore, prepares to welcome 12 Extreme 40s and 60 elite level sailors.

Extreme 40 teams reveal their 2014 line-ups ahead of opening Act in Singapore
- The teams look ahead to the forthcoming season: “This is most definitely the circuit with the highest level of competition in the world this year,” says Groupama Team France skipper, Franck Cammas.
- Here come the girls: Top female sailors onboard for 2014 Series as six teams announce female crew-members. Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 1 Singapore, crew lists:

Alinghi (SUI)
Skipper/Helm: Morgan Larson(USA)
Tactician: Stuart Pollard (AUS)
Mainsail Trimmer: Pierre-Yves Jorand (SUI)
Headsail Trimmer: Nils Frei (SUI)
Bowman: Yves Detrey (SUI)

Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL)
Skipper/Helm: Dean Barker (NZL)
Mainsail Trimmer: Glenn Ashby (AUS)
Headsail Trimmer: James Dagg (NZL)
Bowman: Jeremy Lomas (NZL)
Floater: Edwin Delaat (NZL)

GAC Pindar (AUS)
Skipper/Helm: Seve Jarvin (AUS)
Mainsail Trimmer: Troy Tindill (AUS)
Headsail Trimmer: Ed Smyth (AUS)
Bow: Sam Newton (AUS)/Alexandra South (AUS)

Gazprom Team Russia (RUS)
Skipper/Tactician: Igor Lisovenko (RUS)
Helm: Paul Campbell-James (GBR)
Mainsail Trimmer: Alister Richardson (GBR)
Headsail Trimmer: Pete Cumming (GBR)
Bowman: Aleksey Kulakov (RUS)

Groupama Team France (FRA)
Skipper/Helm: Franck Cammas (FRA)
Tactician: Sophie de Turckheim (FRA)
Mainsail Trimmer: Tanguy Cariou (FRA)
Headsail Trimmer: Thierry Fouchier (FRA)
Bowman: Devan Le Bihan (FRA)

J.P. Morgan BAR (GBR)
Skipper/Helm: Ben Ainslie (GBR)
Mainsail Trimmer: Paul Goodison (GBR)
Headsail Trimmer: Pippa Wilson (GBR)
Bowman: Matt Cornwell (GBR)

Oman Air (OMA)
Skipper/Helm: Rob Greenhalgh (GBR)
Mainsail Trimmer: Tom Johnson (AUS)
Headsail Trimmer: Will Howden (GBR)
Bowmen: Hashim Al Rashdi (OMA) /Musab Al Hadi (OMA)

Realstone (SUI)
Skipper/Mainsail Trimmer: Jérôme Clerc
Helm: Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI)
Tactician: Bruno Barbarin (FRA)
Headsail Trimmer: Thierry Wasem (SUI)
Bowman: Nils Palmieri (SUI)

Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT)
Skipper/Helm: Roman Hagara (AUT)
Tactician/Mainsail Trimmer: Hans-Peter Steinacher (AUT)
Headsail Trimmer: Mark Bulkeley (GBR)
Bowman: Nick Blackman (NZL)
Runner: Haylee Outteridge (AUS)

SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN)
Co-Skippers: Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) / Rasmus Køstner (DEN)
Helm: Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN)
Tactician: Rasmus Køstner (DEN)
Trimmers: Thierry Douillard (FRA)/Peter Wibroe (DEN)
Bowman: Nicolai Sehested (DEN)

Team Aberdeen Singapore (SIN)
Skipper/Helm: Nick Moloney (AUS)
Tactician: Adam Beashel (AUS)
Mainsail Trimmer: Scott Glen Sydney (SIN)
Headsail Trimmer: Tom Dawson (GBR)
Bowman: Justin Wong (SIN)

The Wave, Muscat (OMA)
Skipper/Helm: Leigh McMillan (GBR)
Tactician: Sarah Ayton (GBR)
Mainsail Trimmer: Pete Greenhalgh (GBR)
Headsail Trimmer: Kinley Fowler (NZL)
Bowman: Nasser Al Mashari (OMA)

more info: http://www.extremesailingseries.com/

Australia eyes Extreme Sailing glory
Brisbane Times
Skiff world champion Seve Jarvin can stake a claim to be Australia's next America's Cup skipper as the spectacular Extreme Sailing Series gets underway on Singapore's Marina Bay. Likened to Formula One on water, the eight-event series - which comes to ...

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Extreme Sailing Series - Alinghi claims win in Singapore

A faultless Alinghi win Act 2, Singapore » Extreme Sailing Series: "Morgan Larson and his Swiss team Alinghi sailed a faultless regatta at Act 2 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Singapore on one of the most memorable stadium race courses the Extreme 40 fleet have ever sailed on to claim overall victory in this truly spectacular Asian city. Only one race was sailed on the final day in typical light wind Singaporean conditions but it was one of the most-tense final races ever in the seven-year history of the Series with any of the teams capable of a podium position going into the race. . . ."

EXTREME SAILING SERIES 2013 OVERALL
RANK TEAM MUSCAT SINGAPORE TOTAL

1 Alinghi 8 10 18
2 Red Bull Sailing Team 9 9 18
3 The Wave Muscat 10 6 16
4 SAP Extreme Sailing Team 4 8 12
5 Team Korea 6 5 11
6 Duqm Oman (Invitational) 7 3 10
7 Realteam 3 7 10
8 GAC Pindar 5 4 9

Extreme Sailing Series Day 4 replay here

Extreme Sailing Series - Alinghi claims faultless win in Singapore
Sail World
In Act 2 of the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Morgan Larson and his Swiss team Alinghi sailed a faultless regatta in Singapore on one of the most memorable stadium race courses the Extreme 40 fleet have eversailed on to claim overall victory in this ...

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From the Oracle Yacht: How to Sail Into the Wind On the open ocean, the quickest route from A to B isn't always a straight line. America's Cup winner Brad Webb explains the most efficient way to sail against the wind. (source: Bloomberg)

SAILING: Simone Ferrarese makes most of light wind
Long Beach Press-Telegram
The 25-year-old Italian was the only one of the semifinalists who hadn't worn the blazer as he moved into the company of the world's elite match racing sailors with his first win in a Grade1 event. Earlier in the long afternoon, fickle and feeble ...

J/22 representative Richter captures Star Wars regatta
CapitalGazette.com

One of the sailing year's first events each spring is based on the sum of the previous year's events. It's the annual bragging-rights championship of champions known as the Star Wars Regatta, hosted by Eastport Yacht Club and sponsored this year by ...

Melges 32 Sailing Series - Team Synergy keeps firm grip after day 2
Sail World
On day two of the 2013 Audi Melges 32 Sailing Series in Gaeta, Italy, the Race Committee took full advantage of the heated conditions to deliver three incredible races. As proof, each race presented a different winner. Lanfranco Cirillo's Fantastica ...

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Melges 32 Sailing Series - Day 2 images from Gaeta
Sail World
Melges 32 Sailing Series - Day 2 images from Gaeta. '2013 Melges 32 Audi sailing Series Gaeta Day 2' © BPSE/Carlo Borlenghi. Melges 32 Audi Sailing Series - Day 2 photos from Gaeta have been provided by photographer Carlo Borlenghi, who was on ...

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Chance to try dinghy sailing
Whitby Today
You can try your hand at dinghy sailing in an open day at Scaling Dam on Sunday 28 April. The free event is on from 11am to 4pm. Adults and children of all ages and abilities welcome. Just turn up on the day - a change of clothes is recommended. For ...

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Live coverage from the final day of the Extreme Sailing Series™ - Act 2, Singapore

Live coverage from the final (4th) day of the Extreme Sailing Series™ - Act 2, Singapore. Join us as we stream *live* from the race course. (Live 5:30-7 am ET Sunday US) - replay also available)

Extreme Sailing Series Day 3 replay here

Danish duo change tactics and eye up podium as Alinghi lead the charge heading into the final day » Extreme Sailing Series: "In a day that challenged even the most experienced Extreme 40 sailors at Act 2 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Singapore, it was hard for the teams to keep their cool under the blazing Singaporean sun. The Swiss America’s Cup winning team Alinghi, however, didn’t break their stride starting the day as they finished it by winning races and head into tomorrow’s finale with a solid, but not untouchable, 27-point advantage at the top of the leaderboard. . . ." top 3 teams after Day 3: 1st Alinghi (SUI) Morgan Larson, Stuart Pollard, Pierre-Yves Jorand, Nils Frei, Yves Detrey 178 points; 2nd Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher, Matthew Adams, Pierre Le Clainche, Graeme Spence 151 points; 3rd The Wave, Muscat (OMA) Leigh McMillan, Ed Smyth, Pete Greenhalgh, Musab Al Hadi, Hashim Al Rashdi 145 points.

Extreme Sailing Series - Changing tactics, leading the charge
Sail World
The form team of the day nevertheless was SAP Extreme Sailing Team, who put in their best performance since joining the Series in 2012 giving the Danish-flagged team a real shot at their first ever podium finish in tomorrow's final showdown. But with ...

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SAILING: Simone Ferrarese makes most of light wind
Long Beach Press-Telegram
The 25-year-old Italian was the only one of the semifinalists who hadn't worn the blazer as he moved into the company of the world's elite match racing sailors with his first win in a Grade1 event. Earlier in the long afternoon, fickle and feeble ...

Sailing: Congressional Cup, Day Four
Gazette Newspapers
Ian Williams endured his most difficult part of the Long Beach Yacht Club's 49th Congressional Cup week Friday night when it came time to pick his opponent for Saturday's championship sailoffs. "It's really a hard choice," he said after winning the ...

Wave of sailing euphoria hits Oman
China Daily
A country that barely registered on sailing's map five years ago has developed into an emerging power so rapidly it's tempting to look at it as a model. Just last year, for example, The Wave, Muscat won the Extreme Sailing Series championship. In ...

Barker's Team NZ boys switch into race mode
Stuff.co.nz
"This is our last chance to get in some real racing before we start sailing in San Francisco. It's a good opportunity to put ourselves under pressure to sharpen racing skills before San Francisco," Barker said. "We are not exactly in AC45 race mode at ...

Melges 32 Sailing Series - Day 2 images from Gaeta
Sail World
Melges 32 Sailing Series - Day 2 images from Gaeta. '2013 Melges 32 Audi sailing Series Gaeta Day 2' © BPSE/Carlo Borlenghi. Melges 32 Audi Sailing Series - Day 2 photos from Gaeta have been provided by photographer Carlo Borlenghi, who was on ...

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Nepean Sailing Club
Vancouver Sun
The CYA Youth National Sailing Championships is hosted by the Nepean Sailing Club, attracting the top youth sailors from across the country, this exciting event is part of the selection process for the 2011 Canadian Youth Sailing Team.

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Live coverage from the 3d day of the Extreme Sailing Series™ - Act 2, Singapore

Live coverage from the 3rd day of the Extreme Sailing Series™ - Act 2, Singapore. Join us as we stream *live* from the race course. Live 5:30-7 am ET Saturday (US)

Shuffling the pack as Alinghi move into pole position » Extreme Sailing Series: Day 2 - " . . . a packed 11 race day. After four early morning races, American Morgan Larson and his Swiss team Alinghi had overhauled Leigh McMillan’s The Wave, Muscat who led going into day two and that’s how it remained. . . . Extreme Sailing Series 2013 Act 2, Singapore standings after Day 2, 15 races (12.04.13) Position / Team / Points--

1st Alinghi (SUI) Morgan Larson, Stuart Pollard, Pierre-Yves Jorand, Nils Frei, Yves Detrey 122 points.
2nd The Wave, Muscat (OMA) Leigh McMillan, Ed Smyth, Pete Greenhalgh, Musab Al Hadi, Hashim Al Rashdi 110 points.
3rd Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) Roman Hagara, Hans Peter Steinacher, Matthew Adams, Pierre Le Clainche, Graeme Spence 97 points.
4th GAC Pindar (NZL) Will Tiller, Brad Farrand, Stewart Dodson, Harry Thurston, Matt Steven 97 points.
5th SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN) Jes Gram-Hansen, Rasmus Kostner, Pete Cumming, Mikkel Røssberg, Nicolai Sehested 94 points.
6th Team Korea (KOR) Peter Burling, Blair Tuke, Mark Bulkeley, Sungwok Kim, Sung Ahn Jung 93 points. 

7th Realteam (SUI) Jérome Clerc, Bruno Barbarin, Arnaud Psarofaghis, Cédric Schmidt, Bryan Mettraux 84 points.
8th Team Aberdeen Singapore (SIN) Scott Glen Sydney, Robert Greenhalgh, Andrew Walsh, Justin Wong, Rick Peacock 83 points."

The blue sails of GAC Pindar are a regular on the Extreme Sailing Series, but this year the Extreme 40 has a brand new crew led by 22 year old Kiwi Will Tiller. The current ISAF Match Racing world number five ranked sailor talks to us about his Extreme 40 baptism of fire and the challenges they face not only this Series, but here on Marina Bay in Singapore for Act 2 as the team eye their first podium position.

Stadium racing offers central spot for Sailing - Yahoo! Sports: "Stadium racing, used in the growing Extreme Sailing series, could well be the future of Olympic sailing, thrusting the sport from the periphery to the center of host cities, director Patrice Clerc told Reuters. Extreme Sailing, in its seventh year, features five-man teams racing in lightweight 40-foot multihull vessels that can reach speeds of 46 MPH in the center of eight cities, with the aim of growing the sport by taking it to the public."

S'pore offers extreme sailing spectacle
Jakarta Post
Gone with the wind: The Wave Muscat of Oman races against Team Aberdeen of Singapore on the opening day of Act 2 races of the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series at Marina Bay, Singapore, on Thursday. (JP/Mustofid). After staging test and exhibition events in ...

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Georgetown Sailing Wins Prosser Trophy
Georgetown University Official Athletic Site
No. 3 Georgetown University sailing team competed in the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA) championship regatta on April 6-7, 2013, winning the Prosser Trophy. The event was hosted by Hobart and William Smith Colleges and held ...

SAILING: Ian Williams extends his streak

Long Beach Press-Telegram
Or a leader spin off a penalty at the finish line with his opponent tickling his transom? Great Britain's Ian Williams, 33, and his talented crew offered a match racing clinic on Day 3 of the 49th Congressional Cup Thursday when they pulled off both ...

5 Questions With ... Youth America's Cup skipper Charlie Buckingham
OCRegister (subscription)
The America's Cup – sailing's Super Bowl – is coming to San Francisco on Sept. 7, pitting the world's best sailors in a race around the bay aboard some of the fastest catamarans constructed. The 162-year-old event is embarking on its 34th installment ...

Q&A: Hall of Famer Gary Jobson chats on all things sailing
OCRegister (subscription)
NEWPORT BEACH – Warming up for the next hour of speaking, America's Cup winner and National Sailing Hall of Fame member Gary Jobson takes large sips of water between every few sentences. "I would like to thank our sponsor, Gosling's Rum," he ...

Sperry Top-Sider® Charleston Race Week sets record
BYM News (press release)
We're also fortunate to have one of the most desirable sailing venues in the country as well as a terrific assembly of sponsors, beginning with Sperry Top-Sider, our title sponsor for the past three years.” Draftz added that almost every aspect of the ...

Free sailing seminars begin April 22

Fairfield Citizen
Four free sailing seminars designed to familiarize novices with the basics of piloting a fixed-keel boat will be offered at Parks and Recreation Department headquarters in April and May. Presented by the nonprofit Community Sailing of Fairfield, the ...

Sailing into history
Sydney Morning Herald
But his smile was soon restored by the news that the Kon-Tiki's sail and paddle had somehow found the right way, and he and his fellow sailors still had a chance to complete their 8000-kilometre journey. Heyerdahl's book about the expedition, Kon-Tiki,...


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Live coverage from the 2nd day of the Extreme Sailing Series™ - Act 2, Singapore

Live coverage from the 2nd day of the Extreme Sailing Series™ - Act 2, Singapore. Join us as we stream *live* from the race course. (Live 6-7 am ET (US) - replay also available)

Extreme Sailing Series Act 2 - SAP Extreme Sailing Team on the rise
Sail World
On the first day of Act 2 of the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series, SAP Extreme Sailing Team was on deck for battle. Marina Bay in Singapore played host to the seven competing teams who were challenged by the tight confines of the race course and the added ...

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Les Voiles de St. Barth, a four-day regatta, features courses that are long, tough and technical, demanding frequent sail changes, off the island of St. Barthélemy, in the French West Indies - St. Barth Plays Host to Tough Yacht Race - NYTimes.com: "The regatta, supported by the St. Barth Yacht Club, brings together six classes of yachts, including maxis, a class of giant prototype boats fitted out with the latest equipment and experimental technology for ocean racing, like rotating wing masts. Ms. Gee said the courses would be long, tough and technical, demanding frequent sail changes. Wind speeds are likely to range from 5 to 25 knots, or about 6 to 30 miles an hour. . ."

Clear Lake sailors prepare for World Blind Sailing Championships
KHOU
CLEAR LAKE -- A group of sailors from Clear Lake are preparing for the upcoming worldsailing championships. The name on their boat says a lot. The words BLIND AMBITION are painted on the side. Hearing from the sailors themselves, though, reveals so ...

US Sailing Championship Enters Multihull Mix on San Francisco Bay
US SAILING (press release)
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (April 10, 2013) - US Sailing has announced that the 2013 U.S. Multihull Championship for the Hobie Alter Trophy will be sailed on Hobie 16s and hosted by the Sausalito Yacht Club in Sausalito, Calif. on September 3-8. San Francisco...

US Sailing Recognizes Two for Rescue of Pilot in South River Plane Crash
US SAILING (press release)
The Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal is awarded by US Sailing's Safety-at-Sea Committee to any person who rescues or endeavors to rescue any other person from drowning, shipwreck, or other perils at sea within the territorial waters of the United States, ...

Sailing season under way as GSA wins at Marblehead
Fenceviewer
The eight Eagle sailors who traveled to Marblehead spent about 90 blustery minutes on the water at Maine Maritime Academy last Thursday, racing 420 dinghies against a small contingent from the MMA team. That was their only practice this spring.

Spring sailing
Warwick Beacon
A nursing student, Nathan Aykroyd, sailed the canoe he outfitted with outriggers for a getaway cruise in Pawtuxet Cove. He lowers the sailoffshore from the Aspray Boathouse. And a flowering magnolia tree lends a splash of white to the blue skies above ...

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SAILING: Williams makes sailing look easy at Congressional Cup
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Baird has been sailing so well in his return to the game that his tactician could even find time to take a swim during their race against Australia's Jordan Reece. They were leading comfortably when Terry Hutchinson noticed their rudder had snagged ...

Olympic Sailing Venue Inspires Olympians Of The Future
In the afterglow of the 2012 London Olympics, the Weymouth and Portland NationalSailing Academy (WPNSA) is making the success of the Olympic legacy a ...
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4 rescued from crippled sailboat off Jersey Shore: ""The key to rescue people is to have the right equipment on board," Oldham said. "A radio, life jackets and flares." On scene, Petty Officer John Fallon, boarded the Fiona and found that after apparently running aground, the the boat had lost its rudder and engine power, the Coast Guard said. The boat was not taking on water, but about eight inches of water filled the bilge due to the waves breaking along the hull, Oldham said."

Sailing odyssey over, Hakkens now face legal journey
Tampabay.com (blog)
TAMPA — Their weeklong odyssey started in Tampa Bay, spanned the gulf to the shores of Cuba and landed them in the Hillsborough County Jail. The couple accused of kidnapping their young sons will start a new journey today — one that could end with ...

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Extreme Sailing Series 2013, Act 2 in Singapore (video)

Extreme Sailing Series 2013, Act 2 in Singapore streamed live Friday- Sunday on johnthecrowd.com 

Video from Act 1 in Oman below--

Muscat, Oman Extreme Sailing Series Act 1 2013  - In the world of high-performance sailing, one Series brings the sailing right to the crowds, and in Oman, eight high-performance Extreme 40 catamarans went head to head over four days of intense competition. Fresh talent met the old guard for the first time and the four new skippers on the start line each showed moments of brilliance -- a sign of things to come in what is shaping up to be the closest Series to date. Watch how the action unfolded and go behind the scenes with exclusive interviews with some of the best sailors in the sport.

Extreme Sailing Series 2013: fleet set for game of fiddle-dee-dee in Singapore

Telegraph.co.uk
Jes Gram Hansen from SAP Extreme Sailing said everyone was going to have to raise their game in the conditions with such a compact racing circuit. “It means that every second counts and we will need to be extremely slick with manoeuvres and have good ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Sailing Competes Against Local Rivals
Harvard Crimson
The Harvard sailing team split up along the Charles over the weekend, as the Crimson competed in three regattas in the Boston area. Harvard picked up a sixth-place finish at the 45th Women's President's Trophy Intersectional, hosted by Boston University.

SAILING | Despite elements, Elis cruise to victory
Yale Daily News (blog)
For the second consecutive weekend, unpredictable wind created complicated racing conditions for both the coed and women's sailing teams, and for the second consecutive weekend, both teams sailed to victory despite the inclement weather. At Boston, the ...

SAILING: World's best in Congressional Cup
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Some of the world's best match racing sailors from six countries and the U.S. Virgin Islands are competing in Long Beach Yacht Club's 49th Congressional Cup starting today. Two round-robin rotations will be followed by sail-offs through Saturday.

Crocker, crew capture overall title at Ribault Cup sailing regatta
Hilton Head Island Packet
The Ribault Cup sailing regatta saw its largest turnout this past weekend as 19 boats took to Port Royal Sound in excellent sailing conditions. When the results of the Spinnaker and Racing classes were combined, the overall winner was Roy Crocker and...

After sailing solo around the world, Tomy now wants to do it by microlight
Newstrack India
Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 (IANS) After circumnavigating the globe solo in a sailboat, naval officer Lt. Cdr. Abhilash Tomy now wants to do so in a microlight for a unique double. "He says there are others who have individually done solo's either in ...

Louay Habib summarises 2013 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
BYM News (press release)
Event director, Judy Petz welcomed the sailors and crew to the event and highlighted the tremendous support of the sponsors and businesses who have made the regatta such a great success. "We are delighted that the local businesses have embraced the...

Sailing World's College Rankings, April 3, 2013 | Sailing World
Yale claims the top of both coed and women's rankings in the fourth poll of the spring. Stanford and Georgetown round out the coed top three while Boston ...
www.sailingworld.com/.../sailing-worlds-college-rankings-apri...

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Extreme Sailing Series heads to Singapore for Act 2 (video)

Extreme Sailing Series heads to the Far East for Act 2, Singapore, April 11-14 (video above) - The high-rise and cosmopolitan city of Singapore is getting into gear to host to Act 2 of the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series™ in just one week. It's not the first time the Extreme 40s have raced in Singapore but this iconic city is now a regular fixture on the global, 8-stop tour for the next three years supported by Local Partner Aberdeen Asset Management, the Singapore Sports Council and the Singapore Sailing Federation. Eight international teams with 28 World Championship titles, 20 Olympic campaigns and 25 America's Cups between them will line up on the 11th April for four days of intense stadium racing on Marina Bay Reservoir, including local heroes Scott Glen Sydney and Justin Wong and their home nation invitational entry, Team Aberdeen Singapore. Fans onsite can enjoy a packed entertainment schedule in the free to enter public race village at The Promontory@Marina Bay including live music, try sailing and more, while online fans can watch the stadium racing live online.

SAILING | Elis overcome rough weather
Yale Daily News (blog)
Although shifty winds threatened to derail both the coed and women's sailing teams over the weekend, both Yale teams rallied on the final day of racing to come from behind and win their regattas. At the end of races on Saturday and Sunday, the coed ...

Espionage rife as Team NZ finish preparations
TVNZ
Team New Zealand had their last day sailing their AC72 catamaran today before it is shipped to San Francisco for the America's Cup and they weren't alone. They were followed by "spies" from America's Cup holders Oracle and fellow challengers Luna ...

Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre: Palma, the place to be for Rio hopefuls
BYM News (press release)
For one week, at least, Trofeo Princess Sofia Mapfre – ISAF Sailing World Cup Palma is the centre of the Olympic sailing world with the best sailors competing to reach the next level. For Asenathi Jim and Roger Hudson (RSA), Palma de Mallorca is the ...

TheDartmouth.com: Sailing team sees improvement
The Dartmouth coed sailing team, ranked 16th nationally, returned to action over the weekend, sailing in four regattas. The team had mixed results, but saw ...
thedartmouth.com/2013/04/02/sports/sailing

12th Annual Brooke Gonzalez Advanced Racing Clinic at Sail ...
The application deadline is April 1 for Sail Newport's 2013 Brooke Gonzalez Advanced Racing Clinic on June 13-16. This clinic is held in Lasers, International ...
www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/.../12th-annual-brooke-gonzalez-a...

SAILING | Elis overcome rough weather | Yale Daily News
The No. 1-ranked coed sailing team pulled off its third consecutive victory with a win at the Southern Connecticut Team Race....
yaledailynews.com/.../sailing-elis-overcome-rough-weather/

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