The World Sailing Show - September 2018 Edition (video)

The World Sailing Show - Sept 2018 Edition

This edition of the World Sailing Show was published Sep 3, 2018.

1:01 Hempel Sailing World Championships Part 1
2:09 The rise of Japan
6:33 New to the podium
12:15 TP52 World Championships
17:37 Extreme Sailing Series Cardiff
18:50 Hempel Sailing World Championships Part 2

The Hempel Sailing World Championships was always going to be a big deal, but it wasn’t just the silverware and the sailors that drew the crowds in Aarhus, Denmark. With two years to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, this was the first opportunity for nations to qualify for the Games and a key opportunity to start putting theory into practice for teams. Make no mistake, Aarhus was a big deal for all. Also: to Portugal for the TP52 World Championships and an exclusive guided tour of the world’s most advanced keelboats, as well as checking in with the Extreme Sailing Series in Cardiff.

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The World Sailing Show - August 2018 Edition

World Sailing Show (Aug 2018)

The World Sailing Show video above published Jul 22, 2018:

00:53 Superyacht Cup 2018 – The biggest and the best
6:25 Extreme Sailing Series – Act 4 Cascais
7:39 Golden Globe start
8:11 Volvo Ocean Race – The final battle
14:12 52 SuperSeries second round Zadar
17:22 Aarhus Sailing World Championships preview Pt3
20:17 Rolex Giraglia – The Mediterranean offshore classic

Conservative estimates put the total value of this year’s Superyacht Cup fleet in Palma at well over 500 million Euros. Yet whatever the figure, the sight of some of the world’s biggest and best racing in Palma Majorca was spectacular.

Meanwhile, in the closest match in the history of the Volvo Ocean Race, three boats on equal points put everything on the line to battle for overall victory.

In Zadar, Croatia the competition was just as close in the second event of the 52 Superseries, as was the action in the offshore stage of the Rolex Giraglia.

And there’s more--Extremes in Cascais, the Golden Globe in Les Sables d’Olonne, plus during the build up to the Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, we take a look at how one Olympic sailor is balancing her campaign with a new family life.

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The World Sailing Show, March 2017 Edition, Sailing News & Videos

The World Sailing Show - March 2017 - PART 1:

Video above published Feb 26, 2017 by Sailing.org:
1:08 World Cup Series – Miami 2017
7:02 New wave of young talent
From big names jumping ship to exciting new talent, the World Cup Series in Miami set the pace for a busy and exciting 2017 season.

The World Sailing Show - March 2017 - PART 2

Video above published Feb 26, 2017 by Sailing.org:

0:00 DN ice yacht crash
0:37 Joyon’s IDEC Sport sets new World record
04:04 New America’s Cup Class boats revealed
06:25 Ice yachting
10:08 Vendée Victory
Francis Joyon and crew started their year by becoming the fastest crew around the world. Meanwhile, America’s Cup teams have started to reveal the new breed of machines they will be using come May.
Plus, we take a look at what makes ice yachting tick before looking back at how Armel beat Alex in the Vendée Globe

The World Sailing Show provides a monthly view of the racing world, from non-stop around the world racers, to Olympic campaigns; from seasoned professionals, to grass roots sailors, the joint initiative between TV producers Sunset+Vine and the sport’s governing body World Sailing (sailing.org) covers a wide range of racing activity around the world. The show also goes to 41 broadcasters around the world and is shown in 192 territories.

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World Sailing Show, April 2016, Nevis Booby Island Regatta (video)

The World Sailing Show - April 2016:

Nine years ago the Extreme Sailing Series took high performance racing to the crowds and changed the sailing world. With the short courses and fast action, the series influenced some of the biggest events in sailing. Now in its 10th year the ESS ups the ante once more as the fleet takes to hydrofoils on brand new boats. Published April 25, 2016 At the other end of the scale, 900 junior sailors race at one event on Lake Garda. Aside from the spectacle, you can’t help wondering how many of tomorrow’s stars are in there. So we asked some of the world’s top sailors about what the Optimist meant to them. Plus, how the newest boat in the Olympics is challenging the best sailors in the world and how one man’s work changed a generation of yacht design. Plus news from around the world.

Below: Nevis Booby Island Regatta video

The 2016 Booby Island Regatta & Sailing Festival: "The Booby Island Regatta & Sailing Festival--30th April – 2nd May 2016--Anyone Can Enter. Anyone can Win The Booby Island Regatta and Sailing Festival is a fun 3 day Regatta and Sailing Festival in the beautiful Caribbean islands of St Kitts and Nevis. The Booby Island Regatta is a little bit different to the norm. We have designed the sailing to give everyone the opportunity to take part and compete regardless of the yacht’s capabilities or crew’s level of experience and have included a few of our own ideas to level the playing field. Our race philosophy, borrowed and adapted from the Olympics ethos, is  “The most important thing is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but living well.” Alongside three days of sailing we have a full program of events to encourage competitors and spectators alike to come ashore and enjoy the best that Nevis has to offer."

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