2018 Youth Worlds Final Day Highlights Video

2018 Youth Worlds Final Day Round-Up | Corpus Christi, Texas

World Sailing TV video above published Jul 20, 2018: A comprehensive round-up of all nine classes at the 2018 Youth Worlds!

All results here.

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The World Sailing Show January 2018 (video)

The World Sailing Show - January 2018

The World Sailing Show video above originally published Dec 27, 2017:

• 01:02 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 & 3
• 07:19  News
• 08:30 How & why the new America’s Cup boat will work 
• 11:59 Aboard Imerys – How the Class 40 season title was won
• 16:18 eSailing World Championships
• 18:18 Gabart smashes solo world record
• 19:13 Youth Worlds Sanya, China

The World Sailing Show gets aboard Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde’ s Class 40 Imerys for a full-on, double handed 4,000 mile sleigh ride south to see how the pair took the coveted overall season title.

Also heading south, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet descended on Cape Town. With 7,000 miles under their belts, stomachs were starting to churn among the crew at the thought of the next 6,500 across the notorious Southern Ocean – they tell the World Sailing Show why.

What will make the new America’s Cup boat be so quick? Cup guru Grant Simmer explains in an exclusive interview.

We take a look at two major new world records set at very different ends of the scale. We also find out how to compete in a world championships without getting your feet wet.

Plus, were back in China, this time for the Youth World Championships.

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The World Sailing Show Video and Ken Read of North Sails Video

The World Sailing Show

Video above published Jan 22, 2017:
1:23 Coville’s new world record
6:22 Youth Worlds
9:59 49er crash
11:02 Vendée Globe and stress
16:25 60 seconds with the president
17:30 Sydney to Hobart – another record

Yet more records were broken this month in some spectacular performances from Thomas Coville’s incredible sprint around the world to a huge chunk being taken out of the Sydney-Hobart classic. Find out how and who is now in the record books. Plus, win or lose, a look at the stress of competing in the world’s toughest race, the Vendée Globe.  And see tomorrow’s stars in action and on the podium at the Youth Worlds in Auckland.

Ken Read of North Sails:

Video above published Jan 9, 2017

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Sailing and Sponsorship: Consumer Research, Data, Strategy (video)

Consumer research, the foundation of a commercial strategy - Uli Lacher Keynote:

Video above published Nov 21, 2016: Numbers were at the heart of Ulrich Lacher of Lacher Consulting's talk at World Sailing's Commercial Strategy for the Sport Forum which started by focusing on what potential sponsors are looking for. But there was one particular factor that he stressed was of crucial importance, data.

#ThrowbackThursday - Youth Worlds:

Vendee Globe 2016-17 UPDATE:

Vendee Globe Live Tracking (go to link:  tracking2016.vendeeglobe.org)

LIVE Tracking: tracking2016.vendeeglobe.org
More info:

• AlexThomsonRacing.com | Twitter: @ATRacing99
• www.oceanmasters.com | @IMOCA60
• www.imoca.org
• www.vendeeglobe.org | @VendeeGlobe
• #VG2016

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2015 ISAF Youth Worlds, 27 Dec-3 Jan Langkawi, Malaysia (videos)

Above video: Best Of 2014 ISAF Youth Worlds - The 2014 ISAF Youth Worlds was a record breaker... Enjoy the best bits of what was an amazing event.


Wrap up highlights from the Laser Radial Boys and Girls fleets. Joel Rodriguez and Martina Reino made it a double Spanish victory in the Laser Radial fleets.

Latest News : News | ISAF Youth Worlds | Official Site Langkawi, Malaysia, 27 Dec 2015-3 Jan 2016
http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/
2015 ISAF Youth Worlds Notice Of Race Released

United States Sailing Association | 2015 US Sailing Youth Worlds Team Prepares for Langkawi, Malaysia: November 4, 2015--Portsmouth, R.I. – US Sailing has named thirteen athletes to its 2015 ISAF Youth World Championships Team. The premier youth event in international sailing, ISAF Youth Worlds represents the highest level of competition for the next regeneration of American talent. Langkawi, Malaysia will host the 2015 edition of the regatta from December 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016.

“The thirteen American sailors who have qualified to represent USA at this event should be very proud,” said Josh Adams, Managing Director of US Olympic Sailing. “US Sailing is a strong supporter of the ISAF Youth Worlds, and we think that youth racers should strive to compete at this level. We are excited to provide the highest level of training and preparation ever given to a US Sailing Youth Worlds Team in the form of dedicated training camps and world-class coaching, which is central to the new Olympic Development Program (ODP) launched by US Sailing in early 2015.”

US Sailing’s 2015 ISAF Youth World Championship Team:

• Laser Radial (boy’s one person dinghy): Nic Baird (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
• Laser Radial (girl’s one person dinghy): Christina Sakellaris (Milton, Mass.)
• International 420 (girl’s two person dinghy): Christina Klingler (Darien, Conn.) and Victoria Thompson (Newport Beach, Calif.)
• International 420 (boy’s two person dinghy): Will Logue (Cos Cob, Conn.) and Bram Brakman (Darien, Conn.)
• 29er (boy’s high performance dinghy): Romain Screve (Kentfield, Calif.) and Quinn Wilson (Ojai, Calif.)
• 29er (girl’s high performance dinghy): Alexandra Toppa (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Liza Toppa (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
• RS:X (boy’s windsurfer): Maximo Nores (Miami Beach, Fla.)
• F16 (open multihull): Mark Brunsvold (Sarasota, Fla.) and Anderson Brunsvold (Sarasota, Fla.)

*Note: No female US RS:X sailor qualified for the 2015 ISAF Youth Worlds

US Sailing is bringing unprecedented resources to bear in support of the 2015 Youth Worlds Team. Three multi-day ODP Training Camps have been organized in the fall of 2015 in Miami, Florida for the Laser Radial, 29er, I420, F16 and RS:X classes. “These camps are the first of their kind held in the US,” said Leandro Spina, US Sailing’s Youth Development Director. “In addition to including the team members, we also invited many other top youth sailors to train as part of a group, and receive coaching. This is about raising the overall level of youth racing in the US, as well as helping these sailors perform well at the biggest youth event in the world.”- See more at: ussailing.org

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Whitsundays Sailing Video

Whitsundays Sailing FAQs -
Published on Jul 13, 2014 - Take a look at the Whitsundays and meet two experienced sailors to answer your sailing questions. More information www.queensland.com/sailing.

Sailing - Mills and Clark bounce back from injury to take European silver
Yahoo Eurosport UK
Olympic silver medallist Hannah Mills admitted climbing second spot on the podium surpassed all expectations after she and sailing partner Saskia ...

Sail Canada partners with Volvo Cars of Canada
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Sail Canada and Volvo Cars of Canada have announced a three-year partnership that will provide support for Sail Canada's ...

Extreme Sailing Series: To Foil or not to Foil
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
If anyone knows the Extreme Sailing Series™, it's David 'Freddie' Carr. The British sailor raced in the inaugural circuit in 2007 – back then for the ...

Aratere cancels sailing on second day back at sea
New Zealand Herald
The beleaguered Interislander ferry Aratere cancelled a sailing this morning - in what is only its second day back in service after undergoing a three ...

Light breeze knocks leaders in Youth Worlds
My Sailing
It was a day for the underdogs in many cases on the third day of competition at the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship with improvements ...

Rehoboth Bay Sailing association celebrates birthday
Cape Gazette
Rehoboth Bay Sailing Association member Nancy Jaywork prepares her Sunfish for a race between association members.

Two Australians in top ten, four in top 20 match race rankings
My Sailing
For the top ranked sailors there has been just the one regatta to add to their points tally since the last ranking release. Williams remains at World #1 by ...

Laser National sailing: Sharif shows his class, wins two races
The Hindu
Newcomer A. Srinu of EME Sailing Club (Bhopal) finished a creditable seventh in this race. The Bhopal sailor, who took up the sport only in January ...

NMMA cancels Strictly Sail Long Beach show
Trade Only Today
The National Marine Manufacturers Association announced it will cancel the Strictly SailLong Beach boat show, which had been slated for Oct. 23-26.

Sailboat stolen from St. Augustine waterways: "...The boat was last seen June 23. The sailboat was described as a white fiberglass hull with wood on the top. The boat had red and green trimming towards the bottom of the boat. The sailboat also had a 40 horsepower Perkins diesel engine and is valued at $30,000. Anyone with information concerning this investigation is asked to contact Detective Thomas Keisler at the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office at (904) 209-2145. You can also remain anonymous and possibly be eligible for a cash reward by calling CrimeStoppers of N.E. Florida at 1-(888) 277-TIPS."

Solar Sail Spacecraft to Hitch a Free Ride on a Light Breeze in 2016
Scientific American
Just as sailboats use wind pressure to propel through water, solar sails use the pressure from light radiated by the sun to move through space.

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2013 Sail First ISAF Youth Worlds Day 4 Highlights (videos)

2013 Sail First ISAF Youth Worlds Day 4 Highlights video


Perdomo Secures Puerto Rico's First Ever ISAF Youth Worlds Gold Medal (video)

Transpac: "Honolulu, Hawaii – July 18, 2013 – After a long trip that included a wide range of conditions and a chance at a course record, John Sangmeister’s Lending Club is the first boat in the fleet to cross the finish line of the 47th Transpac at Diamond Head tonight at 21:52:33 local time, for an elapsed time of 5 days 11 hours 52 minutes 33 seconds over the 2225-mile course."

New Zealand Sets Top Speed for America’s Cup 72-Foot Catamarans - NYTimes.com: "Emirates Team New Zealand set a top speed for America’s Cup 72-foot catamarans, hitting 44.15 knots, or 50.8 miles an hour, on San Francisco Bay. The Kiwis set the mark as they sailed alone to collect another point in the Louis Vuitton Cup for challengers."

For New Zealand, San Francisco America's Cup looks make or break | Reuters: " . . . In an international competition where money buys top talent from around the world, New Zealand's is the only boat crewed almost entirely by nationals. Only New Zealand has a home-grown grown industry devoted to designing and building advanced carbon-fiber boats of the type being used in the Cup. And only New Zealand, whose winning Cup campaign two decades ago touched off a national celebration, is backed by its government and risks losing that support if it fails this year. "I don't think the team will survive if we don't win," said New Zealand tactician Ray Davies. "It's fantastic that the government puts the money in, but they're expecting us to win and they're not going to back a team that doesn't win.". . ."

Sailing: The old man and the lake
Port Huron Times Herald
Balcirak and Tipp are youngsters compared to 91-year-old Lee Smith of St. Clair Shores, who will be sailing his 60th Mackinac. He'll join the crew of Mostly Harmless, owned by Warwick Smith of Grosse Pointe Woods. Tipp, 74, competed in his first ...

Sailing: Expet faster times in Port Huron to Mackinac race
Petoskey News-Review
About 230 boats and about 2,500 sailors are competing this weekend in the 89th edition of the Bayview Yacht Club's Port Huron to Mackinac race. The Cove Island course is 259 nautical miles, and the shore course is 204 nautical miles. A front is ...

Dinghy sailors at full stretch both at home and abroad
Irish Times
The Irish sailing scene has never been more buoyant, with Irish dinghy sailors at full stretch this morning, as leading classes stage championships on home waters and abroad, and a young Irish squad's efforts at the ISAF world youth championships in ...

Smooth sailing for opening day of Race the Cape
Cape Breton Post
The four-day, point-to-point sail race began its first leg Thursday, as 40 vessels made their way from St. Peter's to Ben Eoin, covering a total 33 nautical miles. The first leg started in the Bras d'Or Lake off the Cape George lighthouse with the ...

Sailing into marina living
New Straits Times
BOAT HAVEN: Resort-style homes near berthing facilities aim to lure sailors and non-sailors alike. One of the latest attractions of waterfront developments in Malaysia is the marina, which is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and ...

Turkish cruise holidays: Sailing the Mediterranean on a gulet
Daily Mail
If ever there was a compelling reason to take to the waves in Turkey, it's that taking to the roads can be hair-raising. Even late at night on the short journey around the coast from Bodrum airport. By contrast, when we arrive at the small bay village ...

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2013 Sail First ISAF Youth Worlds Day 3 Highlights and Wild Sailing videos

2013 Sail First ISAF Youth Worlds Day 3 Highlights


Will's Wild Sailing Picture Show from Will Lyons on Vimeo.
Here's a montage of wet and wild action from the last 6 months. More info here: http://ridgelinemotionpictures.com/6-months-in-review/

BYM Sailing & Sports News: "7/17 0:30 PDT  Eventful (Transpac) race so far, hit a telephone pole (hard), huge chunk out of centerboard and delamination.  Ryan and Eric rigged a halyard, pulled the board, fliiped it over, removed and installed new fittings, re-installed board upside down in case and now sailing again at 95% efficiency.  Broke a halyard, as the sail was coming down it caught on foil tower and ripped it off the boat.  Tore sail too.  Jury-rigged new tower, fixed sail and flying well again.  Eric B and Ryan to the rescue."
more info: http://www.transpacyc.com/current-race-honolulu-2013/race-news

10 Americas Cup Words to Know - Regatta Boat Parts - Men's Fitness: "Want in on the action—but haven’t got a clue what announcers mean when they use words like rudder and starboard? We talked to Tim Jeffery, director of athletes and public relations for the America’s Cup Event Authority, who pulled together a list of 10 must-know sailing terms. Commit them to memory, and when it comes time to throw down your knowledge of the sport, you won’t be left staring at your boat shoes. . . ."

Sailing Clubs Aren’t As Exclusive As You Think - Newsweek and The Daily Beast: "“Sailing has had the reputation of being an expensive, elitist sport, but it really isn’t,” says Jack Gierhart, executive director of U.S. Sailing, the governing body for the sport. “Community sailing programs have been around for quite a while, but they’ve become more relevant and active in sailing recently, even in this economy.” Cameron Davidson/Corbis The number of community sailing clubs has increased in the past few years. With more than 550 community sailing programs across the United States, these open-to-the-public and mostly nonprofit clubs account for the recent resurgence of a pastime whose popularity has waned since its heyday in the 1970s and ’80s, when sailing was a chic alternative to motorized boats during the energy crisis. The number of these organizations has risen 10 percent over the past three years, according to Gierhart."

Leeway Sailing Center Goes To Planning Thursday
Gazette Newspapers
Ultimately, the current Leeway Sailing Center is 10,044 square feet and the new design would up that to 10,444 square feet. The new design would include a classroom, an office, restrooms, enclosed boat storage, outdoor boat storage and a deck.

Sailing clinic to take place
Tahoe Daily Tribune
Classes are offered for beginners, intermediate sailors and advanced intermediatesailors. Beginning instruction will include sailing fundamentals, basic techniques and knots; the intermediate class will cover sail trim, helming, tacking, radio and man ...

Nesbitt still new to sailing, but a vet
Port Huron Times Herald
The Port Huron resident said she's been sailing for about three or four years, but her one Mackinac Race makes her a bit of a veteran on a crew of mostly rookies aboard Knot Last, which is owned by Port Huron's Steve Bayless. Nesbitt is one of three ...

Sailing: The Gathering Cruise Crews Gather in Dun Laoghaire
SportsNewsIRELAND
Many of the Irish boats joining the cruise have invited friends and family from overseas to sail with them. Derek Harris from Poolbeg Yacht Club in Dublin Port has invited his sister Joan and her husband Brian Martin from Australia to join the cruise ...

Championship sailing competition takes to the waters of Lake Norman
WSOC Charlotte
The U.S. 2013 Flying Scot North American Championship is being hosted this week at The Lake Norman Yacht Club in Mooresville. The sailing competition welcomed boaters from Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New England, Ohio, ...

Napier Sailing club youths holding on at the Youth Sailing World Championships.
All About Hawke's Bay
The best placed include Isaac McHardie (Hamilton Yacht Club/RAYC) and Micah Wilkinson (Ngaroto Sailing Club/RAYC) who continue to dominate in the SL16 multihull, while Markus Somerville and Jack Simpson (Wakatere Boating Club) had a great day ...

NJROTC students learn at 12th annual sailing academy
Florida Times-Union
Despite cutbacks due to sequestration, 34 Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) students from high schools throughout Florida and Georgia spent the week of June 24-28 at NAS Jacksonville to learn how to sail. This is the 12th ...

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