2014 RC44 Grand Final, Oman, Nov 19-23 (video)

2014 RC44 Championship Tour Promo

Since its launch in 2007, the RC44 Championship Tour has established itself as a key series to compete on in the international yacht racing circuit. The defining spirit of the Tour brings together the worlds of sailing and business, allowing amateur owner drivers to race, high performance one-design yachts, with some of the world's elite sailors, competing at some of the most beautiful and diverse sailing venues around the world. Although one of most competitive classes on the international circuit, the RC44 class is also one of the most friendly and welcoming.

RC44 Grand Final Showdown in Oman: The closing event of the 2015 Championship Tour will play out from the 19th – 23rd of November at the RC44 Oman Cup, Muscat. Hosted by Oman Sail, the season finale promises to be a close one. With both the Match Racing and Fleet Racing titles up for grabs and the top three teams all within touching distance, the big question is can anyone topple Team Aqua, to break their three-year domination. The RC44 Oman Cup will kick off with a day of match racing, where either the professional tactician or owner can take the helm. The remaining four days will be fleet racing. Currently leading the fleet racing is three times defending champion, Chris Bake’s Aqua in their familiar spot. In the Match Racing, Team Aqua holds a slim one-point lead over the fleet. A strong match racing season for Synergy Russian Sailing Team, with America’s Cup veteran Ed Baird at the helm, puts them in second place. Two podium finishes this season for Vladimir Prosikhin ’s Team Nika sees them in third. Returning to the Arabian port of Muscat for the second consecutive year Oman offers crystal clear water and a prevailing north-easterly wind providing great sailing conditions to end the season. The RC44 Oman Cup will take place over 19 – 23 November.

Times of Oman
Sailing: Oman Sail set to host RC44 Tour finale for second successive year
Times of Oman
The RC44 event brings together boats owned and raced by the world's leading businessmen and crewed by some of the world's top sailors.

Scuttlebutt Sailing News
SAIL's 2015 Best Boats Awards
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
SAIL Magazine has announced the winners of SAIL's 2015 Best Boats Awards, which followed their review over the fleet of 2015 Best Boats Nominees ...

Leg 2 starts tomorrow | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015: "Leg 2 from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi starts tomorrow at 18:00 local time (16:00 UTC), and it’s going to be a long one." Watch VOR's You Tube live video stream from 17:50 until 18:05 local. Commentators: Mark Covell, a former Olympic sailor and sailing partner of Ian Walker, and Niall Myant." Follow also on: JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: VOR

The National
Volvo Ocean Race: Team SCA crew member profiles
The National
An accomplished single-handed sailor, she has plenty of tough experience, having sailedin two Vendee Globe races as well as the challenging Open ...

Navy IC Sailing Wins Coed and Women's Atlantic Coast Championship
NavySports.com
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The fall intercollegiate sailing season concluded this weekend with the Atlantic Coast Championship being held at the Coast ...

Sailing Concludes Fall Season at Atlantic Coast Championship - Harvard Crimson
Sailing Competes in Atlantic Coast Championships - eckerdtritons.com

My Sailing
How I became part of the NSW Youth Sailing Team
My Sailing
I started sailing four years ago when my mum bought a boat and realised our family didn't really know how to sail. Not long after, my mum enrolled me ...

Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Yacht Club Stories Initiative: Strong Start
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
November 17, 2014 – The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) and Gowrie Group have partnered together to collect and preserve the stories of ...

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Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Volvo Ocean 65 (video)

A Message for the Brave -
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden writing a message on the mast of the Volvo Ocean 65 of Dongfeng Race Team. Published on Oct 5, 2014

Sailing NEWS:

Rhode Island Public Radio
One Square Mile: Why Sailing Should Matter To Every Rhode Islander
Rhode Island Public Radio
Sail Newport's Executive Director Brad Read hops on one of the organization's sailboats and starts pulling the line connected to the main sail.


Temple Daily Telegram
Sailing motivates student
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Alexandra Mares, a sophomore at Holy Trinity Catholic High School, has enjoyed sailing since infancy, and hopes to compete in the Olympics one day ...

Navy Intercollegiate Sailing Competes in Four Regattas
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - It was another busy weekend for the Navy intercollegiate sailing team as Navy hosted two events and traveled to two others.

Sailing to Greenland: an Austro-Swiss team and the Wild Bunch climb new rock walls.
British Mountaineering Council
Ikerasak's iconic peak from the anchorage. Married Men's Way takes the lefthand ridge, while Crocodiles have Teeth climbs the steep right arête of the ...


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Tactics, Sail Handling and Equipment Problems
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For the sailors it was a special moment: years of preparation had gone by and now it was time for action to begin. From our ring-side seats – you could ...


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
At last, Comanche nears liftoff
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Ken Read, President of North Sails, will soon have his hands on the wheel of a very large, and breathtaking, record-seeking ocean racer. Here Ken ...


Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Field confirmed for World Match Racing Tour in Bermuda
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Rounding out the card holders group are Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Hansen Sailing Team, David Gilmour (AUS) Team Gilmour, Mathieu Richard (FRA) ...


Sail World
Extreme Sailing Series 2014: The Wave, Muscat turn attention to Sydney
Sail World
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Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Atlantic Cup to become biennial event
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Manuka SEM decided to focus on a two-year cycle to continue to produce a first class event and time the race to coincide with the international sailing ...

Women's Sailing Takes Sixth At Fall Conference Championship
Cornell University Athletics
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell women's sailing team took sixth at the MAISA Women's Fall Dinghy at Navy this past weekend, while a second grouping ...

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High wind, heavy weather sailing video

High wind sailing on Bellingham Bay heavy weather on Horizen Nov 18 2013 Catalina 36 (video above)

College Sailing: Study abroad, sort of 
Scuttlebutt Sailing News: "...Later this week, the squad from the Philadelphia, PA campus will be off to Les Sables-d’Olonne, France, to compete in the world’s largest intercollegiate sailing event, the 46th EDHEC Sailing Cup. The EDHEC Sailing Cup on April 25 to May 3, 2014 is the biggest intercollegiate offshore regatta in the world. The USA will be the most represented foreign country with five teams. Drexel University will be joined by University of Chicago, Tufts (2 teams) and Georgetown. Canada will have two teams: University of Laval and HEC Montréal...."

Huson man dies after sailboat capsizes near Port Townsend: "A Huson man died after a small sailboat capsized Sunday near Port Townsend. Police say 57-year-old Stephen I. Halpin of Huson was sailing with his wife and another woman in a gathering of dinghies known as SCAMP boats when their vessel overturned. Another sailor picked up the three from the water, and they were on their way back to shore when Halpin went into cardiac arrest...."

Intercollegiate Sailing Qualifies for Women's National Championship
NavySports.com
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy intercollegiate sailing team has been working hard to get ready for this year's College Sailing Sperry Top Sider Women's ...

Sailing mad mum organised fundraiser - but died from cancer before it took place
Plymouth Herald
“The generosity of family, friends and sailing club members has been tremendous and she would be very pleased to see that more than £4,500 has ...

Outteridge and Jensen to take on Burling and Tuke in Hyeres
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The boat parks at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères were bustling with anticipation as over 1,100 sailors from 61 nations fine-tuned their equipment ...

Washington College Sailing Competes at Two Regattas in Boston
WashingtonCollegeSports.com
BOSTON, Mass. -- The Washington College sailing team competed in two regattas in Boston this weekend, finishing 12th of 17 teams at the Boston ...

Beau Geste, Nine Dragons and Wild Rose crowned Australian IRC Champions
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GW Sailing Excels at America's Trophy Tune Up
George Washington University - Official Athletic Site
The GW sailing team finished in sixth place out of 20 teams at the Admirals Cup in Kings Point, N.Y., the same site for next weekend's America's ...

'Sailing Adventures in Paradise' by Vincent Bossley
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First sail of the brand new Judel/Vrolijk-designed Ran 72 | VSail.info
By Valencia Sailing
First sail of Niklas Zennström's brand new Ran 72. Palma, 19 April 2014. First sail of Niklas ...
VSail.info

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GoPro RC Sailing video

GoPro RC Sailing
GoPro RC Sailing video above - Not a lot of waves but very strong and shifting winds. Shot with a GoPro Hero 3 (Published on Mar 23, 2014)

35th America's Cup - no Defender Series: Sam Hollis, member of the Golden Gate Yacht Club America's Cup Committee has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court of New York stating that no Defender Series will be held for the next America's Cup. Protocol for the 35th America’s Cup, which will define all the terms for the event, has not yet been released. - See more at: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/03/23/americas-cup-defender-series/#sthash.DL84NH1L.dpuf

Extreme Sailing Series : Big breeze final race shoot out in Muscat sees The Wave, Muscat snatch ...
NauticNews
It was a sweltering hot day in Muscat, Oman, for the final showdown at the ExtremeSailing Series™, where the Arabian peninsula saved the best for ...

WC Sailing 4th at MAISA/SAISA, 12th at Charleston Women's
WashingtonCollegeSports.com
HAMPTON, Va. -- The Washington College sailing team finished fourth of 14 teams at the MAISA/SAISA, hosted by Hampton, this weekend....

Sailors get good weather for regatta
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The Geechee Sailing Club in Savannah hosts the St. Patrick's Day Regatta each year, and this year was the event's 35th running. A fleet of 16 boats in ...

Mothies clean up after racing cancelled at US Championships
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Then, as the time limit expired and the breeze kicked in, a group of Upper Keys Sailing Club volunteers and friends and families of the racers set up an ...

Good tactics by Malcolm Page allows Vatti to increase her lead in Hainan
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Their decision to sail as close as possible to the southern shore of Dongmaozhou Island cost them a minute and a half, according to Brian Thompson....

Navy Intercollegiate Sailing Report
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy intercollegiate sailing team competed in three extremely challenging team racing regattas this weekend, with the entire ...

Flying Phantom has first long-distance race on foils
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Improper Course: Sailing in the Middle of the Fleet - Sailing Downwind Part II
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It's a great question because sailing normally, when the wind flows from the luff to the leach, you trim and steer by looking at the telltales and the front ...
Improper Course

Ubox take line honours at Sanya coastal race while Vatti extend overall lead at Aloha Cup Round ...
By Valencia Sailing
Posted on 24 March 2014 by Valencia Sailing. [Source: Aloha Cup Round Hainan Regatta] Wang Lei helmed the Ubox Swan 82S to line honours at ...
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ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères – Toulon Provence Mediterranean Preview - Yachts and Yachting ...
In one month's time, from 19 to 26 April 2014, the town of Hyères will be hosting the much awaited final leg of the ISAF world circuit, the Sailing World ...
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Miami Training Recap | BU Dinghy Sailors
By camfraser2
... in Miami on Sunday the 9th, practice spanned from Monday to Thursday. The team wassailing out of Ransom Everglades under the instruction…
BU Dinghy Sailors

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