The World Sailing Show, February 2018 Edition (video)

The World Sailing Show - February 2018

The World Sailing Show video above originally published Jan 29, 2018:

• Round the world record breakers 
• 05:50 Star Sailors League 1
• 2:12 Volvo Ocean Race Legs 3 & 4 
• 19:15 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

"How fast can one person sail around the world? Last year we thought we knew, but 12 months later when Francois Gabart smashed the previous record, the sailing world drew breath. Was this the ultimate limit to the ultimate challenge? To find out, we looked at the history of round the world record breaking and talked exclusively to Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to sail solo, non-stop, around the world about how times have tumbled and what lies ahead. In addition, we go to Nassau in the Bahamas to witness an extraordinary victory as the world’s best compete in a champion of champions showdown. We also re-visit the grueling Volvo Ocean Race as the fleet careers though the Southern Ocean before parking up in the Pacific. Plus, we take a look at the controversy in the Rolex Sydney Hobart race."

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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Sailing News & Videos

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race: SYDNEY IN SIGHT - published Dec 11, 2015
WEEK 2 of the Elliot Brown Timekeeper Cup from Albany WA to Sydney NSW, Australia: After an initial upwind beat the fleet experienced strong downwind conditions in the Southern Ocean before turning into the Tasman Sea to head across the Bass Strait towards Sydney of their arrival at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Rushcutters Bay, 12-14 December...



RACE 3 SOUTHERN OCEAN FROM ON BOARD GARMIN - Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - published on Dec 11, 2015: 1080 Media TV cameraman Rich Edwards, sailing aboard Garmin on Race 3 across the Southern Ocean from South Africa to Western Australia, cut this short insight into one of the most challenging legs of the Clipper 2015-16 Race,

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race News: Sydney Podium Complete: "Garmin has crossed the Race 4 finish line into Sydney in third place, finishing at 0339 local time December 13, 1639 UTC December 12 to complete the podium. GREAT Britain had earlier crossed the Race 4 finish line in second place at 0138 AEDT December 13, 1438 UTC December 12. And at 0517 local time December 13,1817 UTC December 12, Mission Performance crossed the finish line in fourth position. GREAT Britain Skipper Peter Thornton said: “It was a tough race and I am very pleased with the boat and crew. 12 hours ago I was getting very stressed and was thinking I could not get the boat to go any faster, and a couple of things changed and it shows that you can never give up. We just pipped Ash and his Garmin crew at the end..." See also: Clipper 2015-16 Race Standings

Other Sailing News:
Extreme Sailing Series 2015 concludes in Sydney Australia: Results

ISAF Sailing World Cup | Melbourne (7-13 December 2015) - Australian and French Para World Sailing gold rush continues : News & Features | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Site: "Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch ©Jeff Crow Sailing World Cup Melbourne St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia An intense fortnight of competition for an international fleet of Paralympic sailors drew to a close today, Saturday December 12, 2015, with the completion of their Sailing World Cup Melbourne race schedule in light southerly winds at the top end of Port Phillip..."

Jules Verne Trophy:

• Spindrift 2 LIVE tracking
• IDEC SPORT SAILING | A NEW RECORD FOR IDEC SPORT ON THE WAY INTO THE PACIFIC: "A NEW RECORD FOR IDEC SPORT ON THE WAY INTO THE PACIFIC 12 December 2015 Francis Joyon’s entered the Pacific this morning (Saturday) and in so doing set a new record for crossing the Indian Ocean, which is currently being ratified by the WSSRC: 6 days 23 hours and 4 minutes. Until now, no boat had managed to cover this stretch in less than 8 days. This new record logically follows the one they set between Cape Agulhas and Cape Leeuwin on Thursday evening....IDEC SPORT has smashed by more than one day (1 day, 5 hours and 31 minutes) the record set by Spindrift, less than two hours earlier. Yann Guichard’s crew crossed this same longitude at 0839hrs UTC on Saturday morning after spending 8 days and 4 hours and 35 minutes on this stretch..."

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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2015, Southern Ocean Video

The twelve teams in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race are in the notorious Southern Ocean as the fleet reaches the 'Roaring Forties' - Published on Nov 11, 2015: The fleet has now battled half way across the unforgiving Southern Ocean towards Western Australia in the Wardan Whip to Albany. Here in the Roaring Forties this challenging race is living up to its reputation.

​Race 3 Day 12: Front moves over fleet bringing more exhilarating conditions: "The fleet has had another day of exciting downwind sailing, with a front also starting to move over it providing more exhilarating conditions. The prelude to the front will see gusting winds of 50 knots from the north west and create a confused sea state, and the boats which are furthest south will experience stronger conditions still..."


GARMIN VIRB XE: On board Official Clipper Race Media RIB for start in Cape Town, South Africa - Published on Nov 6, 2015: Behind the scenes action captured on the Garmin VIRB XE on board the official media RIB during the start of Race 3 of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

Clipper Round The World Race:

• Official Website
• Standings
• Team Reports

The 40,000 mile Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race began in London, UK on August 30th. The fleet consists of 12 identical Clipper 70s. The Race is divided into 16 individual races, with the team with the top cumulative score winning the Clipper Race Trophy. Each team is led by a professional skipper with an all-amateur crew. The 3rd leg (4845 nm) began October 31from Cape Town, South Africa to Albany, Western Australia. Estimated finish is between November 22 and 26. The stops along the race route are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; Albany, Sydney, Hobart and Airlie Beach, Australia; Da Nang, Vietnam; Qingdao, China; Seattle, USA; Panama; New York, USA; Derry-Londonderry, Ireland; and Den Helder, Netherlands, and finishing at London by late July.

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Laura Dekker may never go home after sailing the world

Teen may never go home after sailing round the world
msnbc.com
Now, after sailing around the world, with difficult port approaches, storms, dangerous reefs, and the full responsibility of keeping myself and Guppy safe, I feel that the nightmares the Dutch government organizations put me through, were totally ...

msnbc.com

Sailing Girl Laura Dekker Won't Make Guinness Record
By Dutch Daily News
Sailing Girl Laura Dekker (16) will arrive in St. Maarten this weekend where she began her journey around the world one year ago. Although she will be indeed the youngest sailor who ever sailed round the world one year, she won't have a ...
Dutch Daily News 

The Adventure Blog: Solo Sailing Update: Laura Dekker To ...
By Kraig Becker
Her story began when she was just 13-years old and announced her intentions of sailing around the world. At the time, the Dutch court stepped in and blocked that move, but after months of legal wrangling, and extensive investigations into her ...
The Adventure Blog 

Key West 2012 - Down to the wire
Sail World
'The guys are sailing really well, the boat is going really well and we've giving ourselves opportunities to make gains.' Pisces, skippered by Benjamin Schwartz with America's Cup veteran Ed Baird aboard as tactician, is a class newcomer that has ...

Sail World 

DeVos clinches victory at Key West regatta
MiamiHerald.com
Michigan sailor Doug DeVos and his Quantum Racing team have clinched victory in the 52 Class at the Key West 2012 sailing regatta off the Florida Keys. DeVos of Grand Rapids, with tactician Terry Hutchinson of Annapolis, Md., scored three wins Thursday ...

Key West regatta down to the wire for several classes
Sun-Sentinel (blog)
The boats competing in Quantum Key West 2012 have sailed eight races and have two remaining, and several classes won't be decided until Friday's races are completed. In the Melges 32 class, Samba Pa Ti has a four-point lead over Pisces. ...

Volvo Ocean Race - Sanya reflects on the 'long and bumpy' road
Sail World
The Volvo Ocean Race has offered up many challenges thus far for the fleet, especially Team Sanya. The crew successfully completed Stage 1 of Leg 2 during the early morning hours and now skipper Mike Sanderson reflects on the 'long and bumpy' road with ...

Sail World

America's Cup Pollution Levels Raise Environmentalists' Ire
Huffington Post
New estimates of the number of boats expected to hit the water when the America's Cup takes over the San Francisco Bay during the next two years have raised eyebrows among many Bay Area environmentalists, who are concerned the race's organizers are ...

America's Cup transit plan aims to limit cars
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco transit officials are working on plans for the America's Cup sailing event with the goal of keeping as many cars as possible out of the city. The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/xaXzF0) that the proposal currently being put ...

America's Cup: An update from the Big Fella
Sail World
Murray was back in Sydney, having taken a break from his role as Regatta Director for the 34th America's Cup and World Series to compete in the Star class at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, in Perth, do another Rolex Sydney Hobart, ...

Sail World

Grand Bahama Sailing Club to participate in Boomerang Regatta
thebahamasweekly.com
By David Valentine, GBSC Freeport, Bahamas - Grand Bahama Sailing Club will once again be traveling for the 2012 Boomerang regatta, hosted by Fort Lauderdale Yacht Club. This Florida regatta is hugely popular with Junior sailors, and was one of the ...

thebahamasweekly.com

Les Voiles de Saint-Barth to showcase top sailing talent
Sail World
The regatta continues to show signs of healthy growth and popularity with a roster that promises not only to expand by almost a third over last year’s 47 entrants but also to showcase top sailing talent as well as some of sailings most phenomenal ...

Sail World

Sailing the South Seas part two
Coast Reporter
Thirty-nine days had passed quickly, but left us with a lifetime of memories. Sailing has become a wonderful way to travel. You can see many places in a short period of time and know which ones will be added to your “must return to” list.

National Yacht Club is the New 'Club of the Year'
Afloat
The success of this regatta underlined the National's high level of event proficiency. It is recognition of this that one of the club's leading race officers, Jack Roy, has been recruited to the 16-man Olympic Race Management Team for this summer's ...

Ireland's Olympic hopes set for Miami
Irish Times
SAILING: BOTH OF Ireland's big hopes for London Olympic success are back on the water this weekend at US Sailing's Rolex Miami Olympic classes regatta in Florida attended by 532 sailors drawn from 44 countries. When Dún Laoghaire's Annalise Murphy ...

Getting ship shape for sailing games
Dorset Echo
Mr Mole added: “We're comparatively unique compared to other Olympics at the Athens and Beijing Games, where I believe harbours at the sailing events were closed for business. “It's quite an ambitious undertaking to try and enable business as usual and ...

The many draws to a flotilla sailing holiday
iWantSun
Perhaps the event that can prove most enjoyable is the regatta, where you will have the chance to race your fellow travellers in your yacht and show off the skills and expertise you have developed during your time at sea. However, if you would prefer a ...

TP52 Class Announces 2012 Racing Circuit
International Sailing Federation
The regatta schedule will include: Weiland says IRC 52 and Soto 40 teams are invited to join in the racing. "We'd like to increase the participation, which not only makes for more exciting competition, but will also provide a chance to race for the ...

International Sailing Federation

Duce family dominate Melton Sailing Club pursuit
Melton Today
A GOOD turnout saw 14 boats line up for race two of Melton Sailing Club's Cobweb Series on Sunday. Sailors tackling the pursuit race were greeted by the return of customary winter weather with the temperature only just creeping above freezing. ...

Phuket News - Preparations set for the 'Fun Regatta'
The Phuket News
The regatta is a unique event in Thailand's sailing calendar. It is still relatively low-key despite establishing itself as one of the key fixtures on the Southeast Asia yachting calendar, and is renowned as much for its social activities as for its ...

The Phuket News

Full sail ahead for Bay regatta
Northern Advocate
SPECTACULAR FUN: Cruising around the Bay of Islands in last year's Sailing Week. PICTURE / SUPPLIED FULL FLIGHT: Cruising around the Bay of Islands in last year's Sailing Week. PHOTO/SUPPLIEDThe beach party on Roberton Island on Thursday after a ...

Squadron set to host two major events in Olympic year
Isle of Wight County Press
RYS yachting secretary, Chris Mason, himself no stranger to top level sailboat racing, said: "Theregatta will come at the end of a very busy season for us, and will be a fitting finish to what is going to be a spectacular year at RYS. ...

20 killer whales greet kids sailing off Dana Point
OCRegister
A killer whale swims off the coast of Dana Point on Thursday morning. It was one of a group of about 20 orcas seen during a whale-watching trip. 50% off! $20 for $40 Worth of Drinks at Johnny's Saloon By ROB VARDON / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER A group ...

Australian Optimist National Championship victory to Jack Graves
Sail World
'I think it was a fabulous regatta,' said Rob Ware, Chairman of the Jury. 'The race management was really good, the kids' behaviour was good and the quality of thesailing was just excellent so it was very pleasing all round. ...

Sail World

Replica Portuguese caravel the Notorious sails into Corio Bay, Geelong
Herald Sun
Picture gallery: See more of the Notorious and how she was made Keep track: Follow the Notorious on Facebook GRAEME Wylie has proved naysayers wrong, sailing into Corio Bay yesterday at the helm of his replica 15th century Portuguese ship, Notorious. ...

Alumni qualify for 2012 Olympic Games
Connecticut College
Amanda Clark '05 has qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in sailing's 470 class (her boat is 470 centimeters long) and Bob Willis '09 has qualified in windsurfing. Qualifying for an Olympic sailingevent is a tremendous accomplishment, ...

Susan Fogwell: Bareboat Sailing Options In The Caribbean
By Susan Fogwell
Bareboating in the Caribbean requires sailing experience and navigational skills. It also requires choosing a destination.
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America's Cup transit plan aims to limit cars | The Associated Press ...
By The Associated Press
San Francisco transit officials are working on plans for the America's Cup sailing event with the goal of keeping as many cars as possible out of the city. The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/xaXzF0) that the proposal currently being ...
Examiner RSS

Gordon Spends £7053 to Ask About Local Sailing Club - Guy ...
By Neo-Guido
Gordon Brown was seen loitering around the Parliament this week, and it seems he managed to do something on behalf of his constituents while he was in town. He put in a written question about the his local sailing club. Democracy in action ...
Guy Fawkes' blog

Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 | "Mission accomplished" as Team ...
The crew of seven on board the first Chinese entry in the Volvo Ocean Race crossed ... A tropical cyclone, the Doldrums and some short-lived trade wind sailing ...
www.volvooceanrace.com/.../4813_-Mission-accomplished-as...

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Girl drowned in sailing tragedy
Rutland and Stamford Mercury
A coroner has recorded a narrative verdict on an 11-year-old Nottinghamshire girl who drowned after becoming trapped under a catamaran during a sailing holiday in Greece. The Nottinghamshire Coroner, Mairin Casey, heard that Laura Morgan died in July ...

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