15 August 2011

Team New Zealand comes from behind to win 1st America's Cup World Series regatta



Team New Zealand comes from behind to win 1st America's Cup World Series regatta
Washington Post
By AP, CASCAIS, Portugal — Emirates Team New Zealand has won the first America's Cup World Series regatta with a dramatic come-from-behind move in the winner-take-all fleet race. Dean Barker skippered the Kiwis' 45-foot catamaran to the victory in ...
Outteridge, Jensen claim sailing gold
Sydney Morning Herald
Australian sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen have won gold on the final day of the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta, following a thrilling finish in the 49er class. Outteridge and Jensen ended the regatta tied on points with the ...
Full steam ahead for 2011 ASSA ABLOY Henley-On-Todd Regatta
eTurboNews
Saturday starts at 6:30 am with The Weekend Today Weather Show presenter Emma Freedman, outfitting in traditional Henley-on-Todd Viking, Pirate, and Navy regalia, who will launch the sailing on Saturday, August 20. Live crosses begin from 6:30 am in ...
Weymouth & Portland International Regatta : Finn Gold to Ainslie, Silver to ...
BYM News (press release)
The Weymouth and Portland International Regatta 2011 is the test event for the sailingevents of the London 2012 Olympic Games, as part of the London Prepares series. The Finns have sailed a 10 race series from Saturday 6 August to Friday 12 August. ...
Four Seasons: Atwood Yacht Club's annual end of summer regatta is Sept. 10-11
Canton Repository
The Harvest Moon Regatta is open to yachtsmen from any recognized yacht andsailing club. The Cruising Class will be sailed in four divisions: Racer-Cruiser I (designs that are primarily racing boats), Cruiser II Yachts (25 feet and over), ...
Superior sailing around Wisconsin's Apostle Islands
Chicago Sun-Times
BY BRIAN E. CLARK August 13, 2011 9:18PM Brian E. Clark (left) gets a sailing tip from Dreamcatcher owner John Thiel while sailing around the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior. | Matthew B. Clark~For the Sun-Times CHARTERS: Bayfield charter companies ...
Brewin a good chance at A Cats as Ashby sticks to America's Cup
My Sailing
Since 2009, the development of curved dagger boards has really taken off and other components and sailing techniques have made parallel advances. Over the last year, sails have become deeper and masts softer. This means the sail can still be pulled ...
Sailing: UK debut for Abu Dhabi's Azzam
Sport 360
Azzam and her crew - who will later this year contend the 2011/2012 Volvo Ocean Race - will compete in the Fastnet against Team Sanya and Groupama. Speaking on the eve of the race, skipper Ian Walker said his outfit is ready for this global debut ...
Olympic exile triumphs in Cowes
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
While Britain's 2012 hopefuls raced a pre-Olympic regatta in Weymouth, another of the country's top sailors was claiming glory in a very different competition. Leigh McMillan competed in the Athens and Beijing games, but was cruelly denied a chance to ...
Green Comm Racing buoyed by fifth place in America's Cup World Series
Sail World
Green Comm Racing also scores 6 points towards the overall 2011-12 America's CupWorld Series leaderboard and starts it long journey in the pinnacle event of sailing with a result far beyond expectations. Vasilij Zbogar, helmsman: “We had a fantastic ...
Children's Cup Regatta scheduled for Saturday in Fairhope
Press-Register - al.com (blog)
The upcoming race is held in memory of Dr. Jim Dearth, who was a longtime CEO of Children's and a sailing and racing enthusiast. It will also honor Katie Hamlin of Daphne, an 18-year-old who recently spent more than six months battling a ...
Martin Tasker: Disappointing showing for Team NZ
TVNZ
By Martin Tasker Bright and sunny outside, deeply gloomy inside - the fate of Emirates Team New Zealand after a shudderingly disappointing and dismal showing in the finals of the America's Cup World Series in the Portugese port of Cascais. ...
Cheddar girl wins National Championship sailing race
BBC News
The teenager has only been sailing for four years and sails with the Cheddar-based Bristol Corinthians Yacht Club. She also won the Ron Brittain Trophy during the championships, honouring her as the leading under-18 sailor. ..
Extreme Sailing Series:Interview with Alinghi's helmsman Yann Guichard
BYM News (press release)
At the end of the six day long race on the Solent, in Cowes, the Alinghi team came third in Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series, climbing the podium for the first time this season. In the end, it was the Wave, Muscat crew that won this event followed ...
World's first sail-in film event goes swimmingly at Isle of Wight
Metro
The screening marked the end of Cowes Week – the world's biggest sailing regatta. About 1000 yachts and 8000 competitors took part in event, which lasted for a week. Juliet McInnes of Talisker, which organised the screening, said: 'We were really ...
Race week sails into perfection
Mackay Daily Mercury
Airlie Beach Race Week regatta director Denis Thompson said the annual event, now in its 22nd year, was growing each year. The third day of sailing yesterday was yet another perfect day for the sport, Mr Thompson said. The race committee gunned the ..
Ainslie on guard against complacency after Weymouth win
Daily Mail
By Neil Wilson Any rival who hopes Ben Ainslie may fall into the trap of complacency after three straight Olympic sailing golds would have been disappointed to hear his post-regatta summary. Your name and location will appear next to your comment. ...
Mudgee girl sailing on the Endeavour
Mudgeee Guardian
The teen can not recall riding in a boat let alone sailing on a tall ship and said she would not know where to start. “I don't even know what the front and back of the ship are called,” she said. “I've never been camping and am not one for the outdoors ...
Sailing away with the bronze medal in Rio De Janeiro
Juneau Empire
The US women's sailing team celebrates after receiving their bronze medals in the women's division of the fleet sailing event at the 5th World Military Games July 22, 2011. Pictured are, from left to right, Coast Guard Lt. Elizabeth Tufts, ...
Bronze for Burling, Tuke
sportal.co.nz
The Men's 49er combination of Peter Burling and Blair Tuke ensured New Zealand didn't go home empty handed, snaring a bronze medal to match their best effort this year at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta in the Netherlands in May. ...
Laser Masters World Championship - A nail biter to the very end
Sail World
'Orlando and Kevin definitely improved over the course of the regatta,' Richardson said. In the Radial Apprentice Masters, New Zealander Scott Leith planned to go sailing on the final day, even though he didn't have to. Leith, who travelled here with a ...
Olympic Test Event – Silver for Australia's Belcher and Page
Sail World
The most exciting (for wrong reasons) moment came late in the regatta. The breeze had slowly built throughout the day, and we found ourselvessailing solid 25 knot breeze. On the final reach with about 30 meters to go in the 10th race, ..
Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 | Rolex Fastnet Race -- day one ...
By Volvo Ocean Race
Groupama Sailing Team training off Lanzarote. Yann Riou/Groupama Sailing Team/Volvo Ocean Race UK, Cowes. 11th August 2011. Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 entry Team Ian Roman/Volvo Ocean Race ENGLAND, Cowes. 10th August ...
Volvo Ocean Race - Latest News
America's Cup World Series at Cascais, Portugal - Overall - Yachts ...
Emirates Team New Zealand made an incredible recovery during the 'winner takes all' fleet race on Sunday to win the America's Cup World Series Cascais, the first event of a new global series leading up to San Francisco in 2013. ... The UK's top performancesailing magazine, Speed Sails 2011 ... “It's probably the best we've gone in the entireregatta. It's a very good finish for Artemis.” But the feel-good story came from the Spanish Green Comm Racing. From a position of dead last ...
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Eden Yachting, the international yacht charter agency based in the UAE, have been appointed central agents for the two Volvo Ocean 60 racing yachts belonging to PindarSailing Partner's Ltd. which... ... This winter, the Volvo Ocean Race, held every three years, will be doing a pit stop next January in Abu Dhabi, and Sailing Arabia - The Tour 2012, will be taking place during February, with a keen local following expected. The two Volvo Ocean 60 yachts will be available for ...
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America's Cup 2013: Environmentalists Protest Planning Of Events
The America's Cup is expected to draw 5 million spectators, including 500000 people a.... America's Cup 2013 heads to San Francisco - Sailing, More Sports . ...
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Good Summer Sailing Reading
If you're not too busy sailing to pick up a good sailing book this summer, here are some classic suggestions. My own latest discovery is Patricia Vellinger's ...
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