30 September 2011

Volvo Ocean Race Legends set to open old wounds



Volvo Ocean Race Legends set to open old wounds
Telegraph.co.uk
It will be like getting Red Rum, Shergar and Desert Orchid all together in a paddock and is set to make the pageant of the Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta in Alicante in November a special highlight in the yacht racing calendar. ...
Extreme Sailing Series: Red Bull clings to lead after Day 2
Sail World
Austrian skipper, Roman Hagara, managed to fight off the challenges of his competitors to keep Red Bull Extreme Sailing at the top of the leaderboard for the second day of the Nice round of the Extreme Sailing Series. However Hagara, a double Olympic ...
Oyster's Palma Regatta. A great racing on first day
BYM News (press release)
The Bay of Palma provided spectacular sailing conditions for the first day of racing at Oyster's Palma Regatta. The impressive fleet contains eleven Oyster owners that have never competed before, including Dario Galvão onboard his beautifully ...
Corsair Performance Sailing Clinic Comes to San Diego
The Log Newspaper
This event has been scheduled in conjunction with the AC 45 boats' arrival in San Diego for theAmerica's Cup World Series event, in the run-up to America's Cup 2013. After on-the-water sessions wrap up on Sunday, all sailing clinic participants will ...
Star Clippers to offer Baltic cruises in 2012
USA Today
The world's largest sailing ship line says the 170-passenger Star Flyer will head to the region in May for a series of voyages out of Stockholm, Sweden; and Hamburg and Warnemüende, Germany. The four-masted sailing vessel also will sail out of ...
The Sailing Association Mar Menor presents 2500€ cheque to MABS
Rundtownnews.co.uk
SAMM PRESENTED a cheque for 2500€ to MABS, from the money collected for the SAMM MABS Sponsored Charity Sailing Race held on 25th September 2011. The day began with very little wind, fortunately improving near the start time. ...
Reader Photo: Sailing in September
Patch.com
By Emily Portoghese Bayport resident Steve Birkeland took this photo of members of Blue Point's Sayville Yacht Club sailing in a race last weekend. Steve Birkeland Bayport resident Steve Birkeland took this photo of members of Blue Point's Sayville ...
Seabrook Sailing Club's regatta sets participation record
Ultimate Clear Lake
by Cody Tucker | September 29, 2011 10:43 am Ninety-six youth sailors recently participated in the 2011 Endless Summer Regatta hosted by the Seabrook Sailing Club. Over two days, 11 races were held on the Laser course and eight races on the Optimist ...
Smooth sailing for Natural Power and SeaRoc
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
By Emilia Coverdale | 2011-09-29 08:03:29.0 September 2011 - UK Marine engineering company SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, won the renewable UK Annual Sailing Regatta that took place in Port Solent, Portsmouth last week. ...
UF Sailing Club looks for fourth straight regatta title
Gainesville Sun
The University of Florida Sailing Club will host its first races of the semester on Saturday when the Southpoints Regatta comes to Lake Wauburg. Nine other teams from Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina will match up in Gainesville, ...
RNSYS dominates laser radials in first day of sailing championships
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Anthony Bell of the Hubbards Sailing Club, is the top Nova Scotian (14th) in laser fleet. Lee Parkhill of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club leads. This regatta, open to sailors ages 14 and older, is a qualifying event for Canada's 2012 world sailing team.
Women's Sailing Team Makes First Appearance in National Rankings Since '03
Bowdoin Athletics
BRUNSWICK, Maine - For the first time since 2003, the Bowdoin College women's sailing team has cracked Sailing World's College Rankings. Thanks to a strong start to the campaign, the Polar Bears vaulted to 10th in the national poll. ...
WEYMOUTH: Sailing Academy wins environmental award
View Online
WEYMOUTH and Portland National Sailing Academy has won a top environmental award from Britain's best-selling yachting magazine. The Practical Boat Owner Green Awards recognise marine businesses that have taken steps to reduce the environmental impact ...
Gaudio and Becker Take Top Spots in Little Old Ladies Regatta, Sept. 10
The Log Newspaper
The Little Old Ladies Regatta is the third of five events sponsored each year by the Southern California Women's Sailing Association. The group has more than 70 members — and one third of them are men. Members represent yacht clubs from all over ...
Sailing: Sailors learn by racing in Port Jefferson regatta
Shelter Island Reporter
The Shelter Island School sailing team attended its first regatta of the fall season on September 24. It was hosted by the Stony Brook School and held in Port Jefferson Harbor. Eighteen teams from 11 schools attended the qualifier with Harborfields ...
10th International Sailing Summit 2011
Sail World (press release)
We are excited to announce the 10th International Sailing Summit (ISS), scheduled to take place this year from the 8-10th November as part of Sail Melbourne's ISAF Sailing World Cup event program. Proudly presented by the Boating Industry Association ...
Gloucestershire Young Adult joins Inspirational Sailing Trip
Stroud News and Journal
Frankie Hale, 23, from Berkley in Gloucestershire, has taken part in a unique and life changing opportunity, sailing with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. The Trust aims to inspire young people's cancer recovery through sailing, and Frankie took part ...
Volvo Ocean Race skipper Sanderson set to miss qualifying leg
Sail World (press release)
The 40-year-old New Zealander suffered severe stomach pains on a flight to Alicante having first experienced discomfort while sailing on another boat earlier in the week in France. He had the operation shortly after landing in Spain. ...
National contest being staged by centre in county
Worcester News
UPTON Warren Outdoor Education Centre will host the National School Sailing Association Single Handed Team Racing Championship this weekend. Teams from across the country will descend on the Worcestershire centre, near Droitwich Spa, along with their ...
Captains of OCC's Alaska Eagle Announce Retirement
The Log Newspaper
Alaska Eagle was donated to the school in 1982, following its participation in the Whitbread Round the World Race (now known as the Volvo Ocean Race). Rich Crowe, who had been working as a sailing instructor and on fleet maintenance at OCC since 1977, ...
SAILING: NOW THIS BOAT REALLY ROCKS
Express.co.uk
This year, though, has not been plain sailing. Fifth at the recent Sail for Gold regatta at Weymouth was followed by second in the Olympic test event last month, their faithful Beijing boat literally breaking up around them. They have a new one for the ...
Chris makes waves in America's Cup
Melton Today
YACHTSMAN Chris Brittle is helping an emerging force in the sailing world make waves on their America's Cup debut. Chris is currently part of the five-strong Team Korea boat which has forced its way up to second in the America's Cup World Series Match ...
Light Winds Create Challenging Weekend For Navy IC Sailing
NavySports.com
Unfortunately, Annapolis seemingly had the least amount of wind on the East Coast and we were only able to complete two races over the two days of competition, one shy of the requisite three races to constitute a regatta. Navy's sailors performed well ...
Seven top fender tips to protect your sailing boat
Sail World (press release)
If you raft up alongside another sailboat (tie up to a boat while they are anchored), or need to be 'towed-on-the-hip', you will need clusters of fenders at the bow, beam, and stern to hold you tight alongside the other boat. ...
North Sails and YQ host training camp at Kepple Bay
My Sailing
Last week Kepple Bay Sailing Club hosted a training camp with over 60 boats from all over Queensland in preparation for the State Youth Championships held over the weekend. The camp which was organised by Yachting Queensland had a range of different ...
AsiaRooms.com - Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta coming to Kuala Lumpur
The Open Press (press release)
(OPENPRESS) September 29, 2011 -- Visitors to the Kuala Lumpur area in November 2011 will be able to take in the sights and sounds of the Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta. The prestigious sailing event is returning for its 22nd edition between ...
Boaties hit by yacht racing bans
The West Australian
Waters off metropolitan beaches between Woodman Point and Leighton will be closed to leisure and commercial boating during the 16 days of the ISAF Sailing World Championships in December. They will be the most extensive boating restrictions and water ...
Cougars Climb to #1 in Sailing World College Rankings
By Michael Robertson
Head coach Ward Cromwell and assistant coach Mitch Hall are doing a tremendous job in focusing on the aspects of college sailing that matter the most – and the consistent regatta results are indicative of their and the team's efforts.” ...
College of Charleston News
Waterways Ireland ISA Sailing Championship - Preview - Yachts ...
Ireland's most prestigious annual national sailing event, the Waterways Ireland ISA SailingChampionship, will take place on the 7th and 8th of October in Lough Derg Yacht Club in the ISA (Irish Sailing Association) SailFleet J80's. ... Among the other competitors all vying for the title will be four time Olympic sailor Mark Mansfield, 2012 Olympic campaigner Ryan Seaton, Ireland based New Zealander Ben Duncan, winner of the 2009 Dun Laoghaire Regatta Flor O'Driscoll and fellow ...
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Brad'S Photo Blog: Sailboat on the Charles
By Brad
Thursday, September 29, 2011. Sailboat on the Charles. I went on a Duck Tour with a cousin and one of my favorite aunts and snapped a really cool shot of a passing sailboatSailboat on the Charles taken from the seat of a Duckboat ...
Brad'S Photo Blog
ArmedForces.com | Blog | Intercollegiate Sailing. Light Winds Create ...
By clevine
The overcast, dreary and windless weather that has been plaguing the East Coast for most of September continued this weekend and all three events that the Navy intercollegiate sailing team competed in led to much more waiting around than ...
ArmedForces.com
Sailing Crew Class Resources–Fall 2011 | Boating Safety Tips ...
By captnmike
Below are a few links to help the students in the Fall Sailing Crew Class that I helped with. Links are provided to the Nav. Problems, handouts and additional information on charts, links to PowerPoint presentations and additional practice ...
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks &...
WILDCAT REGATTA TO CELEBRATE 40TH BIRTHDAY : NBN
WILDCAT REGATTA TO CELEBRATE 40TH BIRTHDAY. September 29, 2011. As many as 100 catamarans will take to the waters this long weekend for the annual Wildcat Regatta in Forster. A host of national and world-class champions will ...
NBN
Sail-World.com : Volvo Ocean Race – Telefónica arrives in Alicante
World Cruising · 2013 America's Cup ... 'Team Telefonica arrive in Alicante for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. ... The pair, who have sailed together since 1999, are Spain's most successfulsailing duo, winning gold and silver Olympic medals ...
www.sail-world.com/UK/Volvo-Ocean-Race...in.../88716

29 September 2011

How to get a sailboat with 80 foot mast under 65 foot high bridges of the US Intracoastal Waterway (video)




How to get an 80' rig through the 65' bridges of the Intracoastal Waterway using two tons of water? The balls get swung out with an initial turn to port or stbd. The tendency then is for the roll to continue by itself, but is controlled by letting the bags out slowly with a line made off to each bag and running through necessary tackle to a cockpit winch.

Extreme Sailing Series: Red Bull dominates, Rookie well placed + Video
Sail World
Extreme Sailing Series™ 2011 Act 7 is currently underway in Nice, France. Light winds dominated the opening day. The beautiful resort in the heart of the French Riviera provided plenty of sunshine and sparkling Mediterranean waters for the 11 Extreme ...
Sailing regatta on Forfar Loch
Kirriemuir Today
Forfar Sailing Club Regatta 2011 will be recalled by all who attended as a great event, the elements conspiring to provide everyone with their own memories. Bright sunshine and unseasonal warmth meant no bleak skies or rain, nor any fear of chill, ...
Antilles sailing team again on top
Virgin Islands Daily News
The Antilles team took first in the regatta team standings, and it appears the Hurricanes are just getting warmed up for another big sailing season. William Bailey, now at Boston College, is the only sailor not back from last year's team. ...
Summerset Regatta Set For October 8 And 9
Island Sun and River Weekly
For 46 consecutive years, Southwest Florida sailors have gathered to celebrate the end of summer by participating in this area's premier sailing event called the Summerset Regatta. The Caloosahatchee Marching and Chowder Society (CMCS) is again ...
Canadian open sailing championship starts today
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The four-day Canadian open championships, which begin today at the St. Margaret Sailing Club, will feature racing in laser (male) and laser radial, both male and female. The event is open to sailors ages 14 and older. This regatta is a qualifying event ...
SAILING | Yale's ignored national powerhouse
Yale Daily News
1 Yale sailing teams practice 15 minutes away from campus in Branford, Conn. and normally only have one home regatta each year. Photo by Zeenat Mansoor. . By Max de La Bruyère On a mid-September Tuesday, it was pouring in Branford, Conn. ...
Sailboat crashes into barge at Manette Bridge construction site
Kitsap Sun
By Kitsap Sun staff A US Coast Guard boat moves in to help the sailboat that collided with a barge under the Manette Bridge on Tuesday. (LARRY STEAGALL KITSAP SUN) A bridge worker looks down at a sailboat trapped against one of the barges Tuesday at ...
Sailing | Jumbos take New England Sloop Championship
Tufts Daily
This weekend, the co−ed sailing team dominated the New England Intercollegiate SailingAssociation's Sloop Championship, capturing the regatta's White Trophy in a performance that earned the team a spot in November's Sloop Nationals, which will be ...
Sports - Sailing and Boating
Annapolis Capital
More than a decade ago, the regatta earned prestigious Category I status from the International Sailing Federation, and its international appeal grew dramatically. It continues to offer a taste of upcoming Olympic competition as representatives from ...
Sailing With Charlie - Overboard
All At Sea
Charlie with his group of three sailing students had departed the anchorage and a pretty young student had managed to raise the mains'l to the second reef point when her cap blew off and into the water. Normally Charlie would have abandoned the hat but ...
Ben Ainslie faces challenge in Extreme Sailing Series
Telegraph.co.uk
He is also intent on mastering the art of racing these high speed catamarans on stadium courses since his ambition remains to win an America's Cup where state of the art racing catamarans now prevail. It will not be easy. In his first event in Trapani ...
Sailrocket ready to smash speed sailing world record
Informante
Walvis Bay might only be weeks away from the honour as the place in the world where the speedsailing world record has been shattered from a current 55.65 knots to over 60 knots. That is thanks to the Sailrocket team who is back in the country after ...
New committee for sailing club
Whitsunday Times
NEW POSITIONS: Newly elected Whitsunday Sailing Club president Jeff Brown and new club commodore Rob Davis are looking forward to fullfilling their positions at the club. Photo Aimee Vinci / Whitsunday Times THE Whitsunday Sailing Club has a new ...
ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year nominees heading for Perth 2011
BYM News (press release)
... name in the 49er fleet, they have also risen to prominence in offshore sailing. In August this year they took a break from training for the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race and returned to the 49er at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta...
Sailing in Marin: Leukemia Cup a meaningful event for Marin sailors
Marin Independent-Journal
"We've watched the regatta morph into the leading Leukemia Cup in the country." In its sixth year, the event raised $688500 in 2010, and according to Robin Reynolds, fundraising consultant to the event, this year's goal is $1 million. ...
Sailing foundation thanks volunteers
The Westerly Sun
10 and 11, the SHYC Sailing Foundation hosted 66 athletes and partners competing in another successful Special Olympics regatta. Saturday began with a parade through Stonington Borough and the Opening Ceremony, and Sunday closed with the ...
Ted Turner Wins Pine Brothers Trophy at International 12-Metre North American ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In 1977 skippering another boat, Turner won the coveted America's Cup. Pine Brothers is the sponsor of the International 12-Metre North American Championship and makers of the Pine Brothers softish throat drops. The company was founded in 1870 and is ...
SF Taxpayers Could Be On Hook for America's Cup Bill
NBC Bay Area
Hosting the internationally-renown regatta will also transform San Francisco's waterfront, as Port properties are changed from dilapidated piers to world-class yachting berths, as well as condominiums and hotels. This will bring badly-needed union jobs ...
QYC gears up for Frostbite Regatta
Inside NoVA
“Last year, I traded-in my powerboat for a brand new Catalina 309 sailboat,” he said. Does he miss the convenience of being able to turn a key and roar across the river? “Not for a minute,” answered Pelland. “So far this year I have cruised over 300 ...
Top 3 destinations for a sailing holiday in Croatia
iWantSun
When it comes to getting away from the nine to five working day, sailing breaks cannot be beaten. Giving you the chance to experience exotic destinations, feel the wind in your hair and soak up a little sun, a yacht charter holiday really is an ...
D-Trip Wins the 3rd Aruba Rembrandt Regatta
All At Sea
Dozens of boats and hundreds of competitors took part in the sailing races, swimming competition and beach tennis tournament. Races were sailed for yachts, wind surfers, kite surfers, optimist, sunfish and beach cats. On Friday August 11th, ...
Bay of Islands Sailing Week 2012 - News Update 4
Sail World
Use this opportunity to improve skills while having fun at an affordable regatta run to an international standard. Bay of Islands Sailing Week's four days of racing is a 'One-Off' for New Zealand yachties, friends and supporters. ...
Tornado Speed Sailing day 2 at Southampton + Video
Sail World
The second day of Hydropool Tornado Speed Sailing at the PSP Southampton Boat Show set off with more wind, more crowds, and much closer action on the water. Set directly off the impressive marina pontoons of the boat show, the Hydropool Tornado fleet ...
Recreation column: Fort Myers Roller Girl chosen as U.S. team alternate
Naples Daily News
Regatta in December: The 2011 2.4mR Pre-Worlds Championship will be held Dec. 8-10 at Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club in Charlotte Harbor. The regatta is open to disabled and able-bodied members of the 2.4mR Class Association. The registration fee of $175 ...
RC44 Adris Cup Day 1 challenging serenity
Sail World
The penultimate event kicked off as ever with a day of match racing, a chance for the pro's to steer or the owners to pit themselves against some of sailing's top match racers. Although on the surface the conditions looked serene, the low gradient ...
Discover the Caribbean Series Turns Festival
All At Sea
“We're celebrating PYFC's long sailing history as well as having a regatta,” says sailing director, Joel Santiago. “We want everyone to join in the celebration, so we expanded our shore side events to create an exciting festival for spectators, ...
Book your place at the 10th International Sailing Summit
By Eloise.Pritchard@syc.com.au
We are excited to announce the 10th International Sailing Summit (ISS), scheduled to take place this year from the 8-10th November as part of Sail Melbourne's ISAF Sailing World Cup event program. Proudly presented by the Boating Industry ...
Sandringham Yacht Club
UW Sailing Team | Collegiate Sailing at University of Washington
The UW Sailing Team is a club sport at the University of Washington in Seattle and a member of the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA). The UW is a part ...
https://depts.washington.edu/wsailing/wordpress/

28 September 2011

Nominees ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2011



ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2011 - Nominees Announced
International Sailing Federation
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) received nominations for the 2011 Awards from across the world for sailors representing all aspects of the sport. In deciding the nominees, the achievements of sailors made during the qualifying period of 1 ...
Volvo Ocean Race: 'Nicko' raring to go
YACHTe.com.au
Camper joined Team Sanya, Team Telefónica and Groupama sailing team in Alicante. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing and PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG are expected to arrive later this week ahead of the first In-Port Race on October 29. ...
Oyster's Palma Regatta
BYM News (press release)
Richard Smith sailing Oyster 655, Sotto Vento is a veteran of twelve previous Oyster Regattas: “This will be my fourth regatta in Palma but I also love the variety of locations, Sardinia, the British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Antigua, ...
Brownie's Marine Group to Present at Both United States Sailboat and Powerboat ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Chesapeake Bay town is also home of the US Naval Academy and recognized worldwide as the premier sailing showcase to buy or sell products. The Sailboat Show is followed by the United States Powerboat Show, October 13-16, 2011. ...
Gamesa to support India International Regatta 2011
Hindu Business Line
Gamesa is interested in strengthening its association with the sailing event, Kymal said. The regatta, organised by the Yachting Association of India, the Tamil NaduSailing Association and the Chennai Sailing Academy, will see over a hundred sailors...
SF taxpayers may be stuck with portion of America's Cup bill
San Francisco Examiner
America's Cup organizers still have yet to raise the $10 million they need to have in hand by the year's end to pay budgeted planning activities for the regatta, which is set to come to San Francisco in 2013. They will also have to raise an additional ...
America's Cup website aimed at small business coming soon
Bizjournals.com (blog)
San Francisco small businesses have been asking for months about how they can compete for America's Cup work. The city responded on Tuesday - by telling them they will have to wait a bit more. Mayor Ed Lee said San Francisco and America's Cup officials ...
SAILING | Windless weekend doesn't stop sailors
Yale Daily News
1 coed and women's sailing teams. The women's team completed a weekend-high 14 races at its regatta, seven in each division, while none of the four coed teams sailed in more than eight. Several members of the team expressed frustration at the small ...
SAILING | Hagood's Sixth-Place Finish Highlights Navy Regatta
Georgetown University The Hoya
The sole sailor from Hobart and William Smith Colleges took the regatta handily. The second regatta at Navy showed why Georgetown has a right to be excited about the future. Freshman Alex Post finished in second place, qualifying for individual ...
Record turnout for Seabrook Sailing Club regatta
Your Houston News
Junior sailors from the Houston area, across the state and Louisiana turned out in record numbers to participate in the 2011 Endless Summer Regatta, hosted by the Seabrook Sailing Club last weekend. A total of 96 youth sailors participated in the ...
Sailing wins two weekend regattas
The Dartmouth
Dartmouth raced at the Women's Regis Bowl at Boston University, the Hood Trophy at Tufts University, the Salt Pond Invitational in Rhode Island, the St. Mary's Fall at St. Mary's College and the Northern Series Two, a home regatta at Mascoma Lake in ...
Sailing: Under starter's orders,
Malta Independent Online
Many skippers and crew will be using this race as a training session for their sailing Everest in a months' time, the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Although on a much shorter scale, the Oiltanking Vega Offshore Race has its own difficulties. ...
Harvard Picks up Victory at Regatta
Harvard Crimson
By Ricky Liu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER Looking to prove that it has what it takes to be one of the country's top teams, the Harvard sailing team entered the third week of its fall schedule still searching for its first top finish. ...
Fitch sailing wins Casco Bay Challenge
The Westerly Sun
PORTLAND, Maine – The Fitch High School sailing club finished first among 16 teams in the Casco Bay Challenge on Sept. 17 in Portland's outer harbor. The victory qualified the Falcons for the National High School Championships held in November in New ...
Marine Patrol Secures Wayward Sailboat
Patch.com
A King County Marine Patrol crew secured a drifting sailboat on Lake Washington during Tuesday morning's windstorm, then towed it to safety, reports Paula Miller, who lives near Champagne Point in Kirkland and tipped Patch to the incident. ...
TP52 World Championships preview
Sail World
Ironically Audi Azzurra Sailing Team, which is skippered by Guillermo Parada (ARG) is one of the two teams that will race on these Sardinian waters which has not won an Audi MedCup Circuit regatta this season. But as Matador, the core crew won the 2009...
Spotlight on sailing history
Warrnambool Standard
AN exhibition that captures the vessels that sailed into Australia's history books has been launched at Cape Otway Lightstation. The 27 paintings appeared in the book Ships That Shaped Australia, the work of former Deakin University lecturer Jack L. ...
New Build: Dubois 100M sailing sloop
Yacht Forums (press release)
Well noted naval architecture and yacht design firm Dubois have designed an astounding 100M long super sailing sloop. Much talk has circled around this project yet few details are available. We do know that the Project is Dubois design number 380. ...
Sailing accessible to everybody
4-traders (press release)
Sailing regatta «Dobryi spomyn» («Good memories») in commemoration of the late Ukrainian yachtsmen and sailing managers was held on September 24, 2011, near Kyiv. This year's regatta is aimed not only to carry on the competitions but to hold the ...
SYC sailing races 2 - 5 results
Seaway News
After a postponement of one day, Race 2 was held on Monday, September 5 on 4.5 nm course to Begin Island and Lakeview Heights. The first three boats – Chapy, Aragonand Irish Mist – finished within 35 seconds on a course taking over one hour. ...
Graet Race - Fastest sailing skiff in the world
Sail World
Sydney Flying Squadron has completed the 'Graet Race' to find the fastest sailing skiff in the world on Saturday 24 September 2011. In the tradition of the 18 footers the race was on Saturday and did start at 2.30pm. On the start line were historic 18 ...
Docklands' boat restoration sailing ahead
Leader News
Alma Doepel restoration director Peter Harris on the deck of the tall ship. Picture: MATT MURPHY n13me527 AT the western end of Bourke St, where it becomes North Wharf Rd in Docklands, sits Shed 2. This is where Australia's last surviving square-rigged ...
Sail-World set for huge coverage of the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race
Sail World
Publisher Rob Kothe commented 'Internet coverage of sailing events is becoming very significant in audience size. 'We are running similarly large Olympic newsletters as well as the Volvo Ocean Race newsletter series and by the mid 2012 we will be ...
America's Cup: Jury assesses six figure damages in final Plymouth race
Sail World
Unfortunately Green Comm Racing fluffed their tack, the wingsail stalled and the boat lost steerage and started sailing backwards. Aleph and Artemis tried to avoid, but could not. As Green Comm Racing was held to be a tacking boat (and had not made her ...
Harvest Moon Regatta sets skippers meeting
Your Houston News
Don Mitchelll, Harvest Moon Regatta Port Aransas Docking Committee Chairman, explains to more than 300 racers and crew the proper docking procedures when they arrive at Port Aransas' City Marina after the race. 1 Keep it Clean. ...
Harrowing voyage: Couple to share sailing stories, including scary whale encounter
Yakima Herald-Republic
Just like that, it was over. But the damage had been done. Four months earlier to the day, a 40-footsailboat struck by one or more whales some 50 miles off the Mexican coast sank in 45 minutes. Donna had  read all about it in a sailing magazine. ...
National Junior Sailing Championship on Tap for Grand Bahama October 1-2
thebahamasweekly.com
“The kids are really excited about this for a number of reasons,” said senior sailing instructor Robert Dunkley, now the official instructor after years of volunteering with others who give countless afternoons and weekend hours to make the junior ...
Oman Sail set for French challenge
Times of Oman
“Oman Sail have already had some great results in international sailing, and they have a great vision to get to future Olympics. Further down the line I am sure this will become a reality.” Nice, in the South East of France, is the capital city of the ...
Rutland sailing charity thanks its supporters
Rutland Times
ORGANISERS of a beer festival were among those thanked at a presentation day at Rutland SailingClub. Rutland Sailability, which provides sailing opportunities for people with disabilities, thanked its regular supporters and those who had made ...
Young And Hungry Match Racers Set to Test Champions In Bermuda
International Sailing Federation
"We've had some incredible success stories where young, less experienced sailors have come from nowhere, knocked the big boys off their pedestals and then gone on to compete regularly on the World Match Racing Tour and the America's Cup...
Olympics 2012: Dorset sailing star Lucy Macgregor predicts a 'full on' year ahead
Dorset Echo
The Sailing star, who will represent Britain in the new women's match racing Olympic class with her sister Kate Macgregor and teammate Annie Lush, said keeping secret about last week's announcement was made easier by being out of the country. ...
Record fleet of 30 Oyster yachts for Palma Regatta - Yachts and ...
Richard Smith sailing Oyster 655, Sotto Vento is a veteran of twelve previous Oyster Regattas: “This will be my fourth regatta in Palma but I also love the variety of locations, Sardinia, the British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Antigua, they are all ...
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Winners of the ASA Fan Appreciation ... - American Sailing Association
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America's Cup Live Coverage, Sailing News, and Your Moment of Zen America's Cup Live Coverage,Sailing News, and Your... September is here and while it's still high summer at ASA's headquarters in Marina del Rey, CA, in many places ...
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New initiative for marine industry | Sailing news | Yachting Monthly
The marine industry could be boosted by £8 billion to make it worth £25 billion by 2020 if a new government strategy is successful, Business Minister Mark Prisk believes. He visited the Southampton Boat Show to discuss his plans with ...
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London 2012 Games / Sailing – facts and numbers « Dorset 2012 Blog
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To help put the London 2012 Games and the Sailing events in Weymouth & Portland into perspective, here are some interesting numbers! Team GBR Sailing was ranked 1 in the Beijing Games with 6 Olympic medals (4 Gold, 1 Silver, ...
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America's Cup Uncovered - Episode 9 - YouTube
The America's Cup World Series is in Plymouth. After a dramatic fleet race the teams are fighting against time to get their boats back on the ...
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America's Cup: New, faster format promises TV-friendly thrills - FT.com
The awkward years are over for the America's Cup – at least if the sailing regattas associated with the world's most venerable sporting trophy are judged for their ...
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