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

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