18 September 2011

Watch America's Cup Fleet Racing live Sunday starting at 1500 Plymouth (10 am ET U.S.)


Plymouth Fleet Racing Championship title is at stake on the final Sunday in a winner-takes-all fleet race, where all teams will have a shot at the title, regardless of results to date.
This is a 40-minute, adrenalin soaked, fleet race, designed to identify the best team under the pressure of a single race format.


Below: News from the America's Cup World Series in Plymouth on Saturday Sept.17th (Match Racing Championship)


www.americascup.com 
America's Cup Plymouth Racing Schedule 


America's Cup World Series Plymouth - Emirates Team NZ take Plymouth Match Racing Championship title (sail-world.com)
America's Cup World Series - Emirates Team New Zealand won the Plymouth Match Racing Championship

British-based Rán win Audi MedCup in Barcelona
The Independent
If there was a touch of sadness to an otherwise celebratory afternoon, it was that the Spanish yacht Bribón had to be content with second place in its swansong regatta on its home waters. Owner José Cusi was bringing the curtain down on over 40 years ...
Kiwis win match racing title with sweep of Team Korea at America's Cup World ...
Washington Post
By AP, PLYMOUTH, England — Dean Barker has skippered Emirates Team New Zealand to the match racing championship at the second stop of the inaugural America's Cup World Series. The Kiwis went 2-0 against Team Korea in the best-of-three finals. ...
Extreme Sailing Series Day 4 - No room for error + Video
Sail World
The Extreme Sailing Series Act 6 currently sits as one of, if not the very closest Act of the Series thus far. There are now ten Extreme 40s go into the final day with only 15 points separating the top six teams. The overall lead has changed three ...
RHKYC Autumn Regatta 2011 – Sailing 101
Sail World
Those of us who have been part of the sailing scene in Hong Kong for a long time have great difficulty in remembering when Victoria Harbour last looked quite like this on the occasion of a major regatta. At the risk of drowning in clichés, ...
UK. RS Sailing at the PSP Southampton Boat Show
BYM News (press release)
This year at Southampton Boat Show the RS Sailing team are gearing up for a busy show. In addition to the world premier of the RS Venture – the latest RS dinghy to join the range – for all to see on the RS Stand, there are plenty of other 'RS' ...
SAILING: Weekend Regattas Offer Learning Experience
Georgetown University The Hoya
The regatta in New York will attract teams from the Hoyas' conference, where Georgetown will send a coed group to maintain a strong footing against their opponents. The Blue and Gray will send two of their top senior women, Sydney Bolger, ...
Day on the water raises money for area charities
Baltimore Sun
The 18th annual fundraising regatta will be held on Sept. 23 at the Inner Harbor's Downtown Sailing Center. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $410000. "This has become the rallying day for a lot of us here," said Robert Cawley, ...
Two rescued after sail boat sinks
BBC News
Brixham Coastguard said it received numerous 999 calls reporting that the 12ft (3.6m) double-masted sailing vessel was sinking on the River Teign. The RNLI's Teignmouth lifeboat was called and rescued the crew near Coombe Cellars about 11:00 BST. ...
Antigua Sailing Week announces Sunsail as Gold Sponsor for 2012
Sail World
Antigua Sailing Week is delighted to announce Sunsail as Gold Sponsor for its 2012 event. With its continuing focus on and commitment to supporting sailing at every level and with the recent launch of the new Sunsail Racing product range, ...
World's oldest sailor arrives home in Japan after solo journey around globe
Telegraph.co.uk
Minoru Saito has returned home to a hero's welcome after an epic 1080-day journey sailing single-handed the 'wrong way' around the world. By Danielle Demetriou, in Tokyo An earthquake, two tsunamis, giant icebergs, towering waves and five typhoons:...
Charity Yacht Regatta
AboutMyArea
Sunsail are providing a fleet of their F40 racing yachts for this match racing event. The Portsmouth Branch are entering a crew of 8 on one yacht, and need three extra crew to complete our team. Some sailing experience would be helpful. ...
Iconic sailboat makes debut at The Cotswold Water Park
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
The sailboat, which was featured in the 1974 adaptation of Arthur Ransome's iconic novel, was unveiled at lakeside development The Lakes by yoo. The boat, named Swallow, was bought at auction last year by a group of fans who restored it and made it ...
On a sail and a prayer for stable wind
Alton Telegraph
By JILL MOON The Ballwin, Mo., man, who works fulltime at an industrial chimney company, loves to get in his single-mast sailboat and  let the wind take him from his slip at Alton Marina, where he's docked for the last five years, ...
Buy in Weymouth in time for the Olympics
Telegraph.co.uk
Until recently, Weymouth was considered an ugly duckling on the south-west coastline. It was neither as well-heeled nor as blingy as Poole and Sandbanks to the, ...
Sail through the Whitsundays
NEWS.com.au
Skipper for the day, Sunsail Australia's Jeremy Anderberg, had selected Quatre Filles, the largest charter yacht in the Whitsundays, from the Hamilton Island-based company's 30-plus vessels (available for crewed or bareboat sailing from $99 a day) to ...
Tall Ships or Small Ships: Sportsmanship Rules
Dana Point Times
by Barbara Merriman Juniors prepare for the start of a race at the Richard Henry Dana CharityRegatta as the chase/safety boat waits in the foreground. Photo by Barbara Merriman The Richard Henry Dana Charity Regatta, September 8-11, saw a wonderful ...
Australian couple attempting to sail Northwest Passage
Vancouver Sun
Taunton, who is incredibly susceptible to seasickness, had never set foot on a sailboat before, and their vessel was in need of serious repairs. In the two years since they bought the boat, spent saving up for their plane tickets to Halifax, ...
Germany. Dahm international reports strong business in the first half of 2011
BYM News (press release)
The superyacht brokerhouse with headquarter in Monaco announces 7 successful sales of yachts, among those 6 sailing yachts and 1 motor yacht, in the first 6 months of 2011. This doubles the success of the second half of 2010, when the specialist for ...
Life in the mountains fun all year for Koneffko
Monessen Valley Independent
Continuing a trend started by his grandfather, JB Legros, Koneffko was sailing. "My grandfather, dad, and uncles would always go on a trip every year," Koneffko said. "Now, my brother-in-law and I, we try to get a bunch of guys together every year. ...
Oman Sail's Extreme 40's deliver stiff challenge
Oman Tribune
TRAPANI (Italy) The second day of the Extreme Sailing Series in Trapani delivered favourablesailing conditions leaving Oman Sail's The Wave, Muscat and Oman Air in third and fifth position overall. The Wave, Muscat came out strong on Thursday, ...
Metta World Peace
The Seattle Times
After Coutts won the first race, Barker took the final two in the best-of-three sailing semifinal in Plymouth, England. Barker was Coutts' understudy in the 2000 America's Cup; Coutts is a four-time America's Cup winner. Team Korea will face Sweden's ...
Artemis Offshore Academy hopefuls announced
Daily Sail
Candidates for the 2011 Artemis Offshore Academy Selection Trials, to be held over 26 September to 1 October at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, have now been announced. The Academy has had applications to attend the Selection Trials ...
In Build: Vitters 33.4M sloop
Yacht Forums (press release)
The new build is a 33.40-meter sloop-rigged sailing yacht being built in composite materials. Actually the hull is being built at the moment at Green Marine's facilities and once completed will be transfered to the Vitters yard for fitting out and ...
Summer Challenge Team Racing
Southern Maryland Online
9:30 am: Team racing hosted by Sailing Center Chesapeake on Herring Creek off Tall Timbers Marina in St. Mary's County. 4:00 pm (approx): Team racing awards at the Sailing Center Chesapeake. Teams of six spend the day racing in a round robin tournament ...
BC-AP Sports Digest
SI.com
PLYMOUTH, England - SAI--America's Cup. Dean Barker and Team New Zealand eye match racing championship of the America's Cup World Series. - HAMILTON, New Zealand - RGU--RWC Rdp. Ireland shakes up Rugby World Cup by beating Australia. Sent.
A Rockin' Good Time: Doheny Days Music Festival and Toshiba Tall Ships Festival
Dana Point Times
In the middle of it all, the Richard Henry Dana Charity Regatta was in full swing on the island side of the harbor, with sailboat races, a fishing tournament and stand-up paddle contests. “The crowds were remarkably well behaved,” said City Manager ...
In Plymouth, Mayor Marvels at America's Cup Regatta | Newport ...
By Newport Now Staff
NEWPORT, R.I. – Newport Mayor Stephen C. Waluk has checked in from Plymouth, England, where the second installment of the America's Cup World Series was.
Newport Now.com
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Autumn Regatta - Day 1 - Yachts and ...
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's first major Regatta of the 2011-2012 season got off to a cracking start in Victoria Harbour today, with 101 keelboats on the water under blue skies, brilliant sunshine and in 13kts of swinging easterly breeze. ... The UK's top performance sailing magazine, Ovington Boats - MPS ...
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The following links are sailing organizations and clubs that have youth or junior sailing programs. Some may require club membership while others are open to ...
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History of Yachting and the America's Cup Auction - Yahoo! News
Highlights of the sale include a silver-plated replica of the America's Cup that was ... photographs of JFK sailing with friends that include a younger John Kerry. ...
news.yahoo.com/history-yachting-america-cup-auction-12025...

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