11 October 2012

ACWS Team Energy hit by Blackwall law salvage claim

Todd Tholke, San Francisco Sailor, Rescues America's Cup Boat, Demands $200,000 (PHOTOS, VIDEO): "According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Tholke and his attorney, John Edgcomb, invoked the Blackwall law that grants "a salvor of imperiled maritime property on navigable waters a monetary award from the owner." According to the law, Tholke may be entitled to a handsome sum to be determined by the court, but estimated by Edgcomb to be "in excess of $200,000." The French team was thus presented with a warrant from the U.S. District Court to "arrest" the boat. "

French boat's rescuer seeks $200K award
San Francisco Chronicle
I am not saying that Tholke didn't have challenges recovering the catamaran, but in the original news story on the America's Cup website about the rescue, Regatta Director Iain Murray said, "Thankfully, it was a very calm night." Adria Notari, an ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Sail-World.com : ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 10 October 2012: "The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 10 October 2012 have been released and for the first time include Kiteboarding. Since the previous ranking release on 19 September, ISAF has re-graded the ISAF Sailing World Cup regattas of the 2011-12 circuit to apply the new grading system. This has affected points from Delta Lloyd Regatta, Skandia Sail for Gold and Kieler Woche which have changed from 200-point regattas to 100-point regattas. In the first men’s Kiteboarding ISAF rankings release America’s Adam Koch has taken top spot. Koch became Open European Champion when he won the Kiteboarding Course Racing European Championship in La Baule, France in preparation for the World Championship in Cagliari, Italy. The American finished second in Cagliari to sit at the top of the rankings, one point shy of a perfect record.

"ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 10 October 2012
Sail World
Since the previous ranking release on 19 September, ISAF has re-graded the ISAFSailing World Cup regattas of the 2011-12 circuit to apply the new grading system. This has affected points from Delta Lloyd Regatta, Skandia Sail for Gold and Kieler Woche ...

Sail World

Mariners Show Mettle In Storm Trysail Regatta: "The Maine Maritime Academy offshore sailing team traveled to Long Island Sound last weekend and, for the second straight year, turned in a dominant performance at the Storm Trysail Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta. The Mariners sent two crews to the Larchmont (N.Y.) Yacht Club, one to race in the J/44 class, the other to race the slightly small J/109 sloop. Sailing aboard Gold Digger, the same boat that it raced to a victory last year, MMA won outright in the J/44s. Sailing Strategery for the second straight year, the Mariners finished second among the J/109s by a single point."

Volvo Ocean Race eyed for Baltimore return in 2015
Bizjournals.com
A pair of private companies are looking to bring one of the top sailing races in the world back to Baltimore. Ocean Racing USA has made an initial bid to bring the Volvo Ocean Race to Charm City in the spring of 2015. The group is a joint venture ...

Mayor Lee thanks America's Cup for showcasing San Francisco on international ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The second America's Cup World Series regatta in San Francisco was part of a weekend billed as “event-ageddon” and proved a strong draw for the many people who flocked to the city. According to Mayor Ed Lee, who visited the America's Cup World Series ...

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

Imagine That: Sailing with Christopher Columbus in the simple days
NorthJersey.com
Suppose Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand had decided, because of a huge budget deficit, they couldn't bankroll Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage. He might have resorted to taking on paying passengers to help finance the trip, but what kind of spiel ...

Happy J/95 Owners Sailing Lakes!
J/Sailing News (blog)
J/95 sailors- sailing on Lake Champlain, Vermont (Lake Champlain, Vermont)- They're having a ballsailing in Switzerland, Lake Champlain, Barnegat Bay, Naples and eastern United Kingdom! Recently, we got a nice note from a passionate J/95 owner on ...

Southport YC's Hollywell Sailing Squadron upgrades near completion
Sail World
Southport Yacht Club invite all Members, Guests and Visitors to join in as MP Verity Barton and Olympic Gold Medallist Mathew Belcher officially opens of the facilities at the Hollywell SailingSquadron, 1 Marina Crescent on Sunday 14th October from ...

Sailing club to hold Hospice Regatta
Anderson Independent Mail
ANDERSON COUNTY — The 12th Annual Hospice Sailing Regatta will happen Saturday and Sunday on Hartwell Lake. The sailing activity will take place off the shores of Western CarolinaSailing Club in Anderson County. Competitors will hold a meeting at ...

Navy IC Sailing HWS Intersectional
NavySports.com
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy intercollegiate sailing Team had another successful weekend, competing in four different events and winning one coed interconference regatta during the weekend. A small team made the trip up to Geneva, N.Y., for the Hobart ...

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Navy Offshore Sailing Wins Storm Trysail Regatta
NavySports.com
LARCHMONT, N.Y. -- Three Navy offshore sailing crews were in Larchmont, N.Y., competing in the Storm Trysail Club's Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta while two J/105 crews completed their Annapolis Yacht Club Fall Series one design. ... Phil Reynolds...

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Expansions for Spirit of Canada Sailing Program
Sail World
Spirit of Canada Ocean Challenges Caribbean regattas and offshore sailing adventures are a unique opportunity for those with all levels of ability to experience two extreme ocean racers; an Open 60 normally raced single handed around the world and a ...

Sail World

The Golden Age of America's Cup
Palm Beach
Just as America's (the trophy's namesake) bombastic 'backward' design of the 1850s turned the world of sailing on its ear, each America's Cup race leads to a slew of new technological breakthroughs and innovations, that, once harnessed in pursuit of ...

ISAF Rolex WSOY - Tom Slingsby
International Sailing Federation
... Award 2012. Dublin, Ireland. Coming into the London 2012 Olympic SailingCompetition Tom Slingsby knew the Weymouth and Portland waters better than anyone and with an unbeaten record at the venue he was the overwhelming favourite to take gold.

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Strictly Sail Long Beach Boat Show Opens Oct. 18
The Log Newspaper
LONG BEACH -- Strictly Sail Long Beach is scheduled to cruise into Rainbow Harbor Oct. 18-21, offering one-stop sailing shopping, a wide selection of new and pre-owned boats, on-the-water fun and educational seminars for boaters of all experience levels.

The Log Newspaper

Liverpool Packet sailing again
Nova News Now
Liverpool played a significant role in the conflict, both as a Privateering Port and for the Liverpool Packet. The model was originally designed as a replica of the Rover, which was also a successful privateering ship but sank in 1803. Since the ...

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Leading yachts set to challenge for Audi IRC Australian Championship
Sail World
Luxury car maker, Audi Australia has continued its long standing support of sailing in Australia with confirmation of a two year agreement to sponsor the Audi IRC Australian Championship in 2013 and 2014, complementing the company's involvement as a ...

Sail World

YACHTING: Smooth sailing for Canfield
New Straits Times
TAYLOR Canfield of the Virgin Islands clinched his maiden Alpari World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) title at the Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda on Sunday. Canfield, a non-tour card holder and skipper of Canfield Racing, recorded an effortless 3-0 win over ...
Sailing set to capitalise on Olympic success
Marine Business
THE 11th International Sailing Summit (ISS) is scheduled to take place at Sandringham Yacht Club on the 3nd December 2012 as part of Sail Melbourne's ISAF Sailing World Cup Program. Leading into its third decade, the ISS recognises its position on the ...

KCHE contributes to Yacht Club Project
Chronicle Times
KCHE Radio in Cherokee recently donated $1000 to the Cherokee Yacht Club project. Employees include, left to right, Shirley Fuller, Andrea McIrwin, Keith Crane, John O'Connor, Kay O'Connor, Jeff Fuller, Hallie Dessel, Curt Carlson. The Yacht Club also...

Chronicle Times

Hardly Strictly tops SF mayor picks
San Francisco Chronicle
"Friday, I stopped by Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and got my wish to hear, and meet, Elvis Costello," he said Saturday, during America's Cup Organizing Committee Fleet Week festivities at Fort Mason. "But every event this weekend is pretty precious ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Tanzacat victory for Gunnar Larsen and Frank de Waard
Sail World
Sailing a catamaran event in Africa, racing with high tech Nacra catamarans between 1000 years old 'Dows' (boats used by natives sailors locally). That should be cool and it was. The Nacra distributor of South Africa had supplied us a boat, as ours was ...

Sail World

Martin Tasker: Victories off the water just as vital for TNZ
TVNZ
The opposition freely admits the New Zealand boat is way ahead of them in terms of sailing controllably on its foils and the team will now carry on refining its processes. Had the Jury decided the other way, New Zealand's advantage with its ... Of ...

New Year clip filmed aboard sailing ship
The Voice of Russia
Murky rain and cold wind that chill you to the marrow within seconds at +6 Celsius suddenly gave way to bright sunshine and real warmth. I pulled off the warm overcoat the senior boatswain had been so kind to offer me. Some of the trainees took out sun...

The Voice of Russia

Russell blitzes Laser field Sailing
Clarence Valley Daily Examiner
RACING shifted up a gear on Saturday, with crews competing in the first heat of the club pointscore. Unlike the warm-up series just completed, all results now count towards overall club standings and resulted in some determined sailing. A fleet of 12 ...

Crosby Scouts Sail Home with Prizes at National Sailing Competition
Crosby Herald
Local Scouts from Crosby scooped the prizes recently in a wet and wild weekend at the annual National Scout Sailing Championship. Ranging in age from 10 upwards, the Scouts raced over two days in single-handed and double-handed dinghies against ...

Ikaros's two year sail through space - still doing well
Sail World
However, modern Japanese scientists at JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have gone back to sailing to transit through space, and the little sailing craft, called Ikaros, is doing well! Ikaros, which stands for Interplanetary Kite-craft ...

Sail World

TeamO Marine Safety Products launches Back Pull Harness/Jifejacket
Sail World
The reaction from the groups who are most closely involved with the safety aspects ofsailing has been very good with the basic premise of the new design being both obvious to all and the execution of the harness and lifejacket being well regarded.

Sail World

Rescuer Of French America's Cup Boat Seeks Huge Cash Award ...
By bdisbrow
A Bay Area sailor is seeking thousands in award money after rescuing a drifting catamaran belonging to the French America's Cup World Series known as Energy, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.
CBS San Francisco

Offshore Sailing. Navy Offshore Sailing Wins Storm Trysail Regatta ...
By clevine
Three Navy offshore sailing crews were in Larchmont, N.Y., competing in the Storm Trysail Club's Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta while two J/105 crews completed their Annapolis Yacht Club Fall Series one design. Continue Reading » ...
ArmedForces.com

Inter-Schools Sailing Event | Burrow School Sutton
By egeaney3749
The 37th Inter-Schools Sailing Event took place on the 29th and 30th of September at Sutton Dinghy Club. The 'Optimist – National School Team Trophy' was won by Burrow National School Sutton . Congratulations to Daniel (captain), Max ...
Burrow School Sutton

Mooring Fees - Cruisers & Sailing Forums
By Bluewaters2812
Hi folks, I'm sure this topic has been covered previously but I have searched and not come upon it. Can anyone share their experience of mooring fees around the Caribbean , East Coast USA and Gulf of.
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Day 283: Not a day for sailing | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Day 283: Not a day for sailing. ... This photo belongs to. Frank Busch's photostream (5,966). Newest photo →; Day 283: Not a day for sailing · Day 282: Looking up to the sky... Day 281: Autumn walk ...
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Sandringham Yacht Club » Christmas Day Lunch – Tuesday 25 ...
By Siobahn
Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC) is located on the foreshores of Port Phillip Bay offering world class sailing programmes, year round social events and exceptional dining and function rooms.
Sandringham Yacht Club

Autumn Series 2012 | Royal Forth Yacht Club
By adrianshield
The students from Edinburgh University sailing club won the race on the 707 Pomandres despite the handicap of not knowing the course and some issues with their winch handle. The breeze freshened to a good Force 3 for the second race ...
Royal Forth Yacht Club

PPL launch Eileen Ramsay historic yachting photography on-line ...
By News Editor
Her unique archive records the explosive growth in dinghy and offshore sailing during post-war years, and include many early pictures of dinghy classes, the rebirth of offshore sailing, and Britain's first 12Meter America's Cup yachts. She was ...
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Sailing Notches Trio of Top-Five Finishes - DartmouthSports.com ...
HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth sailing team continued to shine over the weekend, posted three top-five finishes in four regattas. The Big Green took second ...
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America's Cup World Series: Spithill capsizes, survives to win match ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill had quite a Saturday.His boat became the first to capsize in two weeks of racing at this stop on the ...
www.santacruzsentinel.com/.../americas-cup-world-series-spith...

Boating education at Edmonds Yacht Club - Edmonds, WA ...
Edmonds Yacht Club extends an invitation to all boaters in the Edmonds area to attend a free ...Held at the Edmonds Yacht Club, 326 Admiral Way, Suite 100.
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Spithill wins match racing title at ACWS - GreenwichTime
Spithill wins match racing title at ACWS. Updated 12:06 a.m., ... Spithill skippered BMW Oracle Racing to victory in the 2010 America's Cup. The fleet race finale ...
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With launch in 2013, the 30-metre superyacht Magic Carpet 3 is the second WallyCento class high performance sloop, constructed by Wally Yachts in Italy.
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