2014 RC44 Grand Final, Oman, Nov 19-23 (video)

2014 RC44 Championship Tour Promo

Since its launch in 2007, the RC44 Championship Tour has established itself as a key series to compete on in the international yacht racing circuit. The defining spirit of the Tour brings together the worlds of sailing and business, allowing amateur owner drivers to race, high performance one-design yachts, with some of the world's elite sailors, competing at some of the most beautiful and diverse sailing venues around the world. Although one of most competitive classes on the international circuit, the RC44 class is also one of the most friendly and welcoming.

RC44 Grand Final Showdown in Oman: The closing event of the 2015 Championship Tour will play out from the 19th – 23rd of November at the RC44 Oman Cup, Muscat. Hosted by Oman Sail, the season finale promises to be a close one. With both the Match Racing and Fleet Racing titles up for grabs and the top three teams all within touching distance, the big question is can anyone topple Team Aqua, to break their three-year domination. The RC44 Oman Cup will kick off with a day of match racing, where either the professional tactician or owner can take the helm. The remaining four days will be fleet racing. Currently leading the fleet racing is three times defending champion, Chris Bake’s Aqua in their familiar spot. In the Match Racing, Team Aqua holds a slim one-point lead over the fleet. A strong match racing season for Synergy Russian Sailing Team, with America’s Cup veteran Ed Baird at the helm, puts them in second place. Two podium finishes this season for Vladimir Prosikhin ’s Team Nika sees them in third. Returning to the Arabian port of Muscat for the second consecutive year Oman offers crystal clear water and a prevailing north-easterly wind providing great sailing conditions to end the season. The RC44 Oman Cup will take place over 19 – 23 November.

Times of Oman
Sailing: Oman Sail set to host RC44 Tour finale for second successive year
Times of Oman
The RC44 event brings together boats owned and raced by the world's leading businessmen and crewed by some of the world's top sailors.

Scuttlebutt Sailing News
SAIL's 2015 Best Boats Awards
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
SAIL Magazine has announced the winners of SAIL's 2015 Best Boats Awards, which followed their review over the fleet of 2015 Best Boats Nominees ...

Leg 2 starts tomorrow | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015: "Leg 2 from Cape Town to Abu Dhabi starts tomorrow at 18:00 local time (16:00 UTC), and it’s going to be a long one." Watch VOR's You Tube live video stream from 17:50 until 18:05 local. Commentators: Mark Covell, a former Olympic sailor and sailing partner of Ian Walker, and Niall Myant." Follow also on: JohnTheCrowd | Sailing News: VOR

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The fall intercollegiate sailing season concluded this weekend with the Atlantic Coast Championship being held at the Coast ...

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Yacht Club Stories Initiative: Strong Start
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November 17, 2014 – The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) and Gowrie Group have partnered together to collect and preserve the stories of ...

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2014 Dutch Match Cup, Stage 5 Alpari World Match Racing Tour (video)

2014 Dutch Match Cup, Stage 5 Alpari World Match Racing Tour (promo video above)

Located near Amsterdam, Bataviahaven at Lelystad is the match race center of the Netherlands. Lelystad is one of the youngest cities of the Netherlands, build on reclaimed new land and located on the coast of one of the biggest European inland lakes with excellent sailing conditions. 12 teams go head to head to claim points on the Tour Championship

Dutch Match Cup: Host Club: Batavia Sailing Center
Location: Lelystad, Netherlands
Dates: 24 - 28 Sept 2014
More info: Dutch Match Cup (official website)
Dutch Match Cup Results

Round Robin day 1: getting to know the boat • Dutch Match Cup | 24-28 September 2014 | Lelystad, Holland: "... The teams tried to get to know the boat this first day of racing. After the practice sessions they already figured out some of the difficulties in sailing. Bjorn Hansen, who didn’t set a score today, explains they are still learning from the boat. “We still have to figure things out on the boat, so this was really a learning day.”..."

Taylor Canfield goes for a podiumspot • Dutch Match Cup | 24-28 September 2014 | Lelystad, Holland: "... Canfield plans to take it up against Williams, the current leader of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. “To get high up on the leaderboard we have to get up on the podium results, that’s our goal for the next two events.” This morning he has to wait for the first flight. “We still have to figger out a plan to win the Dutch Match Cup, so the first thing we do today is watching the other teams sail.”... "

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US Sailing Judge Seminar (Advanced)
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Saturday – Sunday November 15 – 16, 2014. Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle 7755 Seaview Ave NW, Pier V. Become a US Sailing Certified Judge!

Olympic And World Champions Confirm ISAF Sailing World Cup Final Attendance
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Stanford University
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United States Sailing Association
Former U.S. Team Racing Champions, college All-Americans, and an impressive pool of sailors who have had success in various disciplines and ...

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Sopot Match Race, Alpari World Match Racing Tour, Jul 31-Aug 3 (video)

Sopot Match Race, Alpari World Match Racing Tour, July 31-August 3 (promo video above)
Sopot is the most prestigeous sea resort in Poland located by the Baltic Sea, between Gdansk and Gdynia. 12 teams will be competing at the Sopot Match Race, Stage 3 of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour starting on 31 July and culminating in the final on 3 of August.

ALPARI World Match Racing Tour - Alpari World Match Racing Tour moves on to Poland: "Sopot, Poland (30th July 2014): One of the most exciting developments in the Alpari World Match Racing Tour for 2014 is the addition of Sopot Match Race into its roster of events.  This year will be the 11th edition of Sopot Match Race, taking place on the Baltic in the Polish holiday resort close to Gdansk. As a nation Poland is one of the most prolific internationally when it comes to match racing with the annual Polish Match Tour comprising five or six events annually. As a result, according to event organiser and competitor Przemek Tarnacki, his country also has more sailors in the top 100 of the ISAF match race rankings than any other. It is therefore fitting that Poland’s top event for the first time this year should form part of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour... Racing takes place over 4 days from Thursday 31st July until Sunday 3rd August and sunshine with a light to moderate sea breeze are to be expected. The format will see a full round of Qualifying, with the winner advancing to the Semi Finals, followed by a 6 team Quarter Final then Semi Final and Final."
Results
Leaderboard
Stage 3 Sopot Match Race, Alpari World Match Racing Tour:
Ian Williams (GBR) GAC Pindar
Björn Hansen (SWE) Hansen Sailing Team
Keith Swinton (AUS) Team Alpari FX
Mathieu Richard (FRA) LunaJets
Taylor Canfield (ISV) USone
Phil Robertson (NZL) Waka Racing
David Gilmour (ASU) Team Gilmour
Przemysław Tarnacki (POL) Tarnacki Yacht Racing
Karol Jabłoński (POL) Jablonski Sailing Team
Nicolai Sehested (DEN) Trefor Match Racing
Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Stena Sailing Team
Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team

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The National Sailing Hall of Fame: Hall of Fame 2014 -  (July 29, 2014) – The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) today announced the eight people who will make up its 2014 class of inductees into the National Sailing Hall of Fame:  Yachtsman, historian and senior statesman of the sport Henry H. “Harry” Anderson, Jr. (Mystic, Conn.); mathematician and navigator Nathaniel Bowditch (Salem, Mass.); boat builder and U.S. Olympic Sailing Team boatwright Carl Eichenlaub (San Diego, Calif.); brothers Olaf Harken and Peter Harken (both Pewaukee, Wisc.), respectively, boat builder and sailing hardware designer; naval architect and prolific writer L. Francis Herreshoff (Bristol, R.I./Marblehead, Mass.); 1960 5.5 Metre Olympic Gold Medalist and boat builder George O’Day (Brookline, Mass./Dover, Mass.); and Grand Prix yachtsman John B. “Jim” Kilroy (Marina del Rey, Calif.), the recipient of the NSHOF’s first Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Class of 2014 will be inducted on September 28, 2014 in a ceremony at the Detroit Yacht Club.

Sailing NEWS Digest:

Stuff.co.nz
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An Oakville sailing coach facing 21 sexual assault-related charges stemming from allegations made by seven males appeared briefly in Milton court ...

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America's Cup Updates; J/88 Sail Testing (video)

J/88 Sail Testing (video above) Published on July 24, 2013 - Sail testing in Narragansett Bay with Bob and Rodney Johnstone on J/88 Hull #1 - 3Di main and A2-1 code sail offered standard North Sails CSD.

European challengers commit to America's Cup: "Four European teams promised on Friday to compete for the next America's Cup, ensuring the event would be viable after official challenger Team Australia pulled out because of rising costs. The European rivals from Italy, Sweden, Britain and France said they would cooperate with Oracle Team USA, the holders, to ensure the 35th America's Cup in 2017 was a sporting and commercial success. "The teams Luna Rossa Challenge, Artemis Racing, Ben Ainslie Racing and Team France – jointly with the yacht clubs they represent – confirm their full support to the event, regardless of the host venue that will be selected," they said in a joint statement. Planning for the 2017 Cup was thrown into turmoil last week when the Australians, the Challenger of Record, withdrew from the event. The next America's Cup will be sailed in either San Diego or Bermuda, with the venue to be confirmed in October...."

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