Rolex Capri Sailing Week surprise finale (Day 5 video)

Rolex Capri Sailing Week Day 5 video above

Capri, May 24. Surprise finale at Rolex Capri Sailing Week. - There were sighs of relief today as Capri and the Bay of Naples came good for the final day of Maxi and 52 Super Series racing at Rolex Capri Sailing Week. After two days of the best intentions, but ultimately no racing, today the Maxis were able to complete a coastal race as the 52s sailed two final windward-leewards....Between the Volcano Race and today’s coastal, it was Roberto Tomasini Grinover’s JV72 Mini Maxi Robertissima III, which came out on top in the highly competitive Mini Maxi Racing class, winning the match race against her all-black sistership, Sir Peter Ogden’s Jethou. “The regatta was very complicated, because the wind was very unstable at times,” said Tomasini Grinover. “My crew did a fantastic job and I am happy that we finished one of the coastal races because the weather wasn’t the best this week, although they were for enjoying Capri and its hospitality. I would like to say a big thanks to the organisers, the International Maxi Association and Yacht Club Capri. It is a fantastic place and we’d like to come back...”
Maxis
Mini Maxi Racing-Cruising division
1. Good Job Guys (Enrico Gorziglia – ITA)
2. Shirlaf (Giuseppe Puttini – ITA)
3. Dos Much (Andres Varela – ESP)
Mini Maxi Racing division
1. Robertissima (Roberto Tomasini Grinover – ITA)
2. Jethou (Sir Peter Ogden – GBR)
3. Wild Joe (Marton Jozsa – HUN)
Maxi overall winner: Esimit Europa 2 (Igor Simcic – SLO)
52 Super Series
1. Azzurra (Alberto Roemmers, ARG)
2. Vesper (Jim Swartz, USA)
3. Quantum Racing (Doug DeVos, USA)
2014 Rolex Capri Sailing Week - Capri (Italy): 18-24 May, 2014 Results

Coast Guard Finds Unused Life Raft on Capsized British Yacht - NBC News.com: "....The update of an earlier Coast Guard press release, issued Friday night, said the discovery via "underwater imagery clearly identifying the raft in its storage space,"indicated the life raft on the 40-foot Cheeki Rafiki “was not used for emergency purposes.” It said the photo was "shared with and acknowledged by the families." Earlier, the agency said that a helicopter from a Navy warship searching for the missing sailors spotted the yacht’s hull, which had previously been spotted by a commercial vessel last Saturday, about 1,000 miles offshore. A Navy boat crew and swimmer found the boat's cabin was completely flooded and its windows shattered. The vessel's keel also was broken off, causing a breach in the hull, the release said...."

Sailors brave cold conditions at sailing centre open day
Dorset Echo
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Magic Blue and Lionheart stretch lead after coastal race in Menorca
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Two bronze medals for Australians at Delta Lloyd Regatta
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Marconi Sailing Club hosts first ever open day
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Rolex Capri Sailing Week, Day 2 video

Rolex Capri Sailing Week | Day 2 video above -  52SuperSeries

International Maxi Association: "Capri, May 22. Wind foils coastal race - A valiant effort was made by the race committee to hold a coastal race today for both the Maxi and Barclays 52 Super Series classes at Rolex Capri Sailing Week, organised by the International Maxi Association in conjunction with Yacht Club Capri. Sadly this came to an end when the fleet ran out of breeze off Capri's dramatic coastline. Soon after midday, the Maxi fleet was first to get ..."

2014 Rolex Capri Sailing Week - Capri (Italy): 18-24 May, 2014
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News & Features | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Site : Robertissima Claims Honours In Rolex Capri Sailing Week's Volcano Race: "Roberto Tomasini Grinover's Robertissima III has been officially confirmed as the winner of the first Maxi encounter at Rolex Capri Sailing Week 2014 - the 230 nm Volcano Race...."

Debris found in search for missing yacht Cheeki Rafiki in the middle of the Atlantic - Mirror Online: "....A spokeswoman for the US Coast Guard said: "I can confirm that we have received reports (of debris) from the sailing vessel Malisi. They have found some debris in the search area. We can't tell at this time if they are from the Cheeki Rafiki as there were no identifying marks on them. "The debris was a plank of wood and a small piece of floating foam, but there was nothing identifying the Cheeki Rafiki. Obviously it is a possibility, and we are definitely treating it very seriously and incorporating that into our search, but I can't say for certain that it was from the Cheeki Rafiki."..."

Sailing 47000 miles in legendary Hawaii canoe
The Seattle Times
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Smooth sailing for the Saunders brothers
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Women's, coed sailing head to nationals
The Dartmouth
For the third straight year, the coed and women's sailing teams both qualified for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships.

Sailing along with a message
Daily Mining Gazette
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Staples sailing ends season with Gold Cup success
Westport News
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Sailors relay on Lake Elizabeth
San Jose Mercury News
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Sailing: Silvers Marine Scottish Series - 40th year promises to be best yet
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US Coast Guard committed to missing Cheeki Rafiki sailors search
Telegraph.co.uk
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Tango G and Lionheart winners of the opening day of Menorca Maxi
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Coconut Grove Grapevine: Sailing Camp offered by Grove Sailing Club
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Book Review: Sailing Alone Around the World | JAR
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Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup video, Rolex Capri Sailing Week

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2013 video above

The 24th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup featured a 37-strong fleet of monohulls competing in six classes. A high point of the yachting season, the regatta is an eagerly awaited event that attracts a fleet of majestic yachts. Watch as crews work together -- with boat owners at the helm -- to achieve victory in one of the Mediterranean's most beautiful settings.
Discover more about the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup on http://www.rolex.com/magazine/sports-... and
International Maxi Association: "2014 RACE CALENDAR" and
regattanews.com - Event: Rolex Capri Sailing Week: "ROLEX CAPRI SAILING WEEK CAPRI, ITALY MAY 19 - 24, 2014"

International Maxi Association: "New look Rolex Capri Sailing Week - The Italian big boat racing season fires up over 19th-24th May with a new look Rolex Capri Sailing Week. This year, for the first time, the Maxi yacht fleet is joined by the international grand prix 52 fleet with Rolex Capri Sailing Week being the opening event of the class’ 2014 European circuit - the Barclays 52 Super Series. Organised by the International Maxi Association (IMA) in collaboration with the Yacht Club Capri (YCC), the event will comprise separate courses for the Maxis and 52 Super Series over the first three days. While the 52s will be racing windward-leewards on the waters off Capri, the Maxis will be competing on the Volcano Race. Provided conditions allow, this will take the Maxis some 130 miles south to the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily, famous for their active volcanoes such as Stromboli, before returning to Capri. For the second half of Rolex Capri Sailing Week, the Maxis will join the 52 Super Series sailing windward-leewards...."

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VIDEO: Bomby unveils sponsors for assault on Figaro sailing season
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GW Sailing's Incoming Recruits Shine at High School Nationals
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Sandringham Yacht Club's gold anchor rating upgraded as marina completed
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Shoreline Sailing Club To Host Open House May 15
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US Sailing Blog: The Dos and Don'ts of Filing an Appeal
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IFCA Worlds Slalom 2014 Comes To Frustrating Conclusion - International SailingFederation
sailing.org
News and Features from the Official Website of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), the world governing body for the sport of sailing.
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Europe grapples with threat of ships sailing blind: "...Ships increasingly rely on systems that employ satellite signals to find a location or keep exact time including the Global Positioning System (GPS) and GLONASS. But experts say such systems are vulnerable to signal loss from solar weather effects or radio and satellite interference and can also be affected by intentional jamming by criminal gangs, nation states or potentially from militant groups. The General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland (GLA) is pioneering a radio-based back-up prototype called eLoran...."

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