INEOS TEAM UK, Royal Yacht Squadron Official Cowes Week Fly-By

The Royal Yacht Squadron Cowes Week fly-by

INEOS TEAM UK video above published Aug 8, 2018: Jim Ratcliffe joined Ben Ainslie to give the Royal Yacht Squadron an official Cowes Week fly-by.

Official website: ineosteamuk.com

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World Sailing Show September 2017; Next America's Cup Monohulls

The World Sailing Show - September 2017

Video above published Aug 28, 2017:

01:02 - Lendy Cowes Week
07:15 - News
09:29 - International Moth Worlds
12:28 - Rolex Fastnet Race
19:35 - Gitana 17 launched

• The Rolex Fastnet Race, the sailor’s Everest and this year there was a bumper entry and some fiercely close racing.
• There was also a record turn out for the International Moth World Championships where the world’s rock stars gathered, hot foot from the America’s Cup.
• The beast gets launched as Gitana 17 prepares to change the future. A visit with the boat and the brains behind the project.
• Plus, new talent, new trophy, new events and a new record at Lendy Cowes Week.

Sailing News: Next America's Cup: Foiling Monohulls?

• America’s Cup to ditch catamarans in favor of monohulls - The Washington Post: "... The Kiwis did not say whether the boats will have foils or canting keels. More details were promised at the end of the month. Team New Zealand released a statement after Italian billionaire Patrizio Bertelli, boss of the Italian Challenger of Record Luna Rossa and CEO of Prada, told La Stampa that the next regatta will be sailed in monohulls as a condition of his group helping the cash-strapped Kiwis in the 35th America’s Cup ..." read more at the link above
• Sailing professor Mark Orams: America's Cup monohulls are "dramatic, extremely fast" - NZ Herald: "Monohulls will provide spectacular America's Cup racing to match what the catamarans provided in Bermuda, according to the sailing Professor Mark Orams. The former Team New Zealand member said the foiling monohulls were better suited to Auckland's conditions, and monohulls would see a welcome return to more traditional sailing techniques involving more crew members. It would almost certainly see an end otocycle-grinding ..." read more at link above.
• Government pushes for big say in next America's Cup regatta - NZ Herald: "Documents obtained by the Herald under the Official Information Act reveal the extent of strategising that took place in the days after Team New Zealand's stunning win in Bermuda to ensure the Government would have a seat at the bargaining table.Team NZ are set to reveal their plans for the next event, likely to be held in early 2021, later this month. This follows negotiations with Luna Rossa, the challenger of record."

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Cowes Week Sailing Regatta and Chubb Jr Champs 2014 videos

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014, Wednesday August 6th video highlights above
johnthecrowd.com: Cowes Week Sailing Regatta August 2-9 LIVE Twitter feed
more info below and at: http://www.aamcowesweek.co.uk/ 

Chubb Jr. Champs 2014 - Day 1 Highlights -
Chubb Jr. Champs 2014 - Day 1 Video Highlights above
Action from the first day of the 2014 Chubb Jr. Championship regatta in Traverse City, Michigan. The singlehanded Smythe Trophy, sailed in Byte CII's, and the double handed Bemis Trophy, sailed in Club 420's, both had practice days with instruction from the US Sailing National Coaches. The triple handed Sears Cup began today with three races completed in the local fleet of Interlakes. Published on Aug 6, 2014

Spectacular Finish to SB20 Cowes Grand Slam
Afloat
'Sportsboatworld.com' has won the 2014 SB20 Grand Slam at Cowes Week, after a demanding four days and seven races on the Solent....


CITY A.M.
Cowes Week Diary: Rugby stars and royalty set to collide in Artemis Challenge
CITY A.M.
One of those has to be Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, and for four years now I've joined sailors and spectators from across the country, ...

Tokoloshe II wins the Britannia Cup at Cowes Week
Isle of Wight County Press
TODAY (Tuesday) at Cowes Week the big yachts in class 0 were racing for one of the regatta's most prestigious trophies, the Britannia Cup. Presented ...

International yachting competition on the cards for 2015
Antigua Observer
Meantime, the nation has won big at the Etchells Invitational race in Cowes, Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. Jeremy Thorpe led the Antigua team ...

Young sailing star Jess Eales found dead days after her 17th birthday
Mirror.co.uk
A talented teenage girl hailed as one of Britain's best young sailors has been found dead in woodland - the day after her 17th birthday. The body of ...
Hayling Sailing Club pays tribute to young star Jess Eales - Hayling Islander


US SAILING (press release)
Chubb US Junior Championships 2014 Preview
US SAILING (press release)
The Chubb U.S. Junior Championships is US Sailing's most historic junior regatta. Racing at this US Sailing National Championship, hosted by Grand ...


The Independent
How a sailing regatta (almost) put the wind in my sails
The Independent
I've put sailing alongside shooting, fishing and horse riding as the pursuits I'll probably get through my life without mastering. I never felt I had the ...

Tokyo 2020 reviewing "several options" for alternate sailing venue
Insidethegames.biz
Original plans were for the Wakasu Olympic Marina to host sailing events during the Tokyo 2020 The sailingvenue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics could ...


Stuff.co.nz
crewmates set sail for China
Stuff.co.nz
Selection was based on sailors who were interested and available to travel to the regatta. It's more cultural than a competitive event, George said.


Radio Sport
Sailing: Inconsistent breezes prove tricky for Kiwi crews in Rio
New Zealand Herald
The 2016 Olympic venue is proving tricky for the New Zealand sailors over the opening days of the Aquece Rio international regatta. The regatta ...


Sydney Morning Herald
Aussie sailors on fire in Rio Olympic Test event in a good omen for Games in 2016
The Daily Telegraph
The test event has been in the spotlight in the wake of sailors complaining about the smelly, polluted water and garbage _ including dead animals and ...

Five Bulldogs Named to All-Academic Sailing Team
Yale University Athletics
On August 5th, five members of the Yale coed sailing team – four also members of the Yale women's sailingteam – were named to the All-Academic ...

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Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014, Sailing Regatta, Tuesday video

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014 Tuesday video above

johnthecrowd.com: Cowes Week Sailing Regatta August 2-9 LIVE Twitter feed
more info: http://www.aamcowesweek.co.uk/


On The Wight
A shoreside guide for Cowes Week
On The Wight
Don't miss the many shoreside activities taking place during Cowes Week, ... After the race a prize-giving will be held on Cowes Parade at 19:00.

Zara Phillips to take part in Artemis Challenge at Cowes Week
Yachting and Boating World
The race, which forms part of Thursday's Ladies Day at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, features a fleet of some of the fastest offshore ...


On The Wight
Extensive HD photo-set commemorates Duke of Edinburgh tour of Cowes
On The Wight
Graham Reading shares some great shots of the Duke of Edinburgh as he toured Cowes yesterday, including capturing the Duke's reaction as a ...


Portsmouth News
Classy Peregrine takes flight before Variety joins the show
Portsmouth News
Despite the hundreds of boats and thousands of competitors, Cowes Week is all about intense competition between racing yachts in each of the ...

Extreme Sailing Series back in town in 2015
TODAYonline
SINGAPORE –The Extreme Sailing Series world tour returns to Singapore next year, with the first of eight legs across three continents to be hosted at ...


Sky News Australia
Sailors have mixed feelings about Rio's polluted bay
Taipei Times
Sailors have mixed feelings about Rio's polluted bay ... Adams expressed slightly mixed feelings about sailing in polluted Guanabara Bay, the venue ...


The Sun Current
Sailing to new heights
The Sun Current
Sailing Central owner Merry Petitclair helps camper Alex Paster during an Immanuel Lutheran Church sailing camp at Round Lake Park in Eden ...

YACHT DONATED TO SAILING CHARITY
Daily Mail
Her owner, a sailing enthusiast who wished to remain anonymous, donated the yacht to Ocean Youth Trust (OYT) North to enable more young people ...

It's all fans on deck (or dock) for sailing races in Annapolis
Baltimore Sun
What began as "beer can races" — just a casual event to break up the week — has become serious business for the sailors, as well as for City Dock ...


ThurstonTalk
How to Sail in Olympia Without a Boat
ThurstonTalk
washington orthopaedic center You long to enjoy glorious summer sailing around South Puget Sound's beautiful and protected waterways, but there is ...


Falmouth Packet
SAILING: Flushing Sailing Club hosting family day
Falmouth Packet
MEMBERS at a sailing club will be giving land-lovers the chance to jump ... FlushingSailing Club are hosting a family try sailing day on Saturday ...


Portsmouth News
Hayling sailing star Jess Eales, 16, found dead in woodland
Portsmouth News
The sailing community is in shock after the news of the tragic death of 16-year-old Jess Eales, who was a hugely popular member of Hayling Island ...

Sailing across Indian Ocean, South Pacific by 'balangay'
Philippine Star
Following is the second of a three-part series on the ancient history of the Philippines and China, culled from a recent lecture by Supreme Court Senior ...

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Cowes Week Sailing News and Videos

Cowes week Timelapse Aug 4, 2014 -





johnthecrowd.com: Cowes Week Sailing Regatta August 2-9 LIVE Twitter feed

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Cowes Week NEWS

Telegraph.co.uk
Cowes controversy as owners protest to committee over changes to race course finishing line
Telegraph.co.uk Aug4,2014
A postponement in many of the small boat classes at Aberdeen Asset ManagementCowes Week due to lack of breeze created confusion and chaos ...

 Centenary of the start of the First World War
Isle of Wight County Press
Cowes Week abandoned, Needles passage closed and prisoners dig trenches — the Wight at War
Isle of Wight County Press
Cowes Week was abandoned, visitors left in large droves, and families waved-off loved ones at railway stations across the Island. "The men were ...


Daily Echo
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is off to a perfect start
Daily Echo
The 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week got off to a smooth start at the weekend as thousands of sailing fans descended on the Isle of ...

Musandam gears up for Cowes
Oman Daily Observer
MUSCAT — The crew of the Omani sailboat Musandam of Oman Sail project is preparing to take part in the UKCowes Week, starting with the 8th ...

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014 - Day two round-up
Sail World
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014 - Family Day at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week provided another great day of racing ...


Island Echo
DUKE VISITS COWES WEEK
Island Echo
The Duke of Edinburgh has visited Cowes Week over the past two days, meeting a variety of businesses and interacting with ...


GossipCenter.com
Pippa Middleton is a Sailing Beauty
... during Aberdeen Asset Management's Cowes Week in the Isle of Wight. ... Pippa Middleton sailing with UKSA sailors during Cowes Week in Cowes, ...

Cowes Week: sailing's profile is finally growing - Telegraph: "... The RYA, the governing body for sailing in the UK, has recorded an increase from 1.1 million people sailing in 2012 to 1.3 million last year. “The profile of the sport is growing – it’s never going to be tennis or football, but Ben Ainslie is now a personality being talked about in a more mainstream way,” says RYA spokesman Louise Nicholls..."

Sailing NEWS

BBC News
Mixed feelings about sailing in polluted Rio bay
Businessweek
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Josh Adams expressed slightly mixed feelings about sailing in polluted Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing in the 2016 ...


Bellingham Herald
Sailing around the world: Whatcom couple attempts feat to raise global warming awareness
Bellingham Herald
As the beginning of her retirement neared, Virginia, 67, and her husband Jerry, 56, decided they were going to sail around the world with the Blue ...


Sky News Australia
Sailing: No wind and no racing in Rio on day two
Voxy
It was hot and calm in Rio, Brazil today, and no racing was possible at the Olympic SailingTest Event (Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta ...

It's all fans on deck (or dock) for sailing races in Annapolis
Baltimore Sun
What began as "beer can races" — just a casual event to break up the week — has become serious business for the sailors, as well as for City Dock ...


International Sailing Federation
Light winds cause postponement at Rio test event
My Sailing
Unfortunately, for the 324 sailors from 34 countries it was not perfect conditions for sailboat racing at the Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta ...


Sail World
YCCS gets ready for September Rolex regattas
My Sailing
The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (31 August - 6September) and the Rolex Swan Cup (8 - 14 September) will see thousands of sailors from around the globe ...

PC's Reiss reflects on sailing summer, future
The News Herald
An accident in Spain in March not only sidelined his sailing partner but also may have derailed his dream of competing in the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

Ideal conditions for first day of Copa del Rey in Palma
My Sailing
The wind arrived on time for its appointment at the Bay of Palma, and the fleet was able to fulfil the programsailing two races in its debut in the 33rd ...

Record fleeet starts on Monday at 2014 ORC Worlds
Valencia Sailing
Posted on 04 August 2014 by Valencia Sailing. [Source: ORC] At 10:55am on Monday 4 August, the first Warning signals will sound for the first race on ...

​Meet The 29-Year-Old Woman Sailing Around The World Solo: ".... Have you been in any big storms? ER: Nothing devastating, that perfect storm hasn't hit me yet. But, there have been storms where the waves have been taller than my mast, which is 45 feet. I guess that's fairly bad weather. You just have to get through them. They can last for seven or eight days, you wake up and think, "Surely the rain will stop today." But, it just keeps raining and stays grey and that can have a huge impact on my mood. My mental well-being is very connected to the physical world in that sense. I wear a harness when the weather turns really nasty..." (read more at link above)

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Cowes Week Sailing Regatta August 2-9 (LIVE Twitter feed)

Tweets by @cowes_week

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week - News: "Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week... this year’s regatta promises action-packed excitement afloat with a shore-side programme to match. This year, Cowes Combined Clubs celebrates 50 years of co-ordinated race management at the 188 year-old regatta, and at least 13 competitors racing this year also took part in the 1964 regatta (the first year of the formation of CCC). Eric Williams of Williams Shipping is one, and these days is frequently to be found towards the top of the leader-board with his Dragon, Ecstatic...." more info: http://www.aamcowesweek.co.uk/

Cowes Week NEWS:

Portsmouth News
Get ready for Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014
Keith Prowse
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2014 is set to get underway this weekend (August 2nd) and will see thousands of fans of all things ...


Telegraph.co.uk
Cowes Week hopeful of Ben Ainslie Racing's £80 million British bid for America's Cup
Telegraph.co.uk
Cowes Week hopeful of Ben Ainslie Racing's £80 million British bid for ... and sailors at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is underpinning a ...


BYM News (press release)
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 50th Anniversary
BYM News (press release)
Cowes Week is one of the UK's longest running sporting events, having first taken place in 1826. The aspirational and inclusive sailing regatta is the ...


Island Echo
POP-UP TOURIST INFORMATION POINT OPENED
Island Echo
The “Island Welcome Centre” as it is being known will operate during Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week (2nd-9th August) from within the ...

Other Sailing News:
JohnTheCrowd.com coverage of Sopot Match Race, Alpari World Match Racing Tour, Jul31-Aug3 NEWS, Results, Leaderboard and LIVE Twitter Feed (go to link)

Volvo Ocean Race crews to battle in Round Britain test
Sail World
The event, which starts on August 9 and is preceded by Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, will see five of the new, one-design Volvo Ocean ...

NBCSports.com
U.S. Sailing not hindered by contaminated Rio bay before test event
NBCSports.com
The 2016 Olympic sailing venue is contaminated with sewage, but American sailors' training in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay hasn't been hindered ...


Bognor Regis Observer
Sailing: Races short on distance but not on drama
Chichester Observer
About half of the group will be engaged in sail training to Royal Yachting Association standards from start sailing through to advanced modules of ...

Jeremy Thorp wins Etchells Invitational Cup at Cowes
My Sailing
"It was my first time racing an Etchells," said Thorp, "And they absolutely live up to everything my really successful sailing friends have told me.

Plain sailing for Norfolk youngsters
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The event was excellently organised by Downs Sailing Club and the National Schools Sailing Association who deserve a great deal of praise for their ...


KOMO News
Two-day shutdown of international sailing 'irresponsible,' Ranker says
Journal of the San Juan Islands
A decision by Washington State Ferries to shutdown the international sailing for two days to remedy disruptions in ferry service near Seattle drew a ...


Sutherland Northern Times
Sailing day announced great success
Sutherland Northern Times
LOCH Shin Sailing Club's first ever training course has been hailed as a great success. The five-day course was well supported by 12 enthusiastic, ...


Sail World
Clean start for 35 boats in Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Race
My Sailing
Peter Harburg's Juan K 70 Black Jack, sailing for the event host club Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Yachting Australia President Matt Allen's ...


Tenby Observer
Saundersfoot Sailing Club
Tenby Observer
The continuing brilliant weather is bringing more boats out for the racing each week. Last Sunday, 16 dinghies rigged up to take part in the final two ...

Remembering CJ Buckley
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
The 12th annual CJ Buckley Team Race for the c420 class Team Racing Nationals was sailed out of East Greewich, RI on July 28-30 with 33 teams ...

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Cowes Week videos; Luna Rossa wins Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2013 videos - Saturday, August 10th - Starts above, Finish below

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week - Day 8 (Saturday) News: "The final day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week dawned with very light airs that necessitated a postponement before a west-south-westerly breeze climbing to 10 knots kicked in. Although shifty at first, it continued to build through the day, peaking with gusts of more than 20 knots. The overall Sportsboat class result was one of those decided today, with Julian Cook and Caroline Aisher’s Viper 640 Oh No leading the fleet on 8 points, followed by Jon Powell’s Hunter 707 Betty on 9 points and Charlie Esse’s modified J/80 Darwin Property on 13 points at the beginning of the final race. . . ." (read more at link above)

Louis Vuitton Cup: Luna Rossa won the Louis Vuitton semifinals vs Artemis on Saturday, August 10th; Luna Rossa will meet Emirates Team New Zealand in Louis Vuitton Cup finals beginning August 17th - more info at americascup.com

Sailing the Apostle Islands is idyllic, despite a thunderstorm
Los Angeles Times
After a pleasant sail from the Port Superior Marina a few miles south of Bayfield, Wis., the four youngsters in our two-family group spent the day jumping and diving into Lake Superior from the deck of La Bateau, our chartered 44-foot Jeanneau sailboat....

Sailing for Salmon
Bristol Bay Times
A well-known member of Bristol Bay's commercial driftnet fleet is looking for a captain and crew to fish for salmon next year. Energy, enthusiasm and knowing how to fish are requirements, as is knowing how to sail, since you'll be fishing from a sailboat.

Sailing key to St Margaret's Hospice 'Challenge of a Lifetime'
Yeovil Express
NEXT year, 160 brave members of the public will face up to 88 difficult and exciting days'sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, all while raising money for St Margaret's Somerset Hospice. Though it seems a long way off, preparations are already underway.

Kiwi sailors have 470 world title within reach
Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand 470 stars Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have their first world title within their sights at the championships in France. The Olympic champions maintained their lead heading into the final day. The women's gold fleet sailed two races in La ...

Stephen M. Kisko's First Book Sailing the Puddles is a Tale from Childhood ...
Newsday
Stephen M. Kisko, a business owner and proud father, has completed his first book Sailing the Puddles: a gripping and potent childhood dream lovingly expressed through imagery and prose. "This story is about a boy named Dabnis who sails the oceans to ...

Belcher, Ryan win at sailing world champs
Ninemsn
Olympic sailing champion Mathew Belcher and crewmate Will Ryan have won the men's 470 class world championships off La Rochelle, western France. The victory is Belcher's fourth 470 world title in a row and extends his remarkable winning streak in the ...

Richmond County Yacht Club offers sailing classes for youngsters this summer
SILive.com
The two, who will start fourth-grade next month at PS 45, West Brighton, are among more than 20 young people who are spending the summer sailing the Great Kills Harbor, exhilarated by the wind, the waves and sun. They are part of the 2013 Summer Junior ...

Cypress Lake Students take on Sailing Challenge
Naples Daily News
Offshore Sailing's CEO and President Doris Colgate said she was impressed by the fact that the entire school read “The Great Wide Sea,” a story about a family who embarks on a year-long sailing adventure through the Bahamas. “We decided to encourage ...

Sailing - Luna Rossa extend lead over Artemis in America's Cup
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Sailing - Luna Rossa extend lead over Artemis in America's Cup. Italy's Luna Rossa coasted to another victory over Artemis Racing to open a commanding 3-0 lead in the semi-finals of their series to eventually decide the America's Cup challenger ...

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Cowes Week Sailing Videos

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2013 videos, Friday, August 9,  finish above, starts below


Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week - Friday - Day 7 News: "The penultimate day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week was another warm day with plenty of sun and winds of around 8-15 knots that increased to 12-20 knots with occasional stronger gusts during the afternoon as thermal enhancement boosted the gradient west-north-westerly breeze. The larger Black Group classes started today on the Black Group Committee Boat, which was stationed near Lee on Solent on the north shore of the eastern Solent, before heading to the western Solent on a long beat against the tide and eventually finishing on the Royal Yacht Squadron line, in a classic Cowes Week finish under spinnaker and as close to the shore as they dared to keep out of the adverse tidal stream. First to finish in IRC Class 2 was 83-year-old Piet Vroon’s hugely successful Ker 46 Tonnerre de Breskens 3 . . ."

Cowes Week 2013: Day 6 Round-Up
On The Wight
Competitors enjoyed champagne sailing, bright sun and the tightest of racing on the sixth day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. The two giant MOD70 trimarans and six IMOCA 60s competing in the Artemis Challenge started their races at 1015 in ...

Cowes Week 2013: Sir Keith Mills helps Five Degrees West to overall victory
Telegraph.co.uk
Johnny Vincent's Pace, which has given Mills a run for his money all week, bowed out of the final day's racing to prepare for the Rolex Fastnet Race starting on Sunday. It paved the way for a fifth success in six races for Five Degrees West to give ...

Marblehead gears up for the annual Corinthian Classic Regatta - Marblehead - Your Town - Boston.com: "Boat lovers and sailors from New England are gearing up for the annual Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta, a Marblehead maritime tradition that attracts sailors and spectators from all over New England. The two-day event, starting Saturday Aug. 10, is hosted by the Corinthian Yacht Club and includes two 20-mile races through courses starting at the mouth of the Marblehead Harbor."

What’s ruining the America’s Cup? - Therese Poletti's Tech Tales - MarketWatch: "“The good news is that because no one is actually showing up, their costs are going down,” said Peskin, who lives on Telegraph Hill where he has a view of the festivities down at Pier 27. “This whole thing was predicated on somewhere between 12 and 15 teams from around the world. It turned out to be three and Oracle, which is as exciting as watching paint dry.” A few weeks ago, Avalos called up Peskin and asked him to go outside and see how many people were attending a race. “I went out there with some binoculars,” he said. “I said, ‘Do you want me to count them for you?’ There were maybe 100 people.”"

Luna Rossa takes 3-0 lead over Artemis Racing in America’s Cup challenger semis - The Washington Post: "Helmsman Chris Draper made a clutch move right before the start and sailed Italy’s Luna Rossa to victory Friday over Artemis Racing and a 3-0 lead in the America’s Cup challenger semifinals. Luna Rossa can wrap up the best-of-seven series Saturday on San Francisco Bay and earn a berth against Emirates Team New Zealand in the Louis Vuitton Cup final."

America's Cup: Luna Rossa beats Artemis in Race 3
San Jose Mercury News
The America's Cup challenger race was the best so far for both teams -- each improving their maneuvers and speed -- but Luna Rossa had a perfect start and was the clear winner, beating Artemis by 1 minute, 18 seconds. Crowds lining five deep along ...

America's Cup champion Oracle Team USA forfeits ACWS titles due to technical ...
Washington Post
America's Cup champion Oracle Team USA forfeited its overall championships from the first two seasons of the America's Cup World Series on Thursday after it was determined that its yachts were modified without the permission of the Measurement ...

America's Cup champion Oracle forfeits ACWS titles
San Jose Mercury News
America's Cup champion Oracle Team USA forfeited its overall championships from the first two seasons of the America's Cup World Series on Thursday after it was determined that its yachts were modified without the permission of the Measurement ...

SAILING: Weymouth couple Kay and Kevin Stibbs set for Fastnet Race
Dorset Echo
WEYMOUTH sailing couple Kay and Kevin Stibbs are taking on the gruelling Fastnet Race 2013 for a cause close to their hearts. The duo and their team aboard Draig O'r Mor will be lining up among 380 contenders at the world's largest offshore yacht race ...

Sailing key to St Margaret's Hospice 'Challenge of a Lifetime'
This is The West Country
NEXT year, 160 brave members of the public will face up to 88 difficult and exciting days'sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, all while raising money for St Margaret's Somerset Hospice. Though it seems a long way off, preparations are already underway.

New sailing school cruising Lake Windermere
Columbia Valley Pioneer
LOVELY LAKE — Sailboats bob in the tranquil waters of Lake Windermere, which according to Columbia Valley Sailing founder Thorsten Gaul are ideally suited for both beginner and advanced sailors.. . .

Sailing odyssey is a treat for leukaemia lad Griffin
Exmouth Journal
And 16 months after his treatment finished he joined the crew of one of five yachts to sail around the Solent in a four-day yacht adventure. Griffin, who sailed on the New Dawn along with four other young people, said: ”I have never been sailing before ...

Smooth sailing
Grand Haven Tribune
“Going into the last race, we had a one-point lead over two other boats, and the former regatta champion from last year was in fourth place, two points behind,” said Hatton, who sailed with an outstanding crew that featured Olivia Windemuller, Chad ...

New Sailing Club In Worthing Nears Completion
Build.co.uk
Cllr Robert Smytherman, Mayor of Worthing, joined Nigel Jupp, commodore of WorthingSailing Club, and young sailors to tour the new building in Sea Place, Goring-by-Sea - led by Nick Moore, Kier Homes' deputy managing director. The Mayor said: "I'm ...

Wonders of Modern Life | The Big Picture: "Lost my anchor 2 weeks ago. That is not a spiritual reference, I literally snagged what I suspect is an undersea communications cable in the Long Island Sound in 39 feet of water in my little dingy. Despite lots of trying, could not get free — had to cut it loose, thinking, “there goes $500.” On Monday, I find a replacement on eBay for $30 and order it. I come home from work the next day and there is a box sitting on my front porch with a Danforth anchor in it. I am amazed."

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Cowes Week 2013, Tom Slingsby on foiling gybes (videos)

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2013 - Wednesday August 7 finish above, starts below (video replay)


Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week - News: Competitors at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week enjoyed a warm day of racing in north-easterly winds that peaked at 14-15 knots, despite an unpromising forecast with the possibility that a weak sea breeze effect could cancel out the northerly gradient wind. The larger yachts in Black Group started from a committee boat start off Bembridge to the east of the Isle of Wight, where stronger and steadier winds were predicted. It was the first day on which the boats in IRC Class 0 were racing in the Big Boat mini series. These included Jochen Schumann’s 100ft Maxi Esimit Europa 2, two 72ft Mini Maxis, Hap Fauth’s Bella Mente and Niklas Zennstrom’s 72ft Ran, as well as a pair of Volvo 70s. They competed alongside IRC Class 1 in a battle of the giants for one of the regatta’s most prestigious trophies – the New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup. . . . (read more at link above)

Cowes Week 2013: Mike Sanderson wins the New York Yacht Club Challenge ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The Kiwi skipper, who this week is strategist on American mini maxi Belle Mente, owned by Minnesota financier Hap Fauth, saw Mills' TP52 Five Degrees West trail in by a hefty seven minutes after a hard-fought contest over 20 miles in the Solent. Belle ...

Oracle Team USA's strategist/grinder Tom Slingsby shares his expertise on the importance of smooth foiling gybes, and his analysis on the other America's Cup teams performance.

America's Cup: Luna Rossa wins Race 2
San Jose Mercury News
SAN FRANCISCO -- Before Artemis Racing's tragic capsize last spring, the SwedishAmerica's Cup team had another problem: it didn't have the capability to hydrofoil. In its second loss Wednesday to Italy's Luna Rossa in the Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals, ...

Mat Belcher and Will Ryan sail into final in first spot at world 470 sailing ...
Herald Sun
AUSTRALIAN sailors Mat Belcher and Will Ryan didn't even have to get wet to make their way into the finals of the world 470 championships in La Rochelle this morning in first place. The pair, chasing victory in their ninth consecutive regatta together ...

Arab sailing star eyes Volvo Ocean glory
Saudi Gazette
ABU DHABI — Arab sailing star Adil Khalid has reset his sights on a Volvo Ocean Race victory, rejoining Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing for a second shot at glory in the world's longest and toughest offshore event, dubbed the 'Everest of Sailing'. The 24-year ...

NZL Sailing Team: Both 470 crews well placed after Day 2 of Worlds
Sail World
Day 2 of the 2013 470 World Championships has drawn to a close with the qualifying rounds complete and both NZL Sailing Team crews are well placed as they carry forward their ranking to the finals rounds which begin in La Rochelle, France tomorrow.

EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship day 2
Sail World
The German sailors finished the day with a creditable 3,1,1. The leaders from day one, Carissan and Guillou (FRA), still lead the field, with a very consistent 1,2,2 today, while the other French team, who were placed second after day one, were less ...

Summertime Sailing: Schooner Sailing on NYC's Hudson River
Forays of a Finance Foodie
I looked through the list of fun activities in NYC and decided on a Sunday sail aboard the Schooner Adirondack. I mean, what else is there to do on a nice, sunny but not too hot, 80 degree weather Sunday in New York City? Answer: A scenic two hour sail ...

EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship day 3
Sail World
At the EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship, following three days of exciting racing, the leaders are beginning to emerge from the fleets. The event is now passing the halfway stage as France edges into the lead in the Nations' Cup Team Trophy.

Sunreef Yachts Introduces its First Carbon Sailing Superyacht
The Maritime Executive
Commissioned by a European owner, the Sunreef 80 LEVANTE is made of an advanced composite sandwich combining vinylester, PVC foam and carbon/glass fiber, with a carbon mast and boom in-house made, standing rigging with Kevlar and total sail ...

NB sailor finding success with pair sailing
East Central Minnesota Post Review
Kate Cox, of White Bear Lake, and Connor Lee, of North Branch, recently won twosailing competitions. Kate Cox, 15, and Conner Lee, 14, traveled to Lake GenevaSailing School in Wisconsin July 7-9 and raced X Boats (16-foot 2-person youth racing boats) ...

Hanson Rescue Medal to Dan R. Mastromarco for Chesapeake Bay rescue
Sail World
US Sailing has presented a Hanson Rescue Medal to Dan R. Mastromarco of Annapolis, Md. for rescuing a swimmer from Chesapeake Bay on July 31, 2010. Mastromarco and his crew of three, with two young children sleeping in the cabin below, were ...

Volvo Race winner Mike Sanderson adds New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup ...
The Independent
Bella Mente is a 72-foot mini-maxi owned by Hap Fauth of Minneapolis (and Florida) and in the crew squad are some people well known in British sailing. The Kiwi Sanderson is crew boss, fellow Kiwi (from Manchester) is Olympic medallist John Cutler, and ...

Full speed ahead: Florida boat builders seeing brisk sales - Business Monday - MiamiHerald.com: " . . .Still, the outlook is far rosier than it used to be for Florida’s 172 boat builders, the most in any state. In South Florida, companies like Deep Impact Boats and Cigarette Racing Team are capitalizing on demand for smaller, more social and cost-effective boats, while yacht giants like Bertram Yacht and Broward Shipyard are heading to the drawing boards to conjure innovations and drum up revenue in service departments. Rich Haasse, long-time boat buff and owner of Anclote Harbors Marina in Tarpon Springs, was among those at the Deep Impact unveiling. Haasse has jumped from sailboats to cruisers to 60-foot-plus luxury yachts. But now his sights are set on a Deep Impact 399 Cabin. . . ."

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Louis Vuitton Cup Sailing LIVE, Luna Rossa wins Race 1 (video)

Louis Vuitton Cup LIVE - Semi Final Race 2, Wednesday 4 pm US EDT (8 pm - 20:00 GMT/UTC) Luna Rossa Challenge vs Artemis Racing


Luna Rossa fends off Artemis Racing in Race 1 of Louis Vuitton Cup (video above)
Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge overcame a spirited challenge from Artemis Racing and the threat of the film on its wing sail blowing out to win Semifinal Race 1 of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America's Cup Challenger Series. Skipper Max Sirena and the Luna Rossa crew won the 15.83-nautical-mile race by 2 minutes in winds that averaged 16 knots. But the crew had trouble before the start when the plastic film on the wing, known as Clysar, started peeling off the frames to which it is glued. Bowman Nick Hutton fixed the issue with some tape, but the team was wary of the situation all day.

Sailing-Sweden's Artemis loses to Italy in America's Cup debut
Chicago Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Artemis Racing, the grief-stricken Swedish team vying for the America's Cup sailing trophy, lost its first race to Italy's Luna Rossa on Tuesday on San Francisco Bay, but won the contest for hearts and minds. Luna Rossa ...

Cowes Week, Volvo Speed Sailing Challenge - Alex Thomson nails it!
Sail World
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is renowned for attracting some of the best sailors in the world and today, three of them joined an extreme kite surfer to go head to head in the 'Volvo Sailing Speed Challenge' a never before seen charity showdown ...

Cowes Week 2013: lack of wind halts all racing on Tuesday for first time in ...
Telegraph.co.uk
It was the first time in eight years that the entire programme of racing had been cancelled and while the summer breezes were good news for the bars and ice cream parlours in Cowes, the 8,000 sailors were less impressed as they filled their time doing...

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week - News: " . . . With time running out to get the large number of starts away, it was with much regret that race officials had to make the disappointing, but unavoidable, decision to abandon racing for all classes at 1400, the latest feasible time to begin the start sequence. SB20 and J/70 victors - Today marked the end of the “regatta within a regatta” for the SB20 and J/70 classes, both of which had two races per day over the first four days – the first time this format has ever been offered at Cowes Week. The J/70 class . . . at the end of the series Ruairidh Scott’s North Sails counted four first places and a second to win overall, two points ahead of Malcolm Jaques, Tristan Jaques, Naomi Rowbotham and Nix Brook’s Django. By contrast, the overall winner of the SB20 series had to be determined on count back as Joe Llewellyn’s Henri Lloyd / Forell and Jerry Hill’ssportsboatworld.com were tied on points after allowing for a discard. With three wins against Llewellyn’s two, the title went to Hill, who also won the class at last year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. . . ."

SB20 Grand Slam concludes at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week « SB20 Class Association: "SportsboatWorld.com wins the inaugural SB20 UK Grand Slam on day four of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. Jerry Hill, Craig ‘Spike’ Watson and Richard Lovering sailed an excellent series in a brand new SB20 which was only launched on Thursday 1st August."

Fastnet teams prepare for races despite lack of wind at Cowes
The Independent
The AAM Cowes Week race organisers finally threw in the towel at 14.00 and abandoned all racing for the lack of a consistent breeze, meaning that one of the week's two most coveted trophies, the Britannia Cup, stays in its cabinet until another year.

Smooth sailing at sports barSan Jose Mercury News
The America's Cup races may have gotten off to a stumbling start, but the event's "pop-up" sports bar at Pier 27 in San Francisco is sailing along nicely. A collaboration among restaurant vet Eric Rubin, San Francisco builder Karl Hasz and mixologist ...

National Sailing Academy to install Olympic rings
BBC News
A Dorset sailing academy is to install a set of Olympic rings to commemorate hosting the London 2012 sailing events. Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) hopes to have the sea-facing rings up by the autumn. The academy will also ...

Cowes Week 2013: Day 3 Round-Up
On The Wight
The third day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week dawned with unpromising weather forecasts – at one stage the Met Office's Inshore Waters forecast predicted winds up to Force 9 – although in the event the strongest gusts were below 25 knots and in ...

Sailing: Crews well placed as qualification rounds conclude
Voxy
Ending day two in 4th place Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie will start the finals series with four points while Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox racing in the Men's division have retained 3rd place overall giving them a carry forward of three points. Coach ...

Sailing Barge To Ship Farm Goods From Vermont To NYC
Gas 2.0
Commercial shipping remains heavily reliant on river traffic and powerful barges to move goods, but are sailing barges still a viable means of transportation? The Vermont Sail Freight Project aims to prove the viability of this powerless, carbon ...

Cowes Week - SB20 Grand Slam comes to a close
Sail World
A downwind start certainly rang the changes for the SB20 class who are used to sailingwindward leeward courses. For newbies to the regatta this was an entirely new experience and the French, Dutch and Russian entrants had a particularly exciting time ...

Two killed when sailboat capsizes near Ocean City - baltimoresun.com: "Two men were killed and two others rescued when their 28-foot catamaran capsized off the coast of Ocean City on Monday morning, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. A person on a nearby boat named Lori M reported the capsized catamaran 32 miles northeast of Ocean City at about 9 a.m., the Coast Guard said. . . ."

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Louis Vuitton Cup Sailing LIVE and Cowes Week videos

Louis Vuitton Cup LIVE - Semi Final Race 1, Tuesday. 4 pm US EDT (8 pm - 20:00 GMT/UTC) Luna Rossa Challenge vs Artemis Racing



Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2013, Monday, August 5th - Finish above, Starts below



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Sailing veteran Neal McDonald joins Abu Dhabi team
gulfnews.com
Abu Dhabi: Sailing veteran and former British Olympian Neal McDonald is to take the helm as Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's Performance Director in the team's second bid for Volvo Ocean Race glory next year. ... sailor to compete in and complete the global ...

Qingdao International Sailing Week to kick off in August
China Daily
The fifth Qingdao International Sailing Week will be held from Aug 17 to 27. This year'sSailing Week consists of three competitions: the Mayor Cup International Sailing Boat Rally, the Qingdao International Sailing Competition, and the Qingdao ...

Cowes Week 2013: Day 2 Round-Up
On The Wight
A good dose of sun and wind that slowly built in strength from 8-12 knots for the early starts to gusts of more than 20 knots during the early afternoon gave more great racing for Family Day at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. The breeze was very ...

Priness Royal due at Cowes Week Regatta
Daily Echo
She will spend time out on the water watching the racing action with regatta bosses before visiting the offices of Cowes Week Ltd, where the flagship sailing event is organised. Later the Princess will meet some of the volunteers involved in ...

Cowes Week yachtsman rescued by life boat
Daily Echo
Cowes Week yachtsman rescued by life boat. A YACHTSMAN taking part in theCowes Week had to be rescued after suffering a head injury. Solent Coastguards contacted Cowes RNLI as the lifeboat crew was preparing for a safety patrol among the yachts ...

Emirati sailing hero Adil Khalid signs for second race campaign
7DAYS
Emirati sailing star, Adil Khalid, has re-signed as an Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing crew member under the leadership of skipper Ian Walker, it was announced on Monday. 24-year-old Khalid, who during the last race became the first Arab sailor to compete in ...

EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship commences
Sail World
The EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship commences tomorrow, Monday 5th August, in the waters off the picturesque Portuguese town of Tavira, and continues until Friday 9th August, when the under 19 sailing champions of Europe will be ...

Harpenden teen joins sailing trip after beating tumour
St Albans & Harpenden Review
A Harpenden teenager has taken part in an inspirational sailing trip for young people in recovery from cancer. William Moores, of Hilltop Walk, took part in the trip with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, along with 27 other young people between the ...

Cowes Week: Sunday Seconds
Yachting World (blog)
And talking of the bar, this evening's popular topic of conversation was who will win in tomorrow's (Monday's) Volvo Sailing Speed Challenge between Paul Goodison's foiling Moth, Nick Dempsey's windsurfer, Sam Lutman-Pauc's kite surfer and Alex ...

Sublime with Rome, Descendents, Pennywise, HB Surround Sound rock the ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Partial proceeds from the concert will be donated to the Treasure Island Sailing Center (TISC), which has introduced over 11,000 participants to the joy of sailing. Providing facilities and sailing instruction for people of all skill levels, physical ...

Cowes Week Diary: Spurs director Mills on song in ideal conditions
CITY A.M.
Yesterday was Family Day, which meant that boats sailing with all family members on board flew a Family Day flag. One of the greatest things about Cowes Week is the fact that mum, dad and kids can all compete against the best in the sport. One of the ...

Brazil and Rio bracing for rough sailing
Gulf Daily News
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's World Cup starts in just over 10 months, and the three-year countdown for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics is starting to roll. This should be a great moment for Brazil and for Rio, the city at the center of the festivities. Yet ...

Kidderminster cancer survivor in sailing trip
Kidderminster Shuttle
Plain sailing: Kidderminster's Ellie Philpotts took part in a yacht adventure with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. A TEENAGE Kidderminster cancer survivor has taken part in an inspirational four-day sailing trip. Ellie Philpotts, 17, was one of 28 ...

Royal Yacht Squadron to allow female members
Telegraph.co.uk
A meeting on Sunday, attended by 150 of the 475 members, voted unanimously in favour of the motion to extend membership privileges to women. There was not a single vote in opposition though the decision still has to be ratified by the full membership.

Sir Keith Mills wins again at Cowes Week
Isle of Wight County Press
TOTTENHAM Hotspur director, Sir Keith Mills, scored his second bullet of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week today (Sunday), but by the narrowest of margins. His TP52 '5 Degrees West' beat rival 'Pace' by just two seconds on corrected time.

Louis Vuitton Cup: Am-Cam Video - Artemis Racing and Emirates Team NZ
Sail World
Louis Vuitton Cup: Am-Cam Video - Artemis Racing and Emirates Team NZ. 'Emirates Team New Zealand and Artemis Racing, San Francisco, August 4, 2013' John Navas Click Here to view large photo. Artemis Racing and Emirates Team New Zealand ...

Resurrected CSULB Takes Gold at Pan-Pacific University Sailing Championship
Long Beach Post
The Cal State Long Beach Sailing Team torpedoed the competition in Xiamen, China last month as they swept their way to victory at the first Pan-Pacific University SailingChampionship. Over 20 teams from China, Taiwan and Singapore took to the waters ...

Artemis back into America's Cup contention
South China Morning Post
Artemis Racing's determination to challenge for the America's Cup despite a fatal training accident is set to come to fruition in the best-of-seven Louis Vuitton Cup semi-finals that start tomorrow. In May, British crew member Andrew Simpson was killed ...

Clipper Events to compete at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week
Sail World
... the most iconic sailing events in the world. The 68-foot ocean racers - , the second generation of stripped-down ocean racing yachts to take part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht race – will be at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2013 ...

Knickerbocker Sailing Association Visits New London
Patch.com
The organization is described on its website as a gay, lesbian, and transsexual sailingclub based in New York City. Founded in 1994, the club also welcomes straight members and says it is a "friendly, nonjudgmental group of people that have joined the ...

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