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The Volvo Ocean Race fleet are having aerospace technology, which is designed to identify small structural defects, applied ahead of what could be two of the most brutal legs. Every Volvo Open 70, except Groupama 4, is being scrutinised with ultrasound technology by the founding owner of Q.I Composites Stefano Beltrando, who pioneered the application of the science in the marine field 12 years ago
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In a media conference this morning, Russell Coutts revealed that a major broadcast deal was imminent for the USA.
When pressed further Coutts said the deal was with one of the major US broadcasters and was a free to air package.
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RC44 Puerto Calero Cup day 2 Match Race images from Studio Borlenghi photographers Carlo Borlenghi and Guido Trombetta.
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While the Global Ocean Race fleet leaders are approaching the blueQube Scoring Gate, located in the middle of the Pacific, Conrad Coleman and Adrian Kuttel continue to push hard on their Akilaria RC2, Cessna Citation, sustaining averages of more than fourteen knots and pulling away from Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon in second on Financial Crisis.
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RC44 Championship Tour 2012 second day of racing kicked in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote. The fleet was eager to get racing underway. With a general recall to start the day, the Principal Race Officer was quick to get the black flag out with the forecast for boat breaking conditions.
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Team Korea have announced that their America’s Cup sailing team has been joined by two current World Champion sailors.
Australian Nathan Outteridge comes aboard as new skipper and helmsman,looking to continue the success that the team has had with its policy of using young skiff talent to lead its challenge for the 34th America’s Cup.
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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race – 'Well our sail wardrobe has been getting thoroughly aired over the last 12 hours,' Singapore skipper Ben Bowley says in his 0600 report to the Race Office. Similar to the rest of the ten-strong ocean racing yachts taking part in the race, the last 24 hours has been testing for the crew, as they deal with the upwind sailing conditions.
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Buckley Systems (Ross and Campbell Field) pulled out of the Global Ocean Race, about a week ago after a sequence of crash tacks and gybes while sailing in heavy seas. They are due to arrive back in Auckland at 0900hrs tomorrow, Friday 10 February.
Ross Fields is off the boat already, in Tauranga, to see a medical specialist.
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Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 - So far this race none of the teams have been able to better Ericsson 4’s world record 24-hour speed record, set during the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race when they recorded 596.6 nm. A trophy is awarded at the end of each leg to the team recording the greatest distance over a 24-hour period by the Volvo Ocean Race’s Official Timekeeper IWC Schaffhausen.
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The Zhik Etchells 2012 Nationals has gathered together an impressive group of sailors. The four day event which starts on Saturday and raced offshore, has attracted a fleet of 64 yachts from overseas and Australia, comprising professional and Corinthian sailors. There really is nothing unusual about this; the Etchells class essentially is made up of both weekend warriors and high-end sailors...
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Skipper Chris Nicholson is keen Camper set themselves up well for the fourth leg with a strong showing in the Sanya In-Port race and Coach Rod Davis and team video analyst Joey Allan are flying to Sanya to work with Chris Nicholson’s crew on their short course racing.
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The 2012 RC44 Championship Tour got off to a flying start with a full day of match racing in Puerto Calero and a familiar team residing at the top of the leader board after nine flights and six matches a piece. Some new faces showed that they will indeed be real contenders this season.
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RC44 Puerto Calero Cup day 1 Match Race images from Studio Borlenghi photographers Carlo Borlenghi and Guido Trombetta.
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Global Ocean Race - Following half a day hove-to with autopilot problems at 45S, right in the middle of the South Pacific, the GOR’s South African team of Nick Leggatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire were back on the move with Class40 Phesheya-Racing at 19:30 GMT on Tuesday, but the duo’s fight is only half-won with a tropical cyclone tearing towards them.
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ISAF Match Race Rankings - Anna Tunnicliffe and Ian Williams have retained their place at the top of the Rankings.
The top 25 rankings places remain unchanged since the last release with World Match Racing Tour Champion Ian Williams remaining well in front ahead of Francesco Bruni (ITA) and Jesper Radich (DEN).
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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - As the ten teams head for the rapidly-approaching Scoring Gate, the wind has picked up and they are preparing for storms ahead.
De Lage Landen’s skipper Stuart Jackson says, 'What a beautiful day to be sailing in the South China Sea. Sailing close hauled with around 20 knots of apparent wind is exactly what we needed to prepare ourselves
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The one-design boat classes of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club will relocate from their usual urban territory in Victoria Harbour to the 'open sea' in Port Shelter, Sai Kung for the two-day Class Regatta.
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Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race fleet are on day four of race eight, from Singapore to Qingdao. After a steady start the ten-strong fleet of ocean racing yachts have had a mixed 24 hours sailing in the South China Sea as they are becalmed by the arrival of light winds.
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Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta - Entries are now open, with an ‘early entry discount’ available to those who get their entries in before the 30th April 2012. To enter online or download the Notice of Race visit the event website, which is now live.
All 10 Olympic and three Paralympic classes will compete across seven courses in Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour
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Shore teams are launching major operations to optimise and overhaul their yachts after surveying the damage caused by racing through some of the world’s most hazardous waters.
Having crashed into trees, snagged fishing nets and even impaled nails head first the six Volvo Open 70s each have extensive work lists.
Fortunately for the shore crews the Sanya stopover affords one of the longest per
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Sanya will be back in the water in her home bay within a week after her first real shakedown for almost two months.
Skipper, and former Volvo Ocean Race winner, Mike Sanderson and his crew are staying in Sanya, China for the entire stopover, using every second at their home port to recoup, repair and improve.
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The final day of Sail Auckland 2012 was plagued by light winds and extremely shifty conditions. There were no races completed today in the 470, 420, Laser, Laser Radial and Finn, so final results in those divisions are the ones that remain from yesterday. The RS:X, SKUD 18 and 2.4mR were the lucky three classes to finish both of their races as scheduled, and the 29er and 49er skiffs had just one
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The 2012 Paralympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race has now been released. The event is set to take place in Weymouth, Great Britain from Wednesday 22 August-Sunday 9 September.
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Global Ocean Race - Throughout Sunday, thoughts of competitive racing were temporarily suspended for one of the Class40s in the Southern Ocean as the South African team on Phesheya-Racing was forced to heave-to in strong headwinds and confused seas. Furthest south at 48 degrees leading the trio, Conrad Colman and Adrian Kuttel missed the worst of the gale with Cessna Citation
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Sailing Arabia The Tour - Dee Caffari and her all-women sailing crew have just finished their second phase of training for the event. As part of the crew’s preparation for Sailing Arabia – The Tour, an offshore sailing event based on Le Tour de France a la Voile, the all–female team have been undertaking some intense sail training in Oman, as they prepare to go head-to-head with eight other profe
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Just one day remains for Sail Auckland 2012, New Zealand’s premier Olympic and Paralympic class regatta. Today saw slightly lighter winds and choppy water on most courses due to the influx of Waitangi Day holiday goers enjoying some time on the Waitemata Harbour.
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Kiteboarding and Windsurfing Format Trials evaluation event is to be held in Santander, Spain from 21 to 25 March 2012 at The Prince Felipe High Performance Centre which is also host to the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
In May 2011 ISAF Council selected Windsurfing and/or Kiteboarding as a possible event for the 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition.
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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - There has been a division in the fleet as the ten 68-foot yachts navigate through the South China Sea. While Gold Coast Australia narrowly holds on to their lead, putting in their first tack since race start early this morning the trio of three yachts to the south east have successfully utilised the local funnelling conditions
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Hundreds of applicants have signed up as volunteers for next month's Auckland Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race and the organisers have now closed volunteer registration.
'Just under 500 volunteers have registered on the database and we’ve been blown away by the quality and commitment,' says Port Director Tom Mayo
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to participate in the offshore sailing race across the gulf which kicks off in Manama on February 12 and finishes in Muscat on February 27. A total of nine teams from six countries are set to cover a distance of more than 1,400kms in sixteen days.
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Local crew member, Teng, better known as Tiger, was draped in a Chinese flag as he led Mike Sanderson’s men across the line in the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race Leg 3 finish, into the team's home port at 12:35:17 UTC, bringing to an end 14 days of gruelling racing in Leg 3 Stage 2 from the Maldives.
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At the 2012 Women's Match Racing International Country Olympic Qualifying Regatta, the final day of racing left one major question to be answered: Who will be the last country to qualify for a spot in the 2012 Women's Match Racing Event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London?
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Entries are closing in four weeks time for the blokart World Championships 2012, to be held at Ivanpah dry lake, USA. With over 130 entrants so far, the racing is set showcase competitive blokart sailing at its best. Competitors from thirteen countries will compete alongside 33 US sailors for eight world titles. Racing is conducted in two classes, further broken in to four weight divisions.
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