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Try Crewing Day in NSW on 12th September
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BIA NSW,
12:24 AM Tue GMT
Selected yacht clubs in New South Wales are running a 'Try Crewing Day' on the 12th September. So if you or someone you know has ever dreamed of being part of a crew, now's the chance.
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Win an Opti for the Kids and One for the Club
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Sail-World.com & Powerboat-world.com, ,
9:18 PM Mon GMT
The winner of the OziOPti Sail-World competition will receive an OziOpti ‘Regatta Mark IV’ GRP racing boat complete valued at AUD$3,950 (or NZ$5,135). AND They will ALSO win for their chosen sailing club an OziOpti ‘Tacker’ Poly training boat valued at AUD$2,395 (or NZ$3,200). There will also be prizes of 10 x $100 ‘The Boatyard’ vouchers.
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SY Merrymaid 1904 Gaff Cutter in Sydney - Andrea Francolini images
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Andrea Francolini images,
12:06 AM Wed GMT
Incredible, stunning, gorgeous, beautiful, gracious and still plenty of grunt when the wind picked up!!! Thats the way photographer Andrea Francolini described the SY Merrymaid. Enjoy his images of her in Sydney.
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ORCi World Championship - Brisk start for 55 teams
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Offshore Racing Congress,
7:38 PM Tue GMT
A brisk 20-25 knot easterly today greeted the 55 teams entered at today’s start to the 2010 ORCi World Championship. Even with courses set in the relative shelter of the inner Flensburger Forde west of the Holnis peninsula, the fresh conditions still caused a few gear failures, including two broken masts and other problems.
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Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup day 2 - The right stuff
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Jill Campbell,
7:19 PM Tue GMT
Day 2 of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup had epic written all over it from the break of dawn. The promised southeasterly winds were on schedule; a building sea-state, plenty of sunshine and forty-seven maxi yachts champing at the bit.
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Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week – It’s King Leon
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Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week,
5:35 AM Tue GMT
The last and for many divisions the deciding day of the fourth annual Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week 2010 started under beautiful blue skies with an eight to ten knots east nor east breeze blowing.
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PWA Almanarre, Hyeres, Women’s Slalom World Tour Final day four
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PWA/Paul Griffiths,
8:25 PM Tue GMT
With a promising outlook the world’s fastest fleet of female windsurfers were at the beach early preparing their gear.
Race director, Juan Antonio Aragon and his team made every effort to get the elite racers out on the water with a course set as soon as the flags showed any sign of wind in them, but it was just too gusty to allow for fair racing.
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ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy awarded to His Majesty King Constantine
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ISAF,
7:01 PM Tue GMT
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) announced today that in 2010 the ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy - which honours an outstanding voluntary contribution to the sport of sailing - has been awarded to His Majesty King Constantine.
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CYCA Parade of Sail and Blessing of the Fleet
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CYCA Associates, Sydney ,
11:01 AM Tue GMT
They were the showstoppers of a different era - elegant yachts that turned heads as they glided across one of the4 most famous waterways in the world, Sydney Harbour. On Sunday these grand dames of Australian sailing, many as beautiful as the day they were launched, will make a spectacular return to the harbour for the annual CYCA's Associates Parade of Sail and Blessing of the Fleet.
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Tasmanian crew win Youth Match Racing Championships
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Shane Smith, Gold Coast ,
10:57 AM Tue GMT
Elliot Noye and crew members Edward Snowball, Tom Ransley and Rowan Clark have taken out the 2010 Australian Youth Match Racing Championships hosted by Southport Yacht Club. The crew representing Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania put together two very strong performances in the round robin stages before winning the final 2 - 0 over Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's Jordan Reece.
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World Match Racing Tour - Old scores to settle at the Danish Open
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World Match Racing Tour,
10:36 AM Tue GMT
The ISAF World Match Racing Tour heads to Denmark this week, with a new venue, Bornholm, an island on the Baltic Sea. With the Danish Open being one of just two remaining events for teams to qualify for the Championship deciding Monsoon Cup, the 2010 Danish Open has all the hallmarks to be one of the most competitive and fiercely fought match racing contests of the year so far.
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Non-Stop Weekend Workout for Marine Rescue Volunteers
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Ken McManus, Marine Rescue,
4:44 AM Tue GMT
Volunteer crews from Marine Rescue units were working non-stop in last weekend’s appalling conditions. Their marine radios were alive with an unprecedented number of calls for help, reports of vessels adrift from moorings and grounded vessels
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Heaven Can Wait regatta -Superstars Slingsby and Outteridge on board
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Heaven Can Wait Media Centre,
3:54 AM Tue GMT
Two of Australia’s international sailing superstars, Tom Slingsby and Nathan Outteridge, will participate in this year’s Heaven Can Wait charity yacht regatta on Lake Macquarie during the October long weekend to raise funds for men’s cancer research and support program.
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Antigua Sailing Week - Time for a change
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Louay Habib,
1:30 AM Tue GMT
Antigua Sailing Week - Time for a change - Antigua Sailing Week will offer a combination of windward-leeward and coastal courses in keeping with successful modern practices. Also in the plans are courses of varying lengths to suit the large variety of yachts that enter the Regatta each year.
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Jim Young: A Contrast in Hull Forms
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Daniel Johnston, Auckland ,
1:12 AM Tue GMT
Following an impressive career in the industry Jim Young has taken the opportunity to provide some insight into the development of the popular Young 11 and Young 88 designs. In this article Jim examines the transition from the first canting keel boat 'Fiery Cross' through to the modern ultra light displacement boats (ULDB).
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Australian Youth Match Racing - RYCT crew wins in Queensland
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Peter Campbell,
12:45 AM Tue GMT
Australian Youth Match Racing - RYCT crew wins in Queensland - Noye, who outsailed some of Australia’s most experienced adult match racing yachtsmen in winning this year’s Tasmanian Open Match Racing Championship earlier this year, won 14 of his matches in the two round-robins and then went through to win the final yesterday in straight matches.
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126 years of Sailing at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron
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Ashley Kaine,
11:42 PM Mon GMT
Hundreds of people are expected to gather at the Manly Marina for the opening day celebrations held by the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (RQYS) this Saturday September 11th.
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RS100 UK National Championship 2010 at Parkstone Yacht Club
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James Brace,
8:17 PM Mon GMT
RS100 Dakine UK National Championship - The weekend of the fourth and fifth of September 2010 saw the inaugural race get underway at Parkstone Yacht Club with a surprising 43 entries- not bad for a class that’s only been going for six months!
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Try Crewing Day - in NSW on 12th September
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Sail-World Cruising,
8:16 PM Mon GMT
Selected yacht clubs in New South Wales are running a 'Try Crewing Day' on the 12th September. So if you or someone you know has ever dreamed of being part of a crew, now's the chance.
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Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup Day 1 - Sailing giants in Sardinia
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Jill Campbell,
7:58 PM Mon GMT
The Mini Maxis completed two windward-leeward races, the first started at 12.15 p.m. and saw Alegre - whose crew is a mix of nationalities ranging from the UK, to Spain, New Zealand and South Africa – take victory over Neville Crichton’s Shockwave (NZL).
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Open 470 European Championships - In the balance till the very end
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Andy Rice,
7:51 PM Mon GMT
With the great mosques of Istanbul providing the most dramatic of backdrops, the outcome of the 2010 Open 470 European Championships remained in the balance until the final leg of the men’s Medal Race.
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PWA - Almanarre, Hyeres, Women’s Slalom World Tour Final - Windless
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PWA/Paul Griffiths,
6:58 PM Mon GMT
With glorious blue skies and a light offshore breeze, sunbathing and swimming were the main activities in Almanarre today. The entire day was spent on standby.
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Team Boskalis finishes top five at Dutch F18 Nationals 2010
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Diana Bogaards, ,
6:26 PM Mon GMT
Team Boskalis - This weekend they finished fifth at the Dutch F18 Nationals 2010 on the North Sea along the coast of Noordwijk, Netherlands. The competitive fleet included 59 entries. The occasional duo Gunnar Larsen (NED) and Marja van Helden (NED) managed to maintain a top five position after seven races.
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Former Olympian finds winning Formula on the water
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2B Sailing,
6:03 PM Mon GMT
C2 Formula 18 - Holland-based sailor Darren Bundock and new crewmate Jeroen van Leeuwen have extended their impressive winning run in Formula 18 racing with the pair racing off with their third successive victory on the cat in just 3 weeks.
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ISAF publish 2012 Olympic Qualification System
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ISAF,
4:43 PM Mon GMT
ISAF has published the 2012 Olympic Qualification System as approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition to be staged in Weymouth and Portland will feature 380 athletes competing across 10 events.
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5.5 Scandinavian Gold Cup - Third consecutive win to Nergaard
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5.5 Class,
10:50 AM Mon GMT
Six countries were represented in this year edition of the 5.5 5.5 Scandinavian Gold Cup hosted by Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda: Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Norway, The Netherlands and Switzerland.
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Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week day 3 - The Magnet
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Magnetic Island Race Week Media,
6:21 AM Mon GMT
Guy Meakin the skipper of Peggy was smiling as he came ashore today. ‘We normally sail on the Noosa River, so that makes us light wind specialists. We won our division at Airlie Beach, came third at Hammo and if we can manage to keep our boat under the mast, we should go OK here (three bullets so far, indicates a little modesty.)
'The place has a really good vibe –just makes you want to
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RYCV launches the first Tackers program in Melbourne's west
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David Seaman, Williamstown ,
6:00 AM Mon GMT
RYCV launches the first Tackers program in Melbourne's west. Just in time for summer, RYCV can now take training from primary school to adult.
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Manly 16ft Skiff Club's fleet - Ready to fire
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James Bury, Manly 16ft Skiff Club ,
1:08 AM Mon GMT
Competition among Manly 16ft Skiff Club's fleet is predicted to be tighter than usual over the 2010/11 season – but it was two familiar names at the head of the pack when the new campaign got underway on Saturday.
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Coastguard Boating Education Day Skipper Experience down South
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Elwing Discoveries ., South Island ,
12:47 AM Mon GMT
Elwing Discoveries is an outdoor adventure programme operating at Stewart Island, onboard ‘Elwing' our 14m (46 foot) yacht. The programme is often used by schools and has been very successful in all aspects, plus encouraging voyagees to appreciate, respect and enjoy being in the wilderness.
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Laser Worlds - Birthday boy Slingsby wins third championship
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Craig Heydon,
12:23 AM Mon GMT
Laser World Championship - Birthday boy Slingsby wins third championship - Slingsby, who was celebrating his 26th birthday on the final day of racing at Hayling Island in Great Britain, has added the 2010 Laser World Championship to his 2007 and 2008 titles and also the 2010 Etchell World Championship he won with John Bertrand and Andrew Palfrey just over a week ago.
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Mathieu Richard wins the ‘King of the Mountain’ in spectacular style
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WMRT Media, St. Moritz, Switzerland ,
8:01 PM Sun GMT
Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team won the ‘King of the Mountain’ title today in spectacular style, taking a huge stride towards his quest to become the 2010 ISAF Match Racing World Champion.
Having toyed with the teams all week at the St. Moritz Match Race, it was on the final day that the Maloja wind truly kicked in, bringing with it a supreme display of match racing for which the
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Maxi Rolex Cup ready to roll in Porto Cervo
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Jill Campbell,
7:48 PM Sun GMT
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2010 racing, which features 49 of the world’s largest, fastest and most spectacular racing maxi yachts, is due to start tomorrow, 6th September. Although this is the 21st edition of the regatta organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, the fleet of sailing giants docked in Porto Cervo Marina is the largest recorded in recent years.
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