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Follow the Louis Vuitton Trophy live on Sail-World and on Virtual Eye
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Richard Gladwell,
11:25 AM Thu GMT
In partnership with SailTV, Sail-World is offering live coverage of the Louis Vuitton Trophy.
The live TV coverage featured on Sail-World will consist of a mix of Virtual Eye graphics and video from a range of cameras and positions, together with outstanding commentary.
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The Latest Sail-World competition - Prize value over AUD$300,000
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www.sail-world.com,
9:31 PM Wed GMT
Since 2000 we’ve been running Sail-World online competitions.
These have been very popular, with our audience. Sailors have won everything from charter holidays, to offshore wet weather gear, inshore jackets and this year we broke new ground with our Win a Laser competition. Now we have a very different prize from those in our previous competitions.
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An up and down day for Artemis in Louis Vuitton Trophy
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Paul Cayard,
12:45 PM Fri GMT
We sailed a best 2 out of 3 against Mascalzone Latino today., in the Semi-Finals of the Louis Vuitton Trophy. They got the first one, we got the second one and they got the third one. All the races were very tightly contested and it was quite a battle.
The wind was down in velocity today, mostly in the 10-15 knots range. It was still shifty and tricky as ever with the breeze coming off the l
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: America's Cup Challenger first to reach Finals
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Mascalzone Latino Audi Media,
12:37 PM Fri GMT
The Latin Rascals were the stars of a remarkable performance, reacting to the comeback of the opposing helmsman who evened the match in the second race. In the last race Gavin Brady masterfully won the start, leaving the Swedish outside the committee boat and inflicting them with a penalty.
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Emirates Team NZ reverses America's Cup result
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Warren Douglas,
12:21 PM Fri GMT
Emirates Team New Zealand has won its second semi-final match against Azzurra, completing a penalty turn right on the finish line and winning by 2 sec.
Carrying the penalty incurred in the pre-start, Dean Barker and his crew led all the way to the finish, but with the penalty turn still to be done.
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Fisher's View: One second to first
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Bob Fisher,
11:56 AM Fri GMT
The tension was massive from the moment the two boats entered the starting area – it was all on for Dean Barker and the Emirates Team New Zealand crew. They were one down in the best-of-three semi-final, clinging on to their hopes of repeating their success a little over a year ago when they beat Alinghi in the final of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Cup. The pressure was on the local team
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Clipper 09-10: Groundhog Day as Qingdao regrets stealth move
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Clipper Ventures,
9:20 PM Fri GMT
Clipper 09-10. It may be just nine days until the clocks go forward by an hour for most of Europe, but in the Pacific they've just put them back - by a whole day!
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Search called off for missing South African sailor in New Zealand
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Kiri Gillespie, Gisborne Herald/Sail-World,
8:55 PM Fri GMT
Mystery surrounds the search for a sailor missing off East Cape on the North Island of New Zealand. Solo sailor Paul Van Rensburg has not been sighted since leaving Tauranga in his 11 metre yacht Tafadzwa heading for Gisborne last Friday 12th March. He is well overdue as the trip normally takes 32 - 36 hours, but none of his emergency apparatus has been set off.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy - One vital match left for Azzurra
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Azzurra Team,
10:34 AM Fri GMT
Team Azzurra of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda completed their first day of the Louis Vuitton Trophy semifinals ending with an even score. Both matches Azzurra sailed today against Dean Barker of Emirates Team New Zealand were incredibly close and full of suspense, from the aggressive circling of the pre-starts, to the penalties inflicted first by the Kiwis then by the Italians, to the amazing one
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Louis Vuitton Trophy - Images from today's racing featuring Artemis
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Sander van der Borch images,
10:05 AM Fri GMT
Photographer Sander van der Borch presents this gallery of images from Artemis and Mascalzone Latino Audi Team racing today at the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Auckland.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy - Heart stopping finish earns ETNZ another life
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Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA,
9:35 AM Fri GMT
Louis Vuitton Trophy - Emirates Team New Zealand came within one second of elimination from the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta today. For its last two races, Artemis carried a distinguished 18th man. John Bertrand, the Aussie skipper who in 1983 lifted the America’s Cup from the clutches of the New York Yacht Club, rode on the stern of the Swedish boat.
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Congressional Cup 2010: The Catalina 37s still going strong
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Rich Roberts, ,
3:07 AM Fri GMT
The 46th Congressional Cup scheduled next Tuesday through Saturday will be sailed on Catalina 37s, but that's nothing new. They've been sailed in the United States' only Grade 1 Open match racing event for 20 years, and that doesn't seem about to change.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Semi Finals produce surprises and tight racing
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Richard Gladwell,
3:00 AM Fri GMT
With two races complete in the Semi-Finals of the Louis Vuitton Trophy, there has been plenty of action on the water and a few surprises.
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Kiwi World Champions selected to lead Wellington Spirit
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RPNYC Media, Wellington ,
2:59 AM Fri GMT
World champion Wellington sailors Matthew Seven and Josh Junior have been selected by the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club to lead the Wellington Spirit Yacht Racing Team's campaign to win the World Match Racing Championship.
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Clipper 09-10: Cape Breton Island consolidates
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Clipper Ventures,
8:50 PM Thu GMT
Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Cape Breton Island has consolidated her lead and is making gains on the chasing pack and is extending her lead. Team Finland is making good progress towards southern tip of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
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Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 and the Pendulum effect
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Groupama-Cammas,
8:45 PM Thu GMT
Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 carries on its rapid progress towards the finish line and substantially increases its lead over the reference time. Groupama's Race HQ moves this Thursday evening in Brest to prepare the arrival of the giant trimaran which should see the Brittany coast on Saturday.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Young sailors meet with America's Cup heroes
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Peter Rusch and Suzanne McFadden,
12:02 PM Thu GMT
America's Cup winner, Jimmy Spithill, along with other team members who are in Auckland this week, met with the next generation of potential Cup sailors on Thursday afternoon, when the team held a Q+A and poster signing session for the kids who have been sailing in the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy regatta.
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2010 Rolex Farr 40 Worlds heading for Caribbean waters
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KPMS,
10:58 AM Thu GMT
When the Farr 40s arrive in the Dominican Republic later next month, April 21-24, all eyes will be on the defending World Champion, Jim Richardson's Barking Mad (USA).
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Hamilton Island Race Week accommodation - great options available
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Kristie Kaighin, Hamilton Island ,
10:30 AM Thu GMT
Have you booked your Hamilton Island Race Week accommodation yet? Great options still available. www.whitsundayholidays.com.au or 1300 653 997 - 7 days per week. Many options to choose from. Ranging from 2 bedroom apartments accommodation up to 7 from $500 per night. Or if you prefer luxury with a private pool - we have several houses to choose from.
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Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 - Hainan Province, China stopover announced
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Volvo Ocean Race,
9:48 AM Thu GMT
Sanya, the southernmost city on the golden coast of Hainan Province, China, has won the bid to host the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. The port of Sanya is now confirmed as the only stopover in Asia. Other ports on the course include the start in Alicante, where the Volvo Ocean Race now has its base, stopovers in Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Lisbon, Lorient and the finish in Galway.
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TeamOrigin falls to Artemis and drops out of Louis Vuitton Trophy
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Leslie Greenhalgh,
9:39 AM Thu GMT
Day 10 of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta was crunch time for two more of the eight teams. The second Elimination Round would normally see the two pairs that had advanced from yesterday race best of three series, with the teams that won two races advancing to the semi finals on Saturday.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Azzurra advance to semi-finals
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Azzurra Team,
9:24 AM Thu GMT
Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Team Azzurra of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda won their match against the Franco-German team All4One. Francesco Bruni, skipper and helmsman of Azzurra, gave a superb display of strength in a great match sailed in a strong breeze of 20-22 knots – at the limit of what the America’s Cup boats used in this event can handle and conditions in which so far the crew of Azzu
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Emirates Team NZ to take on their Nice nemesis
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Richard Gladwell,
9:10 AM Thu GMT
Emirates Team New Zealand will race against Azzurra (Italy) tomorrow in the semi-final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta. Artemis (Sweden) will go up against Mascalzone Latino (Italy) in the other semi-final.
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Brits have a new goal after early shower in Louis Vuitton Trophy
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Louis Vuitton Media,
8:47 AM Thu GMT
It’s not exactly all over for TEAMORIGIN on Auckland waters, now they’re out of contention for the Louis Vuitton Trophy. Tomorrow, they head back out on the harbour to sail their shiny new Transpac 52 yacht, for the start of another phase in their campaign. Mike Sanderson, managing director of TEAMORIGIN and on runners in the race crew, said the team were 'utterly disappointed' to be eliminated be
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Artemis versus TeamOrigin images
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Sail-World.com and Sander van der Borch images,
8:07 AM Thu GMT
Sander van der Borch presents this gallery of Artemis and TeamOrigin images from the Elimination Round of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Series being sailed in Auckland, New Zealand
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Two more teams eliminated
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Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA,
6:12 AM Thu GMT
The Swedish team Artemis and the Italian Azzurra squad both won thrilling matches on Thursday at the Louis Vuitton Trophy - Auckland, to advance to the semi-finals and dispatch their opponents out of the regatta. Principal Race Officer Peter Reggio told the competitors in the morning that he’d institute a single-race policy if he couldn’t start racing by midday.
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Fisher's View: Probably the best race so far . . .
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Bob Fisher,
1:56 AM Thu GMT
With the threat of elimination, TeamOrigin and Artemis pulled out the most exciting race of the regatta. The advantage swung between the boats, first to the British and then to the Swedish team. Wind shifts and variable current added to the strategies while match racing tactics were seen in profusion, particularly on the first lap.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: TeamOrigin makes early exit
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Richard Gladwell. Sail-World.com,
1:24 AM Thu GMT
Artemis dispatched TeamOrigin from the Louis Vuitton Trophy in the sudden death elimination race sailed on the Waitemata this afternoon. The reality is that was a match that the British team should not have lost, and managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory just short of rounding the windward mark for the second time.
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Extreme Sailing Series Europe 2010 debuts in Sète, France
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OC Events,
10:04 PM Wed GMT
Sète on the South Coast of France is the opening venue of the Extreme Sailing Series Europe 2010 from 27-30 May. Sète has a history of hosting top international sailing teams: the city played host to Alinghi and Victory Challenge in 2002 prior to their departure for Auckland, New Zealand and French Kiss in 1986 before the America's Cup in Fremantle, Australia.
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Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 ahead of the front
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Groupama-Cammas,
9:23 PM Wed GMT
Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 is beginning the final sprint in a steady yet disturbed SW'ly wind. The current aim for Franck Cammas and his nine crew is to seek to position themselves ahead of a cold front, which should push them all the way to the finish off Ushant.
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ISAF Sailor Classification Code reminder - Group 2 to be eliminated
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ISAF,
8:51 PM Wed GMT
ISAF would like to remind events, classes and sailors using the ISAF Sailor Classification Code, that the Code is changing and starting from 1 April 2010, the category of Group 2 sailors will be eliminated.
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Another good win for Artemis in the Louis Vuitton Trophy - Auckland
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Paul Cayard, ,
11:11 AM Wed GMT
Another good win for Artemis today over the Italians on Azzurra. No wild excitment like yesterday against the Brits, just steady control of the race, abeit in the upper wind range. In fact we were on hold for 45 minutes as the wind had built to 25 knots at our scheduled start time. It came down to 20 knots and we were underway. It was still a race in which I felt keeping it simple would pay of
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Fisher's View: Laddies who lunch
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Bob Fisher,
10:14 AM Wed GMT
There is an upside to counteract the general downside feeling that goes with postponed races – the opportunity to do what so many women do on a regular basis; and do lunch. In the Viaduct Basin in Auckland, the temptation is constant and while the opportunities to indulge have been there a-plenty, the postponements have not coincided properly with the luncheon hour
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