Volvo Race bang bang its not a mermaid Team Russia
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Wouter - Team Russia Media,
12:51 PM Wed GMT
'Bang bang', loud stamping on the deck means 'get your butt up here ASAP'. So, automatically, I jump out of the bunk and run on deck. The jib is being dropped, while the main is completely eased. 'What's up?' 'We caught this guys net.' Mikey points to our left where on a small fishing boat we can make out a bunch of guys running around as frantically as we are
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Phuket King's Cup 08 - Reasons to be cheerful pt 2
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Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia, Phuket, Thailand ,
1:09 PM Wed GMT
It doesn't take much to keep sailors happy - wind, water, sunshine (and we'll get on to the rum and other stuff later). Sailors (and photographers) are happy in Phuket at the moment...
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Phuket King's Cup 2008 - Fireflies all over
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Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia, Phuket, Thailand ,
12:54 PM Wed GMT
Some of the most photogenic boats at the King's Cup are the Firefly 850 sports catamarans. Check out some of the graphics!
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Not So Fast: A Dispute Takes Down a Sailing Record
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New York Times,
12:51 PM Wed GMT
Sébastien Cattelan stepped off his kiteboard after a blistering run on Namibia’s Walvis Bay last month, he knew he had become the first person to exceed 50-knots. That made Cattelan the world-record holder — until about two weeks ago. His status changed when the World Sailing Speed Record Council belatedly decided to enforce a three-year-old policy that makes kiteboarding ineligible for the record
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Phuket King's Cup 2008 - in the Caribbean?
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Guy Nowell, Sail-World Asia, Phuket, Thailand ,
12:43 PM Wed GMT
Yesterday they were talking about “Hawaii in Thailand” (really, it wasn’t just Rob Kothe making it up!). So perhaps today was the turn of the Caribbean – heck, whatever; the breeze was in again, the water was blue (and so was the sky) and the sun was shining his (her?) socks off. PRO Tony Denham was in charge on the Prapis start line, and presided over windward/leeward races for IRC Racing, IRC 1,
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Vendee Globe In pursuit of Jose of BT
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Vendee Globe Media,
12:09 PM Wed GMT
The advantage is still with the leaders as the Southern Ocean seascape unfurls its usual flat, muted colours, long swells and soaring Albatross. Overnight the gaps down the head fleet have mostly been compressed.
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Volvo Race Telefonica Black and stealthy points
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Riath Al-Samarrai Volvo Ocean Race Media, ,
6:12 AM Wed GMT
But then the tables took a dramatic late turn. By 2200 GMT last night they had clawed back the deficit on fourth place to just five miles - as recently as November 27 the gap was 47 miles - and promptly entered 'StealthPlay'. With their rivals unable to see their location in the position reports, they reappeared 12 hours later with a seven-mile hold on fourth place
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Volvo Race: You can bring the boom not the boat
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Riath Al-Samarrai Volvo Ocean Race,
5:54 AM Wed GMT
The Americans were very helpful, they said we could bring the boom to Diego Garcia but said 'you can't bring the boat'. We decided we were actually sailing pretty well without it.
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Eight Bells: Obituary: Pertti Lipas (FIN)
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ISAF Media,
5:14 AM Wed GMT
It is with great sadness ISAF reports that Pertti Lipas of Finland, an ISAF International Judge for over 20 years and a key figure behind the latest edition of The Racing Rules of Sailing, has died aged 76
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The scene is set for 2008 Monsoon Cup start
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Tracey Johnstone, Sail-World.com ,
3:54 AM Wed GMT
The best match racing teams in the world are in town as the world awaits the start of the final event in the World Match Racing Tour.
The strong breezes of last week’s Asian and Malaysian qualifying events have eased off and the clouds have temporarily lifted from the relentless downpours of the last couple of weeks to provide a
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San Francisco 2009 IRC Championship Series dates
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US-IRC Media, ,
1:40 AM Wed GMT
The SF Bay IRC Owners Association has released its 2009 IRC Championship Series schedule which will begin in May and ends with the Rolex Big Boat Series in September
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Rima2 wins 2008 Gulf Stream Series
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US-IRC Media,
1:28 AM Wed GMT
Rima2, the Reichel Pugh 55 sailed by John Brim of New York, NY, won the 2008 US-IRC Gulf Stream Series Trophy, and the 2009 US-IRC Gulf Stream Series details is announced
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Vendee: Leaders yo-yo and more on Malbon's whale
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Vendee Globe Media, ,
12:00 AM Wed GMT
For the so called Roaring Forties, speeds remain pleasingly steady rather than spectacular for the pace-setting group of Vendée Globe leaders. In winds of 20-25 knots it is Sébastien Josse (BT) who is in his third full day at the top of the leaderboard, 37.7 miles up on Yann Eliès (Generali).
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Vendee Modification of the Kerguelen Ice Gate
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Vendee Globe Media, ,
11:30 PM Tue GMT
After observation of the most recent pictures sent by CLS, the supplier of satellite information revealing the position of icebergs in the Indian and Pacific Ocean, the Race Directors, have decided, as laid down in the Race Instructions, to modify the position of Kerguelen Ice Gate.
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Sign up now for US Sailing's 2009 Rolex Miami OCR
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Barby MacGowan, Miami, USA ,
10:22 PM Tue GMT
Mandatory, online registration for US Sailing's 2009 Rolex Miami OCR has opened at the event web site. All competitors and coaches must register online before January 19, 2009, as there will be no on-site registration. Women's match racing teams have an earlier deadline of December 16, 2008
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Open letter to BMW Oracle Racing
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Pedro Perello,
6:53 PM Tue GMT
We publish an Open Letter from Pedro Perello, CEO of CEO, Ayre Challenge, to Russell Coutts of BMW Oracle Racing, encouraging the three-time AC winner to enter the 33rd America’s Cup
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Volvo Race - Team Russia consider retiring
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Event media, Volvo Ocean Race ,
6:10 PM Tue GMT
It is painful, but at least it is progress for Kosatka Team Russia still at sea on leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team is very disappointed and just want to get the leg over and have some rest. They considered retiring and motoring to the finish, but they all agreed that they want to finish this leg in style
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Vendee: Artemis II (Jonny Malbon - GBR) hits whale
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Vendee Globe Media,
11:32 AM Tue GMT
'At approx 1236 UTC today I hit a large animal, probably a whale at 15 knots. The boat stopped dead in the water, and remained there for about a minute until the animal released itself from the daggerboard.' - Jonny Malbon, GBR, (Artemis II)
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Sailing in Hawaii at King's Cup
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Rob Kothe and Jaroonroj 'Knot' Satitkasem,
10:44 AM Tue GMT
A perfect start to the 22nd annual Phuket Kings Cup, with the 93 boat fleet sailing island passage courses in strong north easterly conditions and sunny skies.
As Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Commodore Matt Allen said, after winning the IRC Division 1 aboard his Beneteau 44.7 Ichi Ban ‘Today it was like sailing in Hawaii, warm and windy.’
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Missing Sailor - Phil Yeomans - found
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Sail-World,
8:58 AM Tue GMT
Popular MHYC sailor and industry identity Phil Yeomans went missing on Sunday night, but he is now safe and well.
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World Sailor of Year ready to Rev Up Monsoon Cup
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Audrey Lakai - Rurrum Communications, Pulau Duyong ,
8:41 AM Tue GMT
Ben Ainslie who arrived in Terengganu fresh from a second place finish at the New Zealand Match Racing Championship last week, is expected to rev up the pace at the Monsoon Cup that sets sail in Pulau Duyong tomorrow.
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Mascalzone pulls the pin on Louis Vuitton Series
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Richard Gladwell, Sail-World,
1:00 AM Tue GMT
Reports overnight indicate that one significant team Mascalzone Latino, have withdrawn from the 2009 Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, citing the current international economic situation and a lack of sponsors for the three week event.
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VOR: Painful That is the only way to describe it
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,
12:18 AM Tue GMT
The give and take that has occurred is like no other race I have ever been a part of. First off, huge credit again to our team for fixing what looked like a very grim situation, when our longitudinal frames broke - twice. Sure it cost us miles, but we got ourselves back into the game. - Ken Read
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Missing Sailor - Phil Yeomans
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Sail-World,
12:12 AM Tue GMT
Popular MHYC sailor and industry identity Phil Yeoman’s whereabouts are currently unknown. Phil does not have his car or his mobile phone with him.
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How Telefonica Blue got the jump
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Bouwe Bekking, ,
11:42 PM Mon GMT
Bouwe Bekking has just jumped off Telefonica Blue after 16 tough days of racing from Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin, India, on the first unknown leg of this edition. On 15 November, the Spanish VO70 left the dock in 4th place on the leaderboard and currently stands in 2nd after a fantastic result over this leg. Bouwe is a happy camper.
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2009 US SAILING North U Racing Rules Seminar dates
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US SAILING Media, ,
11:25 PM Mon GMT
US SAILING, national governing body for the sport, and North U, a provider of educational sailing programs focused on improving the sailing skills of racing sailors, have announced the 2009 schedule of the new US SAILING Racing Rules Seminars Presented by North U.
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Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012 in online store
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US SAILING Media, ,
11:13 PM Mon GMT
2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing With US SAILING Prescriptions now available, along with Dave Perry's new edition of Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing
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Vendee GLobe - Into the Forties 'Lite'
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Event media, Vendee Globe ,
10:56 PM Mon GMT
The head scratching, brain teaser that was the St Helena high pressure system is a fast fading memory as the top ten leading skippers on the Vendée Globe gybe south and east to pick up the Roaring Forties, to propel them eastwards to the first Ice Gate some 650 miles to the east.
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Kiwi windsurfer caught Thai Youth Worlds crisis
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Richard Gladwell,
7:47 PM Mon GMT
A New Zealand windsurfer, Justina Sellers, has been caught in the Thai airport standoff with the RS:X Youth Worlds in Pattaya, Thailand, being abandoned. Sail-World has been told that most of the competitors have not arrived at the event due to start on 6 December, but the event has been now been postponed with no alternative venue of dates being named.
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Volvo - Puma, Delta Lloyd and Green Dragon finish
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Event media, Volvo Ocean race ,
6:19 PM Mon GMT
After a terrific battle in the final stages of leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cochin in India, where three boats were in sight of each other today, Ken Read/USA emerged the victor and brought the red and black PUMA across the finish today at 12;22 GMT (18:02 local time) in fifth place.
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All home but one in Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2
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Volvo Ocean Race media,
1:28 PM Mon GMT
Volvo Ocean Race update - Ericsson 3 finish third, Telefonica Black in fourth, Puma in fifth, Delta lloyd in sixth and Green Dragon in seventh. Team Russia are as yet, to finish Leg 2.
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Voice Of Sailing PJ is impressed with Monsoon Cup
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Rurrum Communications Sdn Bhd,
12:57 PM Mon GMT
Peter Montgomery or better known as PJ to the sailing fraternity around the world, is a rare breed in sailing since the TV and radio broadcaster is better known to the world than most of the world class sailors, sportsmen and women whose deeds and feats he describes.
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Thermal time for Vendee Globe fleet
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Vendee Globe media,
12:44 PM Mon GMT
The leading three boats in this Vendée Globe now stand at 39 degrees south, on the cusp of the Forties. Those showing the way — Seb Josse (BT), Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty) and Yann Elies (Generali) — seem agreed on where they want to go, which is currently east. However, their tracks suggest a slightly different methodology for getting there.
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