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With an unprecedented international fleet of 15 Class 40s competing in the Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing, number 115 Mare, skippered by Jörg Riechers and Ryan Breymaier, crossed the finish line first at 1:20:13 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 15, with an elapsed time of 78:55:13 to complete the 642 nautical mile first off-shore leg from Charleston, S.C. to New York Harbor.
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After seven months on top of the ISAF Women’s Match Racing Rankings Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) has been knocked off the top by Lucy Macgregor (GBR). Making it an all British affair in the ISAF Match Race Rankings is Iain Williams who remains on top in the Open Rankings.
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On J.P. Asset Management Finn Gold Cup Day 4 no racing was held in Falmouth, UK, after the wind spent most of the day spinning circles around the race committee. Three races will now be sailed on Thursday, to conclude the opening series, before Friday's medal race and final race.
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Montreal 1976 Olympic Sailing Competition took place in the Canadian province of Ontario instead of Quebec, at Kingston, due to the terrorist murder of nine Israeli athletes at Munich which meant that the Montreal Games were held under the tightest security. In a bid to modernise Olympic sailing, two venerable keelboats were dropped, the Star and Dragon.
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Grand Slam Match Racing Series qualifying events start this weekend in Chicago and Oyster Bay, New York. After last year's successful debut, organizers from the Chicago Match Race Center (CMRC), Bayview YC (BYC), Manhasset Bay YC (MBYC) and Oakcliff Sailing have expanded their international slate of teams to compete in this year's Grand Slam Match Racing Series.
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America’s Cup champion team Oracle Team USA has been joined by three-time America’s Cup winner Grant Simmer as General Manager. His role gives him day-to-day operational responsibility for the American team that is currently designing and building the race boats to defend the America’s Cup in San Francisco in 2013.
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BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival 2013 will take place a week earlier next year, with regatta dates set for 25th to 31st March, as announced this week by the Caribbean Sailing Association. In cooperation with other regattas, The BVI Spring Regatta, hosted by Nanny Cay Resort and Marina will move to the earlier date, but will continue to follow the St. Thomas International Rolex Regatta
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Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta is being held from fourth to 9th June 2012. Newly crowned Star World Champions Scheidt and Prada with be racing against the 1988 Star class Olympic gold medallist Mike McIntyre at this year’s event.
The pull of racing in Weymouth and Portland in the Star class was just too much, that McIntyre is set to return to the Olympic sailing arena to compete in the Star class
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Atlantic Cup 2012 - Joe Harris onboard GryphonSolo2 provides a progress update on the fourth and final day of racing in leg one: When we last left off we were hootin and hollerin doing 18 knots in the gulf steam on Sunday. That day we reeled off easily 270 miles for an average of over 11 knots in 24 hours. We finally had to pry ourselves away from the conveyor belt to head northwest to NYC
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Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race crew members are finding their sea legs again as competition heats up. 'It is fast, exhilarating wet and slightly wild,' sums up Gold Coast Australia skipper Richard Hewson.
It’s been busy for all then 68-foot yacht entries currently at the south of Jamaica in the Caribbean Sea.
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Tahiti Pearl Regatta ninth edition is being held from 16th to 20th May 2012. Things get serious today with a warm up race scheduled early in the afternoon that will take all 38 entrants to a seven miles inshore lagoon race.
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At the 470 World Championships, Australia's Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page have kept their winning streak going with another two race wins making it an incredible six from six at the end of qualifying. Belcher and Page have been the crew to beat in Barcelona and that has continued on day three of racing, with a further two wins giving them a perfect scorecard.
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Day three of racing at the 2012 470 World Championships was tense and enthralling. Seven nations secured their right to be at the 2012 Olympic Games in the 470 Men, whilst six nations in the 470 Women continue to fight their way for the remaining five nations places.
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The Royal Bermuda YC has announced that the Bank of N.T. Butterfield and Son Limited ('Butterfield') will be the 2012 Presenting Sponsor of the RBYC Anniversary Regatta Friday June 22, a highlight of Newport Bermuda Race Week and the final event of the Onion Patch Series. 'Butterfield is pleased to be sponsoring the Anniversary Regatta. The race is a signature event for Bermuda, bringing both
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US Sailing, the National Governing Body of the sport, is introducing a Membership Matters campaign to raise awareness regarding the importance of being a member of US Sailing. The initiative will detail how membership in US Sailing allows the organization to deliver the programs and services essential to all sailors in the United States.
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During the 2012 Finn Gold Cup, if any proof was needed that Ben Ainslie (GBR) is at the top of his game, then day three was proof indeed. After dominating and winning both races in the brutal environment of the cold and windy Falmouth Bay, he now takes a 10 point lead over Ed Wright (GBR) and Andrew Mills (GBR) at the half way stage.
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The Laser Radial World Championship opening ceremonies got under way in Boltenhagen, Germany, amid a subdued mood. Timo Jacobs, a starboat sailor and member of the hosting sailing club's NRV Olympic Team, had unexpectedly passed away at the age of 29 the night before.
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America's Cup World Series (ACWS) Venice, the penultimate event of the 2011-12 season, gets underway on 17th May. Oracle Team USA Spithill heads into Thursday’s start looking to extend its overall lead. Oracle Team USA Spithill leads the overall standings by one point after placing second last month in Naples.
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The ocean is our playground. We sail on it, we swim in it, we fish from it and without it we don't have 60-80% of the world's oxygen........So why do we abuse it? The reason we abuse it is because most of us don't even realise we are. Covering 70% of the planet, our oceans seem to cope with everything we throw at it, right? Well think again.
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Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race fleet started on the first day of race eleven from Panama to New York at 2330 UTC last night. Ahead lies around 2,100 miles starting with four days of hard upwind sailing before breaking out of the Caribbean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Melges 24 World Championship 2012 is being held on Lake Garda, Italy from 27 July to 4 August. The Notice of Race has been published and Online Entry is now open. With an entry of over 100 boats anticipated, including teams from across Europe and as far afield as Russia, the USA, Chile, Japan and Australia, the championship is set to be one of the highlights of the 2012 sailing calendar.
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Tahiti Pearl Regatta ninth edition is being held from 16th to 20th May 2012. Pierre Dinard's 2003 great idea has grown, thanks to a small group of Tahitian enthusiasts, into the greatest Polynesian regatta. Yachtsmen from Australia, Japan, the US, France and Polynesia will all meet tomorrow at the opening of the Race official village
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Former Olympian and millionaire businessman Neil Pryde has warned sailing is in danger of being kicked out of the Olympics as the fallout continues from the controversial decision to dump windsurfing in favour of kiteboarding for the 2016 Games.
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At the 470 World Championships, three races were held on day three, during a time when it was crucial for teams to rack up good scores and position themselves as solidly as possible ahead of Tuesday’s final two races of the qualification series.
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Photographer Thom Touw was on hand to capture this gallery of images during day two of the 470 World Championships.
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In the Global Ocean Race, there are just a few days remaining until the start of the final leg and the double-handed Class40 teams are now within sight of completing the circumnavigation following eight months of racing and four stopovers in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. At 10:30 local time (14:30 GMT) on Saturday 19 May, the four remaining Class40s from the original fleet of six boats
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The second day of the Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth was an outstanding one for the British sailors as Ben Ainslie (GBR) won the opening race to take the overall lead while Ed Wright (GBR) dropped to second and Andrew Mills (GBR) had another good day to move up to third. The second race of the day was won by Chris Cook (CAN).
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The United States Coast Guard of San Diego has requested that US Sailing, the National Governing Body for the sport, conduct an independent review of the sailing accident that occurred during the 2012 Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race resulting in the deaths of four sailors. Aegean, a 37-foot Hunter 376, and her crew of four were victims of an accident that destroyed their boat a few miles offshore
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Atlantic Cup 2012, presented by 11th Hour Racing, first leg of the three stage race is currently underway. Joe Harris onboard GryphonSolo2 provides a progress update on the third day of racing.
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Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 takes place in the heart of Istanbul. The eight Extreme 40 catamarans taking part in this years Series are preparing to continue their global tour in less then four weeks time, and heading to the iconic Turkish city with the Extreme 40s for the first time in 2012 is the NeilPryde Racing Series.
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A total of 36 college sailing teams descended on the U.S. Naval Academy this weekend for the Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s (ICSA) National Championship Semi-Finals with supporting sponsors U.S. Sailing and Marlow. The Semi-Finals were divided into two fleets, Eastern and Western each comprised of 18 teams from schools across the nation.
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London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition - Bermuda, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia have become the latest nations to qualify for the Games after the 49er, Laser and Star Worlds. With four qualification regattas remaining, 54 countries have now guaranteed their spot in the boat park at Weymouth and Portland, Great Britain from 29 July to 12 August.
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Atlantic Cup 2012 - Joe Harris onboard GryphonSolo2 provides a progress update on the second day of racing: As we rounded Cape Hatteras this morning (Sunday), I have to admit to feeling bummed out. We were mired back in the pack and things were not going particularly well. The race had been all upwind and the last 12 hours were very light air upwind sailing, which is not this boats strong suit
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