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Dean Barker, Emirates Team NZ skipper and Director of Kiwi Yachting Consultants and Nexus AB, reports from Venice, Italy from the America's Cup World Series: Super Sunday ended up not being quite so super for us in Venice. The fleet was confronted with a 1-4 knot breeze which certainly did not help create much of a spectacle.
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Dela Lloyd Regatta first day in Medemblik ended with Rutger van Schaardenburg dominating in the Laser class. The Dutch sailor won the first two races and ended tenth in the third. The third and last race of the day was won by Van Schaardenburgs fellow-countryman Roelof Bouwmeester.
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Delta Lloyd Regatta - Shahar Zubari and Nimrod Mashiah dominated in the RS:X Class on Tuesday in Medemblik; the first day of the regatta. The two Israeli windsurfers shared the win in the first three races under ideal sailing conditions. Zubari won the first two races and is currently at the top of the leader board, Mashiah triumphed in the last race and is in third place.
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The Offshore Racing Rule Owners Association is proud to announce the inaugural season of the East Coast Championship Series. The series consists of five events bringing the best of East Coast racers together to be scored in a single series using the Offshore Racing Rule. The top three finishers of the series will be given award flags and trophy plates and be eligible for the National Championship
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The much anticipated 2012 Alpari World Match Racing Tour will get underway at Match Race Germany where all of the pre-season verbal jousting will give way to the world’s greatest match racing action. While it’s a chance to assess several of the teams’ early season form, a number of new interesting subplots will begin to play out.
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In the Volvo Ocean Race, it’s all gone a little bit quiet out on the Atlantic race track for the fleet after tropical storm Alberto swept across all but leg leader Franck Cammas/FRA and Groupama yesterday. The six-boat fleet has had a more satisfactory day today, clicking off miles downwind towards the Lisbon finish at speeds of around 19 knots.
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In the Volvo Ocean Race, a semblance of normality returned to the fleet on Tuesday after 24 hours of chaotic action for the teams as they fought to second guess the volatile tropical storm Alberto. Franck Cammas’ crew on Groupama read the weather scenario to perfection at the start of Leg 7 from Miami to Lisbon, gybing away from the storm earliest before setting off on a blistering downwind ride
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The entry deadline for the 34th America's Cup has been extended to allow teams further opportunity to get the necessary sponsorship packages signed, and lift the entry level beyond the current three Challengers. News of the move came in a story posted on the America's Cup website, in the course of an interview with Bruno Peyron on the back of their win in the America's Cup World Series in Venice
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In the Rolex Volcano Race, Capri’s Marina Piccola was the setting for the start of the final act which commenced today at 18:00 CEST as the event’s fifteen strong Maxi fleet departed for a 300-nautical mile roundtrip through the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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The Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) Class40s, armed with conflicting weather data and the likelihood of Tropical Storm Alberto sweeping across the fleet, are relying on experience, instinct, skill and an element of luck as they head north-east away from Cape Hatteras and the coast of the USA.
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Whilst Volvo Ocean Race team Groupama 4 is holding onto pole position in the seventh leg, from Miami to Lisbon, thanks to an early gybe in the tropical storm Alberto, the weather situation across the Atlantic isn't offering up any opportunities for the fleet: everyone is on the same course in a moderate southerly breeze, awaiting a potential opening in a couple of days.
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Etchells Atlantic Championship Series 2012 first event was held over the weekend of 19th and 20th May and was graciously hosted by the Shelter Island Yacht Club, Shelter Island, NY. With visitors from across the North East and Canada making the trip, the event organizers exceeded expectations by delivering seven races across a range of challenging conditions
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Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race fleet are on the eighth day of race eleven from Panama to New York. It has been an eventful 24 hours for the ten international teams as tactical manoeuvres and inconsistent winds continue to hamper the fleet’s progress and shake up the leader board.
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The Volvo Ocean Race fleet found themselves in survival mode battling their way out of the eye of a violent tropical storm overnight, suddenly caught in lightning and gale force headwinds.
They thought they were lining up for a quick, relatively easy first stage of Leg 7 – but Tropical Storm Alberto had other ideas, quickly changing direction and turning the downwind sailing of Day 1 into a sur
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Volvo Ocean Race, Day 2 of Leg 7. Amory Ross, MCM for Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg, reports on the crew's progress: I got an email from a friend today that asked how we were doing, what we were up to? The only honest reply I could think of was odd: 'Doing great, thanks. Chasing what’s left of a named tropical storm and going fast towards Portugal.' Tis an interesting life we lead.
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St. Maarten Heineken Regatta 32nd edition was held from 1st to 4th March 2012. During the Regatta the ESPN crew came down again to cover this world class sailing event. The crew worked hard on shooting some great footage, they covered all aspects of the event: the sailing, the parties and of course the wonderful island of St. Maarten.
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Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week, hosted and organized by the Alamitos Bay and Long Beach Yacht Club, is being held from 22nd to 24th June 2012. Monday, 4th June is the discount entry deadline for the West Coast's largest keelboat regatta. Competitors who register online will get $50 off their fees, which otherwise vary according to boat size.
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It is a proud moment when a yacht club can boast an Olympic team member. It is a prestigious moment when a club can boast two Olympic team members, as can Kerikeri Cruising Club and Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club.
There are seven sailing clubs being represented by the twelve sailors in the 2012 New Zealand Olympic Team.
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In the Volvo Ocean Race, the North Atlantic is a playing field that Franck Cammas/FRA and Groupama sailing team know well and today, they played Tropical Storm Alberto to perfection, extending their lead by gybing at the critical time. 'We might actually be faster than this low,' said Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand navigator Will Oxley earlier today.
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The four Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) Class40s are into the Gulf Stream, following a brutal first 48 hours at sea, with the wind moving south after an upwind battle in enormous seas, squalls and lightning with teams reporting the worst conditions of the entire circumnavigation. The bold move east on Sunday by Marco Nannini and Sergio Frattaruolo with Financial Crisis is continuing to pay
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The Ida Lewis Distance Race 2012 is scheduled for Friday, August 17 and will be swarming with fresh talent this year as it welcomes back the Youth Challenge – for sailors between the ages of 14 and 20 – for a third year and adds both a college and high school team to the roster.
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Atlantic Cup 2012, presented by 11th Hour Racing, second leg of the three stage race has concluded. Joe Harris onboard GryphonSolo2 provides a progress update: It was a thrilling finish to leg 2 of the Atlantic Cup. As we rounded the turning mark off the New Jersey shore we were fairly deep in the pack and not looking forward to a 200 mile dead beat to windward.
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The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing completed its second and final leg of offshore racing with No. 118 Bodacious Dream, skippered by Dave Rearick and Matt Scharl, crossing the finish line first with an elapsed time of 38:06:34 on Monday, May 21, to complete the 231 nautical mile leg from New York Harbor to Newport, R.I.
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London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition - Netherlands Antilles, Peru and South Africa take the number of nations qualified up to 57 after the 470, Finn and Laser Radial Worlds. The Laser Radial fleet at London 2012 is the second biggest with 39 spots available.
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The Rolex Volcano Race, organised by the International Maxi Association (IMA), first leg has concluded. Marco Rodolfi’s Swan 80 Berenice Bis (ITA) has claimed leg one which ran some 100-nautical miles from Gaeta, in southern Italy, to the island of Capri. Berenice Bis was the fifth boat to cross the finishing line in Capri, arriving at 03:53.04 CEST this morning
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Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race - It has been another frustrating 24 hours for the ten international teams as light airs and glassy seas continue to disturb the fleet’s progress. Visit Finland’s tactical gamble to head on a westerly course has seen the team maintain its lead, whilst Gold Coast Australia, De Lage Landen and Geraldton Western Australia strive to outdo one another
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Volvo Ocean Race, Day 1 of Leg 7. Amory Ross, MCM for Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg, reports on the crew's progress. There are not many day one’s left between here and Galway. But here we go again, one day closer to the end of this very long race. As we leave Miami for Portugal there are several things that come to mind:
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After a light airs start to Leg 7 yesterday, Groupama sailing team have the lead today as northerly winds blowing against the Gulf Stream kick up a choppy sea in the opening stages of the transatlantic leg to Lisbon in Portugal.
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Chicago Match Race Center's Grade 3 Spring Invitational has been won by Don Wilson and his team of Nathan Hollerbach, Mark Strube and Sam Rogers in a final intense day of match racing in windy and shifty conditions in which no lead was safe. Wilson and team started the day strong, defeating Ben Marden 2-0 in the first-to-two point Quarter-Final round,
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Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 restart images from photographer Leighton O'Conner
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Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 team Puma’s Mar Mostro is off across the Atlantic Ocean with the start of Leg 7 from Miami, Florida, USA to Lisbon, Portugal. The Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg crew rounded the buoys in Miami to complete the six-leg inshore loop and headed out for the offshore portion of the leg in the fifth position, with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing leading the fleet.
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The Global Ocean Race fleet’s first night at sea was wet and lumpy - proving a tough reintroduction to offshore racing following their stopover in Charleston, South Carolina, as they sailed straight into headwinds and cleared the coast of the USA.
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