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At 2200 UTC tonight, in the Volvo Ocean Race, the first four boats racing in Leg 3 Stage 2 were screaming towards the Sanya finish in a high-speed chase led by Iker Martinez and Team Telefónica. Groupama sailing team were holding on to second place, 30.20 nautical miles (nm) behind.
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With just over 100nm to sail to the finish line in Sanya, China, Telefonica looks set to take her third ocean leg win.
According to the routing options from PredictWind, at 1900hrs UTC on 3 February, the Iker Martinex skippered Spainish entry, just has to sail the direct course to the finish, and should be able to average 15-17kts for the remaining distance.
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Artemis Racing began an intense two-boat training session earlier this week in Valencia, following the acquisition of a second AC45 last month. Photographer Sander van der Borch shares with us this gallery of images of Artemis Racing on the water.
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Global Ocean Race - There has been intense drama in Leg 3 as two of the Class40s, Buckley Systems and Campagne de France, have turned west and are currently heading for Auckland, New Zealand, while the three remaining boats, Cessna Citation, Financial Crisis and Phesheya-Racing continue into strong, Pacific Ocean headwinds in the Roaring Forties.
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Volvo Ocean Race - Amory Ross, MCM for Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg, reports on the crew's progress: There’s only a day and a half of racing left out here and still plenty to gain. It’s yet another testament to the group of guys onboard that an unsuccessful and trying trek to the middle of the South China Sea hasn’t sunk the ship.
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Women's Match Race International Country Olympic Qualifying Regatta - The pressure is on as three of the nine women's match racing teams competing to qualify their country for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition will be eliminated at the end of the first round robin and the top six will move on to the next stage.
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After crashing off a monstrous wave in the Southern Ocean, Global Ocean Race leaders Ross and Campbell Field of Team Buckley Systems have suffered damage to their yacht and are heading back to New Zealand.
For the past 24 hours, the yacht has been smashing into in storm force winds and huge seas south east of the Chatham Islands.
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The six members of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team – Sailing have been selected. Jen French and JP Creignou, Mark LeBlanc, and Paul Callahan, Tom Brown and Bradley Johnson have successfully completed qualification.
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In the Volvo Ocean Race, Puma has re-joined the fleet after a brief, but miserable sojourn to the east, while leaders of the pack, Team Telefónica, have again extended their lead over second-placed Groupama sailing team (Franck Cammas/FRA). At 2200 UTC tonight, Telefónica led Groupama 4 by 19.4 nautical miles (nm).
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An unexpected change in wind direction today dealt a cruel blow to Puma Ocean Racing’s plans to rocket to the head of the fleet on the home strait to Sanya. While the leg leaders shot towards the shore of Vietnam yesterday to escape strong currents that sweep south along its coastline, Puma surrendered third place in the rankings to stay offshore in the hope of better wind, calmer seas, a favourab
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Giovanni Soldini and his crew set sail aboard Maserati today, in an attempt to establish a new record for the Cadiz-San Salvador crossing. Maserati's first record challenge is an Atlantic crossing of 3884 miles. 'We have decided to set off from Cadiz immediately because of favourable weather', explains Giovanni Soldini.
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Current event leader, Paulo Dos Reis (Patrik/North), took four straight bullets in today’s racing to bring his score up to a perfect seven wins from seven starts
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Volvo Ocean Race - Amory Ross, MCM for Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg, reports on the crew's progress: These are punishing conditions out here. The upwind slamming, smashing, and thrashing we’re enduring is enough to make anyone hurt bad. It was almost impossible to get any sleep last night (I didn’t), it’s hot, humid, and extremely violent down below.
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Emirates Team NZ's coach, Rod Davis describes what it is like working with Luna Rossa and coaching against his old team:
A change is like a holiday. We are back to training for racing, a week off from testing and development work on our SL33s and working through ideas for the new boat. I must say, it is very nice to be back in AC45 mode and doing ' real' coaching again.
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A New Zealand developed prototype is being test sailed in Auckland ahead of the proposed evaluation trials for the Olympic Womens Two-Person Skiff.
The boat utilizes the 49er hull, foils and boom with a new sailplan designed to suit the ISAF specified target weight of 110-130kg.
The team behind the Mackay Boats' prototype oozes talent and has a track record of excellence
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Testing of the production specification RS900, RS Sailing’s contender for selection as the new women’s Olympic skiff, is underway. 'We believe that a new generation of elite skiff sailors deserve a purpose designed boat that will excel in the role and stand the test of time' says RS managing director, Martin Wadhams.
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Puma’s easterly track had dropped them down to fifth on the leaderboard with Team Sanya 260 nm off the lead in sixth. Puma were a distant third when they split from the fleet to head east, but Infante says based on the latest data they now stand a better than average chance of getting themselves right back in the fight to win the second stage of Leg 3.
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The weather has continued to close in on the four boats, which are racing towards the shore. In a make or break move, Read and his men on board Puma’s Mar Mostro are now 127 nm to the east of fourth placed Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.
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Downunder Pro Formula Windsurfing Championships 2012 first day of competition got off to a brutal start with the rain and winds playing havoc for the competitors. Arriving to a flooded rigging area and wet gear storage, the forecasted 30 knot onshore winds held true and the first race kicked off at 2pm with almost zero visibility on the course
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The Global Ocean Race Class40s have dropped deeper south through the Pacific's Roaring Forties led by Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron with Campagne de France. The distance between the leading trio of boats has compressed rapidly from thirty miles on Tuesday evening GMT, to just six miles on Wednesday morning.
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The 14th edition of the ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship is set to take place from 25-30 June in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Notice of Race for the championship event has now been released. Hosted by the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club (GKSS) the sixteen teams will sail the Elliot 6metre keelboat, the equipment being used for Women's Match Racing at the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition.
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The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 1 February 2012 have been released.
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RC44 Championship Tour - New faces and one new team are confirmed in the line-up for the Tour, which kicks off in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote next week. Each of the 14 competing teams will be hoping to emulate the success Chris Bake’s Team Aqua (GBR) saw in 2011.
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Volvo Ocean Race - Ken Read, Skipper of Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg reports on the crew's progress: Man are things changing out here. Must be very exciting to watch, and I imagine if you are a Puma fan you are wondering what the heck is going on! Well before that, let’s step back a couple of days.
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The America's Cup is the oldest trophy in international sport. There have been thirty-three matches for its possession since 1851, and no challenger was successful until 1983. By 2007 the Cup had only changed hands four times. Disputes around the thirty-third match generated judicial and arbitral decisions that will be influential in all areas of international sporting law.
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ISAF Olympic Evaluation Trials - Today ISAF has named the Multihulls who will compete at the evaluation trials in Santander, Spain during 17th to 25th March 2012.
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Olympic equipment evaluation for 2016 - Following the request for proposals, ISAF are pleased to announce that they have received entrants for six Women’s Skiff and seven Mixed Multihulls and wish to invite them all to the evaluation event in Santander, Spain in March.
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Global Ocean Race - Speeds in the GOR fleet rose dramatically throughout Tuesday as the double-handed Class40s dropped south below Chatham Island with the five boats reaching into the high latitudes on port in 25-30 knots of northerly wind. Having taken the lead early on Tuesday morning, Ross and Campbell Field hit the highest speed averages on their Tyker 40
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Volvo Ocean Race - Amory Ross, MCM for Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg, reports on the crew's progress: I bet you’re wondering what we’re up to? I bet you’re asking yourself, 'Why are they doing what they’re doing? Why are they going where they’re going?' The short answer is we’re doing what we seem to do best so far this race: provide a constant supply of thrills and spills.
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Editorial
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Volvo Ocean Race - The crew aboard Camper may be facing gale force winds and huge seas, but with confidence, they feel that they are now sailing into their comfort zone. Chris Nicholson’s team spent so long bashing upwind during their training for the VOR that the 35-knot winds forecast to pummel the fleet within the next 24 hours as they race through the South China Sea are little worry for them.
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The Volvo Ocean Race fleet are maintaining the pace and pressure at 2200 UTC this evening as Iker Martinez and the crew of Telefonica lead the fleet towards the South Cape of Vietnam, some 261 nautical miles (nm) ahead. Even though the team had to back up to free some plastic stuck in the daggerboard, since 1600 UTC today they have been making small gains on the entire fleet
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Telefónica navigator Andrew Cape couldn’t hide his relief at being clear of the Malacca Strait – but said the danger is not over yet.
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