2011 Around Australia Ocean Race and Rally - the latest update !
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The Sail-World Team,
7:14 PM Sun GMT
Latest update! Eleven Days ago West Australian Bob Williams launched the 2011 Around Australia Race and Rally. 'The majority of the slot reservations are from the Pacific Ocean coast with New South Wales dominating but the Indian Ocean Coast, represented by Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria, are all consistently claiming slots. Overseas entries from New Zealand, the UK, and the USA.
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Finn Gold Cup declared open in Denmark
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Robert Deaves,
6:57 PM Sun GMT
So far 89 Finn sailors from 30 nations have completed registration and measurement to compete for the 2009 title and on Sunday afternoon the practice race took place in the waters off the harbour.
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Return of the King at Match Cup Sweden
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WMRT Media,
6:25 PM Sun GMT
The arrival of a cold front over night brought clouds and cooler conditions for day 7 of Match Cup Sweden, the fifth stage of the World Match Racing Tour. The early southerly wind made things a little tricky for the Race Management team as they had to set up a shorter three lap course across the fijord. It was Peter Gilmour who dominated the day winning his semi final and then the final without dr
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Mark Foy Trophy images - spectacular 18 foot skiff sailing
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Franck Gicquiaud images,
11:46 AM Sun GMT
Skiff sailing is certainly spectacular and the Mark Foy trophy for 18ft skiffs, has just concluded in Carnac, France.
Many thanks to photographer Franck Gicquiaud - www.littoral-ouest-photos.com for these images from the event.
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Pegasus 50 ready for Transpac doublehanded record attempt
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Lynn Fitzpatrick,
11:39 AM Sun GMT
Pegasus 50 is docked bow to stern with Alfa Romeo. Both are a marvel to look at and both are eyeing Transpac records.
Philippe Kahn and Mark Christensen are out to set the Transpac doublehanded record of 10:4:4:49 by Howard Gordon and Jay Crum in 2001 with Etranger.
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Barger speaks at Celebrate Sailing Dinner
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Talbot Wilson,
10:06 AM Sun GMT
Ben Barger, USA Olympic RS:X board sailor and six-time US National Champion, was on hand today to give the young sailors personal insights on international and Olympic competition.
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Division I and II crews in final prepartions for Transpac
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Lynn Fitzpatrick,
8:26 AM Sun GMT
The sun rose in Long Beach to reveal a glassy calm on the water. It won't be long before the Division I and II crews will be begin to appear on the docks to make their final preparations for Transpac 09.
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Capsize sequence and more images from Mark Foy Trophy series
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Ingrid Abery images,
4:44 AM Sun GMT
More images from the Mary Foy Trophy series in France, supplied by Ingrid Abery - www.ingrid abery.com
Take a look at the capsize sequence.
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Ingrid Abery images from the Mark Foy Trophy Final Day
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Sail-world.com,
12:03 AM Sun GMT
Ingrid Abery images from the inaugural Mark Foy Trophy series. Robert Greenhalgh, Dan Johnson and Phil Harmer (GBR) sailed their 18 footer Benny to victory on Quiberon Bay.
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PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup - Heat turned up on the leaders
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PWA media,
12:01 AM Sun GMT
Estredo and Offringa take the top honors, while Thode and Nagoshi turn up the heat.
The men’s final went down to the wire in Lanzarote today, as Kiri Thode proved himself as the most dangerous challenger in Estredo’s freestyle kingdom.
The women’s competition witnessed some stunning performances once again, as the conditions allowed the fleet to show off their dazzling skills.
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iShares Cup leaderboard reshuffle after prang and redress to Peyron
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iShares Cup media,
11:06 PM Sat GMT
Round 2 of the iShares Cup Hyères-TPM and it was a spectacular finish to the second day - racing downwind under the massive gennaker in a big breeze is a precarious proposition - the bows dig in putting the 40-ft catamaran as risk of a pitch-pole. Today all the teams kept their Extreme 40s upright - if the breeze had been any stronger that might not have been the case…
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USA's Finn Gold Cup fleet assembles in Denmark
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Event Media/Sail-World.com,
11:03 PM Sat GMT
Leading international Finn sailors including a strong US squad have been gathering in Copenhagen, Denmark, over the last few days ready for next week’s 2009 Finn Gold Cup. The world championship for the heavyweight men’s Olympic singlehanded dinghy runs from 3-11 July, out of Vallensbæk Sailing Club, some 17km southwest of the centre of the Danish capital.
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Alinghi catamaran unveiled in Villeneuve
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Daphne Morgan-Barnicoat, Alinghi Media, Villeneuve, Switzerland ,
9:32 PM Sat GMT
Alinghi, the Defender of the 33rd America's Cup, unveiled its 90ft catamaran this weekend in Villeneuve, Switzerland. This multihull represents a culmination of Swiss multihull heritage and is the first step in Alinghi's development process towards the 33rd America's Cup in February 2010. The boat will be launched by helicopter next week on Lake Geneva before the process of ‘debugging' begins and
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Mark Foy Trophy 18 footers Carnac - Britain, Australia, USA top three
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Sail-World.com,
9:05 PM Sat GMT
Britain's Robert Greenhalgh, Dan Johnson and Phil Harmer, sailed their 18 footer Benny to victory on Quiberon Bay today on the final day of the inaugural Mark Foy series. A second placing in race 9 and a win in race 10, meant they did not need to finish the final and 11th race in the series to win the Trophy.
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Navigators, Honey and Girls
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Lynn Fitzpatrick,
11:06 AM Sat GMT
History surrounds the Transpacific Yacht Race and everywhere you turn at Transpac Pier at Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, you run into living legends.
Stan Honey, who has navigated his way to 12 Transpac wins, imparted a lot of Transpac and navigational tips to Branning, Van Os and the rest of the Morning Light crew during their preparations for the 2007 Transpac.
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Gladwell's Line: Alinghi let their Cat out of the bag
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Richard Gladwell,
8:54 AM Sat GMT
Alinghi hosted a group of media over their America's Cup defender, overnight (NZT). Sail-World was not one of those invited, again, and we are reliant on images and information from others. 'The twin hulls of the catamaran are nearly 90-foot apart when measured from outside edge to outside edge. But it has a huge, central carbon fibre impaler projecting forward
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The Greatest Yacht Race on The Lakes Just Gets Greater!
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Canadian Yachting,
6:48 AM Sat GMT
July 18th, 2009 is the start date for the 20th running of the Lake Ontario 300 (LO300). This race has grown to become one of the premier yachting events on the Great Lakes. Open to fully crewed, double handed and for the first time, single handed yachts; the Lake Ontario 300 is the longest annually held fresh water sailing race in the world.
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PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup Estredo and Offringa lead Day 4
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PWA Media,
1:12 AM Sat GMT
PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup - Day 4. Untouchable at the top: World Champions Estredo and Offringa school their opponents, and show they are in a class of their own in an epic day of high wind drama.
The battle ground was hardened with nuclear conditions that caused havoc amongst the sailors.
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Charisma leads the Transpac charge across the Pacific
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Lynn Fitzpatrick,
12:57 AM Sat GMT
The July 3rd Daily Standings as of 0600 PDT for Transpac 09 have the Spanish crew aboard Charisma leading the charge to Hawaii.
Lynx, the heavy tall ship, has only chipped about 220 miles off of the vast 2,225-nautical mile journey. They may be plodding along, but the Lynx crew is enjoying themselves.
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Interview with MedCup Circuit Technical Director Nacho Postigo
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MedCup media,
10:14 PM Fri GMT
Long time MedCup Circuit Technical Director Nacho Postigo (ESP) has had time to look back at what has been learned from the City of Alicante Trophy event and, more recently, the Marseille Trophy in France.
'All in all I am very pleased to see what we are seeing.' - Nacho Postigo (ESP).
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Oman Sail team dominate Day 1 at the iShares Cup Hyères
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iShares Media,
9:56 PM Fri GMT
Coming into Round 2 of the iShares Cup, one could be forgiven for expecting the French teams to excel on their 'home' waters but the pre-event form hasn't gone quite as planned.
But today it was Oman Sail's Masirah that stole the thunder on the open waters of Hyères, posting four bullets out of six races leaving them at the top of the Day 1 leaderboard with 55 points.
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Women’s European Laser Radial Championship Preview
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Event media,
9:38 PM Fri GMT
More than a hundred sailors are converging on Copenhagen to contest the Women’s European Laser Radial Championship. Due to take place from 8 to 16 July, the women Olympic hopefuls will be competing out of Skovshoved Yacht Club in Charlottenlund on the northern outskirts of the Danish capital city.
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18 footers Mark Foy Trophy - USA rising but Brits hold lead
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Sail-World.com,
9:07 PM Fri GMT
Three races today for international fleet of 18 footers competing for the inaugural Mark Foy Trophy, out of the Carnac Yacht Club on Quiberon Bay in France.
Britain’s Rob Greenhalgh continued in style with a first up win in race 7 ahead of a fellow Brit, Mason Woodworth’s Investec team, in third place was John Winning Jnr’s Appliance (AUS)
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Enormous show of interest in the J80 World Championship
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Carlos Pich,
8:04 AM Fri GMT
The enormous show of interest in the J80 World Championship 2009 which will take place on the 4th to the 11th of July in Santander has been confirmed by a massive inscription.
There will be 127 boats, and over 500 racers competing for the world title in Cantabrian waters.
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Laser builder appointed to the Order of Canada
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Sail-World and Paul Henderson,
7:39 AM Fri GMT
Ian Bruce (Montreal) builder and co-designer of the International Laser class, was awarded the Order of Canada on Canada Day, 1st July. Bruce was one of 60 new appointments to the Order of Canada. Former President of ISAF, Paul Henderson described the award as a 'great honour for Ian and his beloved sport of Sailing.
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2009 Laser & Radial North American Championships
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Event Media,
7:31 AM Fri GMT
The North American Championships were hosted by Buffalo Canoe Club in Crystal Beach, Ontario over this past weekend. The turnout for the event was exceptional with 97 Lasers, 122 Laser Radials and 10 Laser 4.7’s competing over the course of the four day event from June 25-28th.
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More divisions start their Transpac race
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Lynn Fitzpatrick,
3:46 AM Fri GMT
Divisions 3, 4 and 5 started their Transpac race. Tachyon III, Kanzunori Komatu’s Santa Cruz 52, with members of the Japanese Olympic Sailing Team on board, led the parade out of the basin.
The 19-boat fleet of 45 to 60-foorters rushed the starting line. They were amped up with anticipation and testosterone and shot out of the blocks on their way to Ala Wai and Transpac Row.
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US Youth World Team travels to Youth World Championship in Brazil
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Marlieke Eaton, Portsmouth, R.I. ,
2:19 AM Fri GMT
US Sailing's Youth World Team (YWT), ten athletes on the Team are packing their bags and heading to Buzios, Brazil, to represent the USA at the Volvo Youth Sailing International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Championship (the 'Youth Worlds').
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PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup - Day 3
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PWA Media,
1:21 AM Fri GMT
PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup - Day 3.
The defending champions were forced to sail with inspiration as freestyle is pushed to a new level here in Lanzarote. Upsets in the men’s second single elimination have ignited a race for the event crown, and stand out performances by the women have shifted key contenders.
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More images from the 18ft skiffs Mark Foy Trophy - Carnac
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Ingrid Abery images,
1:04 AM Fri GMT
More Ingrid Abery action images from the Mark Foy Trophy for 18ft skiffs in Carnac, France. www.ingridaberyimages.com
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Images from the Mark Foy Trophy - serious 18ft action
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Ingrid Abery images,
12:49 AM Fri GMT
English photographer Ingrid Abery caputured these images from the day's action at the Mark Foy Trophy.
Drama aplenty for the 18ft skiffs when the series leader SLAM was involved in an incident.
Ingrid's website www.ingridabery.com
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2009 SEIKO 49er Speed Challenge
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Jere Biehl, san diego ,
12:08 AM Fri GMT
Seiko, Velocitek and the 49er Class are collaborating to determine who the fastest 49er team is!
Speed attempts will be held during the days surrounding the 49er Worlds and Europeans, culminating in the Sail for Gold event in Weymouth. Sailors will try to bet the time set by Simons Hiscocks and Rick Peacock in 2008 at 19.4 knots The new carbon mast and square top mainsail will be the equipme
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Groupama 3 in New York and Groupama Extreme 40 in Hyères
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Groupama media,
11:09 PM Thu GMT
Once again Groupama team is everywhere at once.
Today was a training day for the second stage of the iShares Cup in Hyères; with two coastal courses on the menu, followed by a short race just off the port's jetties.
Groupama 3 has arrived in New York where she is being switched to the necessary configuration for an attempt at the Transatlantic record.
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