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Active Air-2UE wins Alf Beashel Trophy on Harbour
The opening race of the 2008-2009 Australian 18 Footer League's Season on Sydney Harbour was the Alf Beashel Trophy and resulted in a win for Active Air-2UE, skippered by Matthew Searle. ... [more] Pinnell and Gibbon take opening 505 Worlds race Ian Pinnell and Carl Gibbon of Britain won the opening race of the 505 World Championship being held at Mondello, Italy. Second place went to Meike Shomaker and Rainer Gorge of Germany ... [more] 
Barros and Coutts team takes RC 44 Cup event win
Patrick de Barros and Russell Coutts haven’t had to fight to keep their three points lead over Armando Giulietti’s Team Hiroshi – Città di Milano: there was once again no wind today and the racing got cancelled at 2:30 PM by Race Officer Peter Reggio ... [more] 
Berntsson v Minoprio in Bermuda Gold Cup Final
Adam Minoprio (NZL) and the Emirates Team New Zealand/BlackMatch Racing team advance to tomorrow’s Final round at the King Edward VII Gold Cup presented by Argo Group, after defeating Ben Ainslie (GBR) and his Team Origin. Berntsson decisively defeated fellow Swede Mattias Rahm. ... [more] 
Great start for PUMA Ocean Racing team in VOR
At 14.00 (local) today, the PUMA Ocean Racing team stormed across the start line of the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. The PUMA Ocean Racing team aboard il mostro had a gruelling first few hours, rounding the first mark of the course in Alicante Bay in second place behind Swedish boat Ericsson 4 and storming back down towards the second mark. ... [more] 
Countdown to Portimão Global Ocean Race start
The countdown clock to the start of the inaugural Portimão Global Ocean Race is in hours now, not days, and things along the dock in Portimão seem reasonably relaxed given the enormity of the task that lies ahead. ... [more] 
Images from Volvo OR: Start of leg 1, Alicante ESP
Top sailing photographer, Rick Tomlinson, presents a gallery of images from the start of the 2008/09 Volvo Ocean Race, in Alicante, Spain. ... [more] 
Ericsson 4 leads Volvo fleet after tough start
The power was on as the fleet hoisted spinnakers and smoked down the leeward leg towards the final turning mark. Torben Grael kept his pole position and led the fleet as they began their sleigh ride towards Gibraltar. PUMA maintained second place, while Telefónica Blue moved up to third and Ericsson 3 dropped to fourth. Telefónica Black slipped to fifth place and Green Dragon moved up to sixth. ... [more] 
Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy- China Coast, day 2
You can please some of the people all of the time, but there’s never a chance of pleasing an entire fleet of sailors – not even sometimes. Many sailors think that 25 kts of breeze, air temperature of 28 deg C and water at 22 deg makes for something like idyllic racing. But not everyone. ... [more] 
SLAM DUNK at China Coast Regatta
We’ve all heard it before – 'there’s a small job needs doing – who’s the youngest?' Well, we didn’t actually check Mark Bartlett’s birthday, but we are giving him today’s prize for copping the most unpopular job on the boat. Or maybe the fleet. There was a bit of fixing to do on Highland Fling in between races, and Becks drew the short straw. One moment you’re up there flying, and the next… What ... [more] 
And . . . They're off! - Wild Volvo Race start
The long-awaited start day of leg one of the 10th running of the Volvo Ocean race had dawned grey and very windy in Alicante, just as the forecasters had predicted. Out on the race track, conditions were wild. A strong north-easterly breeze of 25 – 30 knots meant a windy start for the fleet ... [more] 
King Edward VII Gold Cup semi finals pairings
Correction to pairings for Gold Cup semi finals. The pairings are:- Ben Ainslie (GBR) Team Origin v Adam Minoprio (NZL) Emirates Team New Zealand/BlackMatch Racing team Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team v Mattias Rahm (SWE) Stena Bulk Sailing Team. ... [more] 
PredictWind shows fast start for Volvo Ocean Race
PredictWind.com is showing a fast start to the 2008/09 Volvo Ocean Race off Alicante (ESP) at 1400hrs local time. The eight strong fleet will experience winds of 24-26kts around the start time, and staying at this strength for the first couple of hours before easing back to 18kts in the early evening. The winds are expected to be from the ENE making for a fast reach out of the Mediterranean ... [more] 
Vic-Maui International Yacht Race NOR
The Lahaina Yacht Club and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club are pleased to announce the 2010 Vic-Maui race will commence off Victoria, British Columbia, with the first division starting on July 1, 2010. The race will finish by July 22, 2010 near Lahaina, Maui, a great circle route distance of 2308 nautical miles. ... [more] 
International Jury says No to Ericsson Racing Team
Ericsson Racing Team was informed last night at 6:30 pm, 20 hours before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race, that the International Jury will not reopen the case involving the keel fin of Ericsson 3 ... [more] 
Alicante 2008-09 win eXtreme40 Alicante Grand Prix
Alicante got the 2008 eXtreme 40 Grand Prix off to a great beginning. After four days of fantastically close battles on the water, in the end the eXtreme 40 Series | Alicante Grand Prix was decided on shore. ... [more] 
Cap Istanbul - Summary of the 1,660 mile course
European Capital of Culture – Cap Istanbul. We look back at the five stage course between Nice and Istanbul, via Cagliari (Sardinia), Marzamemi (Sicily), Agios Nikolaos (Crete) and Bozcaada (Turkey)… ... [more] 
Sun, sea, surf . . . and sharks
Winter in the UK is probably the most depressing place to be on the planet. The rich escape to warmer climes and come back with tales of how sweltering it was in Barbados, leaving the rest of us to huddle in greasy spoon cafes, chomping on Prozac and eating lots of nutritious food like jam roly poly and custard. It’s not surprising that for years the best of the English and continental sailors.. ... [more] 
$16,000 Yacht Sold for $30 - Accidentally
Someone bidding for a yacht on the internet has just scored a Bonanza! - A warning to be careful to complete the 'minimum price' section when selling gear on the internet... ... [more] 
Surprises and upsets at Bermuda Gold Cup
In a stunning upset to the three leaders of the World Match Racing Tour, Mattias Rahm (SWE) and his Stena Bulk Sailing Team, Johnie Berntsson (SWE) and his Berntsson Sailing Team and young Adam Minoprio (NZL) and the Emirates Team New Zealand/BlackMatch Racing team have all advanced to the Semi-Final round of the King Edward VII Gold Cup. Ben Ainslie (GBR) and his Team Origin have also advanced. ... [more] 
Bouwe Bekking on the Volvo Ocean Race
In the Volvo Ocean Race, Onboard TELEFONICA BLUE, Bouwe Bekking is the most experienced offshore sailor of the 11-person, 7-nation crew. This will be his sixth round the world race, Bouwe knows exactly what to expect and what to fear. At 1400 hours on Saturday 11th October, 88 of the best sailors in the world will launch eight boats into a 37,000-mile race around the globe. ... [more] 
Its time to go racing in the Volvo Ocean Race
The waiting is nearly over and the 10th running of the Volvo Ocean Race starts the first of its 10 offshore legs at 1400 CET (Saturday) from Alicante in Spain. ... [more] 
Bedford to pull an 'all-nighter' before VOR start
Fewer than 24 hours remain to the start of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race. While the 20 sailors and media crewmembers are resting for their four-on, four-off watch systems over the course of about three weeks, there's one person planning an all-nighter tonight, Ericsson Racing Team meteorologist Chris Bedford. ... [more] 
Cattelan, Consorti - Kite Speed World Champions
After the final leg of the 2008 PKRA Speed Tour, Sebastien Cattelan stays on top of Alex Caizergues and Chritophe Prin-Guenon (all France). ... [more] 
Barros and Coutts' team holds RC44 lead
The sailors involved in the Friuli Venezia Giulia RC44 Cup finally had the opportunity to sail superb races today. Held in up to 25 knots of wind, the races confirmed Patrick de Barros and Russell Coutts’ leadership. Team Banco Espirito Santo leads the regatta from Team Hiroshi – Città di Milano and Team Aqua. ... [more] 
Seawind Charter Investment & Syndicate Webinars
Following the overwhelming attendance of the Seawind Seminars at the Sanctuary Cove Boat Show, Seawind are now taking the show ‘online’ with a series of Webinars on both Charter Boat Investments and Seawind Syndicates. ... [more] 
Moths to follow Volvo Ocean Race
Puma have partnered with Bladerider International to showcase a duo of fully PUMA-branded foiling Moths at all eleven Volvo Ocean Race Stopover cities. ... [more] 
Volvo Race - preview of this Saturday's start
After years, or in some cases weeks, of planning, the day of reckoning has almost arrived for the eight 11-man crews who will be racing their record-breaking Volvo Open 70s in the Volvo Ocean Race 6,500 nautical mile leg one to Cape Town which starts at 12:00 GMT (14:00 CET) this Saturday, 11 October ... [more] 
Banco Espirito Santo masters Trieste breeze
After another long postponement at the Friuli Venezia Giulia RC44 Cup, the fleet regatta finally started today afternoon at 3:00 PM. Patrick de Barros’ Banco Espirito Santo made the best of the light breeze and won the race ahead of BMW ORACLE Racing (with Peter de Ridder at the helm) and Armando Giulietti’s Team Hiroshi – Città di Milano. ... [more] 
Tough quarterfinal racing ahead - Bermuda Gold Cup
Six of eight teams have qualified today to advance to the Quarter-final round in the King Edward VII Gold Cup. World Champion Ian Williams and his Team Pindar along with Olympic Gold Medalist Ben Ainslie and his Team Origin will meet, respectively, Mattias Rahm (SWE) and his Stena Bulk Sailing Team and Tour newcomer Keith Swinton (AUS) of Black Swan Racing. ... [more] 
Team Pindar partnership with Kingdom of Bahrain
Team Pindar today announced a new partnership with the Kingdom of Bahrain, exactly one month before record-breaking skipper, Brian Thompson, sets sail in the non-stop solo round the world yacht race, the Vendée Globe, on November 9 ... [more] 
Ragtime to race in HSBC Premier Coastal Classic
Ragtime – the 60 footer built for Sir Tom Clark in 1964 under the name of Infidel – has made an epic 7,000 mile southwards journey to New Zealand, only to turn around and nearly immediately depart on another epic journey in the opposite direction, a 119 nautical mile sailing marathon between Auckland and Russell in the Bay of Islands. It was 1964 when the Ragtime (nee Infidel) was built by John Sp ... [more] 
Nicolas Bérenger wins Cap Istanbul
Thierry Chabagny takes the Golden Horn, Nicolas Bérenger the city of Istanbul! Such is the conclusion of the fifth and final leg of the 'European Capital of Culture - Cap Istanbul' which set off from the other side of the Marmara Sea Wednesday afternoon ... [more]
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