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Gladwell's Line: Alinghi let their Cat out of the bag By Richard Gladwell, 8:54 AM Saturday Jul 2009 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 ...

The Greatest Yacht Race on The Lakes Just Gets Greater! By Canadian Yachting, 6:48 AM Saturday Jul 2009 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. ...

Riviera forges ahead with new models and more By Riviera Boats, , 6:07 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
Riviera has made considerable progress in the eight weeks since the voluntary appointment of Receivers on May 8, 2009, including announcing new models and an ambitious new push to expand its global dealer network. ...

BIA Victoria and Marine Safety Victoria strengthen ties By BIA VIC, , 2:58 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
BIA Victoria and Marine Safety Victoria (MSV) have strengthened their mutual commitment to safe and enjoyable boating in Victoria. ...

Does it come in pink? New PFD for the ladies By Greg Shoemark, , 2:37 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
Water safety and smart fashion have been brought together in a new ladies’ personal flotation device being launched at the 2009 BIA Melbourne Boat Show this weekend. ...

BIA VIC launches Finance service By BIA VIC, , 2:34 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
BIA Victoria has launched BIA Victoria Finance at the Melbourne Boat Show, making it easier than ever for show patrons to buy that dream boat. ...

Whittley wins Victorian Industry Achiever award By Greg Shoemark, , 2:32 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
Whittley Marine Group has won the Victorian marine industry’s highest accolade at the 2009 Victorian Marine Industry Awards. ...

Bright and brilliant, Sun Marine delivers the detailing By Jeni Bone, 2:32 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
The Sun Marine range was developed from experience gathered from over 25 years in the industry, created by Omikron, a company synonymous with the auto industry whose products are revered by people passionate about their precious possessions. ...

Ben Rogerson on standby for Mini Transat 6.50m RBI solo record attempt By , 1:47 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
After many months of planning and preparation Ben Rogerson and his 6.50m Mini Transat yacht are ready to set off on a long dreamed of Round Britain and Ireland Solo Non-Stop Passage attempt in the next few days. ...

Give us this day our daily bread - sailing style... By Neil and Ley Langford, , 1:44 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
Ley and Neil Langford, long time cruisers on their yacht Crystal Blues, are embarked on serious maintenance on their boat in Thailand. This gives them time to think about the bread-making that has stayed a prominent part of their daily life as a cruising couple, and to offer YOU some good recipes: ...

Powerboat P1 - Baia Attolini claim Powerpole, Audrien Ciantar's dream By Powerboat P1 media, 1:38 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
Title-chasing #38 Baia Attolini picked the opportune moment to claim their first PowerPole of the 2009 season the SuperSport class. Audrien Ciantar has sounded a warning to her male rivals in the Powerboat P1 World Championship - she is ready to challenge for the title this year. ...

PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup Estredo and Offringa lead Day 4 By PWA Media, 1:12 AM Saturday Jul 2009 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. ...

Charisma leads the Transpac charge across the Pacific By Lynn Fitzpatrick, 12:57 AM Saturday Jul 2009 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. ...

Italian Grand Prix of the Sea - Italian Power Pole double By Sam Feasey, 12:45 AM Saturday Jul 2009 GMT
San Benedetto’s home town hero Marco Pennesi powered to pole position at the Italian Grand Prix of the Sea on Friday evening. Baia Attolini ensured an Italian double celebration with the fastest qualifying time in the open-canopy SuperSport Class. ...

Interview with MedCup Circuit Technical Director Nacho Postigo By MedCup media, 10:14 PM Friday Jul 2009 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). ...

Oman Sail team dominate Day 1 at the iShares Cup Hyères By iShares Media, 9:56 PM Friday Jul 2009 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. ...

Women’s European Laser Radial Championship Preview By Event media, 9:38 PM Friday Jul 2009 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. ...

A day for the French Teams at Match Cup Sweden By WMRT media, 9:20 PM Friday Jul 2009 GMT
Quarter final day at Match Cup Sweden, stage 5 of the 2009 World Match Racing Tour brought an early westerly breeze that built throughout the competition. An on-form Torvar Mirsky (AUS) took on a resurgent Sebastien Col (FRA). Local hero Magnus Holmberg (FRA) was paired with Damien Iehl (FRA). The all French duel wasbetween Mathieu Richard (FRA) and Philippe Presti (FRA). Gilmour (AUS) went up ...

Mirsky Racing Team finish sixth at Match Cup Sweden By Kyle Langford, 9:09 PM Friday Jul 2009 GMT
Mirsky Racing Team faced the in form Frenchman Sebastien Col at Match Cup sweden. Col battled his way through the repechage to scrape through to the quarter finals in a best of five series. ...

18 footers Mark Foy Trophy - USA rising but Brits hold lead By Sail-World.com, 9:07 PM Friday Jul 2009 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) ...

Seven yacht crew released but boat burned By , 7:30 PM Friday Jul 2009 GMT
Last week there was rejoicing for the seven sailors who were released unharmed by Somali pirates and flew home to the Seychelles. However, celebrations turned darker when it was discovered that the pirates had burned their yacht because insufficient ransom monies had been paid. ...

Enormous show of interest in the J80 World Championship By Carlos Pich, 8:04 AM Friday Jul 2009 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. ...

Laser builder appointed to the Order of Canada By Sail-World and Paul Henderson, 7:39 AM Friday Jul 2009 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. ...

A race for second in the 2009 Suzuki Marine Fiji Hobie Challenge By Anthony Duchatel, Sydney , 7:35 AM Friday Jul 2009 GMT
Its a race for second in the 2009 Suzuki Marine Fiji Hobie Challenge. Aaron Worral and Bradley Wilson(AUS) take a commanding lead after 4 days. An early capsize relegates Nicole Corlette, the only female skipper, back to 3rd place. ...

2009 Laser & Radial North American Championships By Event Media, 7:31 AM Friday Jul 2009 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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