News - Asia and the World
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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A day for the French Teams at Match Cup Sweden
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WMRT media,
9:20 PM Fri 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
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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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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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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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iShares Cup Hyères-TPM delivers the goods
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iShares Cup media,
11:01 PM Thu GMT
Today’s practice races certainly delivered the goods ahead of the official start of the iShares Cup Hyères-TPM event tomorrow.
The iShares Cup Raid – a ten mile sprint to the island of Porquerolles – saw a French victory as Erik Maris skipper of Luna snatched victory from James Spithill’s BMW Oracle Racing after just 36 minutes of racing.
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Last two Quarter Finalists decided at Match Cup Sweden
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WMRT media,
10:15 PM Thu GMT
Fantastic racing conditions allowed the organizers of Match Cup Sweden, Stage 5 of the World Match Racing Tour, to complete the repechage round.
Johnie Berntsson was on fire winning all three matches including a nail biter against Adam Minoprio.
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Alinghi's America's Cup Defender reported to be 'spider-like'
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Richard Gladwell,
8:33 PM Thu GMT
Sail-World has been advised by normally reliable and knowledgeable persons who have seen Alinghi's new America's Cup Defender, and who have been briefed to a degree by Alinghi personnel.
They report that the the new Alinghi multihull is, as expected a scaled up 'LeBlack' concept catamaran. ('LeBlack' being a 41ft multihull owned by Ernesto Bertarelli).
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1st Asian Youth Games - Thailand Looking Strong After Day 3
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Dawn Liu, SingaporeSailing, Singapore ,
2:47 PM Thu GMT
Storms on the horizon saw more breeze on the courses for the third day of racing at the National Sailing Centre. The Byte CIIs and Bic Technos flagged off to start near 1pm, after another postponement in the morning. Fortunately, the thunderstorms kept their distance until three in the afternoon, just as the last boats finished their second race
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Countdown to 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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ISAF,
11:02 AM Thu GMT
The 38th edition of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship will showcase the future stars of the sailing world at Buzios, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil from 9-18 July.
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Limit first home to Noumea but on tenterhooks for major trophies
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Tash Paget,
4:39 AM Thu GMT
Limit crossed the finish line this morning, in 25+ degree’s but very light winds. V5 was 100 miles behind at this morning’s radio sched, with the rest of the fleet around 100 miles further back.
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PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup - Day 2
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PWA media,
10:52 PM Wed GMT
PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup Day 2: Would be challengers fall to the might of reigning World Champions.
As action commenced, it was clear that the level of freestyle has improved exponentially this year.
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Sodeb'O and Thomas Coville on stand-by for another record attempt
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Kate Jennings translation,
10:12 PM Wed GMT
Thomas Coville has announced his stand-by for an attempt to break his own solo North Atlantic record (New York – Lizard Point).
On Friday 26th June, Thomas Coville and his Maxi-Trimaran Sodeb'O arrived in New York after a ten day delivery trip in crewed configuration.
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Mark Foy Trophy series – Carnac France
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Sail-World.com,
8:35 PM Wed GMT
With two more wins in races three and four, Australian Grant Rollerson, with crew Jack Young and Michael Coxon have SLAM dunked their way to the lead in the Mark Foy Trophy series being sailed on the Quiberon Bay, Carnac France.
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Busy time for Fastnet crews
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Trish Jenkins,
7:50 PM Wed GMT
With just under forty days to the start of the Fastnet on Sunday, 9 August, the 300 registered crews are hard at work completing their qualification miles and other prerequisites.
The fleet is in excellent shape. With participants from sixteen different nations on the start-line, it will be an international gathering of the yacht-racing fraternity.
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Match Cup Sweden - Battle for final two places in quarter final
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WMRT Media,
7:49 PM Wed GMT
The warm and sunny weather continued here in Marstrand, which brought spectators out in force today to watch the repechage round robin at Match Cup Sweden. As the crowd lounged in swim suits on the rocks overlooking the race area, eight teams fought hard to determine who would make it to the next stage, the Quarter Final round, where they will compete for a share of the 1,000,000 SEK total prize p
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iShares Cup Round 2 Practice session and speed run planned
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iShares Cup media,
7:41 PM Wed GMT
Ideal racing conditions look to be in place with consistent sea breeze in Hyeres - TPM for the second round of the iShares Cup. Warm-up races are planned tomorrow, including a 10-mile speed run to the beautiful island of Porquerolles and back.
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1st Asian Youth Games Singapore 2009 - day 2
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Dawn Liu, SingaporeSailing, Singapore ,
1:29 PM Wed GMT
Race 3 for the windsurfers kicked off just after noon with similar breeze to the previous day's. The Bytes took a little longer to get started, as a longer postponement time and subsequent shifty winds had the race committee scrambling to shift marks around to ensure a fair course. Both fleets were able to complete their scheduled races, however, bringing the total number of races to 5 for the Byt
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Sunreef Yachts launches a new motor yacht brand – Blue Reef Yachts
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Sunreef Yachts, Gdansk, Poland ,
1:08 PM Wed GMT
Both companies have noticed that the demand for boats that are technically reliable, aesthetically elegant and destined to navigate in comfort without a large crew is still unsatisfied. This is the reason why they have decided to join forces and form a partnership launching a new range of yachts an offer geared towards owners wanting to explore the Mediterranean
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Superyacht Singapore Assoc to host first Asian Superyacht Conference
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Superyacht Singapore Association, Singapore ,
11:24 AM Wed GMT
Asia is behind the traditional hot spots of the Mediterranean and Caribbean when it comes to infrastructure and facilities and the prime objective of the conference is to identify what the region needs to do to set an effective agenda to create a sustainable superyacht industry.
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Singapore and China top of their game
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Dawn Liu, SingaporeSailing, Singapore ,
12:01 AM Wed GMT
Sailing's practice race, held a day before the actual event, turned out to be an accurate dress rehearsal in all aspects - including the race postponement part! The wind seemed to be having a good laugh at us as it blew in at almost exactly the same time from the start as it did for the practice race.
Racing managed to kick off smoothly on both courses, however.
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PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup Day 1 - Calm before the storm
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PWA Media,
9:59 PM Tue GMT
The tranquil scenes that greeted the PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup day 1 this morning. A relaxed attitude on the beach masked an undercurrent of tension, as the sailors tuned their equipment and kept one eye on the strengthening wind.
Last year’s winner, and defending World Champion is Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic/North Sails).
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First Six quarterfinalists at Match Cup Sweden
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Tour Media, Marstrand, Sweden,
9:29 PM Tue GMT
Day Two of Match Cup Sweden, stage 5 of the World Match Racing Tour delivered beautiful weather, more spectators and more great match racing. Six of the eight quarter finalists have been decided.
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18 footers Mark Foy series Britain and USA lead
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Sail-World.com,
5:26 PM Tue GMT
With three Australians sweeping the placings in the first race (respectively Grant Rollerson on Slam, John Winning Junior on Appliances Online and Jonathan Whitty on Panasonic), sailed in a very light wind, it seemed Australian domination way likely at the Mark Foy Trophy.
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Britain 2010 Laser Worlds - Radial, Youth, Standard, Masters
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Lindsey Bell,
3:28 PM Tue GMT
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has won the right to bring the four regattas comprising the Laser World Championships to Great Britain in 2010.
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ISAF announces new ISAF Athletes' Commission line up
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ISAF,
12:47 PM Tue GMT
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is delighted to announce the ten sailors who have been elected to the ISAF Athletes' Commission.
The Athletes' Commission members each represent one of the ten sailing events chosen for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 officially over
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,
3:38 AM Tue GMT
After nine months and nearly 40,000 nautical miles of racing, this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race has come to a close.
On Sunday night in St. Petersburg, the final prizegiving was an opportunity to remember and celebrate all that has happened on this magnificent adventure.
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Match Cup Sweden - French make good start
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WMRT Media-Marstrand, Sweden,
7:03 PM Mon GMT
It was a good day for the French Teams at Match Cup Sweden with all four taking two wins. Also starting well was Torvar Mirsky (AUS) and his Mirsky Racing Team, fresh from his victory at Portugal Match Cup and the runner up here last year, Mirsky is clearly happy to be back and wants to go one better than his second place position from '08.
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Record fleet of 98 Stars enter Rolex Baltic Week for European title
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Andreas Kling,
10:58 AM Mon GMT
Record fleet of 98 Stars enter Rolex Baltic Week for class European Championship. Nearly 100 crews from 27 nations will race in the open 2009 Star Class European Championship from 4 to 11 July on the Outer Kiel Fjord.
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18 footers in Europe – all dressed up and no where to go
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Célia Mas-Delfault/amended by Sail-World,
1:12 AM Mon GMT
A strong field of 18 foot skiffs from Australia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, New Zealand and Switzerland have assembled at the Yacht Club de Carnac for the inaugural Mark Foy Trophy series from 28th June to 4th July
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Its all over - Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009
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Riath Al Samarrai,
1:18 PM Sun GMT
Ericsson Racing Team completed their Volvo Ocean Race adventure with Ericsson 4 becoming the official overall winner of the 37,000-mile round the world yacht race in the early hours of Saturday June 27, 2009.
'It has been a long journey, but it feels good - a nice feeling of mission accomplished,' said Torben Grael.
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