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Mauri Pro Sailing – The global online chandlery from Texas
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John Curnow,
3:29 AM Thu GMT
These Dallas based international, online chandlers are anything but cowboys. Mauri Pro Sailing has been around since 2003 and was the brainchild of South American sailor Juan Mauri. There is a dedicated and passionate band of multi-national sailors behind the brand and online shop who can assist you find the right clothes to wear, arrange your deck gear and virtually anything in between.
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Next Gen. Moulded Laser Foils - greater durability at standard price
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Trevor Griffiths,
7:23 AM Wed GMT
Some quiet changes have been happening on the Laser scene in recent times with a new range of Laser foils bring joy to sailors across the Asia-Pacific.
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America's Cup: Russell Coutts squares off with Peter Montgomery
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Richard Gladwell. Sail-World.com,
9:19 AM Thu GMT
Rumour control has been out of control over the past few days, as comments made by BMW Oracle Racing CEO, Russell Coutts, have been taken out of context, or given an unintended spin - creating some unwarranted headlines.
On Wednesday, Coutts sat down with top international sailing commentator, Radio Sport's Peter Montgomery, and set the record straight in a number of aspects of the 34th America
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Fisher's View: Louis Vuitton Trophy - Can it get any better than this?
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Bob Fisher, Auckland, New Zealand ,
8:53 AM Thu GMT
Can it possibly get any better? The Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta’s third day in Auckland came close to approaching perfection. The 15-20-knot wind, funnelling down the harbour, provided an ideal race track for the equally matched Version V ACC yachts of Emirates Team New Zealand. The flat water, glistening in the late afternoon sunshine, is what gives the Waitemata its name..
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Louis Vuitton Trophy – PredictWind Forecast - Big Breeze - Day Four
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Jon Bilger, Auckland ,
6:59 AM Thu GMT
PredictWind.com is forecasting SW 15-20knots in the morning and rising to SSW 20-25knots (gusts to 30knots) in the afternoon for day four of Louis Vuitton Series.
Long Term Outlook
Saturday: SW 5-10 in the morning rising to18knots in afternoon
Sunday: SW 10-17knots
Monday: SW less than 10knots
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Whitewater, whitecaps and ETNZ
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Louis Vuitton Trophy,
6:04 AM Thu GMT
Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland. A late tactical call by TeamOrigin escalated problems which left the boat with spinnaker and jib draped over the foredeck and a broken spinnaker pole over the side. Racing moved closer to the city front today as the southwester funneled down the harbour, with puffs into the low 20-knot range as the day wore on.
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Jules Verne Trophy - Atlantic Roll for Groupama 3
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Groupama-Cammas,
8:49 PM Wed GMT
Jules Verne Trophy. Right now there are zones of high pressure to the left and to the right. Indeed the calm zones have got Groupama 3 surrounded and she is having to zigzag her way between the squalls, which are causing massive changes in both the strength and direction of the wind, with shifts of over 60° and a breeze oscillating between 10 and 20 knots...
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Montreal's Quays of the Old Port Hosts 2010 Classic Boat Festival
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Andy Adams, Keswick ,
8:02 PM Wed GMT
This summer, plan a trip to scenic Montreal around the 2010 Classic Boat Festival, to be held at the Quays of the Old Port, August 20 to 22, 2010. The Festival will bring together boats of various groups of age which generally vary in size from of a few meters to twenty meters or more. It is too often difficult to see these treasures and this is the opportunity to present them in a great
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Clipper 09-10: Cape Breton Island moves into second
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Clipper Ventures,
7:54 PM Wed GMT
Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht race - Cape Breton Island's eagle has soared up through the fleet to slip into second place this morning and, says skipper, Jan Ridd, 'We are sailing very comfortably in a Force 9 gusting to Force 10 with some truly magnificent seas, the Pacific showing its awesome power.'
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Twin town named as Volvo Ocean Race finish venue
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Volvo Ocean Race media,
6:34 PM Wed GMT
Following the huge success in Galway when it was the finish of the transatlantic leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09, Ireland, will again feature in the new route for 2011-12. The fleet will race from Lorient in France back to Galway on Ireland'?s west coast.
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PUMA Moth Worlds Day 3 - Changes at the top
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Bridgid Murphy,
6:12 PM Wed GMT
Andrew 'Amac' McDougall’s nine point lead evaporated today in the difficult patchy Dubai breeze of the third day of the PUMA International Moth World Championship.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: PredictWind Forecast - a good Day 3
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Jon Bilger, Auckland ,
6:35 AM Wed GMT
PredictWind.com is forecasting moderate SW 15knots for day three of Louis Vuitton Series. Looks like a straightforward day with regards to the forecast. And there's plenty of wind in the bag...
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Gear failure puts finish to a close Kiwi vs Italian encounter
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Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA Media,
5:39 AM Wed GMT
American-based Kiwi Gavin Brady and his largely international team of Latin Rascals took the fight to host Emirates Team New Zealand in their Louis Vuitton Trophy race today, only to lose after a gear failure.
Brady, with American tactician Morgan Larson calling the shots, pulled off a risky pre-start strategy against skipper Dean Barker on the New Zealand boat, pushing ETNZ deep into the start
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Magic Marine RS 500 World Championship 2010, Netherlands, NOR online
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Golly Tucker,
4:15 AM Wed GMT
The Magic Marine RS 500 World Championship will take place this summer 15th – 20th August at Aquavitesse, Bruinisse, in the Netherlands. Registration has just opened and boats have already registered to benefit from a 40% reduction in entry fee before 14th April.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy live NOW in Auckland View here!!
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Sail-World.com,
1:52 AM Wed GMT
The 2010 Louis Vuitton Trophy series is live now on Sail-World.com
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Clipper 09-10: Heavy weather and another problem for California
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Clipper Ventures PLC,
9:18 PM Tue GMT
Clipper 09-10: Fatigue is setting in across the fleet after prolonged heavy weather. The teams are starting to position themselves for the run into the scoring gate as the crews look forward to some fast downwind sailing conditions. If things weren't hard enough already, the Californian crew were further tested when their steering wheel became stuck, much to the dismay of the helmsman at the time
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Jules Verne Trophy - Virtual separation yo-yoing
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Cammas-Groupama,
5:02 PM Tue GMT
ules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 attempt. With a little over 5,000 miles left before reaching Ushant, the virtual separation between Groupama 3 and Orange 2 has been yo-yoing for the past three days. The crew had a hundred mile lead on rounding Cape Horn, a 190 mile deficit off Uruguay as Franck Cammas and his men began their beat in the high pressure, and finally were 360 miles off the pace Tuesday
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International Moth Worlds Day 2 - Australian Andrew McDougall leads
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Sail-World.com and Bridgid Murphy,
4:11 PM Tue GMT
Puma International Moth World Championship day two. Australian Andrew 'Amac' McDougall still holds the lead after four races. Kerstin Sommer (UAE) is the highest placed female in position 26. It was really a pressure game today - those who stayed in the pressure were able to get up on their foils and make gains.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Azzurra defeats TeamOrigin on Day 1
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Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA Media,
7:30 AM Tue GMT
Azzurra, the Italian boat with the old name and the young crew, defeated Britain’s TeamOrigin in the closest of four hard-fought races on the opening day of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland
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China Cup International Regatta 2010: what’s new?
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CCIR Media, Shenzhen, China ,
6:33 AM Tue GMT
With race management by Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (and CYA observer), the regatta will kick off with a Hong Kong to Shenzhen passage race, followed by inshore races and island races in Shenzhen. Racing will be provided for entries from Racing Class, One Design classes, classes raced under IRC, SBR ratings or COA HKPN Handicap numbers provided that all boats are capable of meeting the requireme
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Louis Vuitton Trophy – PredictWind Forecast - Day Two
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Jon Bilger, Auckland ,
6:11 AM Tue GMT
PredictWind.com is forecasting light winds in the morning for day two of Louis Vuitton Series. However in the afternoon the PredictWind 1km resolution model predicts the South West sea breeze to become strong by late afternoon with wind in the 15-20knots range.
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Moth Worlds - Australian Andrew McDougall leads the fleet + Video
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Lisa Richards and Brigid Murphy,
10:06 PM Mon GMT
Day one of the Puma International Moth Worlds conditions proved to be diffcult with the fleet spreading far and wide across the horizon. The event is shaping up to be a battle of wits, weather and worldliness. During the beats the pressure was favoured on left however most sailors to took the right.
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Techno 293 Champs qualify nations to Youth Olympic Games
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Nevin Sayre, Merritt Island, FL ,
9:32 PM Mon GMT
The Techno 293 North American Championships held Mar 5-7 in Merritt Island, Florida saw eight tight races in 4-15 knot winds. This event was the North American country qualifier for the first IOC Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore, August 14-26.
Mexico and Puerto Rico qualified for the Youth Olympics in junior mens. Canada and USA qualified for the junior womans.
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Clipper 09-10: California repairs mainsail in tricky conditions
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Clipper Ventures,
9:19 PM Mon GMT
Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Race 7 Qingdao to San Francisco - Day 7. Edinburgh Inspiring Capital is chasing the pack in some very wet conditions as a low pressure system delivers strong headwinds across the fleet.
Qingdao's skipper, Chris Stanmore-Major, believes the worst is yet to come and if he is right the already tired crews will need to dig deep to find that extra bit of stren
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Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 is zigzagging northward
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Groupama-Cammas,
9:02 PM Mon GMT
Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 attempt. Very attentive to the slightest wind shift since this weekend, Franck Cammas and navigator Stan Honey are remaining concentrated to exploit these rotations. 'In high pressure conditions such as these, there is always a discrepancy between the grib files and the actual situation on the water: at the moment, we've fallen into a zone of light winds, probably d
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The Yachtsmen’s Spring Thaw Luncheon Announcement
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Graham Dougall, ,
7:59 PM Mon GMT
The Yachtsmen’s Spring Thaw Luncheon announces its annual luncheon in support of Toronto Brigantine Inc. to be held on Friday, April 23th. The 27th annual luncheon in support of Toronto Brigantine will on held Friday, April 23, 2010 at the Boulevard Club, 1491 Lakeshore Boulevard West, Toronto.
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St.Maarten Heineken Regatta: Racing over but the party never stopped
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Sue Pelling, ,
7:54 PM Mon GMT
The final race of the three-day St. Maarten Heineken Regatta this morning may have lacked one special Caribbean ingredient – sun – but there was certainly no shortage of action for the 240-boat fleet in the extremely lively northerly breeze which allowed the big raunchy yachts the opportunity to really strut their stuff on the 27nm race from Marigot Bay back to Sint Maarten Yacht Club.
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GME EPIRB credited for saving all 64 in schoolship sinking.
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George Lariviere - GME,
7:49 PM Mon GMT
The Concordia was laid on her side by a microburst which caused her to founder in only 15 seconds; she went from sailing to submerged in 30 minutes, rendering all of her onboard radio communications systems inoperable. But a GME AccuSat MT403FF EPIRB self-released, as designed, automatically activated, and triggered a rescue operation which saved all 64 crew.
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Follow the Louis Vuitton Trophy live on Sail-World
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Richard Gladwell,
9:47 AM Mon GMT
In partnership with SailTV, Sail-World will be offering live coverage of the Louis Vuitton Trophy.
The live TV coverage featured on Sail-World will consist of a mix of Virtual Eye graphics and video from a range of cameras and positions.
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Cruette Is 2010 Miami Grand Prix Melges 32 Champion
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Joy Dunigan,
8:54 AM Mon GMT
Another glorious day of Melges 32 racing at the Miami Grand Prix has concluded leaving Jean-Francois Cruette (La Rochelle, France) on Teasing Machine as Champion of the Melges 32 division. Of the ten races completed, Cruette won four and never scored worse than an eleventh.
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Defending champion predicts tough racing at Louis Vuitton Trophy
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Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA Media,
8:06 AM Mon GMT
Louis Vuitton Trophy teams drew for race pairings at a press conference and cocktail evening at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron tonight, ahead of the first day of competition tomorrow.
The draw, before a packed house in the Squadron’s Westhaven clubhouse, also decided which teams will enjoy the preferred starboard entry before their starts.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy – PredictWind Forecast - Day One
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Jon Bilger, Auckland ,
6:25 AM Mon GMT
PredictWind.com is forecasting light and challenging winds for the first two days of the Louis Vuitton Series. Thursday and Friday are showing moderate Southwest winds with 10knots building to possibly 20knots on Friday.
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Images from Training Day before Moth Worlds
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Thierry Martinez,
2:11 AM Mon GMT
Thierry Martinez presents this gallery of pictures from the last day training (Slalom races) in Dubai before the start of 2010 Puma Moth Worlds.
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