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Sint Maarten Heineken Regatta to run Match Race
The Sint Maarten Heineken Regatta will, for the first time in the history of Caribbean Regattas, run a match racing event just before the actual 2009 St.Maarten Heineken Regatta and offer prize money to the winners. ... [more] 
Telefónica Black makes bold move to the west
At last there is wind, and the eight-strong fleet racing in leg one of the Volvo Ocean Race from Alicante to Cape Town is beginning to make some nice progress, but it is a fragile lead for Telefónica Black/ESP (Fernando Echávarri/ESP) ... [more] 
Six Vendée Globe competitors in Port Olona
The Vendée Globe in Les Sables d’Olonne is getting ready to welcome the thirty skippers and their boats in Port Olona. Six boats have arrived already. Most of the other skippers are expected on Thursday or Friday, as they make their way down from the coast of Brittany from La Trinité sur Mer, Lorient, Port la Forêt or Brest. ... [more] 
Volvo Ocean Race Boat Blogs - Day 4
Day 4 boat Emails from various competitors in the Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 1 to Capetown. Telefonica Blue has been closing on her neareast rival as Telefonica Black holds onto a slender lead. over the fleet. Ericsson 4 had a busy night, while Ericsson 3 was disappointed with its progress. Delta Lloyd is involved in strategically positioning .... read on ... [more] 
Volvo Ocean Race Day 3 emails from the boats
Latest Day 3 and 4 emails from the boats. Leg 1, Volvo Ocean Race. Telefonica Blue is back into the race, Ericsson 4 crew finally getting some sleep and Green Dragon has finally escaped the Med. Read on .... ... [more] 
Inaugural Melges 32 Gold Cup Regatta NOR online
The inaugural Melges 32 Gold Cup Regatta will take place on 5-7 December, hosted by the Lauderdale Yacht Club (LYC) in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ... [more] 
International sailors tops in Ren Re Jr Gold Cup
The Renaissance Re Junior Gold Cup International Optimist Dinghy regatta wrapped up Sunday with fifteen year old Balder Tobiasen (DEN) in first place with 54 points, fifteen year old Chris Willford (USA) second with 55 points and twelve year old Olivia McKay (NZL) third on a tie-breaker with 55 points. ... [more] 
Fast and furious two days for PUMA Ocean Racing
The PUMA Ocean Racing team’s first two days at sea have been fast and furious. As the PUMA team manoeuvred themselves out through the narrow gap between the southern tip of Spain and the northwest tip of Morocco and began to head down the west coast of Africa late last night, il mostro was in third place. ... [more] 
Portimão Global Ocean Race start images
Ingrid Abery images from the start of the Portimão Global Ocean Race. Belgium’s Michel Kleinjans leads on Roaring Forty, on the first day of an around-the-world race. ... [more] 
Kleinjans leads Portimão Global Ocean Race
Twenty four hours into the Portimão Global Ocean Race and Belgium’s Michel Kleinjans is giving his fellow competitors a lesson on how to leverage the first day of an around-the-world race. ... [more] 
America's Cup: Trials quite a sight to behold
There is definitely a 'wow' factor to the giant trimaran BMW Oracle, which began sailing off San Diego this past week in anticipation of a possible court-ordered one-on-one America's Cup match with Alinghi. In fact, after viewing the boat and talking to helmsman James Spithill, it would be sad if the trimaran – which is 90 feet on the waterline with a 90-foot beam – never saw action in a race. ... [more] 
Volvo OR: The Ten Zulu Report, Leg 1, Day 3
I was half right – Ericsson 4 got clear of the Straits of Gibraltar with a decent amount of her lead still intact, but her sistership didn’t. At 10:00 ZULU this morning, Ericsson 4 was leading the fleet south, with the gang of four – PUMA, Telefonica Black, Ericsson 3 and Green Dragon on her tail just over ten miles behind. ... [more] 
Brits extend lead at 505 World Championships
The British pair Ian Pinnell and Carl Gibbon continue to lead the 505 World Championship after three races completed. Jorgen and Jacob Bojsen-Moller of Denmark are in second place and three time world champion Wolfgang Hunger and Juien Kliener of Germany are third ... [more] 
Telefonica Blue gets back to racing
Bouwe Bekking’s men have completed repairs to their damaged steering system are back on the race track, where overnight, the fleet compressed heading into the Atlantic. The Telefonica Blue crew raised their mainsail at 06:17 GMT and the team proceeded to their last racing position where they resumed racing at 06:53 after serving their minimum 12 hour pit stop penalty. ... [more] 
Images from Volvo OR: Leg 1 - Gibraltar
Volvo Ocean Race photographers provide a gallery of images as the eight strong fleet passes through the Straits of Gibraltar ... [more] 
Berntsson wins Bermuda Gold Cup
On yet another spectacular day of match race sailing on Hamilton Harbor, Johnie Berntsson (SWE) and his Berntsson Racing Team has defeated Adam Minoprio (NZL) and his Emirates Team New Zealand/BlackMatch team in a decisive 3-1 Final for the prestigious King Edward VII Gold Cup presented by Argo Group. ... [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] 
Telefonica Blue stops racing for gear repairs
Telefonica Blue officially suspended racing having reached landfall near Gibraltar last night to undertake repairs to the steering gear they damaged soon after the race start in Alicante. ... [more] 
Beluga Racer wins Portimão Global Ocean Race start
The inaugural Portimão Global Ocean Race got underway today from the seaside town of Portimão, Portugal. Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme charged across the line in first place aboard their Class 40 yacht Beluga Racer. The first mark of the 30,000 nautical mile course was a compulsory gate one mile south of the stunning cape of Sagres on Portugal’s Algarve coast. ... [more] 
Telefónica Blue has steering problems - VOR news
After a very windy first night at sea following the start from Alicante yesterday, the eight-strong fleet racing in the Volvo Ocean Race is now in the approaches to Gibraltar. Ericsson 3 is through the Straits and leading the fleet. Telefónica Blue has had problems with her steering, causing some spectacular wipe outs. ... [more] 
Volvo Ocean Race blogs - Day 1
Day 1 Blogs from various boats in the Volvo Ocean Race. The fleet of VO70's departed from Alicante, Spain on Leg 1 of the VOR and have now passed through the Straits of Gibraltar and into the Atlantic Ocean. ... [more] 
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] Cruising World/Sailing World Nominees for '09 BOTY For the past quarter-century, the sailboat industry has recognized the best in sailboat building through Sailing World and Cruising World's annual Boat of the Year awards. Today at the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Md., the '09 BOTY awards took center stage as the two magazines announced the latest nominees. ... [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]
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