Groupama wins the Volvo Ocean Race and lots more sailing news

'STENA Match Cup Sweden Day 2 - Ian Williams'    Rick Tomlinson © Welcome to this edition of Sail-World.com's UK newsletter. Groupama has been declared the overall victors in the 2011/2012 Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) after a second-place finish in the short, 550-mile sprint from Lorient, France to Galway, Ireland cemented their overall win. Skipper Franck Cammas and his star-studded crew have tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of miles between them, most of these were completed on multi-hulls or during singlehanded campaigns or Jules Verne attempts. Cammas is the first French skipper to claim this lofty prize since skipper Lionel Péan and company claimed the prize in the 1985/1986 edition. Groupama Sailing Team, skippered by Franck Cammas from France, arrive to a huge spectator crowd, winning the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 -  Paul Todd-Volvo Ocean Race©   Click Here to view large photo Read on to catch the latest news from the World Match Racing Tour’s Stena Match Cup. Reigning Match Race World Champion Ian Williams (Team GAC Pindar) looks certain to make the quarter finals in Sweden. The Dragon Northern Area Championship came down to a tie-breaker after seven races over three days. Ben Saxton and Richard Mason finished second at the 470 European Championship, while the 'two Sophies', Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth went one better to take the Gold. Julia Bailey leads the 2012 Dragon Edinburgh Cup after the first day of racing. 11 year old Will Heritage sets the guy aboard Aimee, skipper Julia Bailey. - Dragon Cup 2012 -  Thomas Anderson_- copyright   The Musto Skiff World Championships were held at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy with Bruce Keen victorious. Nick Cherry, Sam Goodchild and Henry Bomby have all completed stage 2 of La Solitaire du Figaro, 442 miles from Gijon, Spain to Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France. Nick Cherry and Henry Bomby are interviewed after a tough leg two of the Solitaire du Figaro. Cherry finished in 26th Bomby finished in 36th -  http://www.transat.ag2rlamondiale.fr!©_Alexis_Courcoux   Click Here to view large photo The ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship begins on 14 July in Dun, Laoghaire, Ireland and will run until 20 July. Local news from many classes, and lots of great images from photographers this week and of course we have videos from many of those events too. Here at www.Sail-World.com we are counting down the days to the start of the sailing competition in Weymouth. Stay tuned to Sail-World.com for comprehensive and exclusive sailing coverage from our Editors at the Games. Have a great week. by Sail-World.com Team - 10:25 AM Thu 5 Jul 2012 GMT Click here for printer friendly version Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story. If you want to send this story to a friend, please use link below http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=99338 Based on your current download speed Sail-World has delivered large images (660 pixels long side.)  If you would like to see only small images (300 pixels long side) click here .  For medium sized images (500 pixels long side) click here .  If you would prefer to see text only (without pictures) click here Click for further information on Newsletter Editorial Australia Newsletter Editorial UK Related News Stories: 20 May 2013  You can't live your life in a sock drawer 17 May 2013  Sanctuary Cove, Etchells Winters, Musto Sale, ISAF and More 14 May 2013  ISAF regatta rules roasted 10 May 2013  A shocking day for Sailing 08 May 2013  Freo to Bali, Aussies in America´s Cup and in Europe, more Laser news 06 May 2013  Monday midday - and lots of sailing news 30 Apr 2013  Of 18 footers, Hyeres, Etchells, AC and more 24 Apr 2013  Laser supply threatened, latest AC72, Aussies in Heyres, Etchells MW 24 Apr 2013  Sail Port Stephens - Splash of cash buoys Port economy 23 Apr 2013  Could Sailing be the New Swimming?

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