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ISAF Sailing World Cup - Aussie sailors dominate at Sail Melbourne By Craig Heydon, 8:13 PM Sat 12 Nov 2011
Sail Melbourne 2011 - Australian sailors have dominated the final day of the ISAF Sailing World in Melbourne with the home team claiming 16 medals across the eight Olympic and two Paralympic classes. The final day of Sail Melbourne featured close racing across the fleets with the top 10 boats in each class hitting Port Phillip Bay for the medal races. ...[more]

ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne Day 5 highlights By Craig Heydon, 10:13 AM Sat 12 Nov 2011
Sail Melbourne, part of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, has now reached the penultimate fifth day of competition. We bring you up to date on all of the action via this series of video highlights. ...[more]

ISAF Sailing World Cup – Tight racing at Sail Melbourne By Roger McMillan, , 5:57 AM Sat 12 Nov 2011
Sail Melbourne 2011 - With just the medal races to go tomorrow most of the eight Olympic events being contested are still wide open. A day of light winds saw some champions make decisive moves, but others will have a nervous night. Only one class has already been decided. Triple world Laser champion, Tom Slingsby, has a 19 point lead and can therefore finish last in the Medal Race and still win. ...[more]

ISAF Sailing World Cup – Light winds test crews at Sail Melbourne By Lauren Garnet, , 8:40 PM Fri 11 Nov 2011
Sail Melbourne - The final day of racing tomorrow, Saturday, is set for an exciting finish with the final positions in the majority of classes still to be decided. Light winds tested all of the crews on Port Phillip Bay with tight racing the highlight of day five. ...[more]

ISAF Sailing World Cup – Slingsby guaranteed Gold at Sail Melbourne By Craig Heydon, 8:04 PM Fri 11 Nov 2011
Sail Melbourne 2011 - Australia’s Tom Slingsby has wrapped up the Laser class title with a day to spare at the opening round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup. Slingsby heads into the final 10 boat double point medal race with a 19 point lead over Great Britain’s Nick Thompson with Australian Ashley Brunning third. ...[more]

ISAF Sailing World Cup – Outstanding win for Matt Bugg in Melbourne By Peter Campbell, 7:47 PM Fri 11 Nov 2011
ISAF Sailing World Cup - Tasmanian sailor Matt Bugg today won the International 2.4mR class at Sail Melbourne on Port Phillip, with an extraordinary score of eight wins and a second. The World Cup regatta, at Sandringham Yacht Club, marks the start of Bugg’s concerted international campaign to secure a place in Australia’s sailing team for the 2012 London Paralympic Games. ...[more]

Perth 2011 - Not always happy families on Olympic class sailing scene By Rob Kothe & the Sail-World Team, 7:12 PM Fri 11 Nov 2011
For the last five years a not very secret project has been aiming to deliver a better more durable Laser sail. The final prototypes have been tested for more than 18 months, they’ve passed with flying colours, its reported that the World Council unanimously voted for a routine equipment change a long time ago but the project is now very much stalled. ...[more]

Sail Melbourne 2011 - Day 4 Images from Teri Dodds By Teri Dodds, Melbourne , 10:45 AM Fri 11 Nov 2011
Geelong photographer Teri Dodds brings you some images from Day Four of the ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne 2011, being hosted by Sandringham Yacht Club, in Melbourne. ...[more]

Sail Melbourne Day 4 - Intense racing By Lauren Garnet, , 10:09 PM Thu 10 Nov 2011
Sail Melbourne 2011 - More manageable conditions on the fourth day of the ISAF Sailing World Cup opening round allowed for a full compliment of racing. The 49ers, who didn’t complete a race on day three, got four in today, with New Zealander’s Peter Burling and Blair Tuke beginning the day in the lead ...[more]

ISAF Sailing World Cup – Australian sailors lead the way in Melbourne By Craig Heydon, 8:45 PM Thu 10 Nov 2011
Sail Melbourne 2011 - After four days of racing at the opening round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, Australian sailors lead the way in four classes. Crews were greeted by steady winds and choppy seas on Thursday, allowing for a full schedule of racing on Port Phillip Bay. Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen went into the day second overall, behind New Zealand’s Peter Burling and Blair Tuke ...[more]

ISAF Sailing World Cup - Matt Bugg on winning form in Melbourne By Peter Campbell, 8:21 PM Thu 10 Nov 2011
ISAF Sailing World Cup - Tasmanian sailor Matt Bugg today won two more races in the 2.4mR class on Melbourne’s Port Phillip, bringing his score to five wins and a second. The World Cup regatta, at Sandringham Yacht Club, marks the start of Bugg’s concerted international campaign to secure a place in Australia’s sailing team for the 2012 London Paralympic Games. ...[more]

Sail Melbourne - Teri Dodds images By Sail-World.com, 8:14 AM Thu 10 Nov 2011
More images from Sail Melbourne 2011 by photographer Teri Dodds. ...[more]

Sail Melbourne images by Teri Dodds By Sail-World.com, 8:06 AM Thu 10 Nov 2011
Geelong photographer Teri Dodds was on water capturing all the action at Sail Melbourne. ...[more]

Perth 2011 Virtual Yacht Race announced By Will Davies, , 8:53 PM Wed 9 Nov 2011
Perth 2011 - Win your way to the ISAF Sailing World Championships by sailing from Weymouth to Perth in a LiveSkipper Virtual Yacht Race. Using real-time weather conditions from around the world, the LiveSkipper Perth 2011 Virtual Yacht race, by BeTomorrow, allows skippers world-wide to control a virtual maxi-trimaran ...[more]

Sail Melbourne day 3 difficult conditions By Craig Heydon, 7:43 PM Wed 9 Nov 2011
ISAF Sailing World Cup opening round continued in difficult conditions as strong, gusty, winds ended day three of Sail Melbourne early, with only a handful of classes able to get in racing. ...[more]

Sail Melbourne day 3 - Strong winds play havoc with racing By Lauren Garnet, 4:33 PM Wed 9 Nov 2011
On day 3 of Sail Melbourne the 470 classes, along with the Paralympic crews managed to complete one race while the RS:X got in two before the breeze picked up. ...[more]

Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships TV coverage By Perth 2011, 12:34 PM Wed 9 Nov 2011
More than 25 international and national broadcasters have signed up to take television coverage of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships next month. ...[more]

Sail Melbourne day 2 light conditions By Lauren Garnet, 12:36 AM Wed 9 Nov 2011
ISAF Sailing World Cup - Light winds dominated day two of Sail Melbourne, testing the crews and race committees. After a number of delays and aborted starts the majority of the fleets were able to get all of their races, with just the RS:X and Paralympic classes left on shore for the day. ...[more]

Sail Melbourne – Australian Tom Slingsby on top form By Craig Heydon, , 8:12 PM Tue 8 Nov 2011
Sail Melbourne 2011 - Light winds have dictated racing on day two of the opening round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, with a number of Australian Sailing Team crews having standout performances in the tricky conditions. Australia’s triple Laser World Champion Tom Slingsby had a great day on the water, winning both races to open up a seven point lead over Great Britain’s Nick Thompson. ...[more]

Sail Melbourne day 2 - The light wind plague By Roger McMillan, 4:48 PM Tue 8 Nov 2011
Racing at the first round of the ISAF World Cup in Melbourne got off to a late start today. When the 49ers got underway at 15:50 local time, it appeared that a repeat of yesterday was on the cards - win the start and win the race. However, different areas of the course delivered different results each leg and ultimately racing became a lottery. ...[more]

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