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Volvo Ocean Race - Camper shore crew swing into action By Lucy Harwood, , 3:05 AM Mon 14 May 2012
Volvo Ocean Race - While the Camper sailing crew have been enjoying a well-earned rest in Miami and making the most of the sights of South Beach, there has been no such break for the Camper shore crew who have swung into action to knock off a substantial job list. ...[more]

Australia's Outteridge - Jensen sail into history with 49er Worlds win By Craig Heydon, 9:56 AM Sun 13 May 2012
Australian sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen have made history with their gold medal at the 2012 49er World Championship in Zadar, Croatia. The win was Outteridge’s fourth world title and Jensen’s third, with the skipper putting his name in the history books as the first sailor to win four 49er World Championships. ...[more]

49er Worlds - Outteridge and Jensen claim gold By Craig Heydon, , 9:34 AM Sun 13 May 2012
On the final day of the 2012 49er Worlds, Australian sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen made history with their gold medal victory in Zadar, Croatia. The win makes Outteridge’s fourth world title and Jensen’s third, with the skipper putting his name in the history books as the first sailor to win four 49er World Championships. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race - Injury leads to Camper crew change By Lucy Harwood, , 4:30 AM Sun 13 May 2012
Volvo Ocean Race - Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand have announced a crew change ahead of Leg 7. South African bowman Mike Pammenter will step down for the leg due to a prolapsed disc in his back sustained during the sixth leg from Itajai to Miami. Reserve crew member Nick Burridge will move into the role for the transatlantic leg from Miami to Lisbon starting on May 20th. ...[more]

Arzana’s City of Venice Trophy - Images by Carlo Borlenghi By Anna Parker, Sail-World.com, , 3:28 AM Sun 13 May 2012
America’s Cup World Series – Arzana’s City of Venice Trophy images from photographer Carlo Borlenghi. ...[more]

Star World Championship - Silver for Team GBR duo By Lindsey Bell, , 7:35 PM Sat 12 May 2012
Star World Championship 2012 concluded in Hyeres, France, on Friday 11th May. Olympic Champions Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson insist their eyes are on a bigger prize after narrowly missing out on the title. The British duo missed out on their second world title together to claim silver just two points behind perennial rivals Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada ...[more]

2012 Olympics: New Zealand qualifies in tenth event for Weymouth By Sail-World, 7:24 AM Sat 12 May 2012
As a result of their seventh place finish at the Star World Championships overnight, Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner have qualified New Zealand's tenth and last Olympic yachting spot for the London 2012 Olympics. Although with the final race they dropped one place down the leader board, a seventh place overall finish in this experienced fleet is no small feat for this relatively new Kiwi pairing. ...[more]

London 2012 Paralympic Games - Helena Lucas joins GBR sailing team By Kate Holmes, , 2:57 AM Sat 12 May 2012
London 2012 Paralympic Games - Helena Lucas has been handed the chance to compete for her Olympic gold medal dream after the sailor was picked as one of the six members of the British Paralympic sailing team. Charles Russell LLP sponsored Lucas will be racing the 2.4mR single-handed keelboat on the home waters of Weymouth and Portland this summer. ...[more]

Steinlager 2 returns home - relive the great moments - Video and Audio By Richard Gladwell, 11:50 AM Fri 11 May 2012
In the 1989/90 Whitbread Race, the Peter Blake skippered ketch, Steinlager 2 won all six legs, taking both trophies for each leg. On May 5,2012 she returned to New Zealand after a six month voyage from Europe. In this video of the arrival we have overlaid a couple of the great commentaries from her career. ...[more]

Australia’s Olympic squad on fire By Rob Kothe and the Sail-World Team, 10:24 AM Fri 11 May 2012
Australia's Tom Slingsby has won his fifth world Laser championship in Boltenhagen, Germany today. Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen, the defend 49er World Champions extended their lead the 2012 World Championship overnight, with Outteridge aiming for his fourth world title and Jensen his third. ...[more]

Australia's Tom Slingsby takes fifth Laser world title By Craig Heydon, , 9:25 AM Fri 11 May 2012
Australian sailor Tom Slingsby has won the 2012 Audi Laser World Championship with a race to spare in Boltenhagen, Germany. The 2012 title was Slingsby’s fifth in six years as he cements his position at the top of the Laser class in the final run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. ...[more]

49er World Championships - Defending champs extend their lead By Craig Heydon, 9:15 AM Fri 11 May 2012
Defending champions Australian's Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen have extended their lead at the top of the table on day one of finals racing at the 2012 49er World Championship in Zadar, Croatia. ...[more]

Slingsby wins fifth Laser World Championship By Sail-World.com, 6:58 AM Fri 11 May 2012
Australia's Tom Slingsby has won his fifth world Laser championship in Boltenhagen, Germany today. The 27-year-old Gosford NSW sailor secured the 2012 World Championship with a race to spare, ...[more]

Ben Ainslie to be first Torchbearer for the Olympic Torch Relay By RYA, , 6:25 AM Fri 11 May 2012
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has now confirmed that the first Torchbearer for the Olympic Torch Relay - presented by Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung - will be 3-time Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie CBE. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race - Puma's Ken Read reflects on the race + Video By Ken Read, , 6:00 AM Fri 11 May 2012
Volvo Ocean Race - Skipper Ken Read reports from the USA after Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg sailed across the Leg 6 finish line in Miami, Fl, USA, in first place ...[more]

America’s Cup World Series Venice - Switchover aboard Energy Team By Pierre Giboire, 12:52 AM Fri 11 May 2012
America's Cup World Series fifth and penultimate stage will be taking place in Venice from 15th to 20th May in front of the magnificent St. Mark’s Square. Aboard the French one-design boat, there will be a switchover between Yann Guichard and Loïck Peyron with the latter back at the helm of the Energy Team AC45. ...[more]

Olympic flame marks 78 days to go before superyachts head to London By Benjamin Sutton, London , 9:12 PM Thu 10 May 2012
London 2012 Olympic Games - The traditional ceremony to light the Olympic flame took place today at the ancient site of Olympia in Greece, signalling the final countdown to the start of the Games in London. In a break with tradition, London is getting set to welcome superyachts, never seen before in the UK capital, keen not to be left out of the action. ...[more]

America’s Cup World Series Venice - Jimmy Spithill rotates crew By Tim Jeffery, 8:52 PM Thu 10 May 2012
America’s Cup World Series Venice - With the penultimate event set to begin in one week skipper Jimmy Spithill has rotated the crew that moved into the overall lead at the previous event and team CEO Russell Coutts returns to the fray aboard Darren Bundock’s AC45. Both the Spithill and Bundock crews will race the America’s Cup World Series Venice under the team’s new colors: Oracle Team USA. ...[more]

Volvo Ocean Race - Groupama contain Spanish attack By Franck Cammas, , 8:05 PM Thu 10 May 2012
Volvo Ocean Race - Franck Cammas and his men managed to contain the Spanish attack all the way to the finish line in Miami, which they crossed this Thursday at 0030 UTC. This low-key result for Groupama 4 is still a job well done though, as the French boat has managed to hold onto second place in the overall standing and is now just eleven points shy of Telefonica. ...[more]

US Olympic Team Qualifier for Women’s Match Racing at WPNSA By Cailah Leask, , 7:09 PM Thu 10 May 2012
US Olympic Team Qualifier for Women’s Match Racing was held over four days at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA). This was the all-important selector to decide the US Olympic Team for Women’s Match Racing. Anna Tunnicliffe and her Team Maclaren crew Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi defeated Barkow in the 'first-to-six-wins' final match-up. ...[more]

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