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| Sail Port Stephens – Sailing in an East Coast Low GMT How many sailing venues can have four good courses for IRC Racing, Performance Racing, Sports Boats and Cruising fleets smack in the middle of an Australian East Coast Low (a severe low pressure system), when there is an offshore Gale warning, four to six metre sea and swell sets on the regular offshore race course just a few nautical miles away. ... [more] America's Cup WS: Emirates Team NZ starts with a bang on Day 2 GMT The second day of racing in the America’s Cup World Series in Naples started with a bang, literally, for Emirates Team New Zealand. In the first race of the day, a match race with Luna Rossa Swordfish, Dean Barker and his crew got off the start line with a penalty on Francesco Bruni allowing the New Zealand crew to round the first mark with a slim lead. ... [more] America's Cup: Happy Birthday, Fish - Images of bygone daze GMT The doyen of America's Cup media, Bob Fisher, celebrates his birthday again today. Here's a selection of images from Bob's Birthdays past (and many). ... [more] America's Cup WS: Images from Naples - Close to the action - Day 2 GMT Sail-World's Linda Wright is at Naples, Italy, for the America's Cup World Series. She filed this image gallery from the Race Day 2, at Naples, where she was positioned on one of the media RIBs ... [more] IMOCA chooses the boat for the future; 2013-14 Race Program announced GMT The Skippers and Members of IMOCA met in Paris on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 April 2013 at the IMOCA Annual General Meeting to decide the future direction of their class, and in particular to discuss two major subjects: the design of the future boat and the programme for the years to come. ... [more] Lysekil Women’s Match 2013 - Main sponsor announced GMT Every summer Lysekil Women’s Match attracts the leading women match racing sailors in the world, coming to the beautiful and picturesque Swedish west coast. From now on, Thun Tankers is joining Preem as main sponsor for this successful event. ... [more] Overboard surfer rescued by yacht after 27hours treading water GMT In a bizarre incident, a holidaying surfer on a chartered surfing boat, who merely went on deck during the night to relieve himself and fell overboard, has been rescued 27 hours later in Indonesian waters by an Australian sailing yacht who joined the search after he was reported missing. ... [more] The disappearing Sandy Island - Scientist may have the answer. GMT Where did the Coral Sea's Sandy Island go? This was the question posed by us in an article last November (see Sail-World_story in link below) when some Australian scientists aboard the RV Southern Surveyor went to where Sandy Island was meant to be and found only 1400m of water. Now, the mystery of the disappearing island may be solved. ... [more] Charleston Race Week 2013 - Spectacular racing for Melges 20 fleet GMT Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week 2013 is currently underway. The Audi Melges 20 Class thoroughly enjoyed four high-powered 'rippin' races today. Overcast skies, 15-20+ knots of breeze with periodic gusts up to 30, and white caps appropriately set the stage for opening day. Consistent top five finishes helped Michael Kiss on Bacio secure the overnight lead position by a ten point margin. ... [more] Student Sailing Worlds Selection conclude today GMT Student Yachting World Cup 2013. There are two distinct strands in Irish university sailing these days. The annual National Team Racing Opens in Fireflies – won five weeks ago on Tralee Bay from 26 college teams by University of Limerick skippered by Ross Murray – continues to be the backbone of the national students' programme. ... [more] Rottnest Festival of Sail has the X Factor + Video GMT Royal Freshwater Bay YC's Festival of Sail 2013 - Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club hosted the annual sailing event with the help from the Rottnest Conservation Foundation. Building on the previous two years, it once again lived up to its reputation as one of the most enjoyable events on the West Australian sailing calendar, and proved to be the best festival yet. ... [more] Charleston Race Week – Epic breeze on Opening Day GMT Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week has a reputation for consistent, solid breeze. In fact, Charleston’s great wind is one of the big reasons this event has grown so spectacularly over the past decade. Even so today may have been a case of 'too much of a good thing' for some competitors, though it was just perfect for others. ... [more] Sail Port Stephens - Day 4 images by Craig Greenhill GMT At 2013 Sail Port Stephens, photographer Craig Greenhill was on the water to capture this gallery of images. ... [more] Fisher's View: Poets in Naples - America's Cup WS - Race Day 2 GMT Race Day 2 America's Cup World Series, Naples: First up was the quarter-final match for Luna Rossa – Swordfish in the hands of Francesco Bruni and Dean Barker in ETNZ. It promised much, and delivered. Barker forced Bruni over early and after the Italian had taken his penalty, ETNZ led by five seconds at the first mark and held that to the leeward gate. ... [more] Melges 32 Australian Championships - Day 1 blown out GMT Competitors spent this morning studying strong wind warnings on weather sites hopeful the forecast would change for day one of the 2013 Melges 32 Australian Championships. At eleven o'clock Class President Kim Williams, PRO Steve Tucker and MHYC Vice Commodore Racing Phil Clinton headed out to the harbour to assess the racecourse. ... [more] Skiffs revealing the light conditions at Combined High Schools Regatta GMT The 150 strong fleet of the Combined High Schools Championship have seen light conditions so far with 8-13knt breezes. This has allowed the skiffs dominate results after Race 3 of the event. ... [more] Miami to Key Largo Race - 58th annual edition begins tomorrow + Video GMT The Miami Yacht Club is holding its 58th Annual Miami to Key Largo Race tomorrow April 20, 2013 to raise funds for its Youth Sailing Foundation. More than 100 boats are scheduled to cross the start line at 8am on the south side of the Rickenbacker Bridge. ... [more] America's Cup World Series - Images from Naples by Carlo Borlenghi GMT Carlo Borlenghi was on site in Naples to capture these images during the America's Cup World Series. ... [more] America's Cup World Series, Naples - Oracle Team USA on to match semis GMT On day two of the America’s Cup World Series in Naples, a win in the match race quarterfinals, followed by first and second-place results in fleet racing, completed a successful day of racing for Oracle Team USA on Friday. The crew moves into the lead in the regatta fleet race standings with 38 points and will face JP Morgan BAR in the match race semifinals on Saturday. ... [more] America's Cup World Series, Naples - Tough day 2 for Artemis Racing GMT The second day of the America’s Cup World Series in Naples was a tough day for Artemis Racing. Fleet race three and four took place after two match races; Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Francesco Bruni onboard Luna Rossa Swordfish and Oracle Team USA- Slingsby won over HS Racing. ... [more] America's Cup World Series, Naples - Smashing action on day 2 + Video GMT On day two of the America’s Cup World Series in Naples, there were strong performances by Oracle Team USA Slingsby and Energy Team along with a jarring collision between Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Challenge. Helmsman Tom Slingsby led Oracle Team USA into the top spot in the standings with finishes of 1-2 in today’s two fleet races. ... [more] Southampton Uni see off Cambridge and Portsmouth at Yachting Champs GMT British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS), in conjunction with the British Universities Sailing Associations’ (BUSA), held the British University Yachting Championships 2013 at Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth last week. ... [more] America's Cup World Series - Tough day 2 for Ben Ainslie Racing GMT The second day of the America’s Cup World Series in Naples was a tough day on the water for Ben Ainslie’s J.P.Morgan BAR. Two bad starts for the crew saw them forced to play catch up, but some great crew work, boat handling and good tactical calls kept the team in contention on the overall leaderboard. ... [more] Connecticut boaters urged to speak up on Raised Bill 6576 GMT Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) is urging Connecticut boaters to have their voices heard in a debate taking place now on a bill before the Nutmeg State's legislature, Raised Bill 6576, that would extend the winter window of time allowed for out-of-state, transient boats to be kept in Connecticut for overhaul and repair work, without being subject to sales and use tax. ... [more] Coast Guard icebreaking operations at Bruce Mines to begin April 21 GMT Icebreaking operations alongside the north channel of Lake Huron are expected to begin Sunday April 21 near Bruce Mines, Ontario, the Canadian Coast Guard has advised. A United States Coast Guard ship will conduct the icebreaking operations in order to facilitate shipping in the area. ... [more] Page Page Back 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Page Forward
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