News - New Zealand & the World
PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup Estredo and Offringa lead Day 4
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PWA Media,
1:12 AM Sat GMT
PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup - Day 4. Untouchable at the top: World Champions Estredo and Offringa school their opponents, and show they are in a class of their own in an epic day of high wind drama.
The battle ground was hardened with nuclear conditions that caused havoc amongst the sailors.
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Interview with MedCup Circuit Technical Director Nacho Postigo
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MedCup media,
10:14 PM Fri GMT
Long time MedCup Circuit Technical Director Nacho Postigo (ESP) has had time to look back at what has been learned from the City of Alicante Trophy event and, more recently, the Marseille Trophy in France.
'All in all I am very pleased to see what we are seeing.' - Nacho Postigo (ESP).
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Oman Sail team dominate Day 1 at the iShares Cup Hyères
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iShares Media,
9:56 PM Fri GMT
Coming into Round 2 of the iShares Cup, one could be forgiven for expecting the French teams to excel on their 'home' waters but the pre-event form hasn't gone quite as planned.
But today it was Oman Sail's Masirah that stole the thunder on the open waters of Hyères, posting four bullets out of six races leaving them at the top of the Day 1 leaderboard with 55 points.
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18 footers Mark Foy Trophy - USA rising but Brits hold lead
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Sail-World.com,
9:07 PM Fri GMT
Three races today for international fleet of 18 footers competing for the inaugural Mark Foy Trophy, out of the Carnac Yacht Club on Quiberon Bay in France.
Britain’s Rob Greenhalgh continued in style with a first up win in race 7 ahead of a fellow Brit, Mason Woodworth’s Investec team, in third place was John Winning Jnr’s Appliance (AUS)
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Laser builder appointed to the Order of Canada
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Sail-World and Paul Henderson,
7:39 AM Fri GMT
Ian Bruce (Montreal) builder and co-designer of the International Laser class, was awarded the Order of Canada on Canada Day, 1st July. Bruce was one of 60 new appointments to the Order of Canada. Former President of ISAF, Paul Henderson described the award as a 'great honour for Ian and his beloved sport of Sailing.
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PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup - Day 3
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PWA Media,
1:21 AM Fri GMT
PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup - Day 3.
The defending champions were forced to sail with inspiration as freestyle is pushed to a new level here in Lanzarote. Upsets in the men’s second single elimination have ignited a race for the event crown, and stand out performances by the women have shifted key contenders.
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2009 SEIKO 49er Speed Challenge
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Jere Biehl, san diego ,
12:08 AM Fri GMT
Seiko, Velocitek and the 49er Class are collaborating to determine who the fastest 49er team is!
Speed attempts will be held during the days surrounding the 49er Worlds and Europeans, culminating in the Sail for Gold event in Weymouth. Sailors will try to bet the time set by Simons Hiscocks and Rick Peacock in 2008 at 19.4 knots The new carbon mast and square top mainsail will be the equipme
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iShares Cup Hyères-TPM delivers the goods
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iShares Cup media,
11:01 PM Thu GMT
Today’s practice races certainly delivered the goods ahead of the official start of the iShares Cup Hyères-TPM event tomorrow.
The iShares Cup Raid – a ten mile sprint to the island of Porquerolles – saw a French victory as Erik Maris skipper of Luna snatched victory from James Spithill’s BMW Oracle Racing after just 36 minutes of racing.
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Book Extract: Leadership lessons from a great New Zealander
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Mark Orams,
10:38 PM Thu GMT
In this extract from 'Blake: Leader', author Mark Orams describes how he joined the crew of Steinlager II: ‘My name is Mark Orams. It’s my dream to sail in the Whitbread and I would very much like to talk to Peter Blake about how I might make that happen. Much to my surprise the receptionist said, ‘One moment please’, and click, the phone went through and a voice said, ‘Peter Blake here.’
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Last two Quarter Finalists decided at Match Cup Sweden
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WMRT media,
10:15 PM Thu GMT
Fantastic racing conditions allowed the organizers of Match Cup Sweden, Stage 5 of the World Match Racing Tour, to complete the repechage round.
Johnie Berntsson was on fire winning all three matches including a nail biter against Adam Minoprio.
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Alinghi's America's Cup Defender reported to be 'spider-like'
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Richard Gladwell,
8:33 PM Thu GMT
Sail-World has been advised by normally reliable and knowledgeable persons who have seen Alinghi's new America's Cup Defender, and who have been briefed to a degree by Alinghi personnel.
They report that the the new Alinghi multihull is, as expected a scaled up 'LeBlack' concept catamaran. ('LeBlack' being a 41ft multihull owned by Ernesto Bertarelli).
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18 footer Drama – Mark Foy Trophy at Carnac
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Mason Woodworth,
7:07 PM Thu GMT
Day 4 of the 18 footers Mark Foy championship, on Quiberon Bay, Carnac France, started after an hours delay under overcast skies and building wind. A small amount of rain was a fair price to pay for 15 knots of westerly wind. The drama that was to unfold today was not on the forecast.
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Countdown to 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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ISAF,
11:02 AM Thu GMT
The 38th edition of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship will showcase the future stars of the sailing world at Buzios, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil from 9-18 July.
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Limit first home to Noumea but on tenterhooks for major trophies
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Tash Paget,
4:39 AM Thu GMT
Limit crossed the finish line this morning, in 25+ degree’s but very light winds. V5 was 100 miles behind at this morning’s radio sched, with the rest of the fleet around 100 miles further back.
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PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup - Day 2
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PWA media,
10:52 PM Wed GMT
PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup Day 2: Would be challengers fall to the might of reigning World Champions.
As action commenced, it was clear that the level of freestyle has improved exponentially this year.
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Sodeb'O and Thomas Coville on stand-by for another record attempt
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Kate Jennings translation,
10:12 PM Wed GMT
Thomas Coville has announced his stand-by for an attempt to break his own solo North Atlantic record (New York – Lizard Point).
On Friday 26th June, Thomas Coville and his Maxi-Trimaran Sodeb'O arrived in New York after a ten day delivery trip in crewed configuration.
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Mark Foy Trophy series – Carnac France
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Sail-World.com,
8:35 PM Wed GMT
With two more wins in races three and four, Australian Grant Rollerson, with crew Jack Young and Michael Coxon have SLAM dunked their way to the lead in the Mark Foy Trophy series being sailed on the Quiberon Bay, Carnac France.
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Match Cup Sweden - Battle for final two places in quarter final
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WMRT Media,
7:49 PM Wed GMT
The warm and sunny weather continued here in Marstrand, which brought spectators out in force today to watch the repechage round robin at Match Cup Sweden. As the crowd lounged in swim suits on the rocks overlooking the race area, eight teams fought hard to determine who would make it to the next stage, the Quarter Final round, where they will compete for a share of the 1,000,000 SEK total prize p
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iShares Cup Round 2 Practice session and speed run planned
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iShares Cup media,
7:41 PM Wed GMT
Ideal racing conditions look to be in place with consistent sea breeze in Hyeres - TPM for the second round of the iShares Cup. Warm-up races are planned tomorrow, including a 10-mile speed run to the beautiful island of Porquerolles and back.
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Limit expected to be first home in Auckland Noumea race
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Richard Gladwell,
11:23 AM Wed GMT
The Australian entry, Limit (Alan Brierty) is expected to finish the Auckland Noumea soon after sunrise on Thursday morning. Second home will be the Alan Andrews designed TP52, V5 (Simon Hull), with a major tussle behind for third place.
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Your chance to have a first preview of the new Alinghi multihull
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Alinghi Media,
10:50 AM Wed GMT
Want to have the first outsider's view of the latest Alinghi, then sign up and enter on the 'Friends' section of the Alinghi website:
Be one of the 10 lucky people to preview the new Alinghi multihull
This is your chance to see inside the Alinghi base in Villeneuve!
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Tough day at the office for BlackMatch in Sweden
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BlackMatch Racing Media,
8:16 AM Wed GMT
BlackMatch Racing reports from Day 2 of the Match Cup Sweden: 'Day two of Match Cup Sweden was one to forget for BlackMatch, it has been a long while since we went a day without out a win but today was a disaster and we had 4 straight defeats to finish last in our group.
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Kiwi OK Sailor wins Gold at Kiel Week
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Joe Porebski,
8:07 AM Wed GMT
Kiwi Greg Wilcox wins Gold and takes out the International Classes section of Kiel Wocher, sailing in the OK Class. Greg joins an elite group of talented Kiwi sailors who have achieved this feat including Dan Salter and Rick Dodson.
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PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup Day 1 - Calm before the storm
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PWA Media,
9:59 PM Tue GMT
The tranquil scenes that greeted the PWA Costa Teguise Freestyle World Cup day 1 this morning. A relaxed attitude on the beach masked an undercurrent of tension, as the sailors tuned their equipment and kept one eye on the strengthening wind.
Last year’s winner, and defending World Champion is Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic/North Sails).
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Waka Racing reports from Slovenia
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Waka Racing Media,
9:36 PM Tue GMT
Waka Racing reports from Slovenia: This was a regatta we wanted to and knew we could perform at as we really like the bigger boats and know our crew work is sharp.Sailing the fully carbon fibre 'One Design Match' , 37ft long yachts. We started the regatta well with 2 wins on day one and one loss,
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First Six quarterfinalists at Match Cup Sweden
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Tour Media, Marstrand, Sweden,
9:29 PM Tue GMT
Day Two of Match Cup Sweden, stage 5 of the World Match Racing Tour delivered beautiful weather, more spectators and more great match racing. Six of the eight quarter finalists have been decided.
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18 footers Mark Foy series Britain and USA lead
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Sail-World.com,
5:26 PM Tue GMT
With three Australians sweeping the placings in the first race (respectively Grant Rollerson on Slam, John Winning Junior on Appliances Online and Jonathan Whitty on Panasonic), sailed in a very light wind, it seemed Australian domination way likely at the Mark Foy Trophy.
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Britain 2010 Laser Worlds - Radial, Youth, Standard, Masters
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Lindsey Bell,
3:28 PM Tue GMT
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has won the right to bring the four regattas comprising the Laser World Championships to Great Britain in 2010.
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ISAF announces new ISAF Athletes' Commission line up
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ISAF,
12:47 PM Tue GMT
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is delighted to announce the ten sailors who have been elected to the ISAF Athletes' Commission.
The Athletes' Commission members each represent one of the ten sailing events chosen for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Images of Steinlager II: Jenny makes the cake
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Richard Gladwell,
12:29 PM Tue GMT
When one of the crew of Steinlager II celebrated his 50th birthday recently, his wife turned to Jenny Nicholls of For Heaven's Cake to produce a replica of Big Red for the occasion.
Working from photos Jenny produced produced this work of beautifully crafted edible art, to add a memorable focus to the celebration last Saturday.
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Bay of Islands Sailing Week January 19-22, 2010 - Will you be there?
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Lesley Haslar,
11:11 AM Tue GMT
Time is flying by – The Bay of Islands Sailing Week January 2010, will be here before you know it! Perhaps it’s time now to make that first ‘announcement of intent’ - giving crew plenty of notice to organise their dates to race in the Bay. We all need something to look forward to – to plan for – find the time and make the Bay Regatta a ‘positive’ for 2010.
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Classic 12fter Nimble to celebrate 50 years of Interdominion racing
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Neil Kennedy,
9:06 AM Tue GMT
In association with the Auckland Sailing Club the Chairman of Trustees of the Auckland Traditional Boatbuilding School Robert Brooke has announced that a replica of Nimble the leading points scorer in the NZ team that competed in the inaugural event held on Sydney Harbour in 1957, is now under construction in the school workshop at the former Hobsonville Airbase.
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Lighter winds forecast for final approach to Noumea.
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Tash Paget,
8:58 AM Tue GMT
Royal Akarana Yacht Club's Tash Paget reports from the Auckland - Noumea race finish at Noumea: 'The breeze and conditions are now much more favourable for the fleet as they get closer to the pacific islands. Good weather and tail winds are expected for the rest of the race, so the sailors and boats will have a good chance to dry out before they reach the finish,
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