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Mean Machine on the Comeback trail By Audi media, Spain , 8:11 PM Wed 23 Jul 2008 GMT
Mean Machine emerged from a classic sea breeze day of three good races on the Bay of Palma to lead the 14th Regatta Breitling by seven clear points from Matador. Peter de Ridder’s team were on top of their game when they chased Bribón across the finish line of the first race before going on to win the second race by a comfortable margin ... [more]

McGregor double winner at Solo Nationals - day 4 By Sail-World.com/uk, UK , 6:30 PM Wed 23 Jul 2008 GMT
The invisible link that has seemed to keep defending champion Andy Davis and challenger Charlie Cumbley within a few places of one another was broken with a vengeance today. And the advantage went to Cumbley who finished the day with a seven point lead and Davis with an ONC. Joker in the pack was Hayling Island's David McGregor, has come back with double wins to move into third place overall ... [more]

Qingdao - It's not normally like this !! By Robert Deaves, China , 4:15 PM Wed 23 Jul 2008 GMT
Despite long-held predictions of almost guaranteed light winds at the Olympic regatta, the waters off Qingdao have another face with 22-25 knots over the last few days. After a prolonged period of fog and very light winds, these photos show a completely different side to the Olympic venue, with the 2004 Finn silver medalist Rafael Trujillo of Spain training this week in winds of 22-25 knots. ... [more]

Dutch reveal revolutionary new Tornado sails By Diana Bogaards, 4:00 PM Wed 23 Jul 2008 GMT
Last week, Dutch Team Zwitserleven Mitch Booth and Pim Nieuwenhuis revealed its revolutionary sail for the Olympic competition in China. Because of the expected light winds in Qingdao, the Tornado duo focused on developing a special gennaker. It is a lot flatter and smaller then the regular gennakers used on the Tornado. ... [more]

Wind deserts Optimist Worlds By IODA media, 10:49 AM Wed 23 Jul 2008 GMT
The glorious winds deserted the venue today and, despite moving the course far out into the bay, only one full race (Race 9) could be completed. Division A of Race 10 was completed but divisions B and C will have to wait until, hopefully, tomorrow ... [more]

2008 British Classic Yacht Club Regatta Day 2 By Justin Chisholm, 6:35 AM Wed 23 Jul 2008 GMT
Champagne sailing conditions for the Ladies Race at the 2008 British Classic Yacht Club Regatta in Cowes. In the hotly contested Class Zero, after much discussion about who had and who had not sailed the correct course, victory in Race 1a was awarded to Mariette with Tuiga taking second and The Lady Anne in third. ... [more]

Owen Parker (1932-2008) - the professional racer By Richard Gladwell, 1:16 AM Wed 23 Jul 2008 GMT
Owen Parker, who was Sir Edward Heath’s professional sailing master on several yachts owned and skippered by the former UK Prime Minister passed away on July 9 aged 76 after a long battle with cancer ... [more]

British Classic Yacht Club Regatta at Cowes By Justin Chisholm, Cowes , 7:26 PM Tue 22 Jul 2008 GMT
Conditions on the Solent could not have been more perfect this morning for the start of the Round the Island race, on the first day of the 2008 British Classic Yacht Club Classic Regatta. The 45 classic yachts making up the regatta fleet were a marvellous spectacle, as under clear blue skies, in a ten to twelve knots northwesterly wind, they manoeuvred for optimum position on the RYS startline ... [more]

Audi MedCup Circuit - De Ridder leads on Day 1 By Event media, Spain , 6:27 PM Tue 22 Jul 2008 GMT
Winners of the first regatta of the Audi MedCup Circuit 2008, Peter de Ridder´s Mean Machine leads the Breitling Regatta after the first three races on the Bay of Palma off Puerto Portals. De Ridder and his team sailed to two race wins and a fifth place to share the same overall points tally as Alberto Roemmers’ Argentinian boat Matador ... [more]

Lighter winds shuffle the pack at Solo Nationals By Claire Clark / Sail-world, UK , 5:15 PM Tue 22 Jul 2008 GMT
Day three of the Solo National Championship being hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club and the first small chink in the performance of the two leading competitors, Charlie Cumbley and Andy Davis. In the first race of day, for the first time they were outside the top five finishers, although seemingly still attached by an invisible tow line ... [more]

National 12 Open at Yorkshire Dales SC By N12 media, UK , 4:57 PM Tue 22 Jul 2008 GMT
Nine National 12’s turned out ready and raring to go at the Yorkshire Dales SC for their Open Meeting. They were greeted by typical Grimwith greeting of white horses and sunshine. ... [more]

Three UK teams start at Melges 32 US Championships By Event media, 4:37 PM Tue 22 Jul 2008 GMT
Three international teams, all from the UK are bringing some spectacular talent to the third and largest ever Melges 32 US National Championship on July 25-27 in Newport, R.I. Twenty entries have been confirmed for the regatta which will be held in conjunction with the New York Yacht Club's Race Week at Newport, presented by Rolex ... [more]

Medway Dinghy Regatta 2008 By Roy Winnett, UK , 4:17 PM Tue 22 Jul 2008 GMT
The Medway Dinghy Regatta, hosted and organised by Wilsonian Sailing Club on behalf of the Medway Yachting Association was held over the weekend 19 & 20 July. There was an outstanding entry of 99 boats, with 50 visitors from as far away as the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District and 24 sailing clubs were represented ... [more]

Nominate your choice of World Sailor of the Year By ISAF, 3:54 PM Tue 22 Jul 2008 GMT
Nominate your choice for the 2008 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award. There is only one male and one female ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, who will not only win the coveted Rolex timepiece and trophy, but receive true recognition of their achievement from their peers across the world. ... [more]

Ericsson Racing Team makes steady progress By Victoria Low, 12:02 PM Tue 22 Jul 2008 GMT
Ericsson 3 and 4, the two high-performance yachts of the Ericsson Racing Team for the Volvo Ocean Race, today began Day 6 of their race-mandated qualifying sail. This morning the international crew aboard Ericsson 4, skippered by Torben Grael, found themselves approaching Cape Finisterre. ... [more]

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