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America's Cup 2010 - Oracle and Alinghi face off, one last time
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Simon Reffold, for Sail-World.com,
7:55 PM Sat GMT
And the result was, frankly, surprising. Perhaps, after all the shenanigans, legal wrangling, posturing and vitriol of the past two and bit years, perhaps, sailing is going in a truly positive direction. Here’s why.
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Follow the Louis Vuitton Trophy live on Sail-World and on Virtual Eye
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Richard Gladwell,
11:25 AM Thu GMT
In partnership with SailTV, Sail-World is offering live coverage of the Louis Vuitton Trophy.
The live TV coverage featured on Sail-World will consist of a mix of Virtual Eye graphics and video from a range of cameras and positions, together with outstanding commentary.
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TeamOrign start MedCup training in their new TP52
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Sail-World,
8:16 PM Sat GMT
After their elimination from the 2010 Louis Vuitton Truphy in Auckland, TeamOrigin took delivery of their new TP52 from Auckland's Salthouse Boatbuilders, who had earlier constructed the team's tender. While the other competitors contested the semifinals of the Louis Vuitton Trophy, TeamOrigin was out training in the Hauraki Gulf. Ian Roman was along for the ride.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Mascalzone Latino first point for ETNZ
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Mascalzone Latino Audi Team,
8:05 PM Sat GMT
The first race of the finals between Mascalzone Latino Audi Team and host team ETNZ took place along the Auckland waterfront in the Waitemata Harbour. It was a hard-fought race, which saw the kiwis dominate in the start and most of the upwind leg. The crew of Mascalzone Latino Audi Team sailed a perfect upwind leg, recovering the distance at the first mark and going on to roll the New Zealanders
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Groupama 3: Jules Verne Trophy - Tempo allegro - finish in two hours
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Franck Cammas,
7:37 PM Sat GMT
Franck Cammas and crew aboard Groupama are poised to cut over two days off the round the world sailing record and became the new holders of the Jules Verne Trophy. As of 0830hrs NZT they have 77 miles left to sail and are 1424nm ahead of the record. Finish time is projected for 2230hrs, on 20 March 2010, local time off Ushant.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - ETNZ one up in the final
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Warren Douglas,
10:49 AM Sat GMT
Emirates Team New Zealand has won the first race of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland final, beating Mascalzone Latino by 12 sec.
It was the team’s second good performance of the day. Earlier in the afternoon, Dean Barker and his crew sailed an impeccable race to beat the Italian Azzurra by 27 sec in the third and deciding semi-final match.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Azzurra wins Petit Final
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Azzurra Team,
10:40 AM Sat GMT
Azzurra team of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda wasn’t able to conquer the spot in the finals of the Louis Vuitton Trophy, but Azzurra goes home with a convincing win in the petit-final against the Swedish team Artemis. Although disappointed for today’s loss, Francesco Bruni, skipper and helmsman of Azzurra, is very happy with the outcome of this event.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Home team one up in Finals
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Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA,
9:33 AM Sat GMT
Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland. Racing started in the approaches to the Rangitoto Channel off Auckland’s East Coast beaches in the early afternoon, after a long wait for an uncertain sou-west breeze to fill-in and settle. The shifty breeze was moderate all day, ranging between 10 and 14 knots.
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2010 World Match Racing Tour profiles the nine Tour Card Holders
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Yvonne Reid / ISAF,
4:01 AM Sat GMT
With the 2010 Tour Card Holders having recently been announced, each of the teams are gearing up for the tough 10 event challenge against the world’s top match racing talent. Find out more about the world's top match racers as they prepare for the start of the 2010 World Match Racing Tour season in Marseille next month.
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RS400 Winter Championships: Wrap up from Leigh & Lowton SC
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RS Association,
3:48 AM Sat GMT
The first event of the 2010 RS400 calendar was the Winter Championships contested by 24 teams at at Leigh and Lowton SC on 13th and 14th March.
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Still time to enter the RYA Volvo Youth National Championships
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RYA,
3:37 AM Sat GMT
Sailors still to enter the 2010 RYA Volvo Youth National Championships are reminded they have until Sunday 28 March to get their entries in. Entries after this date will not be not be accepted.
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Emirates Team New Zealand come out firing in Louis Vuitton Trophy
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Richard Gladwell. Sail-World.com,
2:34 AM Sat GMT
Emirates Team New Zealand put away their indifferent form of yesterday, and have taken the semi-final sailed just after noon today. After allowing Azzurra to take a small lead soon after the start, the Kiwis soon put their stamp on the match, taking a small lead which they defended down the first run. On the second beat, sailing in a 10-12 knot offshore breeze, they built their comfort zone, and
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Clipper 09-10: Groundhog Day as Qingdao regrets stealth move
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Clipper Ventures,
9:20 PM Fri GMT
Clipper 09-10. It may be just nine days until the clocks go forward by an hour for most of Europe, but in the Pacific they've just put them back - by a whole day!
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RYA Spring Power and Sail Muster 2010: Places still avaliable
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Emma Slater,
2:52 PM Fri GMT
New for the 2010 line up is the Ocean Safety ‘Caring for your Lifejacket’ session, during which you will learn how to service your lifejackets yourself. The session will cover maintenance, re-arming and re-packing. This is a pre-bookable event and one definitely not to be missed, but don’t forget to bring your lifejacket!
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: America's Cup Challenger first to reach Finals
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Mascalzone Latino Audi Media,
12:37 PM Fri GMT
The Latin Rascals were the stars of a remarkable performance, reacting to the comeback of the opposing helmsman who evened the match in the second race. In the last race Gavin Brady masterfully won the start, leaving the Swedish outside the committee boat and inflicting them with a penalty.
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Emirates Team NZ reverses America's Cup result
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Warren Douglas,
12:21 PM Fri GMT
Emirates Team New Zealand has won its second semi-final match against Azzurra, completing a penalty turn right on the finish line and winning by 2 sec.
Carrying the penalty incurred in the pre-start, Dean Barker and his crew led all the way to the finish, but with the penalty turn still to be done.
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Fisher's View: One second to first
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Bob Fisher,
11:56 AM Fri GMT
The tension was massive from the moment the two boats entered the starting area – it was all on for Dean Barker and the Emirates Team New Zealand crew. They were one down in the best-of-three semi-final, clinging on to their hopes of repeating their success a little over a year ago when they beat Alinghi in the final of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Cup. The pressure was on the local team
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Louis Vuitton Trophy - Images from today's racing featuring Artemis
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Sander van der Borch images,
10:05 AM Fri GMT
Photographer Sander van der Borch presents this gallery of images from Artemis and Mascalzone Latino Audi Team racing today at the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Auckland.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy - Heart stopping finish earns ETNZ another life
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Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA,
9:35 AM Fri GMT
Louis Vuitton Trophy - Emirates Team New Zealand came within one second of elimination from the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta today. For its last two races, Artemis carried a distinguished 18th man. John Bertrand, the Aussie skipper who in 1983 lifted the America’s Cup from the clutches of the New York Yacht Club, rode on the stern of the Swedish boat.
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Zwitserleven Sailing Week continues High Performance Formula
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Diana Bogaards,
9:12 AM Fri GMT
In 2010, the Zwitserleven Sailing Week continues last year's high performance formula. On Monday 14 June the Zwitserleven Sailing Week starts with the Nacra International Championships and the Grand Prix Slalom for windsurfers (sanctioned by the International Funboard Class Association).
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Semi Finals produce surprises and tight racing
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Richard Gladwell,
3:00 AM Fri GMT
With two races complete in the Semi-Finals of the Louis Vuitton Trophy, there has been plenty of action on the water and a few surprises.
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2010 ORC Sportboat European Championship Notice of Race
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Offshore Racing Congress,
3:00 AM Fri GMT
The St. Petersburg Sailing Union (SPSU), the Russian Offshore Race Association and the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) are pleased to announce the 2010 ORC Sportboat European Championship has published its Notice of Race and is ready to accept entries. The event will be held over 3-10 July 2010 in St. Petersburg, with six days of racing scheduled over 5-10 July
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Clipper 09-10: Cape Breton Island consolidates
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Clipper Ventures,
8:50 PM Thu GMT
Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Cape Breton Island has consolidated her lead and is making gains on the chasing pack and is extending her lead. Team Finland is making good progress towards southern tip of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.
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Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 and the Pendulum effect
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Groupama-Cammas,
8:45 PM Thu GMT
Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 carries on its rapid progress towards the finish line and substantially increases its lead over the reference time. Groupama's Race HQ moves this Thursday evening in Brest to prepare the arrival of the giant trimaran which should see the Brittany coast on Saturday.
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Exercise Transglobe - Discoverer and Adventure start Leg 9 to Antigua
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Peta Stuart-Hunt,
12:02 PM Thu GMT
The Army boat participating in the year-long Exercise Transglobe, HMSTV Challenger, has arrived safely in the Falkland Islands at the end of Leg 8 of the 13-leg tri-services expedition. The weather faced by the crew of Challenger was far more severe than that encountered by their fellow crews on board HMSTV Adventure (RN) and HMSTV Discoverer (RAF).
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Global Ocean Race 2011-12: Hannah Jenner first female skipper to enter
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Oliver Dewar,
11:28 AM Thu GMT
The Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) can announce that entry #14 – and the first female skipper – has signed up to compete in the double-handed circumnavigation for Class40’s. Hannah Jenner has already logged around 130,000 miles of sailing which including a circumnavigation as skipper of fully-crewed Glasgow: Scotland with Style in the Clipper 07-09 Round The World Race
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2010 Rolex Farr 40 Worlds heading for Caribbean waters
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KPMS,
10:58 AM Thu GMT
When the Farr 40s arrive in the Dominican Republic later next month, April 21-24, all eyes will be on the defending World Champion, Jim Richardson's Barking Mad (USA).
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Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 - Hainan Province, China stopover announced
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Volvo Ocean Race,
9:48 AM Thu GMT
Sanya, the southernmost city on the golden coast of Hainan Province, China, has won the bid to host the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. The port of Sanya is now confirmed as the only stopover in Asia. Other ports on the course include the start in Alicante, where the Volvo Ocean Race now has its base, stopovers in Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Lisbon, Lorient and the finish in Galway.
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TeamOrigin falls to Artemis and drops out of Louis Vuitton Trophy
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Leslie Greenhalgh,
9:39 AM Thu GMT
Day 10 of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta was crunch time for two more of the eight teams. The second Elimination Round would normally see the two pairs that had advanced from yesterday race best of three series, with the teams that won two races advancing to the semi finals on Saturday.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Emirates Team NZ to take on their Nice nemesis
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Richard Gladwell,
9:10 AM Thu GMT
Emirates Team New Zealand will race against Azzurra (Italy) tomorrow in the semi-final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta. Artemis (Sweden) will go up against Mascalzone Latino (Italy) in the other semi-final.
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Brits have a new goal after early shower in Louis Vuitton Trophy
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Louis Vuitton Media,
8:47 AM Thu GMT
It’s not exactly all over for TEAMORIGIN on Auckland waters, now they’re out of contention for the Louis Vuitton Trophy. Tomorrow, they head back out on the harbour to sail their shiny new Transpac 52 yacht, for the start of another phase in their campaign. Mike Sanderson, managing director of TEAMORIGIN and on runners in the race crew, said the team were 'utterly disappointed' to be eliminated be
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Artemis versus TeamOrigin images
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Sail-World.com and Sander van der Borch images,
8:07 AM Thu GMT
Sander van der Borch presents this gallery of Artemis and TeamOrigin images from the Elimination Round of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Series being sailed in Auckland, New Zealand
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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - Two more teams eliminated
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Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA,
6:12 AM Thu GMT
The Swedish team Artemis and the Italian Azzurra squad both won thrilling matches on Thursday at the Louis Vuitton Trophy - Auckland, to advance to the semi-finals and dispatch their opponents out of the regatta. Principal Race Officer Peter Reggio told the competitors in the morning that he’d institute a single-race policy if he couldn’t start racing by midday.
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