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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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Congressional Cup 2010: The Catalina 37s still going strong
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Rich Roberts, ,
3:07 AM Fri GMT
The 46th Congressional Cup scheduled next Tuesday through Saturday will be sailed on Catalina 37s, but that's nothing new. They've been sailed in the United States' only Grade 1 Open match racing event for 20 years, and that doesn't seem about to change.
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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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Paul Cayard on Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland: We knocked out the Brits
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Paul Cayard,
11:42 PM Thu GMT
We were on hold for two hours as the winds were absent at 1000 this morning. The race committee informed the competitors that the best of three quarter final was reduced to sudden death as there would not be time to run 6 matches which would have been required had both quarter final matches gone the full three races. At 1330, conditions were acceptable and the heat was on....win and go forward...l
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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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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Young sailors meet with America's Cup heroes
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Peter Rusch and Suzanne McFadden,
12:02 PM Thu GMT
America's Cup winner, Jimmy Spithill, along with other team members who are in Auckland this week, met with the next generation of potential Cup sailors on Thursday afternoon, when the team held a Q+A and poster signing session for the kids who have been sailing in the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy regatta.
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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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BoatU.S. can help you prepare for the hurricane season
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BoatU.S,
5:13 AM Thu GMT
With the release of several early seasonal hurricane forecasts for this year, boaters and marina operators are finding out they could face a much different scenario than last year's relatively mild storm season. Accuweather, a nationwide weather service, recently reported it expects 2010 to be an 'extreme season' with as many as 18 named storms, a 100% increase over 2009.
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Sailing Teams gear up for Fitness Camp at Olympic Training Center
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US Sailing Alphagraphics,
4:43 AM Thu GMT
More than 60 members of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics and the US Sailing Development Team are heading to Colorado Springs, Colo., tomorrow for a four-day, action-packed training camp at the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) official Olympic Training Center.
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Fisher's View: Probably the best race so far . . .
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Bob Fisher,
1:56 AM Thu GMT
With the threat of elimination, TeamOrigin and Artemis pulled out the most exciting race of the regatta. The advantage swung between the boats, first to the British and then to the Swedish team. Wind shifts and variable current added to the strategies while match racing tactics were seen in profusion, particularly on the first lap.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: TeamOrigin makes early exit
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Richard Gladwell. Sail-World.com,
1:24 AM Thu GMT
Artemis dispatched TeamOrigin from the Louis Vuitton Trophy in the sudden death elimination race sailed on the Waitemata this afternoon. The reality is that was a match that the British team should not have lost, and managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory just short of rounding the windward mark for the second time.
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Nantucket Race Week, August 7-15, 2010
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Diana Brown, Nantucket, MA ,
11:13 PM Wed GMT
The seventh annual Nantucket Race Week promises to be a great week of sailing competition and social events, culminating with the 38th annual Opera House Cup Regatta. Throughout the week there are regattas for one designs, twelve metres, PHRF rated boats, and classic wooden yachts, and fun social events every night.
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2010 Newport Bermuda Race entry deadline approaching
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Newport Bermuda Race,
10:37 PM Wed GMT
The deadline for submitting an Application For Entry for the 2010 Newport Bermuda Race is 1700 hrs on April 1, 2010. More than 160 boats have already entered.
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A100 Majan surviving 70 Knots in the Southern Ocean
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OC Events,
10:21 PM Wed GMT
Oman Sail’s A100 trimaran ‘Majan’ has been battling hurricane force winds in the Southern Ocean on leg 3 of the Indian Ocean 5 Capes Race en route to the next stop over in Fremantle, Australia. From Mark Covell on board ‘Majan’: It’s been a long couple of days. As I woke the first day of this storm Paul, Mohammed and Mike were on watch. The sky was grey with driving rain that stung your face. The
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Extreme Sailing Series Europe 2010 debuts in Sète, France
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OC Events,
10:04 PM Wed GMT
Sète on the South Coast of France is the opening venue of the Extreme Sailing Series Europe 2010 from 27-30 May. Sète has a history of hosting top international sailing teams: the city played host to Alinghi and Victory Challenge in 2002 prior to their departure for Auckland, New Zealand and French Kiss in 1986 before the America's Cup in Fremantle, Australia.
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Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 ahead of the front
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Groupama-Cammas,
9:23 PM Wed GMT
Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 is beginning the final sprint in a steady yet disturbed SW'ly wind. The current aim for Franck Cammas and his nine crew is to seek to position themselves ahead of a cold front, which should push them all the way to the finish off Ushant.
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Clipper 09-10: First three through scoring gate
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Clipper Ventures,
9:21 PM Wed GMT
Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht race. Three of the teams have even more to celebrate having picked up Scoring Gate points. Cape Breton Island took the maximum three points followed by Jamaica Lightning Bolt scoring two for crossing in second place and Uniquely Singapore claiming a point for third.
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St. Francis Yacht Club becomes first 2012 Gold Medal Partner Club
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Marni Lane,
9:12 PM Wed GMT
St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, Calif.) is the first yacht club to become a gold medal partner yacht club of the Olympic Sailing Program for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, US Sailing announced today.
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ISAF Sailor Classification Code reminder - Group 2 to be eliminated
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ISAF,
8:51 PM Wed GMT
ISAF would like to remind events, classes and sailors using the ISAF Sailor Classification Code, that the Code is changing and starting from 1 April 2010, the category of Group 2 sailors will be eliminated.
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Another good win for Artemis in the Louis Vuitton Trophy - Auckland
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Paul Cayard, ,
11:11 AM Wed GMT
Another good win for Artemis today over the Italians on Azzurra. No wild excitment like yesterday against the Brits, just steady control of the race, abeit in the upper wind range. In fact we were on hold for 45 minutes as the wind had built to 25 knots at our scheduled start time. It came down to 20 knots and we were underway. It was still a race in which I felt keeping it simple would pay of
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Fisher's View: Laddies who lunch
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Bob Fisher,
10:14 AM Wed GMT
There is an upside to counteract the general downside feeling that goes with postponed races – the opportunity to do what so many women do on a regular basis; and do lunch. In the Viaduct Basin in Auckland, the temptation is constant and while the opportunities to indulge have been there a-plenty, the postponements have not coincided properly with the luncheon hour
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Christophe Favreau's view of Day 8
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Christophe Favreau,
10:01 AM Wed GMT
Christophe Favreau was on the water for Day 9 of the Louis Vuitton Trophy, and presents this gallery of images.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: A seriously cool slide show - Artemis Racing
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Sander van der Borch /Artemis,
9:36 AM Wed GMT
Sander van der Borch, assigned to Artemis Racing presents a magnificent slide show of race images and backdrops from the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Emirates Team NZ through to the semis
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Warren Douglas,
9:05 AM Wed GMT
Emirates Team New Zealandand Mascalzone Latino have gone through to the semi-final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta.
ETNZ beat Synergy by 15 seconds to earn their ticket through to the semi-final; Mascalzone Latino beat Aleph by 59sec.
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Louis Vuitton Trophy - Elimination time! Down to six teams
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Louis Vuitton Trophy WSTA,
7:49 AM Wed GMT
Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland. Auckland’s harbour lived up to its name today. Waitemata means 'sparkling waters' and whitecaps dappled the course in mostly bright sunshine and gusty, shifty southerly winds that ranged from 15 knots to 30 knots. Top seed Emirates Team New Zealand and second-ranked Mascalzone Latino Audi from Italy each won their races and went through to the semi-finals to be saile
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