Navigators, Honey and Girls
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Lynn Fitzpatrick,
11:06 AM Sat GMT
History surrounds the Transpacific Yacht Race and everywhere you turn at Transpac Pier at Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach, you run into living legends.
Stan Honey, who has navigated his way to 12 Transpac wins, imparted a lot of Transpac and navigational tips to Branning, Van Os and the rest of the Morning Light crew during their preparations for the 2007 Transpac.
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Gladwell's Line: Alinghi let their Cat out of the bag
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Richard Gladwell,
8:54 AM Sat GMT
Alinghi hosted a group of media over their America's Cup defender, overnight (NZT). Sail-World was not one of those invited, again, and we are reliant on images and information from others. 'The twin hulls of the catamaran are nearly 90-foot apart when measured from outside edge to outside edge. But it has a huge, central carbon fibre impaler projecting forward
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The Greatest Yacht Race on The Lakes Just Gets Greater!
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Canadian Yachting,
6:48 AM Sat GMT
July 18th, 2009 is the start date for the 20th running of the Lake Ontario 300 (LO300). This race has grown to become one of the premier yachting events on the Great Lakes. Open to fully crewed, double handed and for the first time, single handed yachts; the Lake Ontario 300 is the longest annually held fresh water sailing race in the world.
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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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Charisma leads the Transpac charge across the Pacific
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Lynn Fitzpatrick,
12:57 AM Sat GMT
The July 3rd Daily Standings as of 0600 PDT for Transpac 09 have the Spanish crew aboard Charisma leading the charge to Hawaii.
Lynx, the heavy tall ship, has only chipped about 220 miles off of the vast 2,225-nautical mile journey. They may be plodding along, but the Lynx crew is enjoying themselves.
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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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Women’s European Laser Radial Championship Preview
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Event media,
9:38 PM Fri GMT
More than a hundred sailors are converging on Copenhagen to contest the Women’s European Laser Radial Championship. Due to take place from 8 to 16 July, the women Olympic hopefuls will be competing out of Skovshoved Yacht Club in Charlottenlund on the northern outskirts of the Danish capital city.
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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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Enormous show of interest in the J80 World Championship
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Carlos Pich,
8:04 AM Fri GMT
The enormous show of interest in the J80 World Championship 2009 which will take place on the 4th to the 11th of July in Santander has been confirmed by a massive inscription.
There will be 127 boats, and over 500 racers competing for the world title in Cantabrian waters.
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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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2009 Laser & Radial North American Championships
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Event Media,
7:31 AM Fri GMT
The North American Championships were hosted by Buffalo Canoe Club in Crystal Beach, Ontario over this past weekend. The turnout for the event was exceptional with 97 Lasers, 122 Laser Radials and 10 Laser 4.7’s competing over the course of the four day event from June 25-28th.
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More divisions start their Transpac race
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Lynn Fitzpatrick,
3:46 AM Fri GMT
Divisions 3, 4 and 5 started their Transpac race. Tachyon III, Kanzunori Komatu’s Santa Cruz 52, with members of the Japanese Olympic Sailing Team on board, led the parade out of the basin.
The 19-boat fleet of 45 to 60-foorters rushed the starting line. They were amped up with anticipation and testosterone and shot out of the blocks on their way to Ala Wai and Transpac Row.
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US Youth World Team travels to Youth World Championship in Brazil
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Marlieke Eaton, Portsmouth, R.I. ,
2:19 AM Fri GMT
US Sailing's Youth World Team (YWT), ten athletes on the Team are packing their bags and heading to Buzios, Brazil, to represent the USA at the Volvo Youth Sailing International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Championship (the 'Youth Worlds').
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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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More images from the 18ft skiffs Mark Foy Trophy - Carnac
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Ingrid Abery images,
1:04 AM Fri GMT
More Ingrid Abery action images from the Mark Foy Trophy for 18ft skiffs in Carnac, France. www.ingridaberyimages.com
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Images from the Mark Foy Trophy - serious 18ft action
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Ingrid Abery images,
12:49 AM Fri GMT
English photographer Ingrid Abery caputured these images from the day's action at the Mark Foy Trophy.
Drama aplenty for the 18ft skiffs when the series leader SLAM was involved in an incident.
Ingrid's website www.ingridabery.com
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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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Groupama 3 in New York and Groupama Extreme 40 in Hyères
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Groupama media,
11:09 PM Thu GMT
Once again Groupama team is everywhere at once.
Today was a training day for the second stage of the iShares Cup in Hyères; with two coastal courses on the menu, followed by a short race just off the port's jetties.
Groupama 3 has arrived in New York where she is being switched to the necessary configuration for an attempt at the Transatlantic record.
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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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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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Dragon British Open titles - Edinburgh Cup - Falmouth
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Fiona Brown,
6:26 PM Thu GMT
Dragon sailors from the UK, Ireland, France and the USA are congregating in Falmouth this week in preparation for the Dragon South Western Championship and the Edinburgh Cup, awarded annually to the winner of the British Dragon Open Championship. Both events are sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management and will be hosted by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club, Falmouth from 4 to 11 July 2009.
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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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Feast or Famine on Transpac 09 Boats
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Lynn Fitzpatrick,
1:51 AM Thu GMT
Boats in Divisions 3, 4 & 5 start their Transpac 09 race tomorrow.
Crews from each of the 19 boats are looking toward their navigators to determine what route they are going to take initially, so that they can decide which sails to take and which to leave behind.
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US Junior Olympic Sailing Festival starts Friday July 3rd
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Talbot Wilson,
12:29 AM Thu GMT
On Friday, July 3rd the Independence holiday action kicks off with final registration for Pensacola Yacht Club’s USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival presented by SUBWAY® Restaurants
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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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New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup: Newport a Must Sail destination
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Dana Paxton,
10:38 PM Wed GMT
When teams from the world’s leading yacht clubs descend upon Newport, R.I. for the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup regatta, September 15-19, many of the competitors will be familiar with the waters surrounding this legendary port.
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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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Busy time for Fastnet crews
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Trish Jenkins,
7:50 PM Wed GMT
With just under forty days to the start of the Fastnet on Sunday, 9 August, the 300 registered crews are hard at work completing their qualification miles and other prerequisites.
The fleet is in excellent shape. With participants from sixteen different nations on the start-line, it will be an international gathering of the yacht-racing fraternity.
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