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WINDY MEDAL RACES AT DELTA LLOYD REGATTA 2008
On Sunday May 25 2008, the remaining top ten sailors at the Delta Lloyd Regatta met windy and wet conditions in the Medal Races. The strong breeze and choppy IJsselmeer were challenging. The competitors showed spectacular battles with lots of capsizes around the course. The leaders tried to stay out...
Alinghi wins the Open de Rolle
Winning the Open de Rolle today puts Alinghi at the top of the Julius Baer Challenge leaderboard with six events left on the Décision 35 race calendar. Conditions were very light on the lake for the two-day event forcing a postponement on Sunday, but nevertheless the wind filled in and the fleet man...
A tricky time ahead
On Day 14 (Saturday), The Artemis Transat race leader, Giovanni Soldini, sailed Telecom Italia into an area of light breeze and was suffering in the north after a massive breakaway following his crossing of the ice gate. Soldini clawed west to fight through the windless zone, but his speeds were dow...
Alinghi on a Rolle
The Alinghi crew won two out of three races in very light conditions on day one of the Open de Rolle, second in the Julius Baer Championship series underway on Lake Geneva. The Swiss Defender is currently leading the ranking with another four races to go on Sunday. ...
Yann Elies on the podium!
Greeted by race winner Loick Peyron, second-placed Armel Le Cléac'h and "clandestine passenger" Vincent Riou, who had been replaying the race while waiting for him, Yann Elies was radiant when his boat came to a stop alongside the Boston Harbor Hotel pontoon. Happy, but also relieved, the Breton ski...
MAKING IT HAPPEN
Rolex Capri Sailing Week ended today in a fading breeze, but with no reduction in the entertainment value or the intensity on the water. The weekend visitors to this magical island were rewarded with fine weather and the spectacle of thirty-nine well-sailed yachts competing on the deep blue waters o...
NOVA SCOTIA FIRST ACROSS THE START LINE IN THE RACE TO NY
RACE 11: JAMAICA - NEW YORK - DAY 1 Nova Scotia led the Clipper 07-08 fleet across the start line at the beginning of Race 11 from Jamaica to New York. They were several boat lengths ahead of the following group of Durban 2010 and Beyond, Liverpool 08, New York and Hull & Humber. All ten of the ...
COMPETITION HEATS UP AT DELTA LLOYD REGATTA 2008
On the fourth day of the Delta Lloyd Regatta 2008, the competition heated up. The eastern breeze was a bit stronger and the water was still choppy. Match racing, OCS’s and different conditions brought some changes in ranking and leaders. Going into the final Medal Races tomorrow, the pressure is ful...
Le Cléac'h strikes hard
Finishing 7 hours and 43 minutes later (taking into account Loick Peyron's 2.5 hour time allowance), Armel Le Cléac'h aboard Brit Air brilliantly captured second place, proving he's definitely a force to be reckoned with. "It takes a beautiful second to make a great winner," once said a certa...
Out the other side
While the race leader, Giovanni Soldini, took Telecom Italia north-west in strong reaching conditions of between 20-30 knots with 40 knot gusts on Friday, the rest of the fleet were fighting upwind towards the ice gate south of Newfoundland, intent on 'turning the corner', freeing-off and following ...
Alinghi ready to Rolle
Round two of the Julius Baer Challenge kicks off this weekend with the Open de Rolle on Lake Geneva hosted by the Société Nautique de Rolle, a first for the ancient lake-side town and popular sailing venue. ...
VARIABLE CONDITIONS ON THIRD DAY DELTA LLOYD REGATTA 2008
On the third day of the Delta Lloyd Regatta 2008, the sailing conditions varied from light, to medium to stronger conditions. All competitors had to adapt to the changing circumstances on the IJsselmeer off the coast of Medemblik. The morning breeze was about 10 knots, decreasing to only 5-8 knots a...
Décision to go fast
Alinghi is preparing for a multi-hull America’s Cup Match on several different training platforms this summer; one being the Décision 35 circuit on Lake Geneva. Ernesto Bertarelli owns one of these one-design racing machines and is campaigning it at the Julius Baer Challenge with Pierre-Yves Jorand,...
RACING IN THE PROMISED LAND
Today was a good day. A good day to be sailing and an extremely good day to be sailing at Rolex Capri Sailing Week. Added to the mix of blue skies, sun and wind was a scenic backdrop that has the potential to defy imagination. For the competing crews there was little time, except between races, to t...
Historic third victory for Loick Peyron in The Transat
Loick Peyron on board Gitany Eighty crossed the finish line of The Artemis Transat at 03:15:35 GMT on Saturday, 24th May (00:15:35 local time). His arrival in Boston, USA, marks an historic achievement for this legendary French sailor. He is now the only sailor in history to have won this race three...
History in the making
Expected tonight around 21:00 local time (4:00 GMT), Loick Peyron looks to be on his way towards a third victory on the North Atlantic, and should become the first skipper to better Eric Tabarly's performance. Still very concentrated when we spoke to him this morning, Gitana Eighty's skipper knows A...
Countdown to Lugano begins and expectations are running high
The first event of the 2008 iShares Cup Sailing Series is just days away and expectations are running high... Nine Extreme 40s will line up on the stunning Lake Lugano, on the Swiss-Italian border, over May 30-June 1, and preparations are nearly complete. Expectations are that the action will be int...
A huge night ahead for the fleet
Shortly after 1800GMT on Thursday night, The Artemis Transat race leader, Giovanni Soldini, brushed the eastern end of the 130 mile long ice gate south of Newfoundland after a long beat south-west and turned Telecom Italia north-west towards the North American coast....
3rd victory?
If he wins The Artemis Transat 2008 he will be the only sailor in history to have won this classic solo transatlantic race three times. He currently shares the record of two wins (1992 and 1996) with another legendary French sailor, Eric Tabarly (1964 and 1976)....
Delta Dore fine-tuned for the Vendée Globe
While part of the fleet of 60’ IMOCA monohulls is currently crossing the Atlantic in The Artemis Transat, DELTA DORE, Jérémie Beyou’s monohull, has just come out of a long winter refit and has been relaunched after three months of fine-tuning and adjustments. Jeremy Beyou has however continued to s...
USA 17 – Team’s TP 52 is launched for maiden sail.
ALL TEN CLIPPER 07-08 YACHTS ARRIVE IN JAMAICA
All ten internationally-backed yachts of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race fleet have arrived in Panama at the end of Race 10. Following an extremely close race from Panama to Jamaica all ten of the teams finished within a shade over six hours. Just 57 seconds separated the first and ...
Close racing on second day
The second day at the 2008 Delta Lloyd Regatta in the Netherlands showed some close racing. The light breeze and shifts caused tactical difficulties, but pleased the Olympian teams preparing for China. The Yngling, Tornado, RS:X Men, Star and Laser Radial saw other sailors taking over the lead. Acco...
Action and reaction!
Rolex Capri Sailing Week returned to some sense of normality today with blue skies, warm breeze and sunshine. On the racecourse the scene was a little different as the heat of the day seemingly affected one or two judgments. The breeze was 10 -13 knots for the early racing, but dropped during the da...
Sponsor(s) wanted!
Te search is on for a sponsor for the team who took the Alicante Trophy and who currently lead the TP52 fleet in the European AUDI MedCup Circuit 2008 ...
Into the Atlantic mincing machine
The Artemis Transat's leading pack were the first to catch new breeze this morning with frontrunner, Giovanni Soldini and Telecom Italia taking the first bite of 15 knot south-westerly wind in the early hours, 85 miles from the ice gate. Beluga Racer (2nd place), Mistral Loisirs - Pole Sante ELIOR (...
The final battle just started
It's now a match race for towards Boston in The Artemis Transat, with less than 400 miles to go and the two leaders only some 20 miles apart in terms of distance to the finish. A figure that should be taken with caution, as Armel Le Cléac'h emphasised: taking into account wind shifts and final traje...
Hull & Humber wins Race 10 to Jamaica in Clipper 07-08
Just 57 seconds separated the first and second placed teams in the race from Santa Cruz, California, to Jamaica, Hull & Humber securing a fourth victory in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race. Crossing the finish line running a mile due north of Folly Point lighthouse, Port Antonio, Jamaica...
A radical change of mode is expected
The RC 44 Austria Cup will take place on the beautiful lake Traun, between May 28 – June 1. Following two events held on the sea, with waves and fairly strong winds, this regatta may well reshuffle the cards. Once again, the line up is exceptional with Class leaders Armando Giulietti and his pro ski...
Tricky conditions on first day Delta Lloyd Regatta 2008
On Wednesday May 21st 2008, the Delta Lloyd Regatta started with tricky conditions on the IJsselmeer (Netherlands). The moderate eastern breeze shifted to the north-northeast and was very variable. That caused fluctuating results in some of the classes....
Oracle capsizes in exciting day two racing
During BMW ORACLE Racing’s in-house regatta in their two Extreme 40 catamarans today, one of the boats capsized during an exciting downwind luffing match....
First yachts expected in Port Antonio before midnight
The first of the Clipper 07-08 teams are expected in Port Antonio, Jamaica, just before midnight tonight local time (0500 GMT) at the end of the 590-mile sprint from Colon, Panama. ...
FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD.SOMETIMES
Rolex Capri Sailing Week 2008 opened with a 33.4 mile coastal course that took all classes on a short beat to windward, followed by a fetch across the Golfo di Napoli from Capri to a mark off the equally glamorous island of Ischia and back again in a fresh south-south westerly, that at times was gus...
Gearing-up for a blow
During the overnight blackout, race leader Giovanni Soldini made his move south last night, ripping across the front of the Class40 fleet as the wind went right to 10 knots NW: "I decided I wanted to be in the south ready for tonight," he reported this morning...
Storming along towards the gale
They're simply expecting to take a beating - the leaders of The Artemis Transat, whilst sailing fast in reaching conditions, are keeping busy preparing their boats for what will be the fiercest gale of the race. Calmly and very professionally, both Loick Peyron (Gitana Eighty) and Armel Le Cléac'h (...
BMW ORACLE Racing competes in Extreme 40s.
BMW ORACLE Racing skipper Russell Coutts and helmsman James Spithill are going head-to-head this week in Extreme 40 catamarans in a nine-race, in-house battle as part of the team’s race training for the 33rd America’s Cup....
Jamaica first off the line in race to home port
In fluky wind conditions, varying between 12 and 30 knots predominantly from a north easterly direction, Race 10 to from Panama to Jamaica began at 10:02 local time (15:02 UTC) with a Le Mans start. Jamaica was first off the line, showing determination to break the so-called ‘home port curse’ and se...
Warm, but wet welcome for exprectant fleet
Whilst Rolex Capri Sailing Week has rapidly become a familiar feature on the early season Mediterranean sailing calendar, the weather ahead of the first day of racing tomorrow is distinctly unfamiliar. Overcast skies and rain have welcomed the crews readying themselves for the week ahead. Not that s...
Vincent Riou abandons ship and is rescued by Loick Peyron
Vincent Riou reported hitting a large sea mammal at 3:00 AM this morning, but his initial assessment was that the damage remained superficial... The skipper realised this afternoon that one of his keel pins was missing, and that the appendage was only held by the ram used to cant it. With an approac...
Clash of the titans
Race leader and Vendée Globe winner Vincent Riou says it himself, and the man is not exactly reputed for his tendency to exaggerate: "The gaps are negligible" - one couldn't be any clearer about the situation at the front of the fleet. After having covered roughly 2000 miles in nerve-racking conditi...
No clear route to the ice gate or the finish
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Two crowns for one king
Matrix wins the European Championship after the Worlds The adverse weather conditions today prevented from racing in the European Championship M30, with the organization Compagnia della Vela in collaboration with the International M30 Class Association and Italian M30 Class Association, supporte...
Alfa Romeo ready for the Rolex Capri Sailing Week
Maxi yacht Alfa Romeo arrived in Capri on Saturday and after two days of training is readying herself for the start of the Rolex Capri Sailing Week tomorrow, with 56 yachts competing, ranging from Maxis to Swan 45s and 42s, Comet 41s, 45s and 51s. Four days of windward-leeward courses and inshore ra...
Hull & Humber take an early lead to Jamaica
In fluky wind conditions, varying between 12 and 30 knots predominantly from a north easterly direction, Race 10 to from Panama to Jamaica began at 10:02 local time (15:02 UTC) with a Le Mans start. Jamaica was first off the line, showing determination to break the ‘home port curse’ and secure their...
Lining up for the ice gate
"I'm just doing what the wind wants me to do," said race leader, Giovanni Soldini this morning. "The sea is OK and it's raining as there's a front here and although it's not active, it's not blue sky," he continued, describing the view from Telecom Italia, leading the fleet by a 59 mile margin ahead...
33rd America's Cup - What a waste!
Whilst the Swiss team was probably feeling good about their first legal victory in the America's Cup battle against BMW Oracle, others were venting some anger and wondering if they were just nuts or if someone else could see things the same way. While realizing that we all could be wrong and were ma...
First entries announced for Sardinia Rolex Cup 2008
Porto Cervo 15th May 2008. The Sardinia Rolex Cup 2008, valid as the ISAF Offshore Team World Championship, will take place in Porto Cervo from 14th to 21st June. Organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS), the regatta has taken place biennially since its inauguration in 1972 and this year re...
Introducing the Moth Worlds
The CST International Moth World Championships 2008 will be held between the 5th and 11th July at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy in the United Kingdom. The event is tipped to have the largest fleet of Foiler Moths ever assembled. ...
Eight firsts and 2 seconds overall for Alinghi White
Despite threats of thunderstorms, the final day of training in Valencia for the five Extreme 40s went off with a bang as the teams were put through their paces in preparation for the first iShares Cup in Lugano on 30 May. The day began with a Parade of Sail down the canal that links the Darsena to t...
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