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Shirley Robertson takes Lugano iShares Cup crown
Glorious sunshine, torrential rain, hair-raising gusts and mirror-like calm - the first event of the iShares Cup at Lake Lugano in Switzerland had it all, but it was the sole female sailor of the fleet, Shirley Robertson, who came out on top to win by 10 points....
Igor Lah and James Spithill conquer the RC 44 Austria Cup
The Slovenian team Ceeref confirms its new leadership over the RC 44 Class. After having won the match race event, Igor Lah and James Spithill have also conquered the fleet regatta ahead of Chris Bake’s Team Aqua and Patrick de Barros’ Banco Espirito Santo. The latter is the winner of the long dista...
BMW Oracle (USA-17) will make debut in Marseille
The last new boat of the 2008 Audi MedCup Circuit, the Reichel/Pugh-designed USA-17, will make its debut in Marseille this week. ...
A Russian comes 'home' to Marseille
Sergei Kotsiouba has been instrumental in the Russian Valars project since the crew joined the MedCup Circuit in 2006 after they bought the 2005 Farr designed Caixa Galicia. For a time Marseille was home for him and he is looking forward to returning...
Gitana 13 reaches Hong Kong
Gitana 13 reaches Hong Kong in 1 day 58 minutes and 27 seconds This fourth Asian record promised to be quick and that's exactly what happened. 1 day 58 minutes and 27 seconds after leaving the island of Taiwan, Lionel Lemonchois and his men reached Hong Kong aboard their trusty steed, Gitana 13....
A light air lottery in Lugano
Alinghi was back on the water bright and early this morning with a new mast in place, the crew having spent most of Friday evening rigging it and getting it ready to step. By Saturday morning it was back to business for the Swiss team....
WESTERNAUSTRALIA2011.COM ACHIVES PODIUM
westernaustralia2011.com scored their third podium position of the Clipper 07-08 Race by finishing in second place, less than 3 nautical miles behind New York. Skipper of the Western Australian team, Martin Silk, said, "What a fantastic but well deserved result for my team; they have worked so har...
Olympic Gold medallist Shirley Robertson on a roll
Olympic Gold medallist Shirley Robertson on a roll at the iShares Cup Day 2 of the iShares Cup in Lugano belonged to Shirley Robertson, and her crew on JPMorgan Asset Management. The British skipper, the only female racing in the circuit, took three wins in a row on the second day of racing, and ...
Racing postponed in Austria
Racing postponed due to the lack of wind on day four of the RC 44 Austria Cup The organisers of the RC 44 Austria Cup are not lucky: the weather doesn’t play the game, and doesn’t reward them for their great organisation. ...
Live from Lugano: Race day two + Ed Baird Interview
Shirley on a roll... Light and tricky winds dominate day 2 - Olympic gold medalist Shirley Robertson's on a roll and Oman Sail is surprising the fleet....
Alinghi X40 relaunched and ready for racing
Alinghi relaunched the X40 this morning at 0730 in Lugano having worked late to rig the replacement mast and get the boat ready to race. The Swiss team will be on the start line at 1030 for the first of up to nine races....
Historic win as New York romps to victory into home port
Breaking what has been referred to as the ‘home port curse’, skipper Duggie Gillespie and his team have achieved an historic victory by winning into New York at the end of the 1,420-mile race from Jamaica of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race. ...
The final four cross the line
Shortly after crossing the finish line at 08:19:34 GMT this morning on her Proto Class40, 40 Degrees, Miranda Merron shared her thoughts with the crowd gathered on the race pontoons in Marblehead, USA: "Fantastic race, really diverse conditions. ...
Alberto Bolzan Win Melges 24 Pre-World Championship Regatta
The second and final day of the Volvo Melges 24 Pre-World Championship Regatta at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo brought respite from yesterday’s storms. In sparkling Costa Smeralda sunshine with a breeze that built steadily from 12 to around 20 knots, racing concluded with two outstan...
Team Ceeref confirms leadership in the Austria Cup
Team Ceeref confirms its current leadership in the RC 44 Class, ahead of Team Aqua With Igor Lah at the helm and James Spithill calling the shots, the Slovenian team had another excellent series on day one of the fleet race event of the RC 44 Austria Cup, taking the lead ahead of Team Aqua and T...
RACE COMMITTEE SHORTENS COURSE FOR RACE 11
Whilst the light airs and close racing have been keeping skippers and crew alike busy, the Race Committee has also been watching the forecasted weather very closely....
First Day, First Race ... and aleady first big drama
The first race of the first event of the 2008 iShares Cup season certainly lived up to expectations, delivering plenty of drama out on the race course and the first capsize of the season for America’s Cup defenders Alinghi. After a short wait for the light winds to settle in direction on Lake Lugano...
Saint-Tropez, second leg of the Quebramar GP42 Cup
After an eventful start in Santa Margherita, Italy, the GP42 fleet will now move to Saint-Tropez, France for the second event of the Quebramar GP42 Cup, the Giraglia Rolex Cup, held from June 8th to 10th. Eight boats, representing eight top-level teams lead by some of the world’s best sailors will...
iShares Cup set to start in Lugano
ALINGHI, the holder of the America’s Cup (the oldest trophy in world sport) and eight other world class teams with skippers from 6 nations will be competing in Round 1 of sailing’s highest speed European Tour - at Lugano from 30 June to 1 June....
FIFTEEN TEAMS TO CONTEST 2008 ROLEX COMMODORES' CUP
Close of Challenges for the 2008 Rolex Commodores' Cup was on Monday 26th May. The result: 6 nations and 15 teams, two up from 2006. With the weeklong competition commencing on 29th June, team managers are putting final touches to some of the combinations and continuing the process of honing skills....
The Artemis Transat, the race from day 11 to day 18
The prizegiving ceremony held yesterday evening at the Boston Harbor Hotel concluded The Artemis Transat 2008... Overall day by day account of the race, and awarded prizes recap...
Duc, Mabire and Bennett cross the line
The Class40 is all about close, evenly matched racing and yesterday afternoon this became a reality with three boats crossing the finish line within four hours and the first two yachts in the group finishing within 14 minutes of each other after 18 days and over 2,700 miles of gruelling North Atlant...
Spithill conquers the Austria Cup Match Race event in RC44
Six hours to complete an entire Round Robin: the organisers of the Austria Cup have done a great job after yesterday’s postponement. Today’s races were superb, with 8-15 knots of wind and a great sunshine. Team Ceeref wins the event, ahead of Team Aqua and BMW ORACLE Racing. ...
It's all kicking-off for 4th place
Boris Herrmann and Beluga Racer took 2nd place in The Artemis Transat early this morning and Thierry Bouchard followed him in on Mistral Loisirs - Pole Sante ELIOR in 3rd. The Class40 fleet are beginning to roll into Marblehead in tight formation. This morning, Louis Duc in 4th place on Groupe Royer...
The Artemis Transat 2008: the race, day 1 to day 10
The prizegiving ceremony held yesterday evening at the Boston Harbor Hotel concluded The Artemis Transat 2008... Overall day by day account of the race, and awarded prizes recap....
Bouchard completes the Class40 podium
Thierry Bochard and Mistral Loisirs - Pole Sante ELIOR completed The Artemis Transat Class40 podium taking third place behind Boris Herrmann and Beluga racer at 10:42:57 GMT this morning (Thursday 29th May). ...
MINOPRIO Wins Open Match Race Cup In Hard
New Zealand's Adam MINOPRIO won out at the ISAF Grade 2 Open Match Race Cup Hard in Austria. The “Binnenbecken” is a small enclosure of Lake of Constance in Hard, Austria that provides a perfect arena for match racing. Just big enough to set a course, so the spectators can watch from all around the...
America's Cup teams battling it out on the water.
Current America's Cup holders Alinghi will be hoping to continue their winning form after they convincingly won a pre-season training regatta in Valencia earlier this month....
Marseille on the horizon
With less than a week to go to the City of Marseille Trophy, the second leg of the Audi MedCup Circuit, preparations on the North side of Marseille's Vieux Port are in full swing for what promises to be an exceptional regatta....
Mason goes Nordic; Ericsson Racing Team crews complete
Richard Mason will sail with Ericsson Racing Team's Nordic crew in the 2008-2009 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race....
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS PREPARE TO GO HEAD TO HEAD
With an entry list of 117 teams from a record 16 nations, the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship 2008, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda from June 1-6, is set to be one of the most hotly contested events of the year. The world championship always attracts the cream of the sailing crop and thi...
Beluga Racer takes 2nd
At 01:09:47 GMT this morning on Day 19 of racing (Thursday 29th May), Boris Herrmann and Beluga Racer crossed The Artemis Transat finish line in Marblehead, USA, taking 2nd place behind Giovanni Soldini on Telecom Italia. Herrmann, who celebrated his 28th birthday yesterday, had held onto second pla...
Team pleased with USA 17’s early performance.
USA-17 was a notable absentee from the line up at the City of Alicante Trophy regatta, the first event of the Audi MedCup Circuit. While the 16 boats were racing off Alicante BMW Oracle Racing's build team were hard at work completing the new boat which should race in Marseille. ...
10th team joins iShares Cup - from Oman
A unique 10th entry has joined the 2008 iShares Cup: the Oman Sail Team. This brand new Extreme 40 team is backed by the Sultanate of Oman as part of a larger project to promote the country as a world-class sailing destination. The crew will begin the series made up of international pro sailors, ...
Racing postponed for the RC44
FLEET MAKES FAST PROGRESS TOWARDS NEW YORK
“Well it doesn’t get closer than this; 700 miles travelled and eight boats in sight, fantastic, we are in our element,” says Martin Silk, skipper of westernaustralia2011.com. This is proving to be one of the closest races so far in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race as just 12 nautical ...
Hall Spars building mast for BMW ORACLE Racing’s AC Multihul
The carbon fiber mast for BMW ORACLE Racing's new America's Cup multihull is now under construction at Hall Spars in Bristol, Rhode Island, the team confirmed today....
Pushed to the limit in the final miles
Race winners Giovanni Soldini and Telecom Italia crossed the finish line in Marblehead at 11:11:27 GMT this morning in just under 17 days, but 9 Class40s continue racing in the North Atlantic. At 1400GMT today, Boris Herrmann and Beluga Racer were 74 miles from the finish. Herrmann is 28 years-old t...
Multicard !
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...
Soldini takes the gun!
At 07:11:27 local time (11:11:27 GMT), Italian solo sailor, Giovanni Soldini, crossed the finish line of The Artemis Transat race in Marblehead, USA. On a crisp, clear early morning with a biting 18-20 knot north-westerly breeze, Soldini and his one year-old Proto Class40, Telecom Italia, completed ...
Swiss sailing legend at Lugano
Swiss multihull champion Yvan Ravussin is to join the iShares Extreme 40 team at the first event of the iShares Cup in Lugano. The name Ravussin has long been associated with multihull sailing at the very highest level, thanks to Swiss sailing legend Yvan and his brother Steven....
Flying Start For ICAP Leopard
At 00:01 GMT today, ICAP Leopard, the Farr designed 100 foot super maxi yacht owned by Mike Slade, officially began her transatlantic speed record attempt from Ambrose Light, off New York. In order to beat the current record of eight days, three hours and 29 minutes set by 246 foot yacht Phocea in J...
Steve White completes the IMOCA results table
Steve White onboard Spirit of Weymouth crossed the Boston finish line of The Artemis Transat at 04:04:54 GMT (midnight local time) in 9th place in a time of 17 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes and 54 seconds, completing the IMOCA results table. Nine of the 13 starters have completed the 2,982-mile solo cou...
Anatomy of a winner
Home run for some, hard graft for the rest
Soldini’s torture in the high-pressure ridge off the coast of North America came to an end late on Monday night and as the 12 hour position blackout lifted, Telecom Italia had hooked into the new south-westerly breeze and was charging westwards with the finish in sight. 74 miles behind Soldini, Bori...
Clipper 07-08 Race returns to the North Atlantic
Overnight the fleet has cleared the Bahamian islands and the ten teams now find themselves out in open waters once more. Race Director, Joff Bailey, says, “With the whole fleet now back into the North Atlantic and making great speeds, it will not be long before they all arrive in the ‘Big Apple...
Volvo Melges 24 World Championship
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS PREPARE TO GO HEAD TO HEAD AT VOLVO MELGES 24 WORLDS With an entry list of 117 teams from a record 16 nations the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship 2008, being hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda from 1-6 June, is all set to be one of the most hotly contested events of th...
Dream conditions for the last practice day
The RC 44 Austria Cup starts tomorrow on the stunning lake Traunsee, a little lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains. They may be the best sailors in the world; they still have a lot to discover in the world of sailing. With its exceptional scenery, snow capped mountains and lovely thermal breeze...
The week when Alinghi took control of the situation? Part 2
Following yesterday’s analysis of the situation, we are now studying some possible strategies for both protagonists....
SQUALLY CONDITIONS BRING HEAVY RAIN AND FICKLE WINDS
Following the Le Mans start yesterday the teams have had to battle with squally conditions bringing with them occasional heavy rain and patches of light wind....
Team Russia Lands
Mike AustenTeam Russia’s new Volvo Open 70 yacht made a spectacular entrance into the world today. Its 23 metre long racing hull appeared in public for the first time hovering high over the boat sheds of builder’s Green Marine Lymington (UK). On a day that started extremely wet and blustery, a brea...
Samantha Davies - first Briton to finish The Artemis Transat
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