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Cool heads required for a hot day in St Tropez
Day one of the Giraglia Rolex Cup was a day for keeping a cool head in a day of ever-changing breeze in St Tropez. With big holes in the 10-knot breeze, along with windshifts of up to 70 degrees, today was what sailors like to call a ‘heads-out-of-the-boat-day’. Boatspeed was less important than pic...
Consistency pays off for Canarias Puerto Calero
The Spanish GP42 team from the Canary Islands might have the youngest tactician of the whole fleet, 24-year old Rayco Tabares, but their consistency in today’s three opening races of the Giraglia Rolex Cup paid off and with three second places they are now at the top of the score table, 2 points ahe...
MALMSJÖ/JOHNSSON WIN EVENTFUL 31ST TEXEL RACE
On Saturday June 7 2008, Kristian Malmsjö and Pontus Johnsson from Sweden won the 31st Zwitserleven Round Texel Race. Xander Pols and Tjiddo Veenstra (NED) took the line honours for the second year in row. ...
westernaustralia2011.com wins Race 12
westernaustralia2011.com has won Race 12 from New York to Nova Scotia in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race. Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper finished in second place, earning them a sixth appearance on the podium in this edition of the biennial race. Qingdao maintained their recent co...
QUEBRAMAR GP42 CUP - St Tropez preview
A few hours before the start of the Giraglia Rolex Cup, the excitement is guaranteed. The GP42 Steering Committee has guaranteed that in this second leg of the Quebramar GP42 Cup the 8-strong GP42 fleet will race in its own area under the supervision of an independent race committee....
Oracle : Vênî, vîdî, vîcî .... and gone!
USA-17's only regatta on the 2008 Audi MedCup Circuit is an outstanding success as the BMW Oracle sailing team win from Artemis (SWE). Bribon lead the Audi MedCup Circuit after a consistent display on the Rade Sud. ...
Waiting and Redress
The waiting is over for those crews of the three boats whose regatta ended during the early stages of Thursday's Coastal Race, Mutua Madrilena, Caixa Galicia and Matador, as the Jury have now announced the redress granted to them. Meanwhile we wait as the wind continues to blow 28 knots on the Rade ...
Team Ocean middle hull snapped in half!
Team Ocean snapped its middle hull in half during its record attempt to sail round 'The World' off the coast of Dubai. ...
Uka Uka Racing team wins the 2008 Melges 24's Worlds
The final day of racing at the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, brought high drama and great celebration as the Italian Uka Uka Racing team of Lorzeno Bressani (helmsman), Lorenzo Santini (owner), Federico Michetti, Francesca Prina...
Regatta preview: Geneva-Rolle-Geneva
The start gun is due at 14:00 on Saturday 7 June and heralds the third event of the D35 Julius Baer Challenge, which Alinghi is currently leading. This event is also an opener for the Bol d’Or, Geneva’s famous annual regatta and many of the 250 competitors will be on the start line again a week late...
DERCKSEN/BULKELY WIN TEXEL DUTCH OPEN 2008
Herbert Dercksen (NED) and Mark Bulkely (GBR) won the 2008 Texel Dutch Open. Due to an instable and light offshore breeze, only one race could be completed. Coen de Koning and Jeroen van Leeuwen (NED), sailing a F18 Nacra Infusion, took the bullet and climbed to a second position on the leader board...
RACING IN FOG IS LIKE "PLAYING DODGEMS WITH BLINDFOLDS ON!"
"Still appalling visibility but every time it clears we find ourselves within spitting distance of the other boats. All exciting stuff playing dodgems with blindfolds on!" says Qingdao skipper, Marcus Cholerton-Brown. ...
Stars & Stripes' attack on the Rade Sud
It was a day for the Stars & Stripes on the Rade Sude race area as the legendary Mistral wind produced one of the most testing and probably the most exciting day’s racing of the Audi MedCup Circuit so far this season....
Role Reversal Winner
Graeme Taylor’s Victorian crew aboard Magpie, from a great start in a tricky, shifting light wind, led around all marks to win the opening race of the Musto Australian Winter Championship off Mooloolaba today. ...
ALL STAR LINE-UP FOR KOREA MATCH CUP
Field of twelve skippers to compete over 11-15 June for their share of 300 million Won purse in the 2008 World Match Racing Tour’s richest event yet. ...
iShares Cup heads for France
Racing in the 2008 iShares Cup is set to get even more competitive in the second event of the series, with the addition of two more teams to the regatta at Hyères next week, taking the fleet to 11 for the French leg of the circuit from June 13-15. The Hyères event sees a brand new entry to the 2008 ...
Deja Vu for Mean Machine
Three boats are on the casualty list after yesterday's coastal race, with two certainly out of the City of Marseille Trophy regatta - Mutua Madrilena and CxG Caixa Galicia. The protest committee were still working at 0130hrs this morning trying to sort out the issues from yesterday’s weather mark sn...
Hola Telefonica Spectacular
The huge Antonov 124 touched down safely at Alicante’s international airport carrying the hopes of the Spanish bid to win the Volvo Ocean Race for the first time. After a three-day odyssey from New Zealand, one of the world’s largest planes, with its very special cargo – the hull of Telefonica Black...
SNAKES AND LADDERS, BUT ITALY STILL DOMINATES
What a difference a day makes--that's what the 114 competitors from 16 nations found out on the fifth day of the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo....
Oracle pleased with appellate court hearing
GGYC pleased with appellate court hearing and looks forward to a speedy decision and Deed of Gift race as soon as possible The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) said it was very pleased with today’s hearing before the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court and looked forward to an expedited...
SNG looks forward to resolution
Société Nautique de Genève puts case to Appellate Division and looks forward to resolution The Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), the America’s Cup Defender, today put its case to the five judges sitting in the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. The Swiss yacht club successfully co...
DERCKSEN/BULKELY TAKE OVER LEAD TEXEL DUTCH OPEN 2008
On a calm and grey second day, Herbert Dercksen (NED) and Mark Bulkely (GBR) took over the lead of the Texel Dutch Open 2008. They won both races on handicap and climbed two places on the leader board. Their gap is four points, so the heat is till on....
Platoon march on to coastal race win in Marseille
Platoon Powered by Team Germany hit their stride today and won both stages of the coastal race ahead of USA 17. Russell Coutts, James Spithill on USA 17 lead the City of Marseille Trophy regatta. ...
Crash of the Titans!
Our information on the incidents at Mark 1 is that there were two crashes . Caixa hit Mutua Madrilena whilst trying at the last minute to take avoiding action when Rusal came in hard on port with nowhere to go. ...
Cat champion to join iShares in Hyères
Fred Le Peutrec will join the iShares Extreme 40 team as their local celebrity sailor at the forthcoming iShares Cup event in Hyères, France from 13-15th June. The Frenchman from Vannes, Brittany, will be at the second fixture of the 2008 iShares Cup calendar alongside British skipper Hugh Styles, b...
European 6 Metre Championships in la Trinité sur Mer
European 6 Metre Championships to be held in la Trinité sur Mer, France, june 19th till 24th. The smaller, yet elegant and exciting yachts of the Meter Class will get together for its European Championship in Britany, France. The Société Nautique de la Trinité sur mer will provide its know-how to we...
CLIPPER FLEET BIDS FAREWELL TO THE BIG APPLE
Following New York’s historic achievement of a home port win and a short but action-packed stopover in the city that never sleeps, the ten-internationally sponsored boats slipped their moorings at Lower Manhattan’s North Cove Marina and headed out into the Hudson River on Wednesday morning. ...
Oracle's taking the lead following a protest against the RC
The first race was a showdown between the two BMW Oracle Racing crewed boats designed by team designer Reichel/Pugh. Both the 2007 circuit winner Artemis, with tactician John Kostecki (USA) helping owner-helm Torbjorn Tornqvist (SWE), along with the USA-17 team of Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts, and ...
COMPETITION HEATS UP AFTER DAY FOUR
There was only one race on each course today at the Volvo Melges 24 Worlds, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, but what an amazing race it was. For the second day running, the competitors awoke this morning to brilliant sunshine and a fantastic warm Mistral-driven breeze of abou...
CLOSE LEAD FOR HEEMSKERK/TENTIJ AT TEXEL DUTCH OPEN 2008
After the first day of the Texel Dutch Open 2008, the official Dutch Championship Cat Sailing, the Dutchmen Mischa Heemskerk and Bastiaan Tentij have a close lead. They are tied on points with Coen de Koning and Jeroen van Leeuwen. ...
TEAMS ENJOY A MORE RELAXED SAIL ON NEW YORK’S HUDSON RIVER
Tuesday was a busy media day for the New York Stopover and began early for Jamaica skipper, Simon Bradley, as he headed down to a breakfast press briefing laid on by the Jamaica Tourist Board....
Big Wednesday on the Rade Sud
After five races at the City of Marseille Trophy regatta, the second event of the 2008 Audi MedCup Circuit, it is the reigning MedCup champions Artemis (SWE) which leads by two points from the supremely consistent Spanish Bribón....
Golding about to relaunch Ecover 3
With the new keel installed aboard the monohull, Ecover 3 in Cherbourg, Mike Golding hopes to relaunch his 60-foot boat before the week is out. Meanwhile, the British skipper has been paying attention to what went on during the transatlantic race and keeping a close eye on his fellow competitors for...
Yann Elies and Generali team take the lead of the IMOCA
French sailor Yann Elies has taken the lead of the IMOCA ocean racing world championship after the first solo transatlantic race of the year : The Artemis Transat (yearly ranking is based on previous and current year's results). Team Generali has seen its continuous efforts bring some well deserved ...
ICAP Leopard Smashes Transatlantic Speed Record
ICAP Leopard, the 100 foot super maxi yacht owned by Mike Slade, this evening broke the Transatlantic speed record held by luxury yacht Phocea. Finishing the 2,925 nautical mile crossing from New York to the Lizard, Cornwall, UK, in seven days, 19 hours and 21 minutes, ICAP Leopard shaved eight hour...
STUNNING CONDITIONS PREVAIL ON DAY THREE
The third day of the Volvo Melges 24 World Championship 2008, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, was an absolute stunner with clear skies, hot sunshine, crystal clear blue waters and a northwesterly breeze that built from around 16 knots at the start of racing to well into the 2...
Shosholoza's racing in Naples
Shosholoza the South African America's Cup boat wowed the city of Naples, Italy, Sunday with a virtuoso display of speed, technology and African exuberance as the celebrity guest entry of a 200-boat fleet competing in the city’s annual nautical festival. Yachts jostled to stay close to Shosholoza RS...
Oracle's choose to give highest priority to AC33
BMW ORACLE Racing said today that it will compete only at the Marseille stop of this year’s MedCup Circuit as the team’s number one priority is to now get ready for the next America’s Cup. ...
Matador are Masters of the Marseille Mistral
Matador may have exorcised the ghosts of Hyeres when they seized the early lead in the City of Marseille Trophy Regatta today. Over three races in winds which topped 20 knots they earned a lead of one point over USA 17. ...
100 foot super yacht ICAP Leopard set to break transatlantic
ICAP Leopard, the 100 foot super maxi yacht owned by Mike Slade, is set to break the transatlantic speed record tonight. Current ETA at the finish line, off the Lizard, Cornwall, is 19:00 – 20:00 GMT (20:00 – 21:00 local BST). The record, set by Phocea, has stood for the past 20 years...
OVER 450 PRE-ENTRIES FOR ZWITSERLEVEN ROUND TEXEL RACE 2008
Five days prior to the start of the Zwitserleven Round Texel Race 2008, the Dutch organisation received over 450 pre-entries. The colourful fleet of cracks and recreational sailors represents eleven countries. Last year’s overall winners Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby (AUS) are not present, since th...
DAMIEN IEHL QUALIFIES FOR MATCH CUP SWEDEN
The final day of GKSS Spring Cup started out with three consecutive victories by Staffan Lindberg of Alandia Sailing Team in very light winds – the prelude to a very exiting afternoon. Damien Iehl and his French Match Racing Team, were in the same group as Staffan Lindberg, and also won three matche...
Magnus talks about his latest adventure
Sweden’s Magnus Olsson has signed up as a crew member for Ericsson’s Nordic entry in the 2008-09 race – his sixth Whitbread/Volvo – at the age of 59. His first Whitbread was on board Drum in 1985-86. Subsequent races included 1989-90 (The Card), 1993-94 (Intrum Justitia). In 1997-98 he was a winner ...
Ellen McArthur to Archipelago Raid 2008
Stockholm, June 3 2008 In ten days the most extreme orienteering sailing race in the world will be hosting some of the biggest names in sailing, who will be competing against less unknown but talented and persistent teams in the 8th edition of the Archipelago Raid. ...
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