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Home team wins first race in Louis Vuitton Trophy finals
Emirates Team New Zealand pulled off two key victories today, first winning match point in a Semi-Final race and then prevailing in the first Finals race of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta....
Heart-stopping finish earns Kiwi boat another life
Emirates Team New Zealand came within one second of elimination from the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta today but kept Kiwi hopes alive with a brilliant finish. Tied 1-1, the host team will sail the third race of their Semi-Final with Italy's Azzura tomorrow....
Farr 40 fleet heads to Caribbean Waters
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). A three-time Rolex Farr 40 World Champion in 2009 (Porto Cervo), 2004 (San Francisco), and 1998 (Miami), Richardson will be back wit...
Sanya in China is Asian highlight
Sanya, the southernmost city on the golden coast of Hainan Province, China, has won the bid to host the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. Building on the success of the Qingdao stopover during the 2008-09 event, the resort city of Sanya will be the finish of leg three, which starts from Abu Dhabi....
Into the final four
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....
Extreme Sailing Series Europe 2010 Debuts in Sète, France
Sète on the South Coast of France, has been chosen as the opening venue of the award-winning Extreme Sailing Series Europe 2010 from 27-30 May. The first event will coincide with the city hosting the "Escale à Sète", a historical maritime festival, when the 40,000 population is boosted by tourists a...
A100 Majan Surviving 70 Knots in the Southern Ocean
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. The six-man crew led by Paul Standbridge including new recruit Sidney Gavignet and two Omani crew, who are...
DesTopNews N°11-2010
Welcome for your DesTopNews N°11 - Week commencing March fifteen DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program released each Wednesday. It is hosted by Sebastien Destremau in French and English and translated into German by Tim Kroger and in Portugues by Joao Casanova...
And then there were six!
The Synergy Russian Sailing Team and ALEPH Sailing Team from France were eliminated from the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta today, leaving six international teams fighting for supremacy over the next four days. Top seed Emirates Team New Zealand and second-ranked Mascalzone Latino Audi from I...
A Treat for Spectators as Well as Competitors
The only thing that could possibly be more fun than competing in the International Rolex Regatta, scheduled for March 26-28, is watching it from shore. Among the highlights of the regatta's three racing days are Friday's “town races,” which take the fleet from St. Thomas Yacht Club right into the he...
A free team-building exercise!
"That was a good team building exercise!" With those words Paul Cayard, skipper of the Swedish boat Artemis summed up their Louis Vuitton Trophy race today with Britain's TEAMORIGIN, one that was more akin to a bar brawl....
Payne confirme et signe
Dimanche a été le théâtre de la dernière journée du Championnat du Monde de Moth. Avec un vent qui s'octroyait sa grasse matinée dominicale le comité a du attendre le début d'après-midi et l'établissement de la brise pour envoyer tous les concurrents en mer. Simon Payne, en tête au général, partait ...
Abu Dhabi joins the race
An agreement signed in the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi, today will see the Arabian Gulf’s emerging marine leisure hub become a host port for the 2010-12 race. A racing team from Abu Dhabi will also take its place on the start line of the race in Alicante, Spain in the autumn of next yea...
Black clouds alter Louis Vuitton Trophy complexion
Menacing black clouds hung over the Waitemata Harbour at the start of day six of racing at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta today and settled over host team Emirates Team New Zealand while allowing a ray of sunshine for the struggling French sailing team....
The America's Cup is coming to New Zealand
The America's Cup trophy is returning to New Zealand, where it will be on display for public viewing during the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta in Auckland....
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