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Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship – US Champions
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Jerelyn Biehl,
10:03 PM Fri GMT
Ernesto Rodriguez and Mary Hall of the US sailed the last race of the Championship and confirmed they are the true champions by winning the last race. The 40 boat fleet representing ten countries and four continents was highly competitive and also a country qualifier for the Pan Am Games to be held in Mexico in 2011.
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PWA Women’s Slalom World Tour Final 2010 – Event Preview
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PWA/Paul Griffiths,
9:29 PM Fri GMT
PWA slalom season 2010 draws to a close, it’s Almanarre that will this time play host to the final all female showdown. Without a male in sight, the women will be able to pack in a race after race in what is certain to be the most spectacular end to an amazing year on tour!
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World Match Racing: Mountains of Suspense at the St. Moritz Match Race
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WMRT Media,
9:24 PM Fri GMT
St. Moritz, Switzerland - 3 September 2010 – The tension was palpable deep in the Swiss Alps at the St. Moritz Match Race today as the final push to qualify for the quarter-finals reached fever pitch. While three teams were assured of their place, a further six started the day virtually tied on points, preparing to fight tooth-and-nail for the remaining four places and a chance to have a crack at
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RS:X World Championships - Medal racers decided on high scoring day
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Dansk Sejlunion,
9:11 PM Fri GMT
Light shifting winds at the RS:X World Championships allowed just one shortened race to be held in both the Men and Women’s Gold fleets today in Kerteminde, Denmark, the competition watched by HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. Today’s results finalised the top 10 for the Men and Women’s medal races tomorrow and in the difficult conditions several sailors dropped out of the running.
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Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup preparations underway
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Jill Campbell,
8:46 PM Fri GMT
Preparations for the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup which will take place in Porto Cervo from fifth to 11th September are in full swing. Throughout this inaugural edition of the Mini Maxi Worlds technical controls will be rigorous and each of the vessels must undergo weighing and measurement.
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470 Open European Championships - Greek teams on the move
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Andy Rice,
8:33 PM Fri GMT
It was light, medium, strong all at the same time, depending on where you were on the race course, as the breeze poured over the top of the high-rise flats on the Asian side of Istanbul. Massive wind shifts meant no one could ever consider themselves safe.
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Laser Worlds Day 5: Black flags - Slingsby survives, Goodison down
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Lindsay Bell,
6:45 PM Fri GMT
Tom Slingsby may have emerged from an emotionally bruising first pair of high octane Finals races at the Laser World Championships off Hayling Island, with his overall lead all but intact, but the world title winner from 2007 and 2008 is left with no further margin for error after he was caught out as one of the many black flag transgressors at the first start of day.
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Laser World Championships - Finals showdown, perfect conditions
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Laser Worlds,
1:44 PM Fri GMT
Laser World Championships - Another day to order as they reach the Finals stage and the Junior Worlds resume racing today.
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A sizeable IMOCA Fleet for the End of 2010
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IMOCA Media, ,
1:42 PM Fri GMT
The Imoca skippers are due to meet up again in St Malo on 31st October for the Route du Rhum-la Banque Postale and in Barcelona on 31st December for the Barcelona World Race. Nine boats are set to compete in the Rhum and at least ten for the Barcelona.
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Cowes Week 1851 Cup - What a spectacular success!
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Leslie Greenhalgh,
1:06 PM Fri GMT
Cowes Week is already one of the world’s largest and most successful sailing regattas, bringing together around 1,000 race boats and 10,000 competitors as well as attracting 100,000 spectators during the week but the addition of The 1851 Cup event this year brought the spectacle of sailing to an all time high!
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The French Apprentice turns Master at the St. Moritz Match Race
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WMRT, St. Moritz, Switzerland ,
12:21 PM Fri GMT
Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team was the aggressor on day two of The St. Moritz Match Race in St Moritz, Switzerland, storming through a run of five successive victories including a comprehensive defeat of the reigning ‘King of the Mountain’, Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing.
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470 European Championships - Leaders put the hammer down
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Luissa Smith,
5:00 AM Fri GMT
Istanbul produced sun, wind and waves for a spectacular day three of the event. With the discard now coming into play, the British move to the front of the men’s fleet and the Italians have become the leading ladies.
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Finn Gold Cup - Battle for supremacy
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Robert Deaves,
4:27 AM Fri GMT
Rafa Trujillo (ESP) who scored 1-2 and Ed Wright (GBR) who scored 2-5 increased their lead over the rest of the fleet.
Race seven got underway under black flag on the third attempt and again turned into a drag race to the right.
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Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship 2010 – Day 3
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Jerelyn Biehl,
9:29 PM Thu GMT
Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championships day 3 could not have gotten any better for regatta leaders Ernesto Rodriguez and Mary Hall of the US. Continuing on a winning streak, the duo posted a 1-2-1 to give them a significant lead over the fleet. With one race left in the Championship and the possibility of a second discard race, the regatta is virtually done for these two.
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Rolex Middle Sea Race 2010 - Maltese task force
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Giles Pearman,
8:20 PM Thu GMT
Rolex Middle Sea Race 2010 - Whilst the major surrounding noise will resonate around Esimit Europa 2’s anticipated assault on the course record, there is much more to the race than the maxi component. The Maltese participation is a crucial element in the success and popularity of the race.
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Laser World Championships - Slingsby extends heading into final phase
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Lindsey Bell,
7:44 PM Thu GMT
Laser World Championships - Overall leader Tom Slingsby carries forward his consistent momentum into the critical six race Finals phase buoyed by his fourth race win and a fifth from the last day of Qualifying heats in Hayling Bay off Hayling Island.
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RS:X World Championships - Olympic legend flies into the lead
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Dansk Sejlunion,
5:45 PM Thu GMT
RS:X World Championships - Showing that experience pays in this class, so today veteran windsurfer and quadruple Olympic medallist Alessandra Sensini from Italy pulled into the lead at Kerteminde, Denmark.
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Global Ocean Race - Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron enter
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Oliver Dewar, ,
3:27 PM Thu GMT
Global Ocean Race (GOR) latest entry is the Franco-British duo of Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron: a team that will bring an enormous bank of offshore experience to the double-handed circumnavigation in a new and powerful Class40 Pogo S² from the Structures yard in Bénodet, Brittany.
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Finn Gold Cup: Day 3 started off as a hurry up and wait kind of day
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Erik Simonson and David Wells,
9:04 AM Thu GMT
Day 3 of the Finn World Championships in San Francisco Bay started off as a hurry up and wait kind of day. As the fleet made their way out to the course just off Marina Bay they were greeted by an unusual offshore breeze resulting in the AP postponement pennant going up. This is San Francisco however and it’s just a matter of time before the sea breeze kicks in and that’s just what it did.
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Velux 5 Oceans team up with top marine forecaster
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Sarah Hames,
9:04 AM Thu GMT
Velux 5 Oceans has teamed up with marine forecast service PredictWind to ensure skippers and race management have the most accurate weather information available to them. PredictWind combines local topography maps to create the highest resolution wind forecast available for over 20,000 locations around the world.
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Sail 4 Cancer host on the water day for Massachusetts cancer patients
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Henrietta Aitken, ,
8:29 AM Thu GMT
Sail 4 Cancer and Officine Panerai hosted several Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center patients on the beautiful modern classic yacht Valiant, owned by Marblehead resident Gary Gregory to commemorate the first-ever North American Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge circuit last month.
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Finn Gold Cup - A comfortable lead
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Robert Deaves,
4:29 AM Thu GMT
Ed Wright (GBR) has taken a comfortable lead at the 2010 Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco after another outstanding day. With the drop now coming into effect, Wright now has a 13 point lead with four more races to sail before Saturday's medal race.
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Who's Who at U.S. Qualifying Series for NYYC Invitational Cup
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Michael Levitt, Newport, RI ,
10:32 PM Wed GMT
The New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series, where 24 preeminent yacht clubs in America will compete, will be held in Newport, RI next week on Sept. 7-11. The top three U.S. teams from next week's event will join the top six teams from the 2009 Invitational Cup plus at least 10 other international teams, September 10-17, 2011 at the NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex.
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Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship 2010 - Day 2
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Jerelyn Biehl,
9:32 PM Wed GMT
Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championships 2010 - Ernesto Rodriguez and Mary Hall of the US have made a statement after the second day of racing in Canada. With a 2-1-1, their finishes have vaulted them to the top of the leaderboard with a 12-point lead over their fellow Miami sailors Augie Diaz and Kathleen Tocke.
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Open 470 European Championships 2010 - A complicated day suits some
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Luissa Smith,
9:05 PM Wed GMT
Open 470 European Championships 2010 - It was a crazy, confusing day in Istanbul, yet somehow Gideon Kliger and Eran Sela emerged from their side of the men’s qualifying with two first places.
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New 'double' World Record ratified for Oman Air Majan
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WSSR Council,
8:37 PM Wed GMT
The WSSR Council announces the ratification of a 'double' new World Record. Around Great Britain and Ireland double record to Oman Air Majan.
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US Sailing to launch new health insurance plan for members
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Jake Fish,
8:37 PM Wed GMT
US Sailing, the National Governing Body of the sport, has partnered with HTH Worldwide and the Allen Financial Group to offer eligible US Sailing members a health care program designed specifically for sailors. US Sailing’s Member Health Insurance Program provides a competitively priced, comprehensive health care plan for members.
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Rolex Big Boat Series, St. Francis Yacht Club September 16-19
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Barby MacGowan,
8:27 PM Wed GMT
Rolex Big Boat Series, St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, 16-19th September 2010. It’s perhaps the only yacht club in the world where spectators can watch boats chase to the finish line set between a special mark and the yardarm atop the club’s second-floor Race Deck.
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RS:X World Championships - A busy lay day
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Dansk Sejlunion,
8:10 PM Wed GMT
It may be layday at the RS:X World Championships in Kerteminde, Denmark, but ashore various groups have been active busily ironing out issues such as the future of the class, in meetings culminating in tonight’s AGM.
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World Match Racing Tour St Moritz Match Race - Fierce start to day 1
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MaxComm Communication,
7:53 PM Wed GMT
The opening day of racing at the St. Moritz Match Race dawned bright but cold, with the surface of the lake covered in a thin layer of picturesque mist. So what would happen when Ainslie and Williams went head-to-head?
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Laser World Championships 2010 Day 3: Slingsby takes the top spot
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Lindsay Bell,
7:20 PM Wed GMT
Laser World Championships 2010 Day 3 - Australia’s dual Laser world champion Tom Slingsby sailed to two impressive race wins in slightly stronger breezes today off Hayling Island, UK and moved four points clear at the top of the Laser World Championships points table after six of the eight scheduled Qualifying Races have been sailed.
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Van Liew Signs First Associate Sponsor
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Velux 5 Oceans, ,
2:57 PM Wed GMT
ONDECK Group has joined forces with Brad Van Liew's ECO 60 campaign to compete in the VELUX 5 OCEANS race, signing on as the first Associate Sponsor and attaining exceptional branding opportunities on the mast, deck and sails of Le Pingouin. ONDECK will also serve as the exclusive source of Official Team Lazarus/Le Pingouin merchandise available to the general public.
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Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2011 at Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
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Farr 40 Association,
5:19 AM Wed GMT
The Farr 40 Class Association today announced that the 2011 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship will take place February 23-26 at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS), in Sydney, Australia. Immediately preceding the Worlds, the RSYS will host the Australian Championship from February 18-20.
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