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Jamaica leads Clipper fleet through scoring gate in the Atlantic
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Jamaica Get All Right has crossed the Scoring Gate first, provisional results show, with Derry~Londonderry~Doire second and Switzerland third. The teams receive an additional 3, 2 and 1 point respectively.…
Derwent Sailing Squadron attracts 37 boats for first winter series race
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A fleet of 37 boats today turned out for the first day of racing in the Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Cleanfit Marine Winter Series on the River Derwent, ranging from sports boats through to offshore racing yachts,…
Oceans of Hope sets sail on circumnavigation for MS
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The Danish yacht, Oceans of Hope, has set sail from Copenhagen on a historic global voyage. It is the first ever circumnavigation of the world by a yacht crewed by people with multiple sclerosis (MS).…
Cold and Blustery Day for Race 7 of the CYCA Winter Series
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It was a chilly and blustery Winter’s day for the 107 competitors in Race 7 of the Land Rover Winter Series with a strong westerly breeze keeping crews on their toes in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia…
Charles W. Morgan sails again in Newport
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By Dana Griffin
NEWPORT, RI- Docked for the day at FortAdams in Newport, the Charles W. Morgan still floats, 173 years after it first launched out of New Bedford.
She last sailed in 1921. Before then, the…
Elies extends lead in leg two of La Solitaire du Figaro
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With 80 miles to the Roscoff finish, Yann Elies (Groupe Queguiner) has extended his lead over the rest of the Solitaire fleet. Elies is now 4nm ahead of Corentin Horeau (Bretagne - Credit Mutuel Performance) in 2nd…
China’s pioneers: Around the world with no sleep and a new language
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(CNN) -- Are these the worst working hours in world sport?
Twenty days at a time working four hours on and four hours off, crammed onto a boat with seven crewmates, some freeze-dried food and one!--startclickprintexclude-->…
College Sailing: Best of the Best
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While the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association divides the USA into seven districts, it was the New England Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) which produced the two prominent individual award winners from the!-->…
Oman Sail’s six young prospects to make Bahrain debut
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MUSCAT Six of Oman Sail’s brightest young sailing prospects will make their debuts on the international Optimist racing circuit when they take part in the 2014 Al Bareh International Regatta in Bahrain from June…
Just what the sailing world does NOT need – another noisy, annoying toy
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I hate jet skis. They are noisy and their mere presence disrupts an otherwise glorious and serene day on the water.
So I was less than impressed to receive a media release from the Gold Coast Marine…
Construction begins on sailing, rowing center on Hilton Head
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After nearly a decade of planning and failures to find private funding, the Town of Hilton Head Island has started construction on a public sailing and rowing center that will offer boaters access to Skull Creek.…
The Sail Inn to Merge With Cactus Jack’s in Ahwatukee
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We've got both good news and bad news this afternoon for fans of The Sail Inn. First, the bad news: The popular Tempe music venue is still leaving its longtime Farmer Avenue home at the end of the month.…
Washington College Sailing in 12th after Day One of ICSA Co-Ed Dinghy Championships First …
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ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. -- After the first day of racing at the ICSA/Gill Co-Ed Dinghy National Championships first round, the Washington College sailing team sits in 12th place in its 18-school first-round regatta. The first…
Forget skyscrapers on that next international trip – go sailing
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You love sailing, but when you travel you miss out - right? When you're thinking of travelling to the major cities of the world, you think of skyscrapers, not sailing. However, remembering that most large…
Swiftsure: It’s all about the soup
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The Swiftsure International Yacht Race, hosted by Royal Victoria Yacht Club, annually provides a rugged, exacting, colourful, and international competition. As the premiere long distance sailing race in!-->…
College Nationals: Top 18 teams advance to Women’s Finals
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Annapolis, MD (May 28, 2014) – Racing continued today on the Severn River at the U.S. Naval Academy in the second day of the Sperry Top-Sider Women’s Semi-Finals. Twenty-eight collegiate sailing teams from across the!-->…
Multihull Solutions record sales at Sanctuary Cove Boat Show
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At the close of the show on Sunday, Multihull Solutions recorded AU$5.7m in boat sales, including four Fountaine Pajot Hélia 44 sailing catamarans, a Saba 50 sailing catamaran and another share in the Hélia 44…
Unruly Sailors and Pint-Size Pirates
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SAG HARBOR—A lot of people come out to the Hamptons in the hopes of reeling in the big fish: angel investors, celebrity friends, rich clients, maybe a billionaire husband or wife.
To brush up on some…
The revival of the Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta offers opportunities
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The Sunshine Coast Yacht Club (SCYC) is reviving the much-loved Sunshine Coast Ocean Regatta on Monday 4th - Friday 8th August, 2014. The event will once again be held in the sparkling coastal…
Queensland State Laser Championships a success at Lake Cootheraba
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QLA held a very successful State Championship regatta in conjunction with the Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club over Saturday and Sunday of the ANZAC weekend. We had strong fleet numbers in all classes with the!--RHS>…
High Latitude Sailing – Book of the Week
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Personally I am a warm-water girl, loving the leap into the briny almost as much as the sail, but maybe that's
why I just love reading about those who dare to sail in the High Latitudes. Now Climate Change has (sadly) made…
Menorca Maxi kicks off today in Spain
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Everything is ready in the Club Marítimo, set on the shores of Mahón's beautiful meandering bay, to play host to a fleet of nine Wallys and three J-Class yachts, crewed by some of the world's top professional…
Flagship Niagara Sets on Season’s First Sail with New Captain
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The Flagship Niagara took its first sail of the season on Sunday morning, ending its long winter's rest. After years as the chief first mate, it's William Sabatini's first sail as captain. The crew of 18 professionals,!--END>!--END>!--END>…
Wilson wins CMRC Spring Invitational
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Published on May 18, 2014 | by Editor
Chicago, IL (May 18, 2014) – After two days of racing in wildly varied spring sailing!-->…
Three’s the charm: Carnival deploys its third ship from Port Canaveral
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MAKE ROOM FOR LIBERTY: A third Carnival ship is now sailing out of Port Canaveral.
Carnival Liberty, which made its inaugural voyage from the port last weekend, joins sister ships Carnival Sunshine and…
Man Overboard in Cold Water
By Capt. Jack McClurkin
With the ice cover on Lake Michigan this winter, sailors this year will experience cold water sailing well into summer. It is likely that surface water temperatures will be in the 40’s and 50’s…
Modern Race Navigation: Expedition Software in Action
Will Oxley is well known internationally as an offshore racing navigator; on Camper ETNZ in the last VOR race and more recently, in U.S. waters as navigator onboard the multihull Lending Club, taking line honours in the 2013…
Women’s sailing headed to Nationals for first time
Last weekend the women’s sailing team competed for the Reed Trophy at Dartmouth, and their performance qualified them for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Nationals for the first time in team history. The…
Antigua Classics: Penultimate day
Blue water gurgling through the gunnels with white foam hissing at the toe rail, the third day of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by Panerai was an absolute gem.
The Cannon Course featured four…
Record-breaker Americas circumnavigator off on research voyage
Matt Rutherford, first sailor to complete a non-stop, single-handed voyage around North and South America, is about to depart with field scientist Nicole Trenholm on a nonstop sailing research voyage from Oakland,…