Go to Source   The Finn World Masters ended with another day of strong winds, with the final fleet races followed by the medal race for the top 12. Defending champion, Michael Maier (CZE) could only finish fourth in the race but it was enough to take a record sixth Finn World Masters title. Andre […]

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Go to Source   Hamble, Hampshire, UK: Some of the stars of world match racing put on a masterclass of close-quarter sailing and provided ample evidence that their ISAF rankings are not accidental.   An enthralling series of races at the Royal Southern Match Cup 2014 demonstrated the mix of precision and ruthlessness necessary to […]

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Go to Source   The 76th edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud, seen as the holy grail of the Vulcain Trophy and the one-design D35 catamaran circuit, will start tomorrow, Saturday, at 1000hrs (Swiss time) on the shores of Lake Geneva.   Dona Bertarelli, the 2010 winner on Ladycat and the first woman to have […]

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Go to Source     Porto Cervo, 13th June 2014. Day three of the Audi TP52 World Championship in Porto Cervo saw the nine-strong fleet complete three windward-leeward races, bringing them to a total of five races run.   Friday the 13th proved to be anything but unlucky for the Brazilian crew of Phoenix, owned […]

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Go to Source A few days ago, Rio police picked up a World Cup visitor dragging his luggage down the middle of a major highway, trying to walk to Copacabana. It was probably going pretty well until they forced him to get in a car. That’s when his hell began.   In order to cross […]

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Go to Source   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.   The fleet is now past the Ice Mark Hollis after the Race Office moved its position a further two degrees south […]

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Go to Source   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, with all major clubs represented.   Thirty-one keelboats raced in three divisions while six SB20s […]

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Go to Source   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).   Oceans of Hope is the flagship of a campaign by the same name, organised by […]

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Go to Source   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 organised race.   “Today was the coldest race of the season,” said Jeffery […]

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Go to Source 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 whaling ship produced oil that fueled the Industrial Revolution.   “Families were touched […]

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