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470 Internationale (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Kevin Burnham Joins 470 Management Committee Kevin Burnham (USA), renowed 470 sailor and Olympic Gold Medallist in 2004 and Silver Medallist in 1992, has been co-opted to the 470 Management Committee. In action at the 2004 Olympics © Getty Images The vacancy on the Management Committee was created with the recent retirement of Marta Weores (HUN) after ten years as a volunteer for the International...
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The Observer-Dispatch News RSS (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The latest trendy word is Schadenfreude, German for “the pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.” Not the most honorable emotion, but we’re all human and sometimes the bleeps have it coming.
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Heavy hail showers left Le Havre's Paul Vatine dock under a temporary white blanket as the co-skippers and their shore-teams completed their final checks and preparations before Sunday's Transat Jacques Vabre race start.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
The new golden girl of British and European ocean racing abandons her partner and her cats and leaves her adopted French shores with another Frenchman today. With the departure of Dame Ellen MacArthur from the scene which catapulted her to fame, Sam Davies seems set to inherit the mantle of international fame. She is the complete package: bright, attractive, articulate and friendly. And she can sail....
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Three days after starting her round the world record attempt Groupama 3 is hurtling along and after averaging over 30 knots through the weekend has moved over 50nm ahead of world record pace.
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Half of the opening day's scheduled matches at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d'Azur were completed in conditions that challenged race officials and tended to favour the leading yachts.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Team Origin posted a convincing win against their Russian rivals to kick off their inaugural Louis Vuitton Trophy campaign in Nice.
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fiona Kidd, chairman of the ISAF Youth World Championship Sub-committee, spoke to us about today's Sub-committee meeting and the future of the championship.
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The ISAF Classes and Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship were key issues under debate in the meeting rooms on the third day of the ISAF Annual Conference in Busan, Korea.
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News-Insurances (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jules Verne Trophy 2009-2010. Groupama 3 has been able to lengthen her stride since the latitude of Porto. With the gradual rotation of the wind from the NW to the NE off the coast of Portugal, Groupama 3’s course has curved to accelerate: in a few hours time Franck Cammas and his crew [...]
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Edwin Low, Competition Manager for the sailing events at Singapore 2010, provides an update on the preparations for inaugural Youth Olympic Games being held next August.
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Theo Spark (Free subscription) | yesterday
101. Why is it that most nudists are people you don’t want to see naked? 102. I don’t suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it. 103. When you go into court, you are putting your fate into the hands of people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty. 104. If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you’ll have trouble putting on your pants. 105. What’s the...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sydney - Australian teenager Jessica Watson said Saturday that loneliness was not an issue as she passed the two-week mark in her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unaided around the world. Jessica, 16, set sail from Sydney on Octobe...
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new course for the ninth edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre presents a whole new set of challenges for the 14 IMOCA Open 60 teams and the six Multi 50 crews who will start Sunday.
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oktopod | 17/09/2008
54 days to go to the start of yachting’s Everest Press pack downloadable at http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/espace-presse.html Photos available on request : intpress@vendeeglobe.fr Today (Tuesday 16th September) in the presence of the thirty solo skippers who will be setting out from Les Sables d’Olonne on 9th November for the sixth edition of the Vendée Globe, Philippe de Villiers, President of the...
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Looking forward to an exciting race.
en - (not a member) - 08/11/2008
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Live your dreams.
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oktopod | 09/07/2008
The 2008 Vendée Globe, packed with records With thirty participants at the start, the Vendée Globe has never been so popular, especially when remembering that 13 sailors took part in 1989, 14 in 1992, 16 in 1996, 24 in 2000 and 20 in 2004. There will be twenty eight men and two women, Dee Caffari and Samantha Davies, seven nationalities, which is another record for the race. Although the French contingent...
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You should take some lessons in writing and journalism -- and do some research on your topic of focus before publishing an article. This is confusing and...
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