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Messing About In Sailboats (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week, I was lucky enough to hear Rich Wilson speak about his sailing of the non-stop single-handed round the world race, the 2008 Vendee Globe. Rich was the only American and the oldest sailor. He also was the only...
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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
[Source: AYRE Challenge] AYRE Challenge presented today in Denia its project to take part in the next three editions of the Volvo Ocean Race, all of which will start in the Spanish port of Alicante. The presentation of this 10-year-long project and milestone in Spanish yacht racing took place in Denia, a city that has strong ties with AYRE Challenge. Two years ago, the Spanish team presented its challenge...
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Messing About In Sailboats (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
According to readers of this blog, nearly half feel that the America's Cup has lost its premiere position to other events (e.g. VOR, LV Cup, etc). A few feel that it was always over-rated. A third feel that it will...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Team Origin, the America's Cup team founded by U.K. businessman Keith Mills, will attempt to capture sailing's biggest prize while also tackling climate change.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
• Italians soundly defeat New Zealand favourites in final • Russians defeat Britain's TeamOrigin for third place There were two major upsets in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta in Nice in its final stages – the first was the defeat of Britain's TeamOrigin by the Russian team, Synergy, in the match for third place, and the second when the favourites, Emirates Team New Zealand, were...
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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
[Source: Louis Vuitton Trophy] The team from the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda makes a triumphant return after a 22-year hiatus. Even before the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur began, Azzurra skipper Francesco Bruni spoke of his passion and honour to be leading an iconic sailing brand back into the fray after a long absence. This afternoon he could barely describe his joy. Bruni and his...
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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
[Source: Cammas-Groupama] Groupama 3 arrived in Cape Town early this Saturday afternoon and immediately tied up alongside so as repairs could begin to reinforce the aft beams. It was at around 1300 hours UTC that Franck Cammas and his nine crew made landfall after two weeks at sea: Groupama 3 had to abandon her Jules Verne Trophy record attempt on the eleventh day after breaking the port beam bulkhead....
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
A disappointing fourth was the reward for Ben Ainslie and Britain’s America’s Cup challenger Team Origin in the Louis Vuitton Trophy series off Nice.
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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
[Source: Louis Vuitton Trophy] TeamOrigin and Azzurra are tied 1-1 while Emirates Team New Zealand and Synergy await the outcome of a protest. Emirates Team New Zealand has been the strongest team at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur. Synergy Russia Sailing Team has been the most surprising. Those forces collided today in the Semi Final Round of the regatta, and tonight the two...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A New York court backed the staging of the next America’s Cup in the Spanish port of Valencia in February.
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The Age (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A New York court Thursday backed the staging of the next America's Cup in the Spanish port of Valencia in February, but doubt still remained over the venue for the duel between defender Alinghi and US challenger Oracle.
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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
[Source: BMW Oracle] The New York Supreme Court has moved the 33rd America’s Cup match another significant step closer to be being sailed under the normal, fair rules of sailing. Justice Shirley Kornreich has adopted the unanimous recommendations made by the Expert Panel which took testimony from both Golden Gate Yacht Club and the defending Société Nautique de Geneve in New York...
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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
[Source: Alinghi] Fred Meyer, SNG vice-commodore: “New York Supreme Court Justice Kornreich has brought a degree more certainty to the 33rd America's Cup today. It is good to at last have her decision on some of the pending issues. Alinghi continues to focus on its training programme ahead of the Match for the 33rd America's Cup against BMW Oracle on 8 February 2010.”
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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Related PDF Documents - Justice Kornreich Order, dated 19 November 2009 Justice Kornreich issued today her order on the remaining 5 issues (Load water-line measurement, safety of holding race in Valencia in February, date of issue of NoR and other rules, date of appointment of Panel of jurors, and whether the agreement between ISAF and Alinghi provides for an independent and objective Panel of jurors)....
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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...
en - (not a member) - 19/11/2008