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Get Onboard with PredictWind clothing
We always get requests for PredictWind caps, shirts and rash tops. We listened and now you can grab this world class, high quality apparel for yourself. There’s something for the
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Vote for World Sailing Awards 2021
The World Sailing Awards 2021 – celebrating the outstanding achievements and exceptional contributions to sailing – is now open for online voting! A record number of athletes and projects have
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Sailing wins IOC gold for Tokyo 2020 coverage
Another gold for sailing at Golden Rings Awards following wins for Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Sailing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has won Gold in the Best Coverage
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SailGP’s Adopt-a-Club Program Launches in Sydney
The global league’s eight national teams partner with local clubs to support youth sailing programs in and around Sydney, Australia Sydney, AUSTRALIA – November 25, 2021 – SailGP Inspire’s Adopt-a-Club
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Start date confirmed for The Ocean Race 2022-23
Two race fleets will assemble in Alicante, the Spanish home of the Race, for the winter holiday period in 2022 before a mid-January 2023 start for leg one of the
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PredictWind – Weather Routing now with Depth Avoidance
In a world first for weather routing, the PredictWind Weather Router now uses Depth Avoidance, rather than traditional land avoidance. In order to achieve this, PredictWind acquired 2m/5m/10m/20m/30m depth contours
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Short-Handed Bermuda Return Offers Safer, Fun Alternative to Delivery after Newport Bermuda Race
NEWPORT, R.I. — What goes down must come up. And the boats that race to the Onion Patch next June in the 2022 Newport Bermuda Race—the vast majority of them,
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Convexity Defends M32 World Championship Title
The M32 World Championships came to an exciting close on Sunday. Eleven teams came from all over the world for 18 races in conditions ranging from 6 to 22 knots
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American Magic Keeps Pushing for 37th America’s Cup After Protocol Released
Earlier this week, the Protocol and Class rules were released jointly by Defender and Challenger of Record for the 37th America’s Cup. Like every Cup announcement, there was a bit
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America True Establishes Community Sailing Scholarship
(Oyster Bay, NY) – Twenty five years after America True challenged for the America’s Cup, its assets are being donated to Oakcliff Sailing, establishing a $150,000 scholarship fund. The America
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Moving day at M32 worlds
Convexity continued to dominate on day 3 of the M32 World Championships. Despite some scattered rain drops, sailors welcomed a gusty 15-20 knots of breeze in Biscayne Bay. The conditions
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PredictWind’s Updated Weather Routing
We are excited to announce the release of PredictWind’s new weather routing algorithm with completely new code that offers unparalleled performance. Faster Routes The new routing algorithm finds the faster
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Convexity with strong start to M32 World Championship
Sailors – coffee in hand – trickled down to their boats at the Shake-A-Leg Miami waterfront center on day one of the M32 World Championships. They checked the final preparations
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Vakaros at the METS
We’re having a great show at METSTRADE 2021, the largest marine industry trade show in the world. We’re excited to talk with retailers, boat manufacturers, and customers about the state-of-the-art
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2021 49er FX and Nara Worlds Day 2
Mussana, Oman – It might be expected that the most decorated Nacra 17 sailors lead the fleet by day two of the 2021 worlds, but today’s shift by Italians Vittorio
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Lights, Camera… ACTION! 37th America’s Cup Protocol and Class Rules are here!
This morning the Defender of the America’s Cup, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand, and the Challenger of Record, Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd and their representative
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22 Questions with Oldsie and Ben Newton
Welcome to our second episode of 22 Questions! Throughout this series, we will chat with sailors from all walks of life giving them the chance to quickly (in 22 questions,
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Making it personal
Thirty years of racking up ocean racing titles plus high-level engineering expertise gave Stu Bannatyne the perfect grounding to help create and refine two of the most important sailing innovations
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2022 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Set to GO!
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – November 15, 2021 – Warm turquoise water, trade winds, stunning island scenery…if this sounds like the panacea needed after a few years of being stuck
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52nd ORC Congress looks forward to 2022…and beyond
Athens, Greece – The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Offshore Racing Congress was held in two parts: Zoom committee meetings held over 6-8 November followed by both in-person meetings in
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New Zealand – Where innovation captivates imagination
Tucked deep in the Pacific Ocean, and on the edge of the world’s most notorious body of water, the Southern Ocean, is where you will find some of the most
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Vakaros – Introducing: RaceSense
Today is a day we’ve been working towards at Vakaros for a long time, and we’re proud to introduce a game-changing technology called RaceSense. It allows you to run an
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Record Entry for 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race
The Royal Ocean Racing Club, in association with the International Maxi Association (IMA) and the Yacht Club de France, expect a record entry for the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race. From
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A Dismasting and Some Proper Speed as the Wind Returns
11th Hour Racing Team’s IMOCA Alaca’i is out of the Transat Jacques Vabre – the Imoca fleet is now down to 20 boats. The Ultimes have flown along whilst the