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Day 5 – Antigua Sailing Week
The final day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week was held in the strongest wind of the regatta, with solid south easterly trade winds gusting up to 18 knots.
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Provezza on top after champagne racing day on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez
After a day on which the Gulf of Saint-Tropez offered up a strengthening sea breeze and beautiful spring sunshine, Ergin Imre’s Turkish flagged Provezza team lead the 52 SUPER SERIES Saint Tropez Sailing Week by one single point ahead of Andy Soriano’s almost equally consistent Alegre. Defending champions Quantum Racing powered by American Magic are up to third on the general classification.
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Team WINGS Victorious in Annapolis
Sweden’s Team WINGS won the all-women Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Santa Maria Cup today in Annapolis, the second stage of the 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour. Skippered by Anna Östling with Annika Carlunger, Anna Holmdahl White and Linnéa Wennergren, the Swedes defeated New Zealand’s Celia Willison and Edge Women’s Match team 3-0 in the finals and in a turnaround from last week’s ev
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Platoon top boat for the day, Interlodge still lead.
After modest opening days on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, two of the 52 SUPER SERIES top teams showed a marked return to form as the southerly breezes picked up on the second day of the 52 SUPER SERIES Saint-Tropez Sailing Week.
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List of Cape Horners extended by The Ocean Race and Golden Globe Race
Membership to the Cape Horner’s Club – the International Association of Cape Horners (IACH), has been swelled by more illustrious names, thanks to the increasing number of round the world races.
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Double bullet day is perfect start for Fragomens’ Interlodge team in Saint Tropez
Austin and Gwen Fragomen’s US flagged Interlodge which has Cameron Appleton as tactician and 2020 Olympian Stephanie Roble debuting as strategist made their best possible start to the 2023 52 SUPER SERIES season when they posted two wins from the first two races of the 52 SUPER SERIES Saint-Tropez Sailing Week.
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Lively Conditions for Return of Santa Maria Cup
A fresh breeze greeted the opening race day of the 22nd Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Santa Maria Cup today, the second stage of the 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour from 30 April – 4 May. The event features ten of the best all-women match racing teams from six countries including USA, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
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Axxess Marine Y2K Race Day at Antigua Sailing Week – Back in the Groove
The second day of racing at Antigua Sailing Week was blessed with fabulous sailing conditions. The trade winds were in, gusting up to 17 knots from the east. With over a metre of ocean swell and an air temperature in the high twenties centigrade, it was a marvellous day to be out racing at the Caribbean’s most famous regatta.
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English Harbour Rum Race Day at Antigua Sailing Week
The first day of racing at the 54th edition of Antigua Sailing Week was held in sublime tropical heat, with a stable easterly wind and a calm sea state. Coupled with the natural beauty of Antigua, this was the perfect cocktail to celebrate English Harbour Rum Race Day.
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The Revival of the Santa Maria Cup
East Port Yacht Club and Women’s World Match Racing Tour (WWMRT) have come together to resurrect the Santa Maria Cup in Annapolis, Maryland. Ten women’s match racing teams from around the world are competing in the sailing capital of the United States for the second event on the 2023 WWMRT Tour.
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GGR NEWS – DAY 237 Abhilash Tomy’s Remarkable Comeback: From Broken Back to 2nd Place in the Golden Globe Race 2022
Retired Navy commander, 43 year old Abhilash Tomy, the renowned sailor and first Indian to complete a solo non stop voyage around the world in 2013, made history on Saturday by securing an outstanding second-place finish in the gruelling 2022 Golden Globe Race. Tomy’s yacht, BAYANAT crossed the finish line at 06:46hr in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, after an intense 236-day 30,000mile journey aroun
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Silky Smooth – Peters & May Round Antigua Race
Racing action at Antigua Sailing Week got underway with the stand-alone Peters & May Round Antigua Race. Sunshine was in abundance, but with light conditions expected all day, Antigua Sailing Week Race Manager Jaime Torres chose a shortened course. Testing the teams at every point of sail, two race tracks were set of around 25 and 15 miles, providing smooth racing and gorgeous vistas of Antigua.
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Flying French find golden finish to Hyères medal races
France topped the national medal table after foiling to three golds on the last day of the 54th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – TPM.
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Casa Vela Cup Victory for Edge Women’s Match
Celia Willison and the Edge Women’s Match Team from New Zealand secured a hard-fought victory today at the inaugural all-women Casa Vela Cup hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, the opening stage of the 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour. Willison and team defeated Sweden’s Anna Östling and the Wings Team 3-1 in the final.
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GGR NEWS – Day 236 Kirsten makes history, Simon first boat home, Les Sables gearing up for Abhilash’s Tomy Bayanat Welcome
It’s been a long time in the making for Kirsten Neuschäfer who got becalmed just hours before going through the finish line, off the coast on the world’s solo sailing capital Les Sables d’Olonne. Several boats joined her 8 miles offshore and this is when she learnt that she was going to be the winner of the GGR.
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Final Four Advance to Casa Vela Cup Semis
Day 3 of the all-women Casa Vela Cup at the St Francis Yacht Club today finished the double round robin qualifiers and advanced the top four teams to the semi-finals: Nicole Breault (USA)/Vela Racing, Anna Östling (SWE)/Wings Team, Celia Willison (NZL)/ Edge Racing and Megan Thomson (NZL)/ 2.0 Racing Team.
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French Olympic Week: Aussies tackle light and shifty conditions
Day 4, the first two days of Final’s racing at the 2023 Hyeres Regatta in France, was a test of light and shifty breeze skills and make or break time in a lot of respects, as Australian athletes worked hard to avoid big scores and move up the board, which the likes of Matt Wearn, Casey Imeneo and Mara Stransky did.
New Zealand
French Olympic Week: Tension builds for the Kiwis as they take on the finals racing
The fight is on to get back in podium contention after New Zealand’s leading sailors lost valuable ground on their competitors on their most challenging day so far at the French Olympic Week regatta.
Olympics
Golden starts to gold fleet in Hyères as Olympians begin to swoop
All ten Olympic classes were on the water in building easterly winds as the top of the 900 competitors in 670 boats from 66 nations from the first three days split into gold fleets at he 54th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères – TPM.
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Pressure coming on! The 2023 52 Super Series starts Tuesday in Saint-Tropez, France
For the 11 teams which will race under seven different national flags at next week’s 52 SUPER SERIES Saint-Tropez Sailing Week, the long months of optimisation and preparation end Wednesday when the first points races of the five regatta 2023 season get under way on the Côte d’Azur’s Gulf of Saint-Tropez.
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Scott Shawyer announces fellow Canadian Ryan Barkey as Co-skipper for the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race
Today, Canada Ocean Racing announces 31-year-old Ryan Barkey as co-Skipper to Scott Shawyer for the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race.
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Battle for Semi Finals at Casa Vela Cup
Day 2 of the Casa Vela Cup at the St. Francis Yacht Club finished with the ten competing all-women’s teams all vying for a valued spot in the semi-finals. Local sailor Nicole Breault and her Vela Racing team lead the qualifying round undefeated with 15 wins, with New Zealanders Megan Thomson at 11 wins, and Celia Willison at 10 wins.
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Supercharged Pressure, Fierce Rivalries and ‘Hair-Raising’ Conditions: SailGP Experts Preview San Francisco
San Francisco’s spectators will be treated to fierce rivalries, ‘hair-raising’ conditions and supercharged pressure when the Season 3 Grand Final gets underway next weekend, SailGP’s commentators have said.
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All Set for Antigua Sailing Week
he 54th edition of Antigua Sailing Week is all set with the famous regatta’s on-the-water action kicking off with a spectacular curtain raiser on Saturday 29 April; the stand-alone Peters & May Round Antigua Race. Five days of red-hot racing follow for Antigua Sailing Week, with legendary shoreside celebrations and daily prize givings.