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Time and Tide Wait for No Man
When time is precious, you want to savour every moment. While there are no guarantees in life, there are some things, some places, that almost always live up to their
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Laser qualifying regatta extends ISAF SWC
ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne organisers have extended the original on-water program to host a Laser qualifying regatta immediately before the Sailing World Cup, to give those athletes outside
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Stellar Conditions on Neuchatel Lake
Stellar conditions continued for the second day of the Star Sailors League Lake Grand Slam, with three races completed on Lake Neuchatel Switzerland. The chilly northerly wind arrived, right on
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Maxis Enter Home Straight
Porto Cervo, Italy. 10 September 2015. With just one more race day left in the 26th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, all will be decided for four of
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Safety: of major importance and constant concern
The Mini Transat Îles de Guadeloupe skippers all attended the safety briefing held this morning with the 24F pilots and border patrol boat staff that survey movements on the Bay
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A perfect day for ALITE RACING in calm waters
With the entire season at stake, the first day of the M32 Series Scandinavia finale in Stockholm, Sweden dawned with picture-perfect weather…for fishing. Glassy water and Northeasterly wind from zero
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Comanche’s Round the World Quest for Excellence
The sheer beauty of the Costa Smeralda does not tell the whole story about why sailors come back year after year to the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. Day 3 threw
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M32: The Battle of Stockholm
The 2015 M32 Scandinavian Series has seen the biggest changes since it began in 2013, with strong growth in both the size of the fleet and the worldwide interest in
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Close Competition at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Porto Cervo, Italy. 09 September 2015. As Race Day 3 of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship concludes, competition in each of the five participating
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Kissed by La Bise
Challenging racing conditions produced a tactical first day of racing at the Star Sailors League Lake Grand Slam hosted by Cercle de la Voile de Grandson, Switzerland. Clouds rising above
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SSL Lake Grand Slam Lift Off
The curtain is about to be lifted for the first SSL Lake Grand Slam, which will officially get underway with a prestigious Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
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The Italian Job
ALICANTE, Spain, September 8 – Italian boatyard Persico Marine has won the prestigious contract to construct new one-design Volvo Ocean 65 boats, depending on orders, for the next edition of
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Five time ISAF World Champion Looking Ahead to 2016
At the close of play in the Finnish capital yesterday, GAC Pindar finished in an uncharacteristic last place, albeit not unexpected given the newness to the M32 of Williams and
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To the Limit… And Beyond!
Today’s challenging coastal race in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup showed the Costa Smeralda at its very best, with some high-speed racing for the 40 yachts around the archipelago of
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Wind Whips up Maxi Fleet
Porto Cervo, Italy. 08 September 2015. A brisk 15-18 knot north-easterly breeze and increasingly choppy seas made for an exciting second day of racing at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
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Preparation Days
From the 9th of September, all the sailors will have arrived in Douarnenez (France), to spend their last ten days on land before crossing the Atlantic. These days will be
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Yamaha takes the win!
A Fine Friday Finale For 18’s RESULTS After 7 races spread out over 4 days time, including the Ronstan Bridge to Bridge the evening before, Friday broke with the promise
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Rio 2016 Spots up for Grabs
The stakes at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao, taking place from 14-20 September 2015, will be raised with Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition places on the line. As the Asian
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Perfect Start for Open Season
Day one of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup brought some close, tactical, light airs competition in the five divisions. Fortunes ebbed and flowed in some fleets such as the Maxi
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Team US One Does it again
Three qualifying races and three final races completed Sunday’s final of the M32 Battle of Helsinki. The rain clouds stayed away from Hernesaari and the wind kept blowing all the
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Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – The One That Matters
With 40 yachts gathered in Porto Cervo, the 2015 edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup has attracted one of its largest and highest calibre entries in the event’s 35-year
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Taylor Canfield Turns His Back to the Rest of the Fleet
Saturday’s wind conditions challenged the nerves of the M32 sailors, organisers and the eager crowds on the Hernesaari shores. After the opening race the wind dropped to zero and did
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Rahm Racing like a Rocket to the Top in Helsinki
The Hernesaari racecourse in Helsinki was in a better shape this Friday. With a steady breeze from southwest and under a pleasant sun the conditions were close to perfect. Thursday’s
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San Francisco Bridge to Bridge
RESULTS 31 Foiling Kiteboard, 7 Foiling Kites, 11 formula and foiling windsurfers, 10 Eighteen foot skiffs and 5 boat menagerie that included the classic 65′ Spencer. Ragtime, Don Montague’s foiling kite boat and