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Tornado World Champs: Day 1
Tuesday the 30th December saw the first day of the ISAF Tornado World Championships and Global Mixed Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Post by International Tornado Class Association. 30 teams
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Strong winds leaves OK Dinghy world fleet on shore for second day
Strong winds battering Port Phillip caused the first day of the OK Dinghy World Championship to be cancelled, leaving sailors on shore all day. After the practice race on Monday
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2014 OK Dinghy Worlds
Official racing of the 2014 OK Dinghy Worlds gets underway today with the fleet racing from Black Rock Yacht Club in Victoria, Australia. We will post results as soon as
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South African Governor’s Cup underway
South African Governor’s Cup underway – Big winds make for exciting start from Simon’s Town Lively conditions with winds reaching over 30kts made for an exciting start for the 2014/15 Governor’s Cup.
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Ginger Bread BOATS!
Forget Ginger Bread Men, they are way too old school and boring. Bring in the Ginger Bread Boats! Our Swedish friends over at Blur.se have taken Christmas to a new level
Olympics
‘Super bacteria’ found in Rio’s Olympic waters
LSD’er Sara Winther is in Rio, training on the waters were the 2016 Olympic Games are set to he help. She isn’t impressed, and is quite scared of getting sick…
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Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2014 – Winners
Spanish photographer Alfred Farre wins Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2014 [yachtracingimage.com] The fifth edition of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image welcomed 120 professional photographers from all over the world and
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Dirk de Ridder – Suspension reduced
Dirk de Ridder suspension reduced to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [Court of Arbitration for Sport] Lausanne, 11 December 2014 – The Dutch sailor and
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ISAF Match Race Rankings: December 2014
Taylor Canfield (ISV) and Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) will start 2015 as World #1 in the Open and Women’s ISAF Match Race Rankings following exceptional performances throughout 2014. Canfield has been
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2015 ISAF Youth Worlds Notice Of Race Released
The Notice of Race for the 2015 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship that will be held in Langkawi, Malaysia from 27 December 2015 to 3 January 2016 has been released.
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Melges 32 World Champs: Argo Wins
Melges 32 Class Association | Miami, FL – For the first time in the history of the Melges 32 class, there is a back-to-back Melges 32 World Champion. After a
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Phuket Kings Cup – Final Day – Team Beau Geste Wins!
The final day’s racing was set up beautifully to host some epic, close-quarters King’s Cup clashes. Winds were good, crews were psyched, and the final day didn’t disappoint! Saturday saw
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Melges 32 World Championship: Four out of ten races done
Miami, FL – With four of ten scheduled races in the bag at the 2014 Melges 32 World Championship, and after a shifty, unpredictable day of racing, the crowded top
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Phuket King’s Cup: Lay Day Action
HiFi and Beau Geste duelling… [Phuket Kings Cup PR] After canceling IRC and Multihull racing yesterday, it was decided to use the lay day, to make up valuable lost time
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Melges 32 World Championship: Day 1
Melges 32 Class Association | Miami, FL – There’s an old saying in racing: You can’t win a World Championship on the first day of the regatta, but you can
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2014 proves to be an exciting year for visually-impaired sailors Internationally
[Source: www.blindsailinginternational.com ] This has been an exciting year for Blind Sailing International and visually-impaired sailors. There have been well-supported national regattas, sailors demonstrating their skills, experimenting and developing new
Olympics
Fake glamour shots of polluted Olympic sailing venue whip up controversy
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Tourism Ministry has removed from its Instagram feed a photomontage that pictures the Rio de Janeiro bay where Olympic sailing events will take place
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Phuket King’s Cup: Day 2
Everyone ready to go at 0900h, but very much a case of ‘hurry up and wait’. Glass calm all around, and limp APs on both committee boats. The cruising and
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Phuket King’s Cup: Day 1
Victories down to seconds on 1st day’s racing at PKCR 2014 [Kings Cup PR] Asia’s legendary yacht race under Royal Patronage, the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, set sail on the
Olympics
ISAF Sailing World Cup FINAL: Day 1
The opening day of racing at the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates has been described as spectacular, fantastic and perfect. Smiles were present
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Researchers explore the unsteady fluid dynamics of sailing
A typical Olympic sailing race is a lot more energetic than a pleasurable afternoon cruise on the lake. Olympic sailors tip their masts precariously close to the water’s surface while
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Sailing Circa 1939
No fancy gear, and sometimes no gear at all! 1939 – When sailing was about the sailing. Check out this awesome old school vid! Post by World of Skipper.
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283.5 NM in a Laser – who can top it? New Guinness Book World Record Set.
A Norfolk resident set a world record for a man’s longest solo sailing journey in a dinghy, Guinness World Records announced Monday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrNFxVN7Eo This summer, Robert Suhay, a designer for
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LSD’s Rio 100 photography now available for purchase
As you can imagine LSD is gathering a rather impressive archive of images and often we are flooded with requests to purchase. As a result LSD has recently decided to