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33rd America's Cup: AC33 Special Sailing Talk Podcast now available for download from iTunes.... Image by Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi.   Together at last. The sight we have all waited so long, the Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing crews on the same piece of water ready to face off in the first race of the 33rd America's Cup. Only thing missing was the wind which failed to materialise in any meaningful way across the racecourse. After several hours of mind numbing waiting around, the RC finally pulled the plug mid-afternoon. Tomorrow is an enforced lay day, so both team...

33rd America's Cup: AP over A posted...Racing abandoned for today... Image from www.americascup.com.   With the chance of completing any racing in daylight hours rapidly evaporating, the RC have admitted defeat and posted flags AP over A, meaning no racing for today. Tomorrow is a scheduled lay day so the next opportunity for the two teams to race again will be 10.06AM on Wednesday. The boats are under tow and starting their twenty plus mile return from the race area.   We will be around for the sailor interviews later t...

33rd America's Cup: Still waiting for wind...   Image by BMW Oracle Racing.   Three hours after the scheduled start time for race one at the 33 rd America’s Cup here in Valencia the wind is still refusing to cooperate. With the boats have been drifting about on a glassy ocean from the very early hours of the morning, this first day is shaping up to be a massive anticlimax.   The broadcast media are now getting increasingly frantic in their search for something (anything!) to talk about o...

33rd America's Cup: Alinghi Top Offshore Rules readers' poll....   Image by Ian Roman .   Thanks to the hundreds of you who voted in our 'Who will win the 33rd America's Cup Poll'.   Apparently Alinghi V are your favourites right now with 60% of the vote, but given the delay to racing we are going to keep the poll open a little longer so if you haven't voted then here is you chance:   [[[poll id="7"]]] ...

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BYM News Gallery additions today

Photos added to the BYM News Gallery Monday 8th Feb 2010 33rd America’s Cup Race day 1 -  http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=483 Porto Montenegro - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=649 Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=253 Video : Trophy Jules Verne - Groupama 3 - Crossing ...

33rd America's Cup : Race 1 postponed; Wait 'til Wednesday

Race officer Harold Bennett (NZL) and the race committee team made considerable efforts to locate a wind which was settled enough and of sufficiently even strength across the proposed 20 miles first leg, but they proved fruitless. An offshore ...

Jules Verne Trophy: Saint Helena High isn't favouring progress towards Cape of Good Hope

Groupama 3 has been forced to pick out a course to the SSW before slowly straightening out her trajectory to the South this Monday afternoon… As a result her lead over the reference time is diminishing. Franck Cammas and ...