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Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland - First Blood for some on Day One... Image by Bobby Greiser.   Light winds were the order of the day down in Auckland New Zealand for the first matches of the Louis Vuitton Trophy where eight aspiring America's Cup teams are competing. You can watch video of each day's action from our friends at Sail.tv on Offshore Rules by clicking here Matches between Francesco Bruni's Italian Azzurra crew and Ben Ainslie's British Team Origin squad generally prove interest...

2010 Puma Moth World Championship: All about the pressure in Dubai... Image by t.Martinez. Despite the glitz and glamour ashore out in Dubai for the 2010 Puma Moth World Championship, the on the water conditions are proving less than perfect for Moth sailing. Light and flukey winds have prevailed for the first two days of racing, making it difficult at times for the sailors to get their boats airborne. Australian Moth technical guru Andrew McDougal appears to be revelling in the tricky breezes however and after four races he tops th...

Second Volvo Ocean Race on the cards for Ian Walker? Image by Guo Chuan/Green Dragon Racing/Volvo Ocean Race. Back at the end of 2008, I jumped at the opportunity to join UK sailing legend and double Olympic silver medallist, Ian Walker, aboard his Irish/Chinese sponsored Green Dragon Volvo Ocean Race entry, on a leg of the delivery trip following a raucous launch party in Dublin, down to the race start in Alicante. Understandably at that point, Walker was by his own admission, feeling the enormous strain of being a...

Melges 32 fleet at Miami Grand Prix: A bruising personal return to action... Image by Joy Dunigan/IM32CA. I guess I should have known that returning to competitive sailing for the first time in eight months would be a major challenge. Spending most of that time in press boats watching the some of the world’s best sailors plying their trade, apparently counted for absolutely nothing and my return to racing last week at the Miami Grand Prix left me seriously questioning if I had ever set foot on a raceboat before. I was acting as a...

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Today's additions to the BYM News Photo Gallery

 Additions to the BYM News Photo Gallery UIM Honours World Champions in Monaco -  http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=787 2010, Louis Vuitton Trophy - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=666 Harken Women’s Intl Match Racing Regatta - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=688 Jules Verne Trophy - Audios, Videos & photos from aboard ...

PUMA International Moth Worlds: Andrew 'Amac' McDougall still in the lead after three races

Day Two of PUMA International Moth Worlds got to a late start as a foggy haze and light winds lead to a 30 minute postponement onshore.  Today was really a pressure game- those who stayed in the pressure were ...

Jules Verne Trophy: Around 5,000 miles to go for Groupama 3

With a little over 5,000 miles left before reaching Ushant, the virtual separation between Groupama 3 and Orange 2 has been yo-yoing for the past three days. The giant trimaran has picked up her average speed since escaping the ...