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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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2010 Miami Grand Prix: Melges 32 Class Preview...
With just a few days to the start of racing and with only a
six-strong IRC fleet and just ten Farr 40’s registered, the scratch sheet at
this year’s Miami Grand Prix is dominated by the twenty-three boat entry in the
Melges 32 class.
Following on from their closely fought series in Key West a
couple of months ago, most of the usual Melges 32 suspects will be on the
startline this week. This event sees the return to US racing of the reigning
Melges 32 worl...
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Latest Sailing Talk Podcast now available for download from iTunes....
Image by Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi.
Shortly after watching BMW Oracle Racing dominate race two of the 33rd America’s Cup in Valencia, outside the Alinghi base in Valencia, Andy Rice and guest podcaster Matt Sheahan from Yachting World, discuss the drama and excitement of the race and speculate on the future of the AC...
You can download the Sailing Talk Podcasts direct from iTunes here .
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33rd America's Cup: A day of questions in Valencia...
Image by Ian Roman.
Today is a day of questions at the 33 rd America’s
Cup in Valencia. Firstly will the breeze stabilise enough for race two of the
series to happen? If it does, what will be the prestart strategies from the two
teams? Are we in for another explosive prestart skirmish akin to the amazing
first minute of race one, or will we see a more conservative approach? Will the
Alinghi afterguard and crew have recovered mentally from the drubbing di...
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Latest Sailing Talk Podcast now available for download from iTunes....
Image by Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi.
Still in Valencia and having witnessed first hand BMW Oracle Racing’s defeat of Alinghi in the thrilling first race of the 33rd America’s Cup, Andy and Justin assess the performances of the two teams, both on the water and at the post race press conference....
You can download the Sailing Talk Podcasts direct from iTunes here.
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33rd America's Cup: Drama and excitement in race one as BMW Oracle Racing take first blood...
Image by Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi.
Challenger BMW Oracle Racing today comprehensively defeated
the America’s Cup holders Alinghi in the first race of the 33 rd
America’s Cup Deed of Gift match in Valencia.
Against all expectations of a tactic free drag race with the boats
separated by as much as forty miles, on the water and online spectators were
treated to an exciting race packed with drama from the off. Much had been mad...
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33rd America's Cup: Live text commentary for Race 1 on Regatta Live! now...
Image by Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi.
Sunshine and five knots across the course here in Valencia today. The boats are out at the race area and it looks like we are close to getting race one of the 33rd America's Cup underway. We will be posting live text commentary over on our Regatta Live! site as soon as racing gets underway.
Go there now to follow the action...
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