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Artemis and All4One Promo Videos...
Image by Paul Todd/outsideimages.co.nz
With the America's Cup at least moved past the Valencia Deed of Gift Match now, the Louis Vuitton series of regattas have become a little more important in identifying potential future AC contenders. The latest iteration of the Louis Vuitton Series is taking place right now down in Auckland New Zealand and these videos from Artemis and All4One give a nice introduction to two of the new squads declaring their intent...
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Henri Lloyd Competition: Win a signed copy of Ben Ainslie's 'Close to the Wind'
Our good friends at Henri Lloyd are offering a chance for you to win a signed copy of British sailing legend, Team Origin skipper and all round sailing superman, Ben Ainslie's book 'Close to the Wind'.
To try your hand at winning this fantastic prize all you have to do is answer the following question:
At what age did Ben Ainslie begin sailing?
a. 7
b. 8
c. 14
To stand a chance of winning you need to first sign up as a fan on the Henri ...
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2010 Puma International Moth World Championship: Payne hits the front...
Image: T. Martinez.
Britain’s Simon Payne recovered from a broken rig yesterday
to record a solid set of results today, which sees him take the lead at the
2010 Puma International Moth World Championship. Despite his own assertion that his
performance was ‘good but not great today’, Payne’s consistent 3,4,3 score for
the day was good enough to catapult him to the top of the leaderboard. US
sailor Brad Funk had to cope with...
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2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race: Ireland's Galway announced as finish port...
Image: Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race.
The city fathers in Galway, Ireland are no doubt celebrating
this week with the announcement that their city has been selected to host the
finish of the next Volvo Ocean Race. Much of the reasoning behind this decision
was no doubt due to the incredible atmosphere experienced by competitors and
spectators alike in Galway at the finish of the transatlantic leg from Boston in
the last edition of the race.
That time over ...
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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 International 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 International 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...
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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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