Sail-World New Zealand: May 30
Prizes awarded for the inaugural Kendall
Cup
Anthea Dunning,
The Kendall Cup is a new regatta series
designed to promote the youth windsurfing class (Bic Techno
293) in New Zealand. Launched by Barbara Kendall last
August, the 2010-2011 season series was held over 7 regattas
in Auckland and Tauranga from the Winter Champs in October
to the Super City Regatta in April.... [more]
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Dutch Team win in WMR Finals spectacle at
Delta Lloyd Regatta
Elliott 6m Sailing,
The women's match racing event provided
plenty of drama and excitement for sailors and spectators at
the Delta Lloyd Regatta. In an exciting finals battle Team
Groeneveld (NED) won gold in home waters. The final races
delivered plenty of action and drama in a spectacular battle
with Silje Lehtinen (FIN). Despite losing crew overboard in
race two the Dutch team were able to put it together and
wi... [more]
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Waka Racing have great day in Germany in
WMRT Quarters
Waka Racing,
New Zealand matchracing team, Waka Racing,
led by Phil Robertson, report from the second round of the
World Match Racing Tour, Match Germany: What a ripper of a
day. We were picked this morning by Jesper Radich of Denmark
for the quarter finals. We had a blinder beating him 3-1,
proceeding to the semi finals. We are now 1-1 against
Francesco Bruni (ITA) in the semi finals.... [more]
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Dan Slater - A week of wind and cold - Finn
class at Medemblik
Dan Slater,
NZL Sailing Team member, Dan Slater, reports
from the ISAF World Cup, Medemblik event in the Finn class.
Well to sum a up a week of wind and cold conditions like the
Spa Regattas of old. This week has been a week of some
really good points and some not so good points.... [more]
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Dean's Diary: Extreme 40's in Turkey - Dean
Barker reports on Day 4
Dean Barker,
Dean Barker, Emirates Team NZ skipper and
Director of Kiwi Yachting Consultants Nexus AB, reports from
Istanbul, Turkey on the Extreme40 series, in which Emirates
Team NZ is competing. Sailing with Dean Barker are Glenn
Ashby (AUS), James Dagg (NZL) and Richard Meacham
(NZL)... [more]
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NZL Sailing Team: Bronze for Burling and
Tuke in World Cup, Medemblik
Jodie
Bakewell-White,
NZL Sailing Team Mens HP Skiff( 49er)
sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke won the bronze medal in
the fifth round of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta
just concluded in Medemblik, the Netherlands. Sailed
predominantly in strong winds and choppy conditions the
kiwis moved up into medal contention as the regatta
progressed and last night secured the podium finish....
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ExtremeSailing: Emirates Team NZ - just a
single point in Istanbul
Warren Douglas,
Emirates Team New Zealand finished the
Istanbul regatta of the Extreme Sailing Series just one
point away from winning the title. After five days of
intense racing skipper Dean Barker, Glenn Ashby, James Dagg
and Jeremy Lomas finished on 306 point, one behind Swedish
Artemis.... [more]
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Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 close battle
for The Wave Muscat
Nicky Moore,
For Australian Skipper Torvar Mirsky and his
team on The Wave, Muscat it was a battle for fourth place
until the final race of the day with Luna Rossa (ITA).
Mirksy, who is the youngest skipper of the fleet, held his
nerve and finished in fourth place.... [more]
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Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 agony and
ecstasy
Extreme Sailing Series,
Three boats were in strong contention going
into the final double points race. The first three days
delivered challenging and gusty conditions for the 11
Extreme 40 teams, racing on the limit, over the short
courses laid out on the Halic estuary. The most dramatic
moment came in the fourth race of day 3 when Alinghi
careered into the side of Team Extreme.... [more]
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Match Race Germany win to Bruni
World Match Racing Tour,
Match Race Germany 2011's title has been
taken by Francesco Bruni. Bruni has won his first World
Match Racing Tour victory after stamping out Peter Gilmour
on Lake Constance.... [more]
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Delta Lloyd Regatta - Wright wins Finn
gold
Robert Deaves,
Delta Lloyd Regatta 2011 came to a close
much like the way it started with strong winds and fighting.
Gaspic and Wright battled on another for the overall honours
which resulted in victory for right from the very
start.... [more]
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Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 to Artemis
Racing
Terry Hutchinson,
Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 in Istanbul
concluded today and Artemis Racing's Terry Hutchinson is
very happy with the victory. Going into the double points
race we had a slim lead over Gitana and ETNZ. With
one-minute to go before the start we made an aggressive call
to start on port and go for the port tack cross of the
fleet.... [more]
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World Sailing Cup Delta Lloyd Regatta -
Aussies five medals + Video
Craig Heydon,
Delta Lloyd Regatta has seen five medals
taken by Australian sailors on the final day of racing at
the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Holland.... [more]
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Portuguese 420 Championship day two
International 420 Class,
Portuguese 420 Championship's second day has
delivered three races after a frustrating test of patience
in the day's opening race four. As winds increased for races
five and six, the competing sailors experienced even more
frustrations.... [more]
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Delta Lloyd Regatta - Dutch and Aussie's on
top
Corinne Rolland-McKenzie,
Both the Dutch and Australians have six
medals apiece and are taking claim to most of the medals in
Holland at the Delta Lloyd Regatta.... [more]
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NZL Sailing Team: Two qualify for medal
races in World Cup, Medemblik
Jodie
Bakewell-White,
New Zealand will be represented in the Mens
HP Skiff (49er) and the Womens Singlehander (Laser Radial)
medal races at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta set to
conclude tonight in Medemblik, the Netherlands. The strong
winds which have challenged sailors most of the week were
back on the penultimate day and racing was only possible in
some classes overnight.... [more]
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Velux 5 Oceans 2010-11 skipper Derek
Hatfield takes third place
Velux 5 Oceans,
Velux 5 Oceans Canadian skipper Derek
Hatfield secures an overall third place in the race,
arriving into La Rochelle, France today. His arrival
completes the 2010-11 edition of solo round the world
race... [more]
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British Keelboat Academy squad applications
now open for 2012
RYA,
The British Keelboat Academy (BKA) is the
joint keelboat racing initiative between the RYA and UKSA.
The BKA are delighted to announce that applications are now
open for 2012's squad selection trials which will take place
over two weekends in September.... [more]
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ISAF Sailing World Cup standings shape
up
International Sailing Federation,
The medals at the Delta Lloyd Regatta will
be decided throughout the day in Medemblik, the Netherlands.
Stephen Morrison and Ben Rhodes (GBR) won the first gold
medal of the day in the 49er handing the Brits 20 points to
their 49er ISAF Sailing World Cup Standings total. They move
up to fourth in the Standings on 42 points.... [more]
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Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 top tips for
becoming sailing fit
Volvo Ocean Race,
Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 is harsh on the
boats, tough on the shore team and physically, unbelievable
brutal on the race crew. All teams know that being in the
best shape possible will be critical to victory. So does Abu
Dhabi Ocean Racing's chief physiotherapist Sarah Burney, who
gives us her top tips for getting fit for sailing... [more]
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Sailrocket 2 only a few days to go +
video
Paul Larsen,
Well, it's actually four days but today is a
no go as the wind is from the NW and lightish. Monday is our
last sailing day as we will pack up on Tuesday and fly out
on Wednesday. The winds are predicted to get into the low
20's on the next three days so we will keep pushing until
the end.... [more]
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Delta Lloyd Regatta 2011 Team Maclaren take
Bronze medal
Anna Tunnicliffe,
Delta Lloyd Regatta 2011 Team Maclaren have
won the Bronze medal. We swept the petit-finals 2-0 over
Team Wang from China this morning in a shifty, puffy two
races.... [more]
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New canting keel 42ft Q - images by Andrea
Francolini
Andrea Francolini images,
Intrepid photographer Andrea Francolini
captured these images of Q today before she capsized shortly
before 2.00pm off the Point at Watsons Bay.... [more]
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Platu 25 World Championship 2011
preview
Sabrina Bonaiti,
The countdown for the Platu 25 World
Championship is on, and just one day before the first race.
Around fifty crews are expected from all over Europe in
Gmunden, on the Traunsee Lake, where from the 28th of May to
the 3 of June the most important event of the Platu 25
season will take place. The crews are getting ready to face
the difficult conditions of the Traunsee Lake. Almost
all... [more]
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Velux 5 Oceans skipper Derek Hatfield
completes the race
Velux 5 Oceans,
Derek Hatfield completed the 3,600-mile
final sprint from Charleston in South Carolina to La
Rochelle in 14 days, 12 hours and 07 minutes. From Mahone
Bay, NS, former mountie Derek finished on the podium of
Class II in the 2003 edition of the race (then the Around
Alone).... [more]
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Platu 25 World Championship - Spanish crews
set to take on the world
Sabrina Bonaiti,
Everything is ready for the most important
appointment of the Platu 25 season. The most competitive
International crews have already reached Gmunden, a nice and
welcoming town on the Traunsee Lake, in Austria, where the
2011 Platu 25 World Championship will take place until the
third of June.... [more]
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Portuguese 420 Championship day 1
International 420 Class,
Portuguese 420 Championship's first day of
racing was held today, Friday 27 May, just off the coast of
Tavira Island.... [more]
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Delta Lloyd Regatta Finns - Down to three
but who will win?
Robert Deaves,
The Delta Lloyd Regatta the Finn competitors
had a no-race day for the second time this week. European
Champion Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) will take a three point
lead over World Champion Ed Wright (GBR) and a nine point
lead over Brendan Casey (AUS) into the medal race and only
these three can win the regatta.... [more]
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Match Race Germany - Gilmour rises as others
fall by the wayside
WMRT,
Peter Gilmour and his YANMAR Racing crew
enjoyed a welcome return to form at Match Race Germany. He
is now within one win of a place in the Final. Speaking
about his crew, Gilmour was not the first skipper this week
to praise his team for their role in working the Bavaria
boats hard in light and shifty winds.... [more]
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Delta Lloyd Regatta - Three
champions
Delta Lloyd Regatta,
Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS) have
returned to the top of the Men's 470 ISAF Sailing World Cup
Standings after a convincing win at the Delta Lloyd
Regatta... [more]
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Extreme40's: Emirates Team NZ leads into
final day
Warren Douglas,
Emirates Team New Zealand leads the fleet
after four days of the Istanbul regatta in the 2011 Extreme
Sailing Series. With a day to go, Dean Barker and crew have
a four-point lead over second-placed Artemis. Only 13 points
separate the top five boats after 33 races at
Istanbul.... [more]
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Extreme40's: Kiwis in pole position for
final day in Istanbul + Video
Extreme Sailing
Series,
Battle on the penultimate day of the
Extreme40's was dominated by the Southern Hemisphere as Dean
Barker's Emirates Team New Zealand fought hard to lead by
four points over Sweden's Artemis Racing. The big move of
the day though came from The Wave, Muscat, helmed by the
youngest skipper on the circuit, Torvar Mirsky, moving into
third place.... [more]
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Delta Lloyd Regatta - Big breeze sailors on
a dramatic day
Corinne Rolland-McKenzie,
The Laser, 470 Men and Star fleet were the
only able to brave the steep waves for a single race and in
the Laser radial two races were sailed in breezes of 30
knots at the Delta Lloyd Regatta.... [more]
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Velux 5 Oceans skipper Gutek second
Overall
Velux 5 Oceans,
Skipper Zbigniew ‘Gutek' Gutkowski has
finished the race at at 1507 local time (1307 UTC) earning
him second place overall in the Velux 5 Oceans.... [more]
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Velux 5 Oceans Chris Stanmore-Major second
in sprint five
Velux 5 Oceans,
Velux 5 Oceans British ocean racer Chris
Stanmore-Major 'CSM' has crossed the finish line of the
final sprint. The British skipper finishes in second place
to secure at least fourth place overall in his first solo
circumnavigation of the globe and becomes only the 182nd
person to race solo around the world... [more]
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McConaghy Ker 40 jumping onto the World's
stage
John Curnow,
Keronimo has had her maiden sail. This
boat's sea trials on the Solent in the UK is especially
important, as she is the first of the new Ker 40 IRC Racers
to come out of the McConaghy Boats factory.... [more]
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