December 2007
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Sun 30 Dec 2007
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Bill Ebsary's Benetau 44.7 'Le Billet' is still on top of the overall IRC pointscore after the completion of Races Two and Three on Day Two of the 27th Pittwater & Coffs Harbour Offshore Series today. Bill Ebsary and the ...
Sun 30 Dec 2007
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Her boat, Global Yacht Racing – Kioni may have parked at Cape Raoul for five hours this morning, pushing her finishing time out to 4pm this afternoon and her handicap ranking further south than she would like, but the ...
Sun 30 Dec 2007
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With the US entry Rosebud declared the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race overall IRC handicap winner yesterday, divisional places within the fleet are being decided today with yachts finishing in Hobart under spinnakers before a gentle southeast breeze. Ray ...
Sun 30 Dec 2007
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The images that have made the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race arguably the most dramatic event in Australian sport are the work of some of the world’s greatest yachting photographers working in tandem with Australia’s most experienced pilots. Photographs ...
Sun 30 Dec 2007
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The 300 strong Laser fleet completed two testing races off Blairgowrie to kick off the 2008 Australian Laser Championships yesterday where world champion Tom Slingsby (AUS) has taken an early lead in the Standard fleet. With over 19 countries ...
Sun 30 Dec 2007
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After equalling the record 44 races and an intense, strategic race among the 10 strong Sydney 38 one design fleet in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, 80 year old Victorian yachtsman Lou Abrahams today declared he would not compete again. ...
Sun 30 Dec 2007
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Half the fleet in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has now crossed the finish line and another 30 or so boats are expected to finish during the course of the day. The NSW yacht Zen became the 40th ...
Sun 30 Dec 2007
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Francis Joyon went instantly from violent conditions in the Pacific Ocean to peaceful ones in the Atlantic and, yesterday, was his slowest day since leaving Ushant. He had to work hard to escape the calms around Staten Island, but ...
Sun 30 Dec 2007
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It is definite – Roland Jourdain and Jean Luc Nélias are headed to Fremantle, the port of Perth, in western Australia. They are still 250 miles from the port, and taking into consideration the limited speeds they are sailing ...
Sat 29 Dec 2007
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A 40-year-old Renton is missing and feared drowned in Lake Washington. Cmdr. Leslie Burns with Mercer Island police say the man told his roommate that he was going to go sailing on Lake Washington in his 25 ... via KOMO News