July 2010
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Sat 31 Jul 2010
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The opening day of the UK round of the Extreme Sailing Series at Cowes Week opened at full throttle delivering some stunning race action to the crowds lining Cowes shoreline at Egypt Point as the nine Extreme 40s took ...
Sat 31 Jul 2010
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This year's first start saw the nine Extreme 40s competing in the Extreme Sailing Series at Cowes on the Royal Yacht Squadron line for their first long-distance race. In light airs, with insufficient wind for these high-adrenaline machines to ...
Sat 31 Jul 2010
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Wolfgang Hunger and Julien Kleiner have moved into the lead of the SAP 505 World Championships after dominating today's race on day 2 in Aarhus, Denmark. With the wind blowing 16-17 knots at the start, Hunger was watching the ...
Sat 31 Jul 2010
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Peter Harburg’s Queensland based RP66 Black Jack is this evening’s Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race leader. According to navigator Ed Smyth they were blasting along in 25-28 knots of breeze at 9pm this evening and pointing towards home on ...
Sat 31 Jul 2010
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Round one of the silver jubilee Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race went to the Victorians, the wily interstaters brazenly beating the Sydney bunch out of the starting blocks on Sydney Harbour today. Following their midline start, the crew ...
Sat 31 Jul 2010
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It was another beautiful day in Harbor Springs, Mich. with the Melges 32 squeezing in two more races for a total of five U.S. National Championship heats completed. Ryan DeVos aboard Volpe remains firmly in the overall lead with ...
Sat 31 Jul 2010
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Mark Richards typically doesn’t like to speculate on breaking records until Wild Oats XI, the 100ft supermaxi he helms, has sliced time off the previous best. But at this morning’s final weather briefing for the 25th Audi Sydney Gold ...
Sat 31 Jul 2010
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With plenty of wind from first light, the single elimination started on schedule in Sotavento, with those that qualified the previous day taking on some of the world’s most proficient tour regulars who’d automatically been seeded through to the ...
Sat 31 Jul 2010
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Melges 32 U.S. National Championship - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=624 BMW ORACLE Racing - RC 44 Valencia Cup -Training fleet races - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=329 Il Sonar Paralimpico Della Canotieri Garda Qualifica L'Italia Per Londra 2012 - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=589 Cracklin Rosie (Corby 40, Class One) …
Fri 30 Jul 2010
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Roland Jourdain and his men arrived in Cowes this week to take part in Cowes Week starting on July 31. A heavy program awaits them, as the Veolia Environnement team is taking this opportunity to try their hand first ...