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Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race :A Game of Two Halves

Fri 3 Sep 2010

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It has been over 24 hours since any yacht, competing in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race finished. However a goal rush is expected for the second half, with three boats expected in the early hours of tomorrow ...
 

Second part of BBC ‘Olympic Sailing’ documentaries to air this weekend

Fri 3 Sep 2010

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Following on from their Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta documentary a fortnight ago, part two of the BBC’s two programmes on Olympic Classes sailing will air this weekend. There was no downtime for Britain’s top sailors after Sail for ...
 

Velux 5 Oceans : Chris Stanmore-Major’s Eco 60 Spartan gets new lease of life

Fri 3 Sep 2010

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She was once known as Saga Insurance, grey hulled and light blue decked, the yacht which took Sir Robin Knox-Johnston round the world at the age of 67 in the last VELUX 5 OCEANS. But yesterday the famous Eco ...
 

USA. New oil rig explosion burns in Gulf Of Mexico, Houston maritime lawyers renew calls for offshore workers protection

Fri 3 Sep 2010

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The Deepwater Horizon explosion in April and the Mariner Energy rig explosion on September 2 punctuate the need for better protection of the safety of oil rig crews and other maritime employees, the Houston maritime lawyers of Arnold & ...
 

Normandy Channel Race : Renewal of a great Channel epic

Fri 3 Sep 2010

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The 2011 race will set out from and return to Caen via the Saint-Marcouf Islands, the Isle of Wight, the offshore Irish lighthouses of Tuskar Rock and Fastnet Rock, the island of Guernsey and back to the Baie de ...
 

RS:X Worlds : Alessandra Sensini takes the lead

Fri 3 Sep 2010

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Showing that experience pays in this class, so today veteran windsurfer and quadruple Olympic medallist Alessandra Sensini from Italy pulled into the lead at the RS:X World Championships, being held at Kerteminde, Denmark. Following Wednesday’s layday, today was the ...
 

Finn Gold Cup: Wright and Trujillo battle for supremacy

Fri 3 Sep 2010

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After another two windy races, the top five at the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco maintain their relative positions but Rafa Trujillo (ESP) who scored 1-2 and Ed Wright (GBR) who scored 2-5 increased their lead over the ...
 

470 Open Europeans : Patience/Bithell (GBR) & Conti/Micol (ITA) sail into lead

Fri 3 Sep 2010

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Istanbul produced sun, wind and waves for a spectacular day three at the 2010 Open 470 European Championships. With the warm wind pulsing from 15 to 20 knots, it also provided the medicine that some teams needed to haul ...
 

Laser World Championships :Slingsby extends lead into final phase

Thu 2 Sep 2010

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Overall leader Tom Slingsby carries forward his consistent momentum into the critical six race Finals phase of the Laser World Championships buoyed by his fourth race win and a fifth from the last day of Qualifying heats in Hayling ...
 

Rolex Middle Sea Race :Maltese yachts to the fore in Valletta

Thu 2 Sep 2010

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Whilst the major noise surrounding the 2010 Rolex Middle Sea Race will resonate around Esimit Europa 2’s anticipated assault on the course record, there is much more to the race than the maxi component. The Maltese participation is a ...
 

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