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Date: 2007-11-15
Views: 1098

Category: Sailing news

Franck Cammas and Steve Ravussin have won the Transat Jacques Vabre (TJV) again, beating the previous race record held by Cammas and Franck Proffit by an incredible 48 hours.

Seen as the favourites since the start, Cammas and Ravussin did not disappoint, making their mark on the race with ten days of strong sailing and sound tactics. Read More...

Date: 2007-11-14
Views: 1521

Category: Sailing news

Sailors at all levels of the sport have voiced their disappointment at the decision to cut the multi-hull class from the 2012 Olympics.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Council decided to cut multi-hulls after being told by the International Olympic Committee that for the 2012 games in London the number of sailing events would have to be cut to ten, and the number of competitors limited to 380. Read More...

Date: 2007-11-13
Views: 1015

Category: Sailing news

Skandia Team GBR's Beijing-nominated Yngling crew of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson were victorious again at the RYA Winter Challenge Match Racing Series this weekend at Queen Mary Sailing Club in Staines.

Conditions for this, the first RYA match racing event since the ISAF's announced that women's match racing would be an event in the 2012 Olympics, were perfect, with plenty of sunshine and a westerly wind of eight to 15 knots. Read More...

Date: 2007-11-12
Views: 1264

Category: Sailing news

The Barcelona World Race got off to a smooth start on Sunday afternoon, with bright, sunny skies, southerly winds of almost ten knots, and Dame Ellen MacArthur on hand to fire the starting gun.

First across the starting line for the 25,000 nautical mile, non-stop, round the world race was Educacion sin Fronteras, skippered by local sailor Albert Bargues and Servanne Escoffier, who at 26, is the youngest sailor in the race. Read More...

Date: 2007-11-09
Views: 1059

Category: Sailing news

A starting date of July 18th 2009 has been set for the 33rd America's Cup, and in a break with tradition, the defending champions, Alinghi, will participate in the round-robin stages, organisers have announced.

Complex new rules mean that the Swiss team will now be able to take part in the early elimination races and the semi-finals in May, by way of a practice run and to test their boat before the actual final. Read More...

Date: 2007-11-08
Views: 910

Category: Sailing news

Ten days of consistent and fast sailing have benefited the crew of Hull & Humber, who have moved into second place and are now chasing race leader's New York, in the third leg of the Clipper Round the World race.

Just over a week ago, Hull & Humber were bringing up the rear of the fleet, but have turned things around, winging their way to the front of the pack and back into the running. Read More...

Date: 2007-11-07
Views: 792

Category: Sailing news

On day three of the Transat Jacques Vabre (TJV), Marc Guillemot and Charles Coudrelier in Safran were in the lead as the pack made its way along the French coast.

After a slow start, conditions are finally improving, with winds from the north-east picking up to speeds of 20 to 25 knots, with some crews, including the leaders, now opting to head offshore in an attempt to make the best of the present conditions. Read More...

Date: 2007-11-06
Views: 774

Category: Sailing news

The first six inductees in the newly created ISAF sailing hall of fame have been announced at a ceremony in Estoril in Portugal.

Fifteen-times world championship winner Paul Elvstrom; president of the Sail Training Association Sir Robin Knox-Johnson; record breaker Dame Ellen MacArthur; yacht designer Olin Stephens; boardsailing champion Barbara Kendall and the late Eric Tabarly, were named as the first six sailors to be honoured for their contribution to the sport. Read More...

Date: 2007-11-02
Views: 840

Category: Sailing news

British yachtswoman Dee Caffari and her co-skipper Nigel King are making their final preparations for the hotly anticipated Transat Jacques Vabre (TJV) race from France to Brazil, which begins on Saturday.

Sailing the Open 60 racing yacht Aviva, the pair will be taking on 17 other teams in their class in the 4,340-mile course, which follows the historic coffee trade route, in what is Caffari's first transatlantic race of the Aviva Ocean Racing campaign. Read More...

Date: 2007-11-01
Views: 647

Category: Sailing news

Nearly 300 young sailors, representing the cream of the UK's university sailing crop, will be heading to Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy for the British University Sports Association (BUSA) Sailing Championship this weekend.

The event not only brings the season to a close, but also provides students from around the country with the chance to compete against one another in Laser, Laser 2, Firefly and Handicap classes on an individual basis, as well as battling it out for the overall Universities' Team Trophy. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-30
Views: 626

Category: Sailing news

To mark its centenary, the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is launching the ISAF Sailing Hall of Fame this year, to honour the sport's most prominent stars.

The first six as yet unnamed inductees will be announced in November at a gala dinner at Estoril in Portugal, which will be sponsored by Portugal Tourism, Estoril Tourism and Cascais Municipality and will play host to some of the best known and most popular figures in sailing. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-29
Views: 694

Category: Sailing news

Adrian Flanagan, who is attempting to become the first person to sail around the world solo via the polar regions, has been forced to postpone his trip for a second time.

The 46-year-old from Bicester in Oxfordshire initially set off in October of 2005, but was forced to halt a little under a year later, after covering 25,000 miles, when the Russian Arctic began to freeze over. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-26
Views: 688

Category: Sailing news

Favourable winds have spelt for swift overnight progress on the first night of the third leg of the round the world race from Salvador to Durban in South Africa, but have also split the fleet in two.

Several of the boats have reported 12-hour runs of more than 120 nautical miles, but the boats have divided into two groups, with race leaders New York and Western Australia, as well as Singapore, Glasgow and Durban heading out to sea, while Liverpool, Hull and Humber, Qingdao and Nova Scotia have chosen to hug the coast but are also lagging behind somewhat. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-25
Views: 637

Category: Sailing news

A victory in Bermuda has helped Frenchman Mathieu Richard unseat Brit Ian Williams from the top spot in the ISAF World Match Race Rankings for the first time in five months.

This is the first time Richard has claimed first place in the rankings, thanks to his win in ISAF Grade WC Gold Cup in Bermuda, while Williams finished in 12th, a disappointing placing that has ultimately cost him dear. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-24
Views: 661

Category: Sailing news

The RYA Olympic Classes National Ranking Series came to a close this weekend, at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, with both familiar faces and new names taking home prizes.

World Champions Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes took the overall Series crown, finishing just a point ahead of Paul Campbell-James and Mark Asquith in the 49er class, while the 470 class went to Luke Patience and Chris Grube - their second National Ranking Series title. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-22
Views: 742

Category: Sailing news

This year's Rolex Middle Sea Race is following the pattern of the Rolex Fastnet, as crew after crew is forced to retire, while Rambler, the race leader draws further and further out in front.

After a trouble-free start in Malta, problems started to set in when the fleet reached the coast of Sicily, and by Sunday afternoon some 22 yachts had retired, including four of the race's major players - Titan 12, Valkyrie, Whisper and British challengers, Ourdream. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-19
Views: 712

Category: Sailing news

The Taiwanese government is drafting proposals to boost its yacht-building industry.

It is hoped that the reforms will enable at least one of the country' yacht companies to become one of the four largest in the world by 2015 - and will help the manufacturers to secure a larger slice of the increasingly lucrative super yacht market. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-18
Views: 462

Category: Sailing news

Fifteen-year-old Andrew Brown is being tipped as one of the most promising young sporting stars in Britain, after being given the prominent SportsAid's One To Watch Award.

As Topper World Champion, GB National Champion, GB Inland Champion and GB Nationwide Series Champion, Brown caught the judges' eyes and was presented with the award by Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie at the SportsAid Gala Ball in London last week. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-17
Views: 375

Category: Sailing news

Crossing the finish line and making it to Salvador da Bahia in Brazil at 15:45 UTC, Durban 2010 and Beyond has won the second race of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

The South African team gained the maximum ten points by winning the first ocean crossing and as a result have moved up from fifth place to the top of the overall leader board. Read More...

Date: 2007-10-10
Views: 396

Category: Sailing news

The crew of Nova Scotia have been doggedly chasing the lead of Durban 2010 and Beyond in the Clipper Round the World Race for days and their efforts now seem to be paying off, with just seven nautical miles separating them from the leaders.

In reality, the boats are actually some 18 nautical miles apart from one another on the water, meaning that Nova Scotia cannot see their rivals, and must wait nervously for the six hourly position reports to find out if they are still shortening Durban's lead. Read More...