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Finn Gold Cup: Day 3 started off as a hurry up and wait kind of day
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Erik Simonson and David Wells,
9:04 AM Thu GMT
Day 3 of the Finn World Championships in San Francisco Bay started off as a hurry up and wait kind of day. As the fleet made their way out to the course just off Marina Bay they were greeted by an unusual offshore breeze resulting in the AP postponement pennant going up. This is San Francisco however and it’s just a matter of time before the sea breeze kicks in and that’s just what it did.
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Finn Gold Cup - A comfortable lead
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Robert Deaves,
4:29 AM Thu GMT
Ed Wright (GBR) has taken a comfortable lead at the 2010 Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco after another outstanding day. With the drop now coming into effect, Wright now has a 13 point lead with four more races to sail before Saturday's medal race.
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Who's Who at U.S. Qualifying Series for NYYC Invitational Cup
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Michael Levitt, Newport, RI ,
10:32 PM Wed GMT
The New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series, where 24 preeminent yacht clubs in America will compete, will be held in Newport, RI next week on Sept. 7-11. The top three U.S. teams from next week's event will join the top six teams from the 2009 Invitational Cup plus at least 10 other international teams, September 10-17, 2011 at the NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex.
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Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship 2010 - Day 2
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Jerelyn Biehl,
9:32 PM Wed GMT
Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championships 2010 - Ernesto Rodriguez and Mary Hall of the US have made a statement after the second day of racing in Canada. With a 2-1-1, their finishes have vaulted them to the top of the leaderboard with a 12-point lead over their fellow Miami sailors Augie Diaz and Kathleen Tocke.
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Open 470 European Championships 2010 - A complicated day suits some
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Luissa Smith,
9:05 PM Wed GMT
Open 470 European Championships 2010 - It was a crazy, confusing day in Istanbul, yet somehow Gideon Kliger and Eran Sela emerged from their side of the men’s qualifying with two first places.
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New 'double' World Record ratified for Oman Air Majan
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WSSR Council,
8:37 PM Wed GMT
The WSSR Council announces the ratification of a 'double' new World Record. Around Great Britain and Ireland double record to Oman Air Majan.
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US Sailing to launch new health insurance plan for members
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Jake Fish,
8:37 PM Wed GMT
US Sailing, the National Governing Body of the sport, has partnered with HTH Worldwide and the Allen Financial Group to offer eligible US Sailing members a health care program designed specifically for sailors. US Sailing’s Member Health Insurance Program provides a competitively priced, comprehensive health care plan for members.
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Rolex Big Boat Series, St. Francis Yacht Club September 16-19
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Barby MacGowan,
8:27 PM Wed GMT
Rolex Big Boat Series, St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, 16-19th September 2010. It’s perhaps the only yacht club in the world where spectators can watch boats chase to the finish line set between a special mark and the yardarm atop the club’s second-floor Race Deck.
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RS:X World Championships - A busy lay day
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Dansk Sejlunion,
8:10 PM Wed GMT
It may be layday at the RS:X World Championships in Kerteminde, Denmark, but ashore various groups have been active busily ironing out issues such as the future of the class, in meetings culminating in tonight’s AGM.
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World Match Racing Tour St Moritz Match Race - Fierce start to day 1
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MaxComm Communication,
7:53 PM Wed GMT
The opening day of racing at the St. Moritz Match Race dawned bright but cold, with the surface of the lake covered in a thin layer of picturesque mist. So what would happen when Ainslie and Williams went head-to-head?
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Laser World Championships 2010 Day 3: Slingsby takes the top spot
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Lindsay Bell,
7:20 PM Wed GMT
Laser World Championships 2010 Day 3 - Australia’s dual Laser world champion Tom Slingsby sailed to two impressive race wins in slightly stronger breezes today off Hayling Island, UK and moved four points clear at the top of the Laser World Championships points table after six of the eight scheduled Qualifying Races have been sailed.
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Van Liew Signs First Associate Sponsor
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Velux 5 Oceans, ,
2:57 PM Wed GMT
ONDECK Group has joined forces with Brad Van Liew's ECO 60 campaign to compete in the VELUX 5 OCEANS race, signing on as the first Associate Sponsor and attaining exceptional branding opportunities on the mast, deck and sails of Le Pingouin. ONDECK will also serve as the exclusive source of Official Team Lazarus/Le Pingouin merchandise available to the general public.
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Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2011 at Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
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Farr 40 Association,
5:19 AM Wed GMT
The Farr 40 Class Association today announced that the 2011 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship will take place February 23-26 at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS), in Sydney, Australia. Immediately preceding the Worlds, the RSYS will host the Australian Championship from February 18-20.
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Finn Worlds Day 2 - Trujillo falters, Wright surges
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David Wells, San Francisco ,
5:07 AM Wed GMT
Finn World Championships San Francisco Day 2. le Bretton out front as Trujillo falters and Wright surges. With fog lapping at the Golden Gate, and sunshine bathing the race course, race one got off in a light 4-6 not breeze that putting in to play the kinetics rule limiting downwind pumping.
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Finn Gold Cup - A Wright day
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Robert Deaves,
4:48 AM Wed GMT
Thomas Le Breton (FRA) takes the lead at the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco after two third places on Tuesday. Zach Railey (USA) stays in second place while the day belonged to third overall Ed Wright (GBR) after dominating and winning both races.
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Taylor Canfield earns invitation to Grade 1 Congressional Cup
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Dobbs Davis,
1:38 AM Wed GMT
Taylor Canfield earns invitation to Grade 1 Congressional Cup - The Trifecta represented the successful collaboration between organizers of three Open Grade 2 events: the CMRC’s Chicago Match Cup, held over 13-15 August; Bayview YC’s Toyota International Match Race for the Detroit Cup, held a week later over 19-22 August; and the Knickerbocker Cup, held over 25-29 August.
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Laser Standard and Junior World Championships 2010 - Hayling Island
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www.sail-world.com/uk,
12:53 AM Wed GMT
Laser Standard and Junior World Championships 2010 - Leading up to the first qualifying races, competitors were welcomed by what’s known to foreigners as 'typical' British weather.
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New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series
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Barby MacGowan,
12:44 AM Wed GMT
New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series - The top three U.S. teams from next week's event will join the top six teams from the 2009 Invitational Cup: New York, Royal Canadian, Japan Sailing Federation, Nyländska Jaktklubben of Finland, Royal Cork of Ireland and Royal Bermuda, plus at least 10 other international teams.
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Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship– Day 1 tough at the top
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Jerelyn Biehl,
12:18 AM Wed GMT
Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship– Day 1 tough at the top - It’s tough at the top and after only 2 races 1 point separates the top 3 and another tight spread in the next tier. Alexandre Tinoco and Gabriel Borges of Brazil started off the regatta rounding the weather mark in first and extending their lead to lead wire to wire.
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470 Open European Championships 2010 - Wind gets sailors talking sails
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Luissa Smith,
10:00 PM Tue GMT
Open 470 European Championships 2010 - The first day of competition in Istanbul was hot and windless, with the 92 boats never even getting afloat.
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BoatUS - Boat owners group says 2008 hurricane has lesson for boaters
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BoatUS,
9:56 PM Tue GMT
BoatUS - Four days before 2008's Hurricane Hanna struck the South Carolina coast and ran up the eastern US seaboard, she was downgraded to a tropical storm. But that still didn't stop the damage to hundreds of recreational boats deluged by the storm's intense rains. BoatUS is again urging boaters from the Mid-Atlantic to New England to protect their vessels from the forecasted heavy precipitation.
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Laser Worlds - Day 2 balancing act
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Laser Worlds,
8:54 PM Tue GMT
Laser World Championships - Across today’s two testing qualifying heats off Hayling Island, England it was avoiding the early high score discard that was top of the agenda for most sailors.
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RS:X World Championship - Van Rijsselberge soars ahead
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Dansk Sejlunion,
8:27 PM Tue GMT
RS:X World Championship - Dutch sailor Dorian van Rijsselberge has launched himself into the lead today, with the final two qualification series races held off Kerteminde, in the centre of Denmark.
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ISAF World Match Racing Tour Championship - Set to challenge
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Rupert Hains,
6:46 PM Tue GMT
ISAF World Match Racing Tour Championship - The race village at the Segel-Club St. Moritz was buzzing today, with 12 world-class sailing teams making their final preparations for a week of fierce head-to-head competition in the St. Moritz Match Race, the sixth stage.
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Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta in Newport over Labor Day
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Cynthia Goss,
6:23 PM Tue GMT
31st Annual Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta sponsored by Panerai takes place in Newport over the Labor Day weekend. The regatta kicks off Friday night, September 3, with Panerai’s festive opening night celebration at the Museum of Yachting, followed by two days of racing run by organizing authority Sail Newport and the event’s traditional Classic Yacht Parade on Sunday morning.
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34th America’s Cup – Year, new fast boat and fair Protocol rules
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Tim Jeffery,
5:42 PM Tue GMT
34th America’s Cup organizers plan on September 13 to host a press conference in Valencia to reveal three of the four cornerstones of the next competition.
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Laser Worlds - A sea-breeze second day
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Laser Worlds,
2:11 PM Tue GMT
Laser Senior and Junior Championships - After a postponement ashore for two hours both fleets have been sent afloat.
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2010 Finn Gold Cup - Trujillo takes the lead
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Robert Deaves,
8:01 AM Tue GMT
After two fantastic races on San Francisco Bay the 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist Rafa Trujillo (ESP) takes the early lead in the 2010 Finn Gold Cup.
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Farr Yacht Design joins Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's VOR title pursuit
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Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, Abu Dhabi, UAE ,
7:46 AM Tue GMT
US-based Farr Yacht Design (FYD), one of the world’s foremost racing-yacht design teams, has been appointed to develop Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Volvo Open 70 for the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race, representing a major boost to the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA)-backed outfit’s title ambitions.
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Images from San Francisco: Images from Day 1
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Erik Simonson pressure-drop.us,
2:34 AM Tue GMT
Erik Simonson presents a gallery of images from Day 1 of the Finn Gold Cup, being held in San Francisco Bay.
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Finn Worlds start in San Francisco Bay in blustery breeze
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David Wells,
2:31 AM Tue GMT
Day 1 of the Finn World Championships (aka the Gold Cup) kicked off today in a blustery, but blue skied, San Francisco Bay.
Sailing out of the Olympic Circle near Berkeley, California the 87 competitors were greeted with 17-20 knots of wind and San Francisco Bay’s infamous voodoo chop in full swing. Two races were held on course B (a windward leeward first lap featuring a triangle for lap 2 wi
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Laser World Championships Day 1 - Bullot puts field on notice
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Laser Worlds,
9:54 PM Mon GMT
Laser World Championships. Racing Day 1 broke the pattern of blustery winds and intermittent rain which have prevailed through pre-championships training phase, replaced absolutely on cue by bluebird skies, summer sunshine and light to moderate mainly northerly breezes.
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Waka Racing: Final Day at Knickerbocker Cup
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Waka Racing Media, ,
8:50 PM Mon GMT
New Zealand matchracing team, Waka Racing report from USA: The final day dawned on us in New York and we were all a little cautious as what to expect. The forecast was dim with little wind forecasted and for us that was a very bad thing. After our disappointing loss yesterday in the first race of the Semi the equation was simple WE HAD TO RACE.
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