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Paralympic Games countdown; Olympic Sailing DVDs now available
5 Sep ISAF Paralymic News Service
A record 80 athletes sailing in 41 boats from 25 nations will compete for the medals in Qingdao, in what is sailing's third appearance at a Paralympics.
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ISAF World Sailing Rankings - 3 September 2008
5 Sep ISAF
There are two new leaders in the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings and some major changes elsewhere with the inclusion of results from the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition.
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Sydney takes the first round at the Australian Match Race Championship
5 Sep Royal Perth Yacht Club
Sydney skipper Evan Walker holds the top spot on the leaderboard at the end of the first round robin at the Barbagallo Marine Australian Match Racing Championships hosted by the Royal Perth Yacht Club.
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Big wind, big waves, big day at Porto Cervo
5 Sep Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
If they ever invent a 4x4 RIB the photographers and film crews that covered today's proceedings at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup will be in the market for it. A one-hour postponement saw the wind build from zip to 20 knots and more. With the wind came the sea - short, sharp and steep. Great in a maxi, dreadful in a small motorboat.
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Aggressive racing decides three more quarter finalists at St. Moritz
5 Sep St. Moritz Match Race
Torrential rain all night did nothing to deter the competitors of St Moritz Match Race as they prepared for day two of the sixth event of the World Match Racing Tour. With two flights of Round Robin B left to be completed in the morning session, all six teams still had a chance to qualify directly for the quarterfinals without having to sail in the repecharge. A south-westerly breeze of eight to twelve knots came through and provided for some very close match racing.
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Fleet manoeuvres at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
4 Sep Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup media Services
Imagine you are sitting on your boat in the middle of an emerald sea enjoying a quiet bit of fishing. Imagine in the distance an array of colourful spinnakers is heading towards you under a cloudless blue sky in ten to twelve knots of warm breeze. Imagine that the leading boats all turn in unison towards you as if they have been choreographed to do so. Realise suddenly you are parked up next to Secca tre Monti, the turning mark in the middle of race 2 at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup.
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RQYS’s opening day of the 124th sailing season
4 Sep RQYS
Celebrating 124 years of sailing in Brisbane, the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on Saturday 6 September will celebrate the opening of the 2008/09 sailing season.
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Col and Minoprio Stand out on day 1 at St. Moritz
4 Sep St Moritz Match Race
St Moritz Match Race got under way this morning and while the lake looked like glass, as promised the wind came through in time for the scheduled start. With eight of the top ten ISAF ranked teams competing, competition is sure to be fierce as the teams battle out for their share in the $135,000 prize pool. The format for this regatta sees the teams split in to two groups for the round robins.
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Sydney’s summer sailing season starts Saturday
3 Sep Media Services
Sydney Harbour again will be a sea of sail next Saturday, 6 September, when the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club, Sydney Amateur Sailing Club and Middle Harbour Yacht Club begin their club yacht racing programs for the summer of 2008-2009.
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A bird’s eye view of the big fellas
3 Sep KPMS
Without doubt one of the best views in the house at the 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup is that of the helicopter pilot tasked with positioning the film and photographic teams recording events unfolding.
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Now that's Smart Boating
3 Sep Smart Boating
If you've already discovered how beautiful sailing on Pittwater can be but dream of sailing more regularly, have you thought about shared boat ownership with Smart Boating?
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Sydney v Perth at the Australian Match Racing Championship
3 Sep Royal Perth Yacht Club
Perth sailors will take on Sydneysiders in the Barbagallo Marine Australian Match Racing Championship, being hosted by the Royal Perth Yacht Club from 3 to 7 September on the Swan River.
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Mooloolaba Yacht Club - no club house but still active
2 Sep MYC
Even though the Mooloolaba Yacht Club no longer has a club house to sail from doesn't mean the club is "defunct" as recently reported by some coast media outlets. The Mooloolaba Yacht Club is still active and is still conducting races every Wednesday and Sunday with up to 14 yachts competing with yacht owners now meeting at the public wharf on Parkyn Parade to sign on and pick up crew members.
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And the winner is.....The Philosopher’s Club
2 Sep Audi Australia
When the skipper of The Philosopher’s Club, Peter Sorensen, arrived in Geelong, Victoria in January 2008 to contest the opening event of the Audi IRC Australian Championship, he took one look at the Audi Q7 on display and announced to his crew that the car was going to be his.
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Ellison launches giant trimaran
2 Sep The Observer/Scuttlebutt
August 31: The uncertainty of the next America's Cup, locked as it is in the New York courts, took another twist last week with the launch of Larry Ellison's American challenger, and the enormity of the problem brought into sharp focus when a 90-foot long trimaran hit the waters off Anacortes in Washington State. This gigantic three-hulled vessel has a 158ft mast.
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Top sailors gather for second century of Bermuda Gold Cup
2 Sep Gold Cup Media Services
Get ready for some the world’s best match racing from October 7-12 on Bermuda’s Hamilton Harbour in the King Edward VII Gold Cup, presented by Argo Group.
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Who’s who of the maxi yacht racing scene gathers at Porto Cervo
2 Sep KPMS
The 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda gets underway tomorrow with an entry list of 40 yachts representing a broad spectrum of the maxi scene.
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Alinghi make it three in a row, winning the iShares Cup at Kiel
1 Sep Event Media
Alinghi win Round 4 of the iShares Cup at Kiel, their third title in a row on the European Extreme 40 sailing circuit. Nearly 50,000 spectators watch the final, the biggest crowds ever seen at the European Extreme 40 circuit. TEAMORIGIN missed four races following a collision and are now tied on equal points with Alinghi in first place overall.
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Sizzling Sailing Offer for September - 20% saving on Whitsunday Monohull Charter
1 Sep Sunsail
Want to relax and unwind for a couple of days but strapped for time… then sail the Whitsundays with Sunsail Yacht Charters on a monohull charter in September and enjoy a special last-minute standby offer of a reduced minimum of only one night plus 20 per cent off*.
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Green Dragon arrives in Alicante
1 Sep Green Dragon
Ian Walker, skipper of the Volvo Open 70 Green Dragon, reports on the delivery trip from Cork, Ireland to Alicante, Spain in preparation for the Volvo Ocean Race, starting with the In Port Race on October 4.
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Danish Open revenge for Williams
1 Sep Event Media
An estimated 30,000 people have come to see the sights and sounds of Frederikshavn this week as the town played host to the fifth stage of the World Match Racing Tour. The Danish Open ended today with Ian Williams (GBR) of Team Pindar taking first place in a best of three final against Sebastien Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge.
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Report from MirskyRacingTeam on Danish Open Day Four
1 Sep MRT
In the petit-final Johnie Berntsson (SWE) beat Torvar Mirsky (AUS) 2-1. Mirsky’s bowman Graeme Spence was unable to sail due to food poisoning.
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Glorious sunshine for Day 2 of the iShares Cup at Kiel
31 Aug Event Media
Alinghi hold the overall in the iShares Cup, but TEAMORIGIN is chasing hard in second place. There were five different winners of today's six races in tricky conditions. Cool heads are required as the sailors start to feel the pressure at the penultimate regatta of the European Extreme 40 Sailing Series.
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Danish Open semi finalists determined by 5 way tie
31 Aug Event Media
The warm sunny weather returned to the shores of Frederikshavn here in Denmark, bringing out a record crowd of spectators to watch the final flights of the round robin and see the semi finalists emerge.
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MirskyRacingTeam report - lucky on Day Three of Danish Open
31 Aug MirskyRacingTeam
A wise man once told me that it’s better to be born lucky than born rich, and after today’s events, not a truer word was spoken as we got the better of a 5 way tie to qualify for the semi finals.
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Curtain closes as divisional winners announced
31 Aug Event Media
As the curtain closes on the Silver Jubilee Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, results have been finalised across the board and divisional winners announced for this record breaking anniversary year.
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Cougar II ambushes its prey
30 Aug Event Media
Alan Whiteley’s Victorian TP52 Cougar II travelled 1,500 nautical miles to outsail a world class IRC Grand Prix division 1 fleet at Australia’s most awarded regatta, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.
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Close racing makes iShares Cup at Kiel a crowd-pleaser
30 Aug Event Media
Photo-finishes just metres from the shore and place changes every leg made day one of the iShares Cup at Kiel a real crowd pleaser. Even some rain showers couldn't keep away up to 8,000 spectators who lined the shore of the Inner Førde to watch the Extreme 40s blasting past the bustling public race village - with sunshine forecast for tomorrow, over 50,000 spectators are anticipated over the weekend.
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Danish Open - Will seven wins be enough?
30 Aug Event Media
The second day of racing at the Danish Open saw true champagne sailing conditions with wind ranging between 10 to 20 knots and clear blue skys. Race officials took advantage of the conditions and completed 10 flights in the day’s schedule. With a northerly breeze that made life very difficult for the sailors no match was a done deal right until the end. The big question of the day is ‘will seven wins be enough to make the cut?’
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Mirsky Racing Team Report on Danish Open – Day Two
30 Aug MRT
Despite being plagued with illness, MRT dominated on day two of the Danish Open winning three races straight. We had the morning off, which allowed us time to get our heads around the shifty conditions.
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