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Day 3: Lighter winds than previously and a shift from South-East to East halfway through the fleet racing caused the second of the races to be over eleven legs of a much smaller course - boats were lapped by the leaders - and there was a shake-up in the pecking order with teams having good and bad results. Luna Rossa - Swordfish, for example had a first and a last. Includes Video highlights.
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Photographer Leighton O'Connor sends this gallery of images of the action during the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 Miami In-Port Race.
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The magnificent final day of the 470 World Championships in Barcelona brought to an end seven days of intense and closely fought racing. Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS) have made it three World Championship titles in a row – an outstanding accomplishment. In the 470 Women event, Hannah Mills/Saskia Clark (GBR) make it a first for British sailing by winning the 470 World Championship title.
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The final day of the 2012 470 World Championships in Barcelona was a spectacular wrap to seven days of intense and closely fought racing. Mat Belcher/Malcolm Page (AUS) have made it three World Championship titles in a row – a phenomenal achievement.
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In the Volvo Ocean Race, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing launched an eleventh hour comeback in the Miami In-Port Race to take their tally of in-shore successes to three, while Groupama scored a strong second to pile the pressure on overall race leaders Telefónica. Ian Walker’s crew were rewarded for sailing a near-perfect race on Saturday when they snatched the lead from Groupama on the penultimate leg and
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At the America’s Cup World Series Venice, Oracle Team USA Spithill placed second and third in the day’s two fleet races to win the day. The turn-around from Thursday’s and Friday’s performances helped move Jimmy Spithill’s crew into fifth place on the leaderboard heading into tomorrow’s high-points fleet race finale.
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The fifth and final leg of the Global Ocean Race 2011-12 is now underway. At 10:30 local time (14:30 GMT) on Saturday 19 May, the four remaining Class40s from the original fleet of six boats crossed the start line in Charleston, South Carolina and set off on the 3,600-mile journey bound for Les Sables d’Olonne, France.
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In the America’s Cup World Series Venice, Artemis Racing was back on form today, winning one of the fleet races plus both match races against Loick Peyron’s Energy Team, to progress to the Match Racing Finals tomorrow. 'Yesterday was disappointing, but we debriefed it intensely. It was nice to come back today and sail in the way that we know how to sail. It was a really good team day
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Abu Dhabi claimed their third win of the in-port series on Saturday, while Groupama took a strong second to pile more pressure on overall race leaders Team Telefónica. While Ian Walker's Abu Dhabi cemented their reputation as formidable in-port contenders and took six points for the victory in the 10-leg In-Port Race, Miami the French team Groupama scored a valuable five, taking them to 158 overal
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Rolex Volcano Race 2012 first segment got underway today, Saturday 19th May, in the town of Gaeta, just north of Naples. Sir Peter Ogden’s 60-ft Mini Maxi Jethou (GBR) won today’s windward/leeward race. Fourteen of the 19 entered Maxi yachts contested the race
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470 World Championship for the women's class concluded in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday 19th May. Great Britain’s sailors have made it two World Championship titles in two days with Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark crowned the first ever British World Champions today. Mills and Clark, who claimed silver at the 2011 World Championships in Perth in December, went one step further at this 2012 edition
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The points table in the Volvo Ocean Race is now so tight between third and fourth places, that the leaderboard could change after the Miami In Port Race. On the day of what’s set to be one of the most hotly contested in-port races of the series so far, the six skippers talked about their expectations, what it takes to win and how they could be just one bad start away from a podium slide.
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Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race fleet are on the fifth day of race eleven from Panama to New York. It’s been another frustrating day for the ten-strong fleet of ocean racing yachts. Today’s skipper reports to the Race Office are filled with curses to the wind gods as well as a number of tactical gambles as each team looks to outdo its closest rivals.
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America’s Cup World Series Venice – Day 3 images by Max Ranchi Photography
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Sean O’Brien, six-time Australian Formula Windsurfing Champion and new face on the PWA Slalom World Tour, has teamed up with his personal trainer Nic Pillonel from Switzerland, to develop a windsurfing-specific training program available to download from their newly launched website. The ‘GetWindsurfFit’ program was developed over the past five years that the two have worked together
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London 2012 Olympic Games - Triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie said waiting to start the torch relay at Land's End was 'one of the more nervous moments in my life'.
But Ainslie, who said the torch leg was so special it ranked alongside winning one of his Olympic gold medal: said 'It was one of those moments where I was in a bit of shock really At least I didn't trip over'.
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On the penultimate day of racing at the 2012 470 World Championships, Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS) secured their third successive World Championship title following their win in race 12 which sealed the victory for the pair. In the 470 Women Gold Fleet, the teams from China and Poland have qualified their nations to the 2012 Olympic Games. The final two Olympic qualification places in the
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The top performing Women’s Laser Radial sailor on the 2011- 2012 World Cup circuit has been China's 24 year old Lijia Xu, who just a few weeks ago won her third Gold medal of this season at the Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyeres.
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Day 2: Includes Video highlights. It was a day for the huge crowds that gathered along the shores leading into the Grand Canal; short-course racing at its best and once more the defenders all but eclipsed while the French team led by Loick Peyron moved into a near commanding points lead after the day's two races, which were held in light south-easterly breezes of 5-7 knots.
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At the 470 World Championships, on the penultimate day of racing, Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS) secured their third successive World Championship title. Their win in race 12 sealed victory for the pair. In the 470 Women Gold Fleet, teams from China and Poland have qualified their nations to the 2012 Olympic Games, subject to ISAF ratification.
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The America's Cup World Series is currently taking place in Venice, Italy. Photographer Carlo Borlenghi was on hand to capture this gallery of images.
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At the America’s Cup World Series Venice, Oracle Team USA Spithill has captured third in the second fleet race of the day and now stands sixth on the leaderboard after the first four races. Teammate Oracle Team USA Bundock holds eighth in the standings at the regatta that has seen the team’s two crews off to an uneven performance.
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America’s Cup World Series Venice – Day 2 images by Max Ranchi Photography
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J.P. Morgan Asset Management Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth, UK has been a week of extremes and the final day was no different. Though a medal race was attempted, it was soon abandoned and an hour later racing was completely abandoned for the day as the wind disappeared. This left Ben Ainslie (GBR) as Finn World Champion for the sixth time.
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Rolex Volcano Race first segment is taking place tomorrow, Saturday 19th May, in the town of Gaeta, just north of Naples. Nineteen crews are preparing in earnest. The scheduled windward/leeward race will enable the array of international crews to test tactics and hone preparations ahead of an intriguing two-part offshore race beginning on Sunday 20 May.
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The Finn World Championship 2012 concluded in Falmouth today, 18th May, with Ben Ainslie confirmed as winning an unprecedented sixth Finn World Championship title but was denied the chance to finish the regatta in style, as light winds put paid to the final 10-boat medal race.
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Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race fleet are on the fourth day of race eleven from Panama to New York. The battle for victory has quickly turned into a game of cat and mouse as Gold Coast Australia is first to cross the Scoring Gate, claiming the maximum three points, but have also surrendered their lead to Visit Finland.
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ORCi World Championship - Large fleet of 128 entries prompts a new innovative format to determine Class A and Class B World Champions. Competitors with a 2012 ORC GPH (General Purpose Handicap) rating of 614.9 sec/mile or less will race for the Class A World Championship title, and those with a 2012 GPH of greater than or equal to 615.0 sec/mi will race for the Class B World Championship title
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Tahiti Pearl Regatta ninth edition is currently underway and featured today one of the most expected and most exciting part of its program, the Raiatea to Bora-Bora leg. A distance of 27 nautical miles under mild and at times tricky conditions that brought no big surprises in the final outcome.
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At the 2012 Laser Radial World Championships in cold but sunny weather, with oscillating winds between 15 and 28 knots, the sailors in Boltenhagen finished the last races of their qualifying series before being divided into the gold and silver fleets for the finals. The choppy waves out on the Wohlenberger Wiek proved challenging and again there were several capsizes.
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For the 2012 470 World Championships, there are only five races remaining - making race day five a crunch day as teams positioned themselves to make the medal race cut, with the points beginning to stack up amongst the 470 Women’s teams in the challenge for Olympic qualification.
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This week’s sailing headlines have been dominated by the start of the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) Venice Event, as well as the news of the ACWS’ latest sponsor, Red Bull
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On the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad you can put bookmarks for any site, creating one-tap shortcuts to your favourite websites. Sail-World, Marine Business World, Powerboat World, and Fishing Boating World now have custom icons for you to save for quick, easy access!
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