It could be considered an irony, but exactly 2 years after being accepted by Alinghi as Challenger of Record fro the 33rd America's Cup, the now-defunct Desafío makes its first appearance as Iberdorla Team.Spain's main in-shore racing team is taking part in the Trofeo Reina, organized by Valencia's yacht club, with two different boats, a GP42 and a Platu...

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There have been a few crew changes compared to Venice, due to the other commitments of some of the "regulars" within four teams. Aboard Gitana Extreme, Dutch offshore specialist Simeon Tienpont has been momentarily 'lent' by BMW Oracle to replace Hervé Cunnigham. Extreme 40 class co-creator Mitch Booth stands in for an injured Darren Bundock as BT...

With three world champions sitting in the top four of the 25-strong fleet at the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2009, the final day of racing for the championship crown had all the necessary elements for a spectacular finale. All was set for a naval duel to the death between two time world champion (1998, 2004) Jim Richardson (Boston, Mass./Newport,...

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The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) recently acknowledged the contributions of five individuals to the sport of college sailing by inducting them into the ICSA Hall of Fame. Austin Dias (San Diego, Calif.) received the Student Leadership Award; Joe Kirk (West Falmouth, Mass.) was honored with the Lifetime Service Award; Bryan McDonald (Monte...

Coming into Round 2 of the iShares Cup, one could be forgiven for expecting the French teams to excel on their 'home' waters but the pre-event form hasn't gone quite as planned. It was Oman Sail's Masirah that stole the thunder today on the open waters of Hyères, posting four bullets out of six races leaving them at the top of the Day 1 leaderboard...

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In his final report from the Volvo Ocean Race 08-09, Guy Swindells looks back at the race with the three top placed skippers

Here at Sandhamn we are melting away and the sailors in the race Eurocard Gotland Runt are longing for wind. Usually they are arriving one after the other by now, instead they are just outside of Visby with two additional days to go for most of the boats. Me, I am now going to take a seat at the dock, have an ice-cream and enjoy music and entertainment...

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Long awaited return to Mount's Bay

Another week of sunshine and some fantastic tennis and, yes, it is true I did get to enjoy the women's semi finals up close and personal. The atmosphere was awesome and I joined the masses to indulge in fresh strawberries as one should do at Wimbledon.

The beautiful 1929 Bermudan Ketch Halcyon reaches her 80th birthday on 10 July, and this great milestone causes us to recall the circumstances of her launch all those years ago, writes David Green.

Taking place from 11-20 September the PSP Southampton Boat Show is aiming to break a number of world records throughout the duration of the UK's leading outdoor social event showcasing boating, watersports, and lifestyle.

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The Bermuda National Optimist team is competing at the IODA North American Championships in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic this week with a 198 boat fleet from 23 different countries including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, France, Germany,Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Uruguay and the USA.In large and confused seas and winds 10-12...

Double Olympic sailing gold medallist Sarah Dempsey and her husband Olympic windsurfer Nick Dempsey are the proud new parents of their first baby, a son.

Images by www.falmouthphotos.com   Laser SB3 sailor Craig Burlton had a double celebration last week in Falmouth when he celebrated his birthday midway through winning a hotly contested SB3 UK National Championship. In topping the near seventy-boat fleet, past European Champion Burlton, saw off challenges from perennial dinghy and...

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On the river Erdre near Nantes