Local youngsters stay upright

It has been over 24 hours since any yacht, competing in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race finished; however a goal rush is expected for the second half.

The Australian flag as it was seen on Tuesday 1 September 2010 At 2210 last night (Thursday 2 September), the Australian flag was kidnapped from the international flagpoles at the 2010 Laser World Championships at the UK. The culprits were caught in CCTV. If you know who took it, or if was you, then please return it to Hayling Island Sailing Club...

British company OC Group and mainland Europe based ThirdPole have been merged in a non-cash deal that will bring together their competences into a global leading sports marketing and events company.

Frank Cammas and his crew onboard Groupama 70 broke the race record when they completed the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race last Sunday, Hamo Thornycroft was out on the Solent to take these great pictures.

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After another two windy races, the top five at the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco maintain their relative positions but Rafa Trujillo (ESP) who scored 1-2 and Ed Wright (GBR) who scored 2-5 increased their lead over the rest of the fleet. .

Overall leader Tom Slingsby carries forward his consistent momentum into the critical six race Finals phase of the Laser World Championships buoyed by his fourth race win and a fifth from the last day of Qualifying heats in Hayling Bay off Hayling Island.

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Showing that experience pays in this class, so today veteran windsurfer and quadruple Olympic medallist Alessandra Sensini from Italy pulled into the lead at the RS:X World Championships, being held at Kerteminde, Denmark.

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OC Group, the company behind the Extreme Sailing Series, has announced today that it will merge with European based ThirdPole. The non-cash deal will bring together the two companies’ competences to form a broad based outdoor sports and events company. The two brands will remain, OC continuing to specialise in professional sailing teams and events,...

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Overall leader Tom Slingsby continues his consistent momentum into the critical six race finals phase of the Laser World Championships off Hayling Island.

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While most of the speculation about the next America’s Cup boat rule is centred on multihulls, a monohull option would certainly take inspiration from the RC44. Designed by BMW ORACLE CEO Russell Coutts and campaigned by BMW ORACLE team members, the boat was also used in the America’s Cup technical television trials recently in Valencia. The...

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After announcing that the team of Ian Walker and Jamie Boag would run the Abu Dhabi Ocean Race Team for the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, the team has officially appointed US-based Farr Yacht Design, to design its Volvo Open 70 for Race. Jason Carrington (UK) has also been hired as the team’s Technical Manager. His Excellency Mubarak Al...

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When I was in Kiel I wrote a post about a request for redress by one of the teams in Woman Match racing. You can read the original here: Kiel 4; Day five Because of a mistake in the invitations the second Swedish team who should have been invited according to the NOR amendment #1 (the Sailing World Cup Standard NOR) was not, instead DEN2 was invited...

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The crew are feeling the elements - having to make five sail changes during a three-hour watch

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I saw this on the way to Weymouth yesterday. Does anyone know what kind of boat it is? Forum » Facebook »

Held in testing conditions

Ainslie and Williams won all three of their races, but all eyes were on Frenchman Iehl who has enjoyed a run of five successive victories

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37 under sixteens take part

All new monohull yachts with a age and series date after January 2010 participating in a Category 0,1,2 race under the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations (OSR) now require an ISAF plan review certificate.

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