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ISAF Working Party support NZ design for Olympics

ISAF working party supports Elliott 6m be chosen as the equipment for the 2012 Olympics in the new Womens Match Racing

Optimum wins Mumm 30 Worlds

Picture Optimum wins Mumm 30 WorldsPhoto by Andrew PalfreyGuy Stening's Optimum has won the 2008 M 30 Worlds. Stening who hails from Sydney, Australia is also the reigning Australian National Champion.Jim Richardson's Barking Mad won all three of today's races to finish 2nd and is Boat of the Day for the second day in a row.Vincezo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino is third. Onorato who an ISAF Sailor of the Year nominee and is the reigning and three consecutive Farr 40 Class Champion was a strong challenger for the title, until...

The new Container

Picture The new ContainerHere are some great photos of the new Container sailing in St. Tropez Maxi Regatta - Pretty sweet looking! Photos by Jürg Kaufmann http://www.go4image.comhttp://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

52.86 knots? Fastest sailboat?

Picture 52.86 knots? Fastest sailboat?We have heard reports that Hydroptere has broken the 50 knot barrier at a speed of 52.86 knots sailing in winds of 40 knots plus. We are wanting on a conformation.http://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

RYA National Ranking Series set for exciting finale

  Hannah Mills and Katrina Hughes are poised to end their season on a high with the 2008 RYA Olympic Classes National Ranking Series 470 women’s crown. Mills and Hughes, who this summer claimed the World Junior 470 title ...

Ernesto Bertarelli talks to French newspaper Le Figaro

Ernesto Bertarelli, owner of America's Cup defender Alinghi, talked to the French newspaper Le Figaro last week, when he was racing in the Voiles de Saint-Tropez on Numbers. The interview was published today and we provide the English translation for our non-French speakers. Le Figaro: How did your meeting with Larry Ellison go?Ernesto Bertarelli: In my opinion very well. We share the same passion for sailing and our points of view are not very distanced. But as we say “the devil is in the...

Jaffa Campaign Includes Team GB Sailing Academy

Jaffa is unveiling a new look aimed at giving the citrus brand a more contemporary image. The roll-out has been designed to appeal to younger consumers. There is also a new logo which is accompanied by the strapline “Love Life. Love Jaffa”. A marketing campaign will also be launched to support the rebrand, which includes sponsorship of Team GB’s sailing academy in Weymouth. We’d love to tell you more, but can’t find anything anywhere… stay tuned.

Wally Nano – the 36-footer from Monaco

Picture Wally Nano – the 36-footer from Monaco  10/2008 - A CLASSIC LOOK REVISITED Launched on July 23rd 2008 in Antalya, Turkey, the 1st Wally Nano arrived in Cap d’Ail this summer. Biancaneve (Italian for Snow White) was presented to the public at the Cannes boat show.  With her pastel pink hull with a thin black line emerging just above the waterline, this latest model from the Monaco brand is quite simply magnificent.  The straight bow is fitted with a carbon bowsprit and this combined with the very long fantail makes for a...

Figaro Cap Istanbul: Erwan Tabarly helms Athema to 63 seconds win into Bozcaada

At daybreak, Erwan Tabarly at the helm of Athema, was the first to complete the 4th leg of the "European Capital of Culture – Cap Istanbul" at 05 hours 31 minutes and 27 seconds. On the little Turkish island ...

ASTO Regatta and windy dayboat racing

This week's Cowes TV video report features the 2008 ASTO Regatta plus some windy dayboat racing as the final round of the Red Funnel Cowes Keelboat Championship was abandoned and the dayboats reverted to shore line starts.

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F11s Win Division At 2008 OAMPS NSW Youth Champs

The Flying 11 Class out number all other classes at the 2008 OAMPS Insurance Brokers NSW Youth Championships

Prize Giving Ceremony in Saint-Tropez

In Saint-Tropez and participants gathered in La Citadelle for the prize giving ceremony for Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez.

Ordinary Not Applicable

Picture Ordinary Not ApplicableTom Perkins took me for a ride last weekend, on that boat of his. He stood at the control station, played with his touchscreen options, and sailed us around San Francisco Bay. He said, "You can learn to sail this boat in five minutes." Maybe. It would take little old me longer than that to get over being surprised by it, even though I've known the details for a couple of years . . . Photo by Dick Enersen, Staff Commodore, SINSMaltese Falcon had a wheel when it was launched, Perkins said, but...

The Numbers Stack Up - 77 boats and still counting

With only a matter of days until the start of the 29th Rolex Middle Sea Race, organisers the Royal Malta Yacht club are rubbing their hands together at the prospect of an entry exceeding seventy boats for the first time ever. Not only that, but the yachts are drawn from most corners of the sailing world with the fleet flying no less than eighteen different national flags. Entries close on 11th October and the race itself starts from Marsamxett Harbour on the 18th October - so there is still...

Bertarelli puts dampener on America's Cup progress

Team Alinghi head Ernesto Bertarelli says that little progress is being made, other than the fact that the teams are tal

Volvo Ocean Race: Jury to given decision on reopening Ericsson keel case tomorrow

The dog and pony shows are over. Now it’s a matter of days until the eight boats comprising the fleet in the Volvo Ocean Race head offshore. The 10th edition of the circumnavigation race commenced over the weekend with ...

Figaro Cap Istanbul: Med sailing more demanding than Atlantic says Gildas Morvan

The fleet of the European Capital of Culture – Cap Istanbul arrived in Bozcaada today at the end of the 4th and penultimate leg of the course linking Nice to Istanbul. The 27 solo sailors have once again been ...