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Jules Verne Trophy - Slow progress for Groupama 3Feb 8, 2010Jules Verne Trophy Groupama 3 record attempt lastest update. 33rd AMERICA'S CUP : Race 1 postponedFeb 8, 2010Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup remains on hold after the breezes off Valencia refused to cooperate to allow the scheduled first showdown between the two giant multihulls Alinghi 5 and USA to take place Monday. Race officer Harold Bennett (NZL) and the race committee team made (...) America's Cup Images - 2010 Day One as the Alinghi Team saw itFeb 8, 2010The Alinghi photographers were on the water and in the air on Day One of the 2010 America's Cup. Here is a selction of t Slow rotation... Groupama 3Feb 8, 2010
2010/02/08 - 16h19Jules Verne TrophyThe position of the Saint Helena High isn't favouring progress towards the Cape of Good Hope: Groupama 3 has been forced to pick out a course to the SSW before slowly straightening out her trajectory to the South this Monday afternoon... As a result her lead over the reference time is diminishing.Franck Cammas and his... America's Cup Images: Alinghi 5 close-upFeb 8, 2010The four hour postponement of Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup gave Sail-World a chance to have a look at Alinghi 5 up c Images from Valencia: America's Cup - Day 1Feb 8, 2010Images for the first day of 'racing'in the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia. Racing was abandoned for the day after the star BMW Oracle Racing: First race of America's Cup is abandonedFeb 8, 2010First race of America's Cup is abandoned - Race One rescheduled for Wednesday. Alinghi: Unstable weather foils Race 1 of 33rd America's CupFeb 8, 2010A passing cold front puts a halt to the much anticipated showdown between the giant multihulls... Royal Lymington Challenge Cup previewFeb 8, 2010Three-boat interclub regatta for IRC yachts Fisher's View: What price an America's Cup handbag?Feb 8, 2010As the new day is yet to dawn for the start of the 33rd America's Cup, the battle of the handbags continues bilo-a-bilo. Race 1 postponedFeb 8, 2010First 33rd America's Cup set for Wednesday Valencia Weather Imposes Injunction on America’s Cup 33 Race One.Feb 8, 2010Race one of the DOG match between Alinghi and BMW ORACLE was scheduled to be held on Monday morning, but it seems that all the money and all the lawyers in the world are powerless to influence the weather in Valencia. The wind meandered lightly around the enormous course and made it impossible for race officials to set a fair course. While those in Europe... ARC 2010 on courseFeb 8, 2010As 150th entry signs up Audi Add Mascalzone Latino to their Sailing Sponsorship Portfolio.Feb 8, 2010Audi continues to pursue its ‘cherry picking’ approach to sailing sponsorship with the announcement that the German car manufacturer will partner with Mascalzone Latino. Audi provide support to a number of sailing properties around the world including the Audi Med Cup. Vincenzo Onorato, who is the driving force behind Mascalzone Latino... No wind, no playFeb 8, 2010Alinghi meteoroligist Jack Katzfey discusses the weather Emirates Team NZ Drop Volvo Ocean Race Plans in Hope of New Cup Attempt.Feb 8, 2010Emirates Team New Zealand boss, Grant Dalton has told NZ Media that the team will not compete in the next Volvo Ocean Race. While race organisers have said that stopovers will not necessarily be tied to competing teams, the news probably means that Auckland will not be a stopover for the next edition of the round the world race. The Volvo Ocean Race had... America's Cup: Better weather prognosis for Wednesday + VideoFeb 8, 2010While the weather prognosis for Wednesday is much better, than today, the dogs of Valencia, can expect a difficult day o 33rd America's Cup - Day 1: No wind, no raceFeb 8, 2010The 33rd America's Cup didn't start with a bang. The light and unstable winds forced the race committee to cancel Monday's races, after the two yachts had spent more than 6 hours drifting around the coast of Valencia.As Chris Bedford, BMW Oracle meteorologist, jokingly commented, the race committee did a great job in putting them in the middle of two... Sailing Talk Podcast from Day 1, AC33Feb 8, 2010The first podcast from Valencia, with regular podcasters Andy & Justin talking to Matt Sheahan of Yachting World. Topics discussed include: The Weather, Rocky The Movie, and Armageddon The Movie. And a bit about sailing, or lack of it… http://www.sailjuice.com/articles/sailing-talk-podcast-day-1-americas-cup America's Cup: What one can see in the Valencia DarsenaFeb 8, 2010Where's this cup going? For the Opening Day the Cup was spotted whizzing across the Village after it had impressed the c 33rd America's Cup: AC33 Special Sailing Talk Podcast now available for download from iTunes....Feb 8, 2010Image by Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi. Together at last. The sight we have all waited so long, the Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing crews on the same piece of water ready to face off in the first race of the 33rd America's Cup. Only thing missing was the wind which failed to materialise in any meaningful way across the racecourse. After several... El Nino and the Southern OscillationFeb 8, 2010Cowes Online columnist Chris Tibbs, professional meteorologist and sailor, tells us all about 'El Nino' and the changes in weather patterns it causes around the world, including here the UK. Groupama 3's lead drops to 450 milesFeb 8, 2010Despite an unfavourable heading towards the Cape of Good Hope, Groupama's pace is enabling them to maintain a lead over Orange 2's reference time Rain Stopped PlayFeb 8, 2010Maybe it was too much to expect. Maybe it was a symbol of the last two-and-a-half years of stop-start frustration that has marked the 33rd America’s Cup. No racing. Not even a sniff of it. After the whoop-whoop send-off for the two protagonists this morning, the building excitement seeped away as Day One of the 33rd America’s Cup turned to a... 1st Race of America’s Cup Abandoned - Race 1 Rescheduled for WednedayFeb 8, 2010Race One of the 33rd America’s Cup Match was abandoned for the day on Monday afternoon. With very light and shifting winds over the race area, the Race Committee was unable to find suitable conditions for racing. “We had a southerly breeze well offshore that was occasionally filtering into the start area,” explained team meteorologist Chris... Oman Sail Masirah crowned winners in MuscatFeb 8, 2010The Extreme Sailing Series Asia was billed locally as 'Oman Sail versus the world' and they came out on top in style. Who Forgot 2 Buy The Wind 4 2Day?Feb 8, 2010I mean its been full of wind so far has it not? And after spending 22 Trillion dollars on boat stuff, somone forgot to buy any wind for today. Anyway I forgot all about it too so dont worry about it. By the way that boat /plane looks the Dogs Bollocks and a real humper. What is a Alingi anyway? Is it like a Kebab sort of thing? Does it taste good? Chance for businesses to get in on Island GamesFeb 8, 2010In 2011 the Isle of Wight will be hosting the NatWest Island Games, the largest international multi-sport event ever to be held on the Island, with events being organised across 14 different sports, including sailing and windsurfing. ISAF Q&A 2010 - 005 & 006Feb 8, 2010The Q&A-panel has been active again and two new Q&A's have been published on the ISAF Website: Number 005 in this year is about the conditions for a protest committee to reinstate an abandoned race. Redress is a many splendoured thing. A PC can score a race even with the last mark-rounding. RC, you'd better have a rubber at that mark! ISAF... BMW Oracle Racing Ready for the MatchFeb 8, 2010On the eve of the first race of the 33rd America’s Cup Match, BMW ORACLE Racing is ready to go. “We had a very good sail,” said team CEO Russell Coutts (NZL). “We’re excited to get out on the race course tomorrow.” The sailing team had a three and a half hour session on the water today to ensure the boat and all of its... AMERICAS CUP RACE 1 POSTPONEDFeb 8, 2010
americascup.comAfter a long period waiting for enough of a settled breeze, the two giant multihulls Alinghi 5 (SUI) and USA awaiting the scheduled start of Race 1 of the 33rd America’s Cup were sent back to their respective bases at around 1345h this afternoon.Principal Race officer Harold Bennett (NZL) and his team on the water had made continuous... America's Cup Race 1 - Rumble in the Jungle abandoned for the dayFeb 8, 2010The breeze in the start area was just 1-2 knots when PRO Harold Bennett signalled postponement at 10:00 local time. Helensburgh Winter Series day 1Feb 8, 2010Two races under grey skies No race todayFeb 8, 2010Due to lack of wind off Valencia, there will be no America's Cup racing on Monday, 8 February, and the next race is now scheduled for Wednesday. 33rd America's Cup: AP over A posted...Racing abandoned for today...Feb 8, 2010Image from www.americascup.com. With the chance of completing any racing in daylight hours rapidly evaporating, the RC have admitted defeat and posted flags AP over A, meaning no racing for today. Tomorrow is a scheduled lay day so the next opportunity for the two teams to race again will be 10.06AM on Wednesday. The boats are under tow and... 33rd America's Cup: Still waiting for wind...Feb 8, 2010Image by BMW Oracle Racing. Three hours after the scheduled start time for race one at the 33 rd America’s Cup here in Valencia the wind is still refusing to cooperate. With the boats have been drifting about on a glassy ocean from the very early hours of the morning, this first day is shaping up to be a massive... Wet And Wild F11 Fun Park At GRSC Finishes Off Flying SeasonFeb 8, 2010This weekend cracked a few milestones for the fastest growing youth sailing class in Australia at the NSW F11 Champs Evan Walker's strong early bid for Hardy CupFeb 8, 2010Sydney sailor Evan Walker has thrown down an early challenge for the Hardy Cup (pillow)Case of the Week (6) -110Feb 8, 2010CASE 110 Rule 62.1(b), Redress A boat physically damaged from contact with a boat that was breaking a rule of Part 2 is eligible for redress only if the damage itself significantly worsened her score. Contact is not necessary for one boat to cause injury or physical damage to another. A worsening of a boat’s score caused by an avoiding manoeuvre... (pillow)Case of the Week (6) -110Feb 8, 2010
CASE 110Rule 62.1(b), RedressA boat physically damaged from contact with a boat that was breaking a rule of Part 2 is eligible for redress only if the damage itself significantly worsened her score. Contact is not necessary for one boat to cause injury or physical damage to another. A worsening of a boat’s score caused by an avoiding manoeuvre is not,... 33rd America's Cup: Alinghi Top Offshore Rules readers' poll....Feb 8, 2010Image by Ian Roman . Thanks to the hundreds of you who voted in our 'Who will win the 33rd America's Cup Poll'. Apparently Alinghi V are your favourites right now with 60% of the vote, but given the delay to racing we are going to keep the poll open a little longer so if you haven't voted then here is you chance: ... Nazenin V selected as a Finalist for World Superyacht AwardsFeb 8, 2010Reaching the finalist stage is a great achievement for both the yacht and yard, with 90 nominations; just 53 have made the final across all the categories. Nazenin V is one of 5 finalists in the category for Best Sailing Yacht 45m+. The outstanding quality on the finished yacht shows the exceptional achievement by RMK Marine who in building this has... Winnerss Decided at Sinapore Airlines Sail AucklandFeb 8, 2010The ISAF Grade 1 Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland concluded yesterday at Kohimarama Yacht Club with another day of fantastic sailing in the City of Sails. Clements Marine Proud to Supply British Products to British Manufacturer Fairline, for over 25 yearsFeb 8, 2010Back in 1982 Clements Marine relationship started with Fairline when they began supplying products for its Antigua 32; today 27 years later they continue to work with this prestigious motor yacht manufacturer, supplying to the Targa, Phantom, and Squadron ranges.Clements Marine pride themselves on build precision and quality which they oversee at their... Angling vessel sinks off Isle of WightFeb 8, 2010An angler was rescued from a life raft on Sunday afternoon, after his boat sank two miles southwest of St. Catherine's Point on the Isle of Wight. America's Cup Race 1 - postponed waiting for the windFeb 8, 2010The breeze in the start area is just 1-2 knots and PRO signalled postponement at 10:00 local time. 33rd America's Cup: BMW Oracle show their poker faces in pre-dawn dock out....Feb 8, 2010Image by Andy Rice - www.sailjuice.com. Long before the sun showed its face this morning and with Lady Ga-Ga's Poker Face blaring around the darkened dockside, Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts and James Spithill, along with the rest of the BMW Oracle crew, boarded their America's Cup trimaran and put to sea for the first race... 33rd America's Cup gets on the waterFeb 8, 2010An early start on Monday, 8 February to Race Day 1 of the 33rd America's Cup saw the two race boats Alinghi 5 and USA leaving their respective docks, but light winds have so far forced a postponement. Groupama 3 250 Miles Up On Round The World Record PaceFeb 8, 2010Just 120 miles off the Brazilian coast, Groupama 3 is continuing to drop down to the SSW to hunt down a low off Rio de Janeiro. Meantime their 530 mile lead over Orange 2 is being maintained... POLL : Which boat for the next America's Cup?Feb 8, 201034e America's Cup Multicoque / Multihulls Grands monocoques / Big Monohulls Class America View Results Free poll from Free Website Polls LIve feed on http://www.americascup.comFeb 8, 2010Goto http://www.americascup.com for the live feed it's the only feed that is working!http://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss The Wing Rig goes RacingFeb 8, 2010
© SailJuice.com: Andy Rice & the Wing Rig Got up at 5am to see the BMW Oracle Racing dock-out. Larry, Russell, James and the gang emerged from one of the tents like Bruce Willis and the astronauts who saved the earth in ‘Armageddon’. Larry high-fived the team. The atmosphere was pumped up. It felt like we were watching a team that... 33rd America's Cup - Day 1 - Race 1: Libe bloggingFeb 8, 20109:50am No breeze at the start line. The race committee had no option but raise the postponment flag. EuroSports Feed liveFeb 8, 2010http://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss America's Cup: Race 1 Blow by BlowFeb 8, 2010Matthew Sheahan reports from day 1 of the 33rd America’s Cup. This story will be updated as the day progresses 33rd America's Cup - Day 1 - Race 1: Approximate race courseFeb 8, 2010
Greetings from rainy Valencia. For illustration purposes we have produced a graph that shows a possible race course for Race 1, based on the latest weather information we have at 9am Valencia time and the assumption the course axis is 225º. It seems though that the breeze will shift to the right, forcing the race committee boat to go further... GLOBAL OCEAN RACE : A second NZ Class40 campaign enters the raceFeb 8, 2010With 580 days until the start of the Global Ocean Race 2011-12, entry #12 for the double-handed circumnavigation is from New Zealand. In common with three other confirmed entries from the UK, USA and Europe, the Kiwi skipper has chosen to keep his powder dry and wishes to remain anonymous (...) Manor Park Icicle Series day 3Feb 8, 2010A breeze for Bratley BMW Oracle and Alinghi sail crewsFeb 8, 2010BMW Oracle1. Bowman: Brad Webb (NZL) 2. Pitman: Simone de Mari (ITA) 3. Jib Trimmer: Ross Halcrow (NZL) 4. Wing Sail Trimmer: Dirk de Ridder (NED) 5. Wing Sail Caddy: Joey Newton (AUS) 6. Tactician: John Kostecki (USA) 7. Skipper/Helmsman: James Spithill (AUS) 8. Navigator: Matteo Plazzi (ITA) 9. Aft... Still on trackFeb 8, 2010Groupama 3 having to hug Brazilian coast, but outlook is looking good BMW ORACLE Racig's live coverage from the 33rd MatchFeb 8, 2010Watch live streaming video from bmworacleracing at livestream.com 33rd America's Cup - Day 1 - Dockout: Yeah, baby yeah, the Cup at last is about to startFeb 8, 2010
Greetings from dark Valencia. It's 7am and the two giant multihulls are already on their way to their race course. Given the distance between the bases of the two teams I had to choose where to watch the dockout. On the opening day, I opted for the Defender. It a was quite a low-key event at the Alinghi base and before I knew it, Alinghi 5 was docking... America's Cup - Racing with Live Streaming on Sail-World.comFeb 8, 2010If you have fast internet speed, at least 1.5meg download, you will be able to watch the racing on Sail-World.com There’s Something Going On But I Cant RememberFeb 8, 2010There’s something going on today where they speak funny, its just like forgetting Mrs Marine Blasts birthday, It’ll come to me later. Something about a Cat or 5 of them or something. Must checkout sailKarma.com Alinghi fashion showFeb 8, 2010
Carlo Borlenghi / AlinghiEmilie Boiron models a bikini of the KB Collection. The Alinghi Collection 2010 was presented tonight to an enthusiastic audience at a fashion show in the Port America’s Cup.The collection was presented by 21 models, featuring former Swiss top model Emilie Boiron. There were also 14 children of team members modelling kids... America's Cup: Starts explainedFeb 8, 2010Afficionados of match racing will quickly recognise a different starting procedure when Alinghi 5 and the challenger lin |
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