Australian Sailing News
Team Telefonica makes it three in a row
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4 Feb VOR media
Team Telefónica became the first team to win the first three legs of a Volvo Ocean Race in 22 years as they swept to glory in Leg 3 from Abu Dhabi to Sanya.
About Time does it again with Port Hacking Race win
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4 Feb Di Pearson, CYCA media
Sydney yachtsman Julian Farren-Price has provisionally taken out the Port Hacking Race, the third last race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Pointscore Series (OPS), sailed in light south-westerly breezes today.
Telefónica on course for third successive victory
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4 Feb VOR media
Iker Martínez’s Team Telefónica was today on course for a third consecutive leg victory of the 2011-12 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race as she led the six-boat fleet on the final miles of the second stage of Leg 3 from the Maldives to Sanya in China.
The Bay Regatta: Breathtaking scenery rivals racing3 Feb Event media On Day 2 of The Bay Regatta, sailors departed from their mooring off Paradise Koh Yao Boutique Resort & Spa and headed south towards Krabi, sailing through the breathtaking limestone karsts of Phang Nga Bay, one of the world’s most scenic cruising grounds. more... |
Pressure on match racers for Olympic qualification3 Feb WMRA media Miami, Florida: The pressure is on, as three of the nine women's match racing teams competing to qualify their country for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition at the Women's Match Racing International Country Olympic Qualifying Regatta (WMRICOQR) will be eliminated at the end of the first round robin and the top six will move on to the next stage. more... |
Kiwi Junior wins Warren Jones Youth Regatta
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3 Feb John Roberson
Young New Zealand skipper, Josh Junior, has taken the 2012 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, beating local Perth sailor David Gilmour 3–1 in a tense and hard fought final, in Perth, Western Australia.
Calvert pursuing ninth Bruny Island race win
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3 Feb Peter Campbell
Tony Lyall’s grand prix ocean racer, Cougar II and eight time winner, Don Calvert’s Intrigue, head a strong fleet of 21 yachts entered so far for the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s Bruny Island Race, with entries closing at noon on 8 February.
Australian Team Racing Championship Notice of Race released3 Feb Craig Heydon, Yachting Australia Yachting Australia has released the Notice of Race for the 2012 Australian Team Racing Championship, to be held at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on April 14 and 15, 2012. more... |
Veteran signs on for unique challenge3 Feb Ian Grant Veteran Gold Coast sailor Colin Metcher will be at the tiller of his sports skiff Cool Change when the fleet of mixed class dinghies and catamarans contest The Great Race on Saturday February 25. more... |
Volvo Ocean Race: Little in it with finish in sight
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3 Feb VOR media
After two weeks and over 2500 nautical miles of sailing on the second stage of Leg 3 in the Volvo Ocean Race from the Maldives to Sanya in China, today the top five boats are separated by just four hours as they take on a gruelling 500 nm beat to the finish.
Mixed bag of conditions opens The Bay Regatta
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2 Feb Event media
On the first-day of The Bay Regatta, participants started off Koh Rang and sailed a course that finished up at Koh Kudu, where all motored to the anchorage just off of Paradise Koh Yao Boutique Resort & Spa, host of the regatta’s second party.
Gilmour in the groove at Warren Jones Regatta
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2 Feb John Roberson
David Gilmour, and his crew from Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, went undefeated through the third day of the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, to win the round robin stage of the event.
Cash competition for Moth World Championship
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2 Feb Event media
With the 2012 Zhik Nautica Moth Worlds a little under seven months away, Zhik has announced an innovative competition to run in conjunction with the Championship to be held at Campione del Garda, Italy in August.
Geelong’s Wooden Boat Festival - ‘knot’ to be missed!2 Feb Bob Appleton The Whyte, Just & Moore Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong will be held on the weekend of 10-11 March at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club and anyone with a love of wooden boats should be there. more... |
Change of dates for Sail Mooloolaba
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2 Feb Event media/amended
Sail Mooloolaba in Queensland has announced a change of dates and will now be held from 23 June to 1 July to attract a greater number of youth sailors and to avoid clashes with other events.
ISAF launches 2012 Olympic Games website2 Feb ISAF With 177 days until the London 2012 Olympic Games start, the International Sailing Federation has launched their Olympic website, which will be the home of Olympic Sailing during London 2012, with all the information, stories, results and multimedia that teams and spectators will need. more... |
Teams confirmed for RC44 Championship Tour
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2 Feb RC44 media
New faces and one new team are confirmed in the line-up for the 2012 RC44 Championship Tour, which kicks off in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote on 8 February.
Australia at top of latest ISAF Sailing World Rankings
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2 Feb ISAF
The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 1 February 2012 have been released and once again, Australia features at the top of two disciplines, while some did not compete at the most recent Grade 1 event, but feature at the top end of the Rankings.
Women's Match Racing Worlds Notice of Race released
2 Feb ISAF
The Notice of Race for the 2012 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship, to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 25-30 June, has been released. |
Volvo Ocean Race: Puma has a big gamble
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2 Feb VOR media
Puma skipper Ken Read launched a surprise tactical gamble on Wednesday that could take the Leg 3 fight all the way to the wire, with the American taking his team offshore just as Telefónica led the main fleet towards the coast of Vietnam.
Entrants named for 2016 Equipment Evaluation
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1 Feb ISAF
Following the request for proposals, ISAF is pleased to announce it has received entrants for, six Women’s Skiff and seven Mixed Mutlihulls for 2016 Olympic Games Equipment Evaluation and wishes to invite them all to the evaluation event in Santander, Spain in March.
Local Gilmour makes his move at Warren Jones Regatta1 Feb John Roberson Local skipper David Gilmour and his crew have taken sole possession of the top spot on the leaderboard in the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, winning all but one of their races on the second day of the series. more... |
Alex Thomson – walking the keel
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1 Feb Alex Thomson Racing
Eight tonnes of carbon fibre yacht, a 255 horsepower jet ski, 45 combined years of sailing experience, and one crazy guy in a suit equals that crazy guy walking the keel...
Club Marine supports future engineers1 Feb Club Marine Australia’s largest provider of pleasure craft insurance, Club Marine, together with the Australian Maritime College (AMC) in Launceston, Tasmania, is delighted to offer scholarships for studies commencing in 2012 within the National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics. more... |
Sydney sailors lead Warren Jones Youth Regatta
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1 Feb John Roberson
Sydney sailors head the leaderboard at the end of the first day of the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, with Jordan Reece and David Chapman both undefeated after a tough day on the water.
Sailors shortlisted for NSW Sports Federation Awards
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1 Feb Event/boatingOz
The NSW Sports Federation is to host the Annual Awards at Bicentennial Park on Thursday 16 February to recognise industry-wide the outstanding achievements in sport in 2011, including sailors in six of the categories, headed by Tom Slingsby in the main category.
Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica warding off all-comers
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1 Feb VOR media
Team Telefónica was fending off relentless attacks from Groupama sailing team on Tuesday, clinging to the lead as the fleet continued the race through the South China Sea.
Australia versus New Zealand line-up for Hardy Cup
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31 Jan Peter Campbell
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s annual Hardy Cup, the ISAF Grade 3 under 25 match racing regatta on Sydney Harbour, again looks set to be an Australia versus New Zealand sailing clash..
Perfect start for Xu as World Cup standings take shape
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31 Jan ISAF
The 2011-2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup Standings are starting to take shape after Sail Melbourne and US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR, the opening two regattas in the seven series World Cup.
Volvo Ocean Race: Anything preferable to these fickle conditions
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31 Jan VOR media
More than 1000 nautical miles of upwind sailing is looking oddly appealing to the Volvo Ocean Race crews charging away from the frustrations of the Malacca and Singapore Straits into the South China Sea on Monday.
