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Nespresso Cup: Wally Sailing SuperYachts to Gather in Portofino for 2nd Racing Regatta

March 03, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Nestlé Nespresso S.A and Wally Yachts, the world leader in yachting innovation, have announced the second edition of the Nespresso Cup, the international regatta exclusively for the Wally Class, taking place in Portofino in May 2011. The announcement was made together with Luca Bassani Antivari, President and Founder of Wally, and Nespresso Cup Ambassador and sailing legend Francesco de Angelis at the Yacht Club Italiano’s press conference which presented this season’s regattas. ... read full story

The Shipyard Cup 2011

March 03, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Following a spectacular 2010 event, founding sponsor Hodgdon Yachts is pleased to announce the 2011 Shipyard Cup will be held 12-14 August in beautiful Boothbay Harbor. The cup will again be run under Bucket Protocol rating rules. Race applications and other details will be emailed to those that pre-register and those that participated last year. ... read full story

America’s Cup: Trimaran USA 17 back home in San Francisco

March 01, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

The giant America’s Cup-winning trimaran arrived in the Bay today aboard the freighter M.V. Star Isfjord after a 7,900-mile passage from Valencia, Spain, via the Panama Canal. The ship carrying USA 17 trimaran passed underneath the Golden Gate Bridge at 0530 PST and berthed alongside San Francisco's Pier 80 at 0650. ... read full story

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week adds motor superyacht division

February 28, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

From superyachts to sportboats is where Australia’s most spectacular week of keelboat racing, Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, is planning to broaden its already legendary appeal this year. Organisers of the regatta, which will be staged from 19 to 27 August, have announced that following the successful introduction of a superyacht sailing division last year, a superyacht division for motor yachts will be an additional feature at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011. ... read full story

America’s Cup AC72 Class Rule amended: One size wing for all conditions

February 28, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

America’s Cup competitors have amended the AC 72 class rule, the design rule that will govern the development of the Cup class wing-sailed catamarans for the 34th America’s Cup and the America’s Cup World Series events in 2012. ... read full story

Rolex Farr 40 World Championship: Sailing yacht Transfusion wins

February 28, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

What a day, what a finish. The nail-biting ended at 4pm, when the Italian yacht Nerone crossed the line three boats behind the Australians on Transfusion. The separation was enough to give Transfusion’s owner Guido Belgiorno-Nettis revenge for last year’s defeat at the hands of the Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori. More importantly it gave him the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship title. ... read full story

J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race latest entries

February 28, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

Everyone involved in organising the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race is delighted at the amount of interest being generated in, and the incredible number of entries already received (465) for, the 80th Anniversary Race. ... read full story

RORC CARIBBEAN 600 Results

February 25, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

With the big showdown done and dusted between the 100ft maxis ICAP Leopard and Rambler 100, it was a full 10 hours before the third yacht crossed the finish line of the RORC Caribbean 600 in Antigua. Peter Harrison’s magnificent 115 ketch, Sojana, produced a powerful performance, completing the course on Wednesday afternoon. Next home was Brian Benjamin’s stunning Carbon Ocean 82, Aegir. ... read full story

RAMBLER 100 Sailing yacht Breaks RORC Caribbean 600 Monohull Record

February 24, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

George David’s maxi yacht, Rambler 100 crossed the finish line in Antigua in the early hours of Wednesday morning in an elapsed time of 1 day 16 hours 20 minutes and 2 seconds. Subject to official confirmation, Rambler 100 has broken the monohull race record set by race rival, Mike Slade’s ICAP Leopard, by nearly four hours. ... read full story

2011-2012 America’s Cup World Series Dates Released

February 21, 2011

Written by Chelsea Smith

With final venue bids under review, the America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) released the inaugural America’s Cup World Series (AC World Series) dates. The first half of the AC World Series will consist of five nine-day regattas in 2011, finishing up with three more regattas by mid-2012. The winning host cities for the 2011-2012 AC World Series will be revealed in the coming weeks. ... read full story

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