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Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup Sailing Regatta, Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy

July 29, 2010

Written by Mike Smith

Top sailing yacht have been attracted to the Porto Cervo to compete at the 2010 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup including the 45 metre sailing yacht Saudade (MLT) and Salperton (CAY), and Hasso Plattner’s 44 metre Visione (GER), as well as the stunning classic-looking 42 metre J-Class, Ranger, Neville Crichton’s Shockwave (ex-Alfa Romeo 3) (NZL), Niklas Zennstrom’s Rán (GBR), Michael Cotton’s Whisper (IRL), and Claus-Peter Offen’s Y3K (GER). ... read full story

Jaguar announces partnership with TEAMORIGIN for America’s Cup.

July 28, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Jaguar has announced a partnership with the British America’s Cup sailing team, TEAMORIGIN, with the single purpose of winning the America’s Cup for Great Britain. The first event that will see ‘TEAMORIGIN racing with Jaguar’ is during Cowes Week in August, when the team will race BMW ORACLE Racing, the current holder of the America’s Cup, in the 1851 Cup event. ... read full story

Artemis Challenge: British sports stars sail for charity at Cowes Week

July 28, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

The Artemis Challenge - Credit Artemis Ocean Racing

Sporting stars will join teams sailing in the Artemis Challenge at Cowes Week. The race, an annual IMOCA 60 sprint round the Isle of Wight attracts some of the biggest names in ocean racing, where teams competing for a generous £10,000 charity prize fund, donated by Artemis Investment Management. ... read full story

America’s Cup television trials in Valencia highly successful

July 26, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Over the past 4 days two high-performance monohulls and multihulls have been loaded with a several cameras and microphones and put through match racing manoeuvres to help find new camera angles and test surround sound format for the 34th Americas Cup. ... read full story

Artemis and Madrid-Caser Seguros win at the Camper Regatta Conde de Godo Trophy Barcelona.

July 26, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Artemis won the Camper Regatta – Conde de Godó Trophy – Barcelona TP52 Series in considerable style, after a fantastic finale, coming from eighth at the first windward mark to finish second behind Bribón (ESP) on the finish line of the last race, to clinch the Swedish flagged team’s first MedCup Circuit regatta win since 2007. ... read full story

NYYC Race Week at Newport Presented by Rolex: Vela Veloce overall winner

July 26, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

New York Yacht Club’s seventh biennial Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex finished on the 24th of July after 4 days of racing. The Southern Cross 52 Vela Veloce was determined the best performing boat and was named the 2010 Rolex US-IRC National Champion. ... read full story

British Classic Yacht Club Panerai Cowes Regatta 2010 – DAY FOUR

July 22, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

At the British Classic Yacht Club Panerai Cowes Regatta on day four, the top slots in almost all the classes were too close to call and any crews with aspirations of a class win were painfully aware that their two results today could make or break their regatta. ... read full story

The 2011 Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Sailing Race Regatta

July 21, 2010

Written by Mike Smith

The race around Barbados dates back to the 19th century and is based upon bragging rights for the fastest “Trading Schooner”. This was a prize worth its weight in gold to captains in an era where prices for cargo arriving ahead of rival ships commanded a massive premium. Whilst most boats sailed for the honor of the fastest time, the consolation prize of a barrel of Mount Gay Rum for the slowest certainly spurred on some captains, and had to be discontinued after two boats remained out at sea for days stalling to take the prize. ... read full story

21st Anniversary for Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week.

July 20, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

The opening race of the 2010 Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week will commence on Friday August 13 and will mark the 21st anniversary of the Australian event. ... read full story

Audi MedCup fleet at the Camper Regatta Barcelona warming up for the Conde de Godó Trophy.

July 19, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

The Camper Regatta - Conde de Godó Trophy, is the third stage of the Audi MedCup circuit 2010 and will take place from July 20 to 25 2010 in Barcelona. The TP52 Series will start racing on Wednesday and the GP42 Series will start Thursday. The atmosphere in Barcelona around the Audi MedCup Circuit village is a mix of great excitement and building anticipation. ... read full story

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