Australian Sailing News
Gintare Scheidt wins Laser Radial World’s21 May Craig Heydon, Yachting Australia/amended Racing has wrapped up at the 2012 Laser Radial World Championship, with Lithuanian sailor Gintare Scheidt winning her first world title, while Australian sailor Krystal Weir finished 21st overall after a disappointing 43rd and an 18th in the final two races in Boltenhagen, Germany. more... |
Guy Stening Memorial Service21 May boatingOz Further to our report on the untimely death of world champion yachtsman, Guy Stenning, a memorial service will be held for Guy on Wednesday 23 May at 2.00pm at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, where he was a member. more... |
Young and old to compete in Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
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21 May Jennifer Crooks, CYCA
Entries for the 27th edition of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race have been open for just over one month and already 28 owners have signed on for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual winter pilgrimage north.
Boating Industries Alliance program21 May Domenic Genua, BIA The Boating Industries Alliance Australia Board met in Sydney yesterday for the first AGM of the year-old Alliance, electing BIANSW President more... |
Volvo Ocean Race: Tropical storm Alberto lies in wait…
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21 May VOR media
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet headed out of Miami and straight towards a tropical storm on Sunday local time after making a slow start to Leg 7, potentially one of the most critical stages of the 39,000 nautical mile marathon.
Alpari World Match Racing to be broadcast far and wide
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21 May WMRT media
The Alpari World Match Racing Tour has announced exciting changes to TV output for the 2012 season, including the addition of a two-hour live broadcast from the final stages of each event, with a new presenting team who will front the coverage, reporting, and analyse all the action.
Energy Team wins dramatic Venice Fleet Racing Championship
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21 May America's Cup
Loïck Peyron continued to demonstrate the form he has shown all week, leading his Energy Team to a spectacular win on the final day of America’s Cup World Series racing in Venice.
Sawyer keeps a ‘Surefoot’ in Whitsunday Sprint Series21 May Ian Grant Rod Sawyer’s Peter Norlin designed Surefoot, regarded as the Golden Oldie in Queensland, showed she still has the class to outpace her handicap rating in the Whitsunday Sailing Club sprint race series on Pioneer Bay. more... |
Clipper Race: Crews beset by light airs and heat
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21 May Clipper media
The 10 yachts taking part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has been faced with yet more frustrating conditions over the last 24 hours, with sparse wind and intense heat affecting its position and mood, but for Visit Finland, a tactical gamble overnight paid dividends and she is in the lead and on this 11th leg.
Oracle Team USA Spithill leads ACWS season championship
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21 May Tim Jeffery, Oracle Racing
Oracle Team USA Spithill finished on the podium in both the Fleet and Match Racing Championships at ACWS – Venice and now holds a 4-point lead in the 2011-12 ACWS Season Championship heading into next month’s final event.
Virbac-Paprec 3 making best work of Europa Warm’Up
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21 May Event media
A first night during that proved frustratingly easy to find wind holes under stormy clouds, marked by spells of light and variable winds, has quickly given way to stiff, tight reaching conditions for the Europa Warm’Up IMOCA fleet.
Last day decides Tasmanian Autumn Shorted-Handed Series
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20 May Event media
The Derwent Sailing Squadron’s autumn short-handed series ended today with a countback needed to decide the overall winner in one division while no more than two points separated the top boats in two other divisions.
Audi Winter Series: ‘Next’ wins the race and the Audi
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20 May Di Pearson, CYCA media
Light and shifty winds today means all competitors in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Audi Winter Series are getting a fair go, with a good mix of conditions experienced in the four races sailed so far and in unusual circumstances, Richard Holstein won the Sydney 38 Division and the Audi Drive Weekend – all without being aboard his boat!
Weir's costly day at Laser Radial World’s
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20 May Craig Heydon, Yachting Australia
Australian sailor Krystal Weir has finished with mixed results on the penultimate day of racing at the 2012 Laser Radial World Championship in Boltenhagen, Germany.
Belcher and Page collect Gold at 470 World Championship
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20 May Craig Heydon, Yachting Australia
Australian sailors Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page dominated the 2012 470 World Championship in Barcelona, Spain, to collect their third straight gold medal, and were the third Australian Sailing Team crew in the space of 10 days to win successive world championships.
Belcher and Page finish the job to be re-crowned 470 world champions
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20 May boatingOz
A spectacular final day at the 2012 470 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, wrapped up seven days of intense and closely fought racing and culminated in Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS) being crowned 470 Men’s world champions for the third year in succession.
Abu Dhabi comes up trumps in Volvo in-port race
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20 May VOR media
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing launched an 11th hour comeback in the PortMiami In-Port Race to take their tally of inshore successes to three, while Groupama scored a strong second to pile the pressure on overall race leaders Telefónica.
Le Cléac’h and Stamm get early jump in Europa Warm’Up
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20 May Event media
Armel Le Cléac’h and his crew on Banque Populaire closely followed by Bernard Stamm and team on Cheminées Poujoulat kept their cool to lead the Europa Warm’Up IMOCA Open 60 fleet away from Barcelona as the first leg out of the Mediterranean to Cascais, Lisbon got away to a ragged start at 1600hrs this Saturday afternoon.
Leaderboard closes up with one race to go in Venice
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20 May America's Cup
Very close, tight, and tactically challenging racing was the attraction for the largest spectator fleet the AC World Series has enjoyed to date on Saturday afternoon, as the Venetian crowds lined the waterfront and took to the Grand Canal by the thousands to cheer on the AC45 crews.
Clipper Race: Fickle winds play havoc
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19 May Clipper media
It’s been another frustrating day for the 10 yachts taking part in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race as light and fickle breezes have taken grip, and Gold Australia has moved back into the lead – by a whole nautical mile over De Lage Landen, with New York a further four miles astern.
Aussies mixed fortunes at Laser Radial World's19 May Craig Heydon, Yachting Australia The finals series is underway at the 2012 Laser Radial World Championship with Australia’s Krystal Weir falling down the leaderboard, while young Alexandra South produced her best result so far in variable 8-16 knot winds that shook up the results. more... |
Belcher and Page win third successive 470 World's
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19 May Event media
On the penultimate day of racing at the 2012 470 World Championships, Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page from Australia secured their third successive World Championship title, with their Race 12 win sealing the deal ahead of the Medal Race on another shifty day when the 12-14 knot breeze tested all to the limit.
Energy Team and Luna Rossa on the boil in Venice
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19 May America's Cup
The America’s Cup World Series fleet raced on the Grand Canal of Venice Friday, the historic waters becoming a proving ground for some of the best sailors in the world and each of the two Luna Rossa crews rose to the occasion, recording wins, which pleased the local spectators no end.
Ben Ainslie secures sixth Finn Gold Cup title
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19 May Robert Deaves, IFA
It has been a week of extremes at the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Finn Gold Cup in Falmouth, UK, and the final day was no different, and in the end, with the Medal Race abandoned, Ben Ainslie was crowned Finn Gold Cup champion for a sixth time.
Candidate cities lined-up for coming Volvo Ocean Races18 May VOR media Volvo Ocean Race S.L.U. has selected the successful candidates to go through to the final stage of the bid process to become host cities for the 12th and 13th editions of the Volvo Ocean Race, scheduled for 2014-15 and 2017-18. more... |
Glenn Ashby to return to sailing roots?
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18 May boatingOz
According to Mel Ashby, wife of Australian Olympic medallist, multiple world champion and now Emirates Team New Zealand team member Glenn, his mother has always wanted to find Glenn’s first racing boat; a Northbridge Junior called ‘Black Bart’.
Clipper Race: Gold Coast Australia first to scoring gate
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18 May Clipper media
Gold Coast Australia is the first yacht to cross the Scoring Gate on Leg 11 of the Clipper Round the World yacht race, and in doing so, claimed the maximum three points, but surrendered her lead to Visit Finland in the compacted 10-boat fleet.
Samui Island ready to welcome Samui Regatta competitors
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18 May Event media
Samui Island is set to welcome an influx of sailors as the 2012 Samui Regatta gets ready for more than 500 people from around the world to take part in a week of high-octane sailing from May 26 to June 2.
Double honours for Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
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18 May RHKYC media
The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club received double honours at the recent 8th Asia Boating Awards organised by Asia-Pacific Boating and China Boating.
Weir moves it up a gear at Laser Radial Worlds
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18 May Event/boatingOz
In cold but sunny weather with oscillating winds between 15 and 28 knots, Australian Krystal Weir excelled in her chosen conditions at the Audi Laser World Championship 2012, with a third and a bullet moving her up to sixth on the leaderboard and well in contention as the fleets get split into Gold and Silver for the finals tomorrow in Boltenhagen, Germany.
