America's Cup: Sweden's Artemis Racing team taking 'baby steps' to prepare for regatta, skipper says - San Jose Mercury News: "Each time Sweden's Artemis Racing has practiced on the bay over the past few days, sounds of cheers rise up from their America's Cup opponents sailing by. It's a sign of the emotional pull all the competitors feel for the beleaguered team, which is only now staging a valiant comeback after one of its crewmen was killed during a capsize in May. "We have great support from these guys when we get out there," Artemis skipper Iain Percy said during a news conference Sunday at America's Cup Park at Pier 27/29. But just how well the Swedish team will do against Italy's Luna Rossa, which it will meet for the first time Aug. 6 when the semifinals begin in the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series"
Sailing-New Zealand to go straight to Louis Vuitton Cup finals
Reuters
Sailing-New Zealand to go straight to Louis Vuitton Cup finals. Tweet · Link this · Share this; WELLINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Team New Zealand's hopes of securing the America's Cup took a massive step forward on Sunday with their ninth successive ...
Sailing on Lake Champlain
North Country Public Radio
But sailing isn't always peaceful. Everybody scrambles around whenever it's time to tack, or put up the spinnaker. It's hard to juggle my microphone while crawling all over the boat. So I stash it down below and enjoy the ride. We race around ...
Sailing: Singapore's world champions target SEA Games, Youth Olympics
Channel News Asia
But for two of Singapore top sailors Loh Jia Yi and Bertha Han, there's no letting-up on their hard work. Loh and Han were crowned World Champions at the recent World Optimist Championships. They were also part of the team which beat Germany and won ...
National Sailing Championship: Jasvir Singh clinches Standard class
Deccan Chronicle
Hyderabad: Jasvir Singh did not end it with a bang but the Army Yachting Node sailor did what he had to do to clinch the title in the Standard class of the Laser National SailingChampionship in Hyderabad on Sunday. Enjoying a healthy lead at the top ...
Extreme Sailing: The Wave, Muscat wins Act 5 in Porto
Boxscore
EXTREME SAILING: Porto, Portugal - July 28, 2013 - Act 5 of the Extreme SailingSeries™ in Porto has delivered the ultimate challenge in Stadium Racing for the eight international teams competing this week, with a narrow river, high walls, strong ...
Sailing-New Zealand beats Luna Rossa at Louis Vuitton Cup
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
July 28 (Reuters) - Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Luna Rossa Challenge by three minutes and 21 seconds on Sunday in a Round 5 race for the Louis Vuitton Cup, which serves as the selection series to decide the challenger for the America's Cup.
RORC Channel Race & A Hat Trick for French Skipper's 'Night and Day'
Afloat
"My father is a great teacher!" smiled Alexis. "It was a difficult race with many sailchanges but the boat is very good in all wind angles and conditions and I think we sailedvery well. Like me Joel is a Figaro sailor and we have sailed together for ...
Coast guard chides men spotted sailing 'bathtub' down the Fraser River
The Province
The middle-aged men had a sail, a bailer and life jackets and seemed intent on sailingfrom the south arm of the Fraser River out into the Strait of Georgia, up past the Coast Guard's hovercraft base on Sea Island and into the north arm of the river ...
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Afloat
"My father is a great teacher!" smiled Alexis. "It was a difficult race with many sailchanges but the boat is very good in all wind angles and conditions and I think we sailedvery well. Like me Joel is a Figaro sailor and we have sailed together for ...
Coast guard chides men spotted sailing 'bathtub' down the Fraser River
The Province
The middle-aged men had a sail, a bailer and life jackets and seemed intent on sailingfrom the south arm of the Fraser River out into the Strait of Georgia, up past the Coast Guard's hovercraft base on Sea Island and into the north arm of the river ...
more sailing news below
Follow @johnthecrowd
