Cardiff Harbour Festival hosts Extreme Sailing Series (video above) - A number of high profile crew changes and two additional team entries for the Extreme Sailing Series™ Cardiff presented by Land Rover, sees the Act shaping up to be one of the most closely contested of the Series to date, as the fleet prepare for four days of Stadium Racing hosted by the Cardiff Harbour Festival, over the UK Bank Holiday weekend, 23-26 August.
America's Cup: New Zealand takes 2-1 lead
San Jose Mercury News
SAN FRANCISCO -- The final of the America's Cup challenger series has had more failing than foiling. Emirates Team New Zealand sailed away with another victory because of a mechanical failure to Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge, taking a 2-1 lead in the ...
Sailing-Mechanical snafu again mars America's Cup racing
Reuters
On Monday, a line used to control the 130-foot (40-meter) wing sail on Luna Rossa's yacht broke, slowing the boat to a crawl. As the Italian sailors fought unsuccessfully with winches to control their boat, New Zealand extended its lead and won its ...
We Spent A Day Sailing With Larry Ellison's Team Oracle America's Cup Racing ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Regardless of the choppy controversy surrounding Team Oracle and the America's Cup this year we wanted to get up-close and personal, and that's exactly what we did when we spent a day with Ellison's sailing team watching how they operate their ...
Weymouth Sailing Centre Hosts Jack Holt 'Miracle' Dinghy Class
Afloat
As the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) continues to conserve maritime heritage, they welcomed the Miracle Class National Championships last week from 11 -16 August, supporting the legacy of traditional racing ...
Comox Bay Sailing Club duo win regatta
Comox Vallety Record
Under warm sunny skies, a consistent breeze, and with the sights and sounds of Comox Nautical Days providing an exciting backdrop, the Comox Bay Sailing Club (CBSC) hosted this year's Comox Cup Regatta and BC Provincial 420 Class Sailing ...
Sea-loving man still sailing after death
Trinidad Guardian
Set the cremated remains to sail across the seven seas, perhaps? That is exactly what American Beverly Smith, 56, did. Three weeks after her husband Gordon “Skinny” Smith died, she took a bottle with his ashes to Big Pine Key in Florida, a place where ...
