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Events | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Website : Regatta Information: "AQUECE RIO INTERNATIONAL SAILING REGATTA 2014 (RIO 2016 TEST EVENT) EVENT DETAILS Start Date 2 August 2014 End Date 9 August 2014" (more info at link above and at http://www.aquecerio.com/)
Rio Olympics Faces Test as Sailors Race on ‘Toilet’ Bay - Bloomberg: "At a competition last year in Rio de Janeiro, which will be the first South American host of the multisports showpiece in 2016, there was a problem. The quickest path for the 49er class sailor and his teammate Nikolaus Resch would have meant cutting through a swath of garbage including plastic chairs and tables. “It was strategic decision where to go because of the trash in the water,” Dalle Karth said in an interview at the Sao Francisco sailing club in Niteroi as he prepared for the 2016 Olympics first test event, the Aquece Rio sailing regatta beginning Aug. 2. “You couldn’t go to the left because you had to stop three times afterward to get the trash off your center board and rudder” ... Rio has pledged to clean up the Guanabara Bay, an iconic location shadowed by the city’s famous Sugarloaf mountain. The bay is so polluted that local rowing coach Fabio Araujo won’t take on students who haven’t been vaccinated against hepatitis A and B. Organizers say the competition courses will meet international standards, and have invited teams to carry out their own tests on the water...." (read more at link above)
CleanRio
Valencia Sailing
Welcome to #CleanRio! A picture is worth a thousand words, so here's one of the actual race area of the ...
SFGate
Sailors to navigate dirty water in 1st Rio test
SFGate
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sailors, coaches and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro acknowledge the problem: Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing at the ...
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
Red Jacket Regatta attracts young sailors from far, wide
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald
Rockland — It must be the height of summer if the sails of dozens of young racers filled the inner harbor of Penobscot Bay near the Rockland ...
ISAF World Sailing Rankings for July 28, 2014 released
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz (NED) were victors at the 100-point Sail for Gold regatta and move up to World #5 from World #11. Spain's ...
Sail World
Celestial confirmed as winner of Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht
My Sailing
Haynes' 16 year-old son Will, a product of the CYCA's Youth Sailing Academy, can now lay claim to be the youngest winner of the event – and in his ...
Celestial in box seat for Sydney-Gold Coast handicap honours
My Sailing
Sam Haynes has sailed his Rogers 46, Celestial, to what looks to be an unassailable position to win the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Land Rover ...
The 150 Sailing Challenge begins Monday in Charlottetown
The Guardian Charlottetown
A horn will sound at the front of the Charlottetown Yacht Club (CYC) Monday at 10 a.m. to start The 150 Sailing Challenge. The race of some 250 ...
Sail World
Airlie Beach Race Week attracts a record fleet
My Sailing
“This year's regatta is already significant for many reasons and this is the icing on the cake for the host Whitsunday Sailing Club and our competitors,” ...
Good-natured ribbing expected at Sydney International Boat Show
My Sailing
The Hunter sail shape puts more of the sail area towards the top of the mast, where the wind is always stronger, and gives a much better and ...
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