ALPARI World Match Racing Tour - News: "Marstrand, Sweden (3rd July 2014): Stena Match Cup Sweden is known for being one of the few events where, thanks to the boats and venue topography, sailors can race in anger inshore in gale force conditions with spinnakers. Over its 20 years this has provided some of the most action-packed match racing of all time, all visible to the spectators packing Marstrand’s natural sailing stadium. Today’s racing was a classic example with the winds blowing a solid 25 knots, gusting to gale force. It was a day of shredded, wrapped and trawled spinnakers, collisions, a broach of the normally unbroachable DS37 as well as some at-the-limit match racing...." (read more at link above)
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Marstrand, Sweden (3rd July 2014): Ignoring all-inclusive events such as Cowes Week and Kieler Woche, few grand prix sailing events around the ...
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Williams on top at Match Cup Sweden in classic gale force Marstrand conditions
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Man in San Francisco to Hawaii sailboat race rescued after boat's rudder breaks off - ContraCostaTimes.com: "... The command center of the Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a distress call from Herrigel at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday after the Domino's rudder had come off about 150 miles from the coast of Monterey, Coast Guard Lt. Theo Vaughan said. Herrigel, in a report posted on the sailboat society's website, said the Domino was floating in 8-foot-high swells when "there was a loud bang" and he soon "saw the rudder floating away." He said he noticed the entire rudder had broken off from the bottom of the boat. "SO, that was that," he wrote. "Done."..."
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Williams on top at Match Cup Sweden in classic gale force Marstrand conditions
My Sailing
Also through and keeping Swedish interests alive is Bjorn Hansen: “It was a fantastic day for sailing. I really enjoyed it, especially the second race ...
Northwestern opens new sailing center
Evanston Review
Kelly Rychter of Chicago readies her gear for surfing Lake Michigan July 1 at the new Northwestern University Sailing Center. | Karie Angell Luc/for ...
Experience beats youth in final leg of La Solitaire du Figaro
My Sailing
Growing up in la Trinité he was bound to sail and benefits from having won the Bretagne Crédit Mutuel selection. He has been working with three ...
Anchorage: Flatö-Ramsö and sailing photos - S/Y Dolphin Dance
By Minna Valtari
As mentioned, after a short visit to Aspö, that was full of sailors and their boats, we decided to head for the nearby anchorage between Flatö and ...
Sailing blog | S/Y Dolphin Dance...
Man in San Francisco to Hawaii sailboat race rescued after boat's rudder breaks off - ContraCostaTimes.com: "... The command center of the Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a distress call from Herrigel at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday after the Domino's rudder had come off about 150 miles from the coast of Monterey, Coast Guard Lt. Theo Vaughan said. Herrigel, in a report posted on the sailboat society's website, said the Domino was floating in 8-foot-high swells when "there was a loud bang" and he soon "saw the rudder floating away." He said he noticed the entire rudder had broken off from the bottom of the boat. "SO, that was that," he wrote. "Done."..."
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