11 October 2011

Sailing With Maserati and Giovanni Soldini


Sailing With Maserati and Giovanni Soldini
Forbes
Italy’s most revered sailor Giovanni Soldini will attempt to break three important and historic North Atlantic sailing records in the new yacht Maserati, flying the pennant of the oldest sailing club in the Mediterranean Sea. Soldini seeks the Cadiz-San Salvador (Bahamas), Miami-New York and New York-Lizard Point (UK) records representing the  Yacht Club Italiano, which dates back to 1879. Soldini has already earned his place in history, with his own flair and storied past on the waters,sailing along sand with a crew. In 2000 the New York Times profiled Soldini: When Prada Challenge of Italy advanced to last spring's America's Cup ...
Towergate Insurance Video Explains Yacht Insurance
MarketWatch (press release)
With the 2012 Olympics creating a surge of interest in sailing and the 2010 National Watersport Survey(i) reporting sailing enthusiast figures increased by 6.8%, boat insurance provider Towergate Insurance has produced a video explaining yacht ...
Oman Sail launches Sailing Programme for Women
Oman Daily Observer
By A Staff Reporter - MUSCAT — Women empowerment in Oman got yet another impetus yesterday when Oman Sail launched a sailing programme exclusively for women and introduced 30 women sailors to an impressive gathering at Oman Sail's office at The Wave ...
Volvo Ocean Race : Alicante Race Village prepares for Friday unveiling
BYM News (press release)
Like something from a Formula 1 grand prix, the Alicante Race Village is 40000 square metres dedicated to entertainment with a programme brimming with concerts, shows, exhibitions, sailingclinics, rides, fireworks and restaurants. ...
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2011 Leukemia Cup Regatta Hits $1 Million ...
PR Newswire (press release)
These top fundraisers, along with thirteen other participants who raised over $8500, qualified to attend a weekend sailing event in New York City with National Chairman, Gary Jobson. In an exquisitely decorated dinner setting by Anne Feinberg and ...
Sailing: Bright start proves key ingredient for Kenefick
Irish Independent
After a squally and rain-lashed series on Lough Derg at the weekend, George Kenefick of the Royal Cork Yacht Club lifted the overall trophy at the Waterways Ireland ISA Sailing Championship for 2011, defeating 15 of the country's class national ...
China Coast Regatta 2011 takes place in Hong Kong
BYM News (press release)
Regarded as a “sailors' regatta” due to the physical and tactical demands of the series, the sailingis coupled with plenty of on–shore social events, based at RHKYC's Kellett Island and Middle Island facilities. Enjoying the seasonal northeast monsoon ...
Sailing: A classic race decked with a touch of local colour
Malta Independent Online
To date, this year alone, he has raced some 5000nm, featuring on the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (628nm), the RORC Caribbean 600 (600nm), the St Maarten Heineken Regatta (85), the Transatlantic (Newport RI USA to Lizard UK) Race (2975nm) and the ...
Overturned sailboat issues distress call in waters off eastern Maine
The Republic
AP EASTPORT, Maine — The US Coast Guard and local fishermen and Canadian boats are responding to an emergency distress call from a sailboat that overturned in the waters off eastern Maine. The Bangor Daily News (http://bit.ly/o64OyI ) says a mayday ...
City holds Regatta 2011
Zamboanga Today Online
Two fishermen from barangay Sinunuc emerged victorious in the sailboat competition which started at 8 am along the stretch of the RT Lim Boulevard. Danny Ladja and his brother Hajad Hamid were awarded by Mayor Lobregat with the cash prize of P10,000 ...
Sailing: Mirsky Wins Argo Gold Cup
Bernews
Mirsky and his team The Wave Muscat won the 2011 Argo Group Gold Cup three races to two over 2006 Gold Cup champion Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson SailingTeam. Entering the Gold Cup, Mirsky was #3 on the World Match Racing Tour. ...
Sailing in Croatia: Traditional Sailboat Festival on Hvar Island
Suite101.com
According to the Hvar Town Tourist Board, sailing events on Hvar continue to the end of the year, with the 35th International New Year Regatta (Laser Europa Cup) and the 31st Zdenko Roic Memorial Regatta scheduled for December. ...
Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust Celebrates Busiest Year
Afloat
The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust – the charity which aims to rebuild the confidence of young people who have suffered from cancer or leukaemia through sailing - is celebrating its busiest ever year after taking a record 302 young people on 14 ...
Whitsunday Sailing Club bragging rights
Sail World
Bragging rights as the best short course racing crew at the Whitsunday Sailing Club remains close and evenly contested with the first of the true northerlies expected to test their brute breeze sailing skills as the tropical wet season approaches. ...
Water Patrol: Sailboat Sinks at Stockton Lake
OzarksFirst.com
(Cedar County, MO) -- The owner of a 22 foot sailboat will be working to bring up his boat from the bottom of Stockton Lake after a weekend capsizing. The Missouri Water Patrol says the boat sank Sunday afternoon about 1:00 pm a mile south of the dam. ...
Traditional 22ft Dhow Sailing Championships second round
Sail World (press release)
Traditional 22ft Dhow Sailing Championships second round, organised by the Dubai International Marine Club (DIMC), was held on Saturday October 8th 2011. Totally back on form, Team Dahees took off from the start line on Saturday to retain their lead ...
Man killed by propellers when he falls off luxury yacht, reports say
WBTV
The incident happened in South Florida in Deering Bay during a weekend Regatta held every Columbus Day weekend, the Miami Herald reported. The event just south of Miami typically draws power boaters who are often rowdy and have no connection to the ...
World Tour Stories - Alex and Taru sailing around the world ...
By World Tour Stories
Sunday sailing. As members of the Antigua Yacht Club, we're free to use any of the clubs boats, windsurfs other water sport activities, among many other benefits they have for their members. So we've been checking out the collection of boats ...
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Coast Guard crew from Eastport rescues father, two small children ...
By Sharon Kiley Mack
EASTPORT, Maine — A search and rescue unit from the U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 35-year-old Canadian man and his small children Monday morning after their sailboat capsized in northern Passamaquoddy Bay. Warren Bryan of ...
Bangor Daily News
China Coast Regatta at Roya Hong Kong Yacht Club - Preview ...
Enjoying the seasonal northeast monsoon, the three-day regatta will showcase some of the bestsailing conditions available in the region, with 34 entrants set to enjoy a challenging combination of windward / leeward and islands courses in ...
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Sailing the Atlantic on a Tall Ship | Squidoo HQ
By Robin Svedi
Today, in honor of a great explorer, and courtesy of throughglasseyes, (lensmaster, author and great explorer herself) we set sail on a tall ship with our courses set for the high seas of the Atlantic ocean as we follow along on a grand adventure ...
Squidoo HQ
University of Oregon Sailing » New Year, Just As Much Awesome
By admin
New Year, Just As Much Awesome. Hey all! It's a new year and we have already started practices up again! Just in case you forgot, practices are still on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3 til dark. We meet outside of the Club Sports office in the ...
University of Oregon Sailing
JOIN THE CONVERSATION / AMERICA'S CUP / SAN FRANCISCO ...
Is America's Cup Going to Respect the Environment. October 5, 2011 0 Comments ... We want to change the way people experience the sport of sailing. Join the ...
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Volvo Ocean Race: Synchronised pit ... - BYM Sailing & Sports News
The Volvo Ocean Race teams completed man-overboard drills with all the precision timing of a Formula 1 pit stop while continuing their qualifying race to Palma ...
bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=93026
[EN] Countdown to Penultimate Act of 2011 » Extreme Sailing Series
“It is with great satisfaction that we welcome the Extreme Sailing Series to .... Series delivered a tough and attractive windsurf regatta in the wonderful Bay of ...
www.extremesailingseries.com/.../countdown-to-penultimate-a...
Dubrovnik Online - sailing and charter in Dubrovnik and Dubrovnik ...
Sailing pages are being completed. They will contain a huge information base with all information about sailing in Dubrovnik Region. To all dear sailors and ...
www.dubrovnik-online.net/english/sailing.php
The Daily ... - Scuttlebutt: Sailing news with a North American focus
providing a digest of major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock ... "We've watched the regatta morph into the leading Leukemia Cup in the ... Mark Buell, as the primary organizer of the 2013 America's Cup in San Francisco ...
www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/archived_Detail.asp?key=4790
Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 | Race around the world on your ...
Exactly like the world class professional sailing teams competing in the Volvo Ocean Race for real, players of the game will use live weather data to help them ...
www.volvooceanrace.com/en/Race-around-the.../news.html
 

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