Puma on board and en route to Cape Town - Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race: Puma on board and en route to Cape Town Sail World Puma will be the sixth of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet to arrive in Cape Town, after being dismasted 750nm north of the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, and having to effect mid-ocean fuel transfer before proceeding to the remote island and ...

Hannah Mills sets her sights on sailing gold medal WalesOnline by Gareth Griffiths, Western Mail A childhood holiday at the age of eight changed Hannah Mills' life when she was bitten by the sailing bug. Now she's one of Wales' big hopes for the Olympics but spent long enough on shore recently to talk to Gareth ...

US Sailing extends sponsorship with leading Scotch brand Old Pulteney BYM News (press release) US Sailing, the National Governing Body of the sport, has officially extended their sponsorship agreement with Old Pulteney, a leading single malt Scotch whisky brand. Old Pulteney became the official Scotch of US Sailing when the two parties signed ...

Sailing stars descend on bay Fraser Coast Chronicle Attending the regatta will be a host of current and former stars, including back-to-back Australian Nacra 5.8 champion Bruce Potter. "We're expecting about 35 boats to enter and among those will be the Neeskins and a current Australian champion from ...

Health minister: Olympic sailing plans are shipshape Dorset Echo By Laura Kitching » HEALTH minister Simon Burns paid his first visit to Weymouth and Portland to find out about ambulance service plans for the 2012 Sailing events. MP Simon Burns, the country's Minister of State for Health, met with South Western ...

Sea Hawk Paints to be Official Sponsor of 2012 Heineken Regatta PR.com (press release) The regatta will include competitive sailboat racing from all classes of boats. “We are proud to participate as an Official Sponsor for the Heineken Regatta in 2012,” reported Erik Norrie, CEO of New Nautical Coatings, manufacturers of Sea Hawk Paints. ...

Phuket News - Regatta boats suffer minor damage The Phuket News A spokesperson from the regatta said that some of the boats were slightly damaged, but would still be able to compete in the annual sailing competition. Officials from Third Navy Command were sent to Kata Beach with speedboats this morning, ...

Frostbiting Regatta The Sag Harbor Express One to Derrick Galen,the top overall racer and the other to Katlyn Cummins, the top HIgh School sailor. Second place went to Tavis Moonan and third place went to Mike Gershenson. Breakwater Yacht Club offers community sailing all during the year. ...

Yachting: Volunteers on Volvo race radar New Zealand Herald Photo / Glenn Jeffrey Big crowds are expected for the sailing stopover, where activities will include a grinder challenge and air balls. Volvo Ocean Race organisers are looking for volunteers and those selected could be right in the heart of the action ...

Scott vows to avenge Olympic snub Yahoo! Eurosport UK The triple Olympic champion, who had chosen to focus on the America's Cup in the aftermath of the Beijing Games in 2008, first won gold at the Skandia Sail for GoldRegatta in June. He then went onto the 2012 test event, on Olympic waters in Weymouth, ...

Man rescued after sailboat runs aground off Ormond Beach Daytona Beach News-Journal By CHRIS GRAHAM, Staff writer A man was rescued after his sailboat got caught in strong waves off Ormond Beach on Thursday afternoon. Authorities responded about 4:30 pm to the beach just south of Neptune Avenue after receiving a call about a boat in ...

Pat Kelly is Afloat's Sailor of the Month for November Featured Afloat Not that Rush is new to successful sailing. Once upon a time, it was the top port on the east coast of Ireland for smugglers who veered into privateering and occasionally even piracy. To succeed in any of these activities, they needed fast ships and ...

British sailor Sam Davies announces return with 2012 Vendee Globe bid Telegraph.co.uk “I just want to get the boat and go sailing as quickly as possible. In this Vendee Globe, I need to do what I did best last time which is not to take too many risks but create a few surprises. British sailor Sam Davies announces return with 2012 Vendee...

A-Cup: Calm Waters, Smooth Sailing - 34th America's Cup Race ... By Philip Ferrato Cupid's Arrow and open water at Rincon Park [Photo Credit: Cupid's Span by Grathio via the Curbed SF Flickr Pool] The Environmental Impact Report for the America's Cup race... Curbed SF

BVI Sailing Vacation With Kids | Family Vacation Spots & Ideas By admin A decade ago, My better half And make sure to I decided i would May require Involving cousin (then 8) And additionally nephew (then 10) over secrets and. Family Vacation Spots & Ideas

Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships preview | The Daily ... By James Boyd Souter, Eastwell and Spithill will be competing at just their second regatta together in Perth with Souter saying that they're ready to get into racing. “We're feeling pretty confident going into racing tomorrow,” said Souter. “We're not exactly sure ... Feed of all Daily Sail content

Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships opened - Yachts and ... ISAF President Göran Petersson opened the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships earlier in Perth, Western Australia. ... Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (AUS) come into the regatta in fine form having won gold at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta, Olympic Test Event and moving to the top of the 49er ISAF World Rankings. The Australians took the title ... With Martinez and Fernandez on Volvo Ocean Race duty the Australians will be one of the favourites. ... Latest news from Yachts and Yachting...

Mentor Spotlight: TA McCann On How Entrepreneurship is Like Sailing By Clare Tischer In the case of sailing, you're in a two month cadence where you're testing new sails and you keep everything else the same. When you have the perfect sail, you change the math. And so forth. Then you regroup and decide which category to ... TechStars

Sailing championships open in Fremantle | WA Business News By dan.wilkie ... officially welcomed 1200 sailors from 80 countries for the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Premier Colin Barnett said it was the state's biggest sailing event since the 1987 America's Cup defence. WA Business News - Latest News

Sailboat run aground in Ormond Beach, owner rescued yesterday ... By Ludi A 73-year-old man was rescued from his sinking sailboat Thursday afternoon and his boat remains in Ormond Beach, waiting to be towed. Huey Napier of Metter, Ga., was the owner of the boat and the only person onboard, according to ... Beach Beat - Orlando Sentinel

S.F. America's Cup plan revealed | Silicon Valley Watch By svad12 S.F. America's Cup plan revealed. Please click image to read the full ... Local. S.F. America's Cup plan revealed · Rackspace's new HQ was the place to be last night (photos) · Power outages, trees down as gusty winds blow around Bay Area ... Silicon Valley Watch

First ARC boat home | Sailing news | Yachting Monthly The first boat to cross the Atlantic in the 2011 ARC is Med Spirit, the 28.70m super‐maxi skippered by Vladimir Kulinichenko and crewed by a mix of Russian and French sailors.They made the ARC crossing from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ... Yachting Monthly News

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Sailing The Drake Passage | Amundsen By admin Sailing The Drake Passage · Tweet. With almost no experience with sailing we feel lucky to have sailed through the Drake Passage and to finally arrive in Antarctica. Have a look at our second episode at Afentposten's web tv. sing for the ... Amundsen

father & son sailing: ARC By Andy Already a busy day in the ARC office. Four boats have arrived, and the Akalaria 40 Vaquita is due in sometime in the next few hours. Vaquita is only 40-feet long, but has the highest (read fastest) handicap in the entire event. Still, under 13 ... father & son sailing

Sailboat overturns on Lake Merritt; eight young people rescued ... A sailboat carrying eight young people overturned early Thursday evening. The winds knocked the boat over around 4 p. www.ktvu.com/news/news/sailboat-overturns-lake.../nFrf8/ SF America's Cup plan now much more vivid San Francisco Chronicle (blog) The final environmental analysis for the America's Cup regatta in 2013 will be released Thursday. One item to come out of this is clarification on where swimmers, rowers and kayakers will be allowed.(Lance Iverson/The Chronicle) A new report paints a ... Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Opened By ISAF President Goran ... International Sailing Federation Outteridge and Jensen's training partners William Phillips and Sam Phillips (AUS) and Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) will be in contention throughout the regatta. The two teams finished behind the World #1 duo at the first 2011-2012 ISAF Sailing ... Hockey, sailing can boost pecking order The Australian HOCKEY'S Kookaburras and the national sailing team will give Australia's stuttering London Olympic campaign some much needed momentum going into 2012 if they can extract gold medals from the last major events of the year in Olympic sport over the next ... America's Cup tries to clear air with anti-pollution rules San Francisco Examiner Despite changes to the final environmental impact report for the America's Cup, concerned organizations aren't ready to give their blessing to the yachting competition. New measures for improving air quality during the America's Cup have some skeptical... Volvo Ocean Race: Kiwi build team replaces Team Sanya's bow Sail World While the boat builders continue their mission to restore Sanya to her former glory, thesailing crew have been engaged in an intense training program at a local gym to ensure they are in peak condition when the boat is ready to sail, team MCM Andrés ... World sailing titles and Olympic qualifiers begin today Pakistan Daily Times It follows a similar format to that used in the America's Cup, with two boats racing against each other at one time. “It tends to be more gladiatorial than fleet racing,” Lissiman said on the event's website. “Fleet racing you generally try to keep ... Sailboat washes aground in Ormond Beach Orlando Sentinel By Gary Taylor, Orlando Sentinel A Georgia man had to be rescued from his sailboat off the coast of Ormond Beach Thursday and now the boat needs to be removed from the beach. The Ormond Beach Fire Department received a call about a possible sinking... Host committee for Newport America's Cup established Providence Business News By Denise Perreault PROVIDENCE – A committee to take charge of the many arrangements needed for the America's Cup World Series regatta slated for Newport next year was formally established Thursday when Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee signed an executive order ... Plain sailing after a rough start Independent Online This is what Nicci Mulholland, 35, wrote in her blog five days after sailing out of Simon's Town harbour with the rest of the boats in the Governor's Cup yacht race on December 1 last year. Having had an amazing send-off by the navy, friends and family...  Follow @johnthecrowd