Sailing is awesome, for the LOVE of WATER

Over the last couple of years we have filmed sailing. Sailing in all its forms, from world class catamaran teams, Ocean racers to Olympic sailing teams. But also the up and coming youths in the 470 and of course my personal favorite: kitesurfing. One thing all these people have in common, they love Sailing and they love Wind. However when I try to explain what is so special about sailing and wind, most of the (non sailing) people just don't get it....That is why I decided to make this film: to show the world what is so great about Sailing and Wind! In the only way we know: Up close and personal! Obviously all off the footage was shot with the GoPro HD and the GoPro HD2 and most of the camera mounts we build ourselves to get the shot we wanted...

ISAF World Sailing Rankings - 19 September 2012
International Sailing Federation
Olympic silver medallist Jonas Hogh-Christensen (DEN) has moved to World #1 in the Finn class following his build up to the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition. The Danish sailor impressed at the Finn Gold Cup on both occasions with a fourth at the ...

International Sailing Federation

Navy IC Sailing Caps Very Successful Weekend
NavySports.com
TOMS RIVER, N.J. -- This past weekend marked the Navy intercollegiate sailing team's first big travel weekend of the fall and the Midshipmen hit the road in style, winning two in-conference regattas and finishing second at a top level women's inter ...

Sailing snags top-five finishes at trio of competitive regattas
The Dartmouth
Dartmouth's sailing team, ranked second nationally among women's teams and fifth nationally among co-ed teams according to Sailing World, sent small contingents to five regattas spanning the Eastern seaboard over the weekend. The regattas proved ...

The Dartmouth

Sailing | Coed Sailing leaves competition in its wake at Hatch Brown ...
Tufts Daily
With so many factors affecting the outcome of a sailing race, it can be a lot harder than it might sound to simply blast the competition, particularly when it comes to the races in the competitive New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA ...

America's Cup: San Francisco, here we come
Financial Times
The 34th America's Cup in San Francisco in 2013 marks the start of a new era for the world's oldest sporting trophy, with the best sailors in the world competing in ultra-fast 72ft wingmasted catamarans. It includes a programme to bring superyachts ...

Half Moon adventure
Albany Times Union
Dutch and American middle school students disembark the replica 17th century sailing ship Half Moon at Albany's Corning Preserve Tuesday Sept. 18, 2012, after they re-created the original voyage of Henry Hudson from September 1609. (John Carl ...

Public Beach Sailing at Qurum
Times of Oman
Designed for adults and children alike participants can expect two full days of action packed sailing from dinghy and keel boat sailing to kite surfing, kayaking and lots more this Thursday and Friday from 10am to 5pm each day. Organised by Oman Sail ...

Long Beach Yacht Club mainstay Peter Kent dies at 84
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Kent, who grew up in Brockton, Mass., and attended Holy Cross University, joined the Long BeachYacht Club in 1966 for two reasons: to get a slip in Basin Four for his Cal 20, and free ice. He had a succession of five sailboats, all named Pop N Us to ...

Great day for sailing
St. Augustine Record
SPARS, going into its ninth season of youth sailing, holds summer camps in Anastasia State Park. SPARS original benefactor, the St. Augustine Yacht Club, loaned the non-for-profit youth sailingprogram Optimist Prams, an 8-foot long trainer, in 2004 to ...

Local sailing teams are vying at World Championship
PallTimes.com
OSWEGO — Two J/24 sailing teams from the Oswego Yacht Club are among 96 teams from 12 countries that have converged on Rochester at the Rochester Yacht Club for the 2012 J/24 World Championship. Tom Doran's "Oz" and John Heretyk's "Shock ...

US Sailing's coach departs
Yachting World
Kenneth Andreasen has been released from his position of High Performance Director/Head Coach at US Sailing. The decision was announced by Josh Adams, Managing Director of US Olympic Sailing. "After careful consideration, it is clear that we need to ...

NTT Plans Sailing Event in Tourist Push
Jakarta Globe
NTT Plans Sailing Event in Tourist Push Investor Daily | September 19, 2012. The Rp 3.7 trillion Sail Komodo event aims to boost tourism in East Nusa Tenggara. (BeritaSatu Photo/Feriawan Hidayat). Related articles. Western Tourists Visit Indonesia for ...

Jakarta Globe

Golf and sailing could be first sports to sell out
Bermuda Sun
Competitors will participate in one of 18 sports: badminton, basketball, netball, softball, tennis, rugby7's, ball hockey, beach volleyball, golf, field hockey, sailing, squash, swimming, touch rugby, ten pin bowling, running, soccer and triathlon. The ...

America's Cup legends to reunite for 12 Metre Championship
YACHTe.com.au
America's Cup history will repeat itself this week in Rhode Island when the 12 Metre North American Championship features two of sailing's most famous skippers, Ted Turner and Dennis Conner, reuniting with their winning tacticians, Gary Jobson and Tom ...

YACHTe.com.au

Azzurra close on lead in Audi Valencia Cup
The Independent
Over 2,000 people and children had attended the sailing school and “every initiative has its own budget.” In terms of legacy, Weymouth is streets ahead, but Valencia could not have been expected to foresee the America's Cup being ripped away because of ...

Container Stock Up 23% Since June, Still Sailing Smoothly
Forbes
Earnings momentum for CAI International (CAP – Snapshot Report) has been on the rise since this freight container leasing company reported double-digit revenue and earnings growth for the second quarter of 2012. CAP benefited from strengthening ...

Student needs help to study while sailing the seas
Norman Transcript
NORMAN — A Norman High School graduate and honor student at the University of Oklahoma is seeking financial aid to fund his participation in a special international study program. Michael Slemmons, currently an engineering physics sophomore at OU, ...

Model boats capture sailors' fancy in Orleans
Wicked Local
They had met during sailing lessons at Orleans Yacht Club a few summers back and when lessons ended they hit upon another way to keep sailing. All the boats are basically the same – Victoria Yacht model sailboats – and Bill Moore, whom they call the ...

Weymouth Olympic rings move to Portland
BBC News
Weymouth's set of Olympic rings are being moved to a new location overlooking the National Sailing Academy on Portland. The stone rings were on display during theOlympic sailing and windsurfing events outside Weymouth railway station. Carved from ...

BBC News

Sailing on the rise in Muskoka, says the MLA
CottageCountryNow.ca
Four years ago junior sailing had died, said Michael Hart, chairman of the Muskoka Lakes Association Sailing Network. There were few youth tacking into the wind, riding the waves and adjusting the sails on Muskoka's lakes, leaving the lines in the ...

Fans rescued at sand bank cricket match
Ninemsn
Players from two UK sailing clubs held a cricket match in atrocious conditions in middle of the Isle of Wight with some spectators having to be rescued at sea. Island Sailing Club, Cowes, and the Royal Southern Yacht Club, Hamble, took to Bramble Bank ...

Smooth Sailing with Clean Diesel | Conservation Law Foundation
By Liz Carver
In 2011, CLF Ventures received a grant from the EPA to help two New England fishing/whale watching vessels replace the aging, inefficient engines on their vessels with cleaner-burning, more efficient four-stroke diesel engines. In this video ...
Conservation Law Foundation

Sailing celebration for youngsters at East Sussex OnBoard Festival ...
Sailing celebration for youngsters at East Sussex OnBoard Festival. East Sussex OnBoard Festival. Eighteen children from the Eastbourne and Hastings area gathered last Thursday (13 September) for the annual East Sussex OnBoard ...
Royal Yachting Association News

ISAF World Sailing Rankings - Yachts and Yachting Online
Sailing news as it happens. The first place to stop for reports, results, fixtures & photographs from racing sailing. ... The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 19 September 2012 have been released using the new ranking system for fleet racing. The new calculation system is based on a one year rolling system ... Along with their strong performances at three ISAF Sailing World Cup regattas they also add a first place from the 50-pointer Split Olympic Sailing Week. Women's 470. Japan's Ai ...
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SAILING INTO HISTORY: Anchor Yacht Club announces Historic ...
By NewsReader
BRISTOL BOROUGH - Eyes will be on the Delaware River on Historic Bristol Day because the Anchor Yacht Club will participate in a regatta, beginning at.
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College of Charleston Sailing | Facebook
College Sailing with a "college student budget"? Been there, done that, so we understand how much you need to stretch every dollar. We want to help! If you are ...
www.facebook.com/CofCSailing

Management change at US Olympic Sailing | The Daily Sail
“Kenneth has been committed and dedicated to U.S. Olympic Sailing,” ... Mark Bulkeley ExtremeSailing Series America's Cup World Series interview Read more ... Royal Southern Yacht ClubSeptember Regatta will deliver the ' Champion of ...
www.thedailysail.com/.../management-change-at-us-olympic-s...

The Rise of the Machines - Volvo Ocean Race - YouTube
Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean RaceYouTube ... The ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfcAOODzRIg

Sailing gear | Sailing equipments - Cruiser Log World Cruising ...
I have googled Vela Sailing Supplies and can only find reviews written by people who seem to be closely associated with the organisation, and one-time only ...
www.cruiserlog.com/.../sailing-gear-sailing-equipments-6851....

Sailing along | Port Clinton News Herald | portclintonnewsherald.com
A sailboat uses a mainsail only tacking east toward Catawba. / James Proffitt/ News Herald. Filed Under. News · Feature Photo · Tweet. Email; Print; Share ...
www.portclintonnewsherald.com/article/.../Sailing-along

Sailing into the slip - SailNet Community
I've sailed in and out of the Branford harbor many times but tonight was the first time I sailed all the way back right to the dock without turning on the motor.
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