Day 2: Live Racing from San Francisco
Friday, October 5, 2012 04:00 PM (PDT)
ACWS Round 2, Event 2, San Francisco
America's Cup World Series: Ben Ainslie leads strong showing in opening fleet races - San Jose Mercury News: "What a difference seven weeks made for Ben Ainslie. The four-time Olympic gold medalist struggled in August during his debut as a skipper in America's Cup World Series competition. Thursday, he showed he used the intervening time wisely, finishing first and third in the opening fleet races of this second round of elite sailing on San Francisco Bay. "Just practice, just time on the boats," said Ainslie, who now leads the pack despite never competing on catamarans before August. "From a long way out they might look quite graceful and fast, but they're incredibly hard to sail. There's lot of techniques to get right.". . . standings after the first two fleet races: JP Morgan BAR 21, Oracle Team USA Spithill 16, Oracle Team USA Coutts 16, Artemis Racing Red 16, Emirates Team New Zealand 14, Artemis Racing White 12, Energy 11, Team Korea 10, Luna Rosa Piranha 9, China Team 7, Luna Rosa Swordfish 2."
America's Cup team base idea dissolving
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The conjoined piers just south of the Bay Bridge were supposed to house team bases for America's Cup races, serving as one of two major hubs for spectators to get up-close to the boats and crews. The other is a spectator village at Piers 27 and 29 by ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Oracle sailors look ahead to America's Cup World Series
San Jose Mercury News
SAN FRANCISCO -- When all 11 boats line up Thursday for the first fleet race of this Round 2 of the America's Cup World Series, most eyes are likely to be on Oracle Team USA's two entries for reasons that go beyond hometown loyalty. ... for the match ...
Rio de Janeiro iconic finale for 2012 Extreme Sailing Series
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Extreme Sailing Series: (Oct. 4, 2012) - The highly anticipated finale of the 2012 Extreme Sailing Series will take place in the city of Rio de Janeiro as the Series heads West to make its South American debut, announced Series organisers OC Sport on ...
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America's Cup World Series adds to 'biggest weekend' in memory
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Next weekend promises to be one of the biggest weekend in San Francisco's recent memory. The city's main daily newspapers are already predicting massive crowds. The packed weekend “is a chance to show off our city,” according to Mayor Ed Lee, ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
2014's Volvo Ocean Race Begins in Annapolis
Bay Weekly
Sailing legend Bruce Farr's career began long ago and far away in his hometown of Auckland, New Zealand. By the 1970s, Farr — then in his 20s — had established a reputation for designing fast, cheap boats that were ... Farr Yacht Design has designed ...
DIMC season to get underway with traditional 43ft dhow sailing
Sail World
The 2012-2013 season had a soft opening with the first heat of the Dubai Traditional Rowing Race last weekend (September 28), while the 43ft Traditional Dhow SailingRace that was initially scheduled the following day had to be re-scheduled due to ...
Sail World
Spindrift racing wins the 2012 Multi One Sailing Championship
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MultiOneDesign: Oct. 4, 2012 - In the famous Yacht Club Italiano in Genoa, Wednesday October 3rd, the glittering prizegiving for the first MOD70 European Tour lowered the curtain on the first exciting season of competition in the new MOD70 class...
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New Zealand team leader rants about America's Cup boat bases, race officials ...
San Francisco Examiner
More animosity is brewing on the San Francisco waterfront over preparations for next fall's America's Cup main event. Following complaints last week that race organizers aren't living up to much-discussed labor agreements with The City, America's Cup ...
San Francisco Examiner
Ben Ainslie's America's Cup test different to Olympics
BBC News
Olympic champion Ben Ainslie believes achieving success in the America's Cup will be among his toughest challenges. The 34-year-old, who won a fourth Olympic gold at London 2012, is now skippering his 'Ben Ainslie Racing' AC45 catamaran in the world ...
Cancer deaths lead to sailing for worthy cause
Huntersville Herald
The regatta, which features a photographic scavenger hunt, follows at 10 a.m., Oct. 13 at the Peninsula Yacht Club, also in Cornelius, with a dinner at 5:30 p.m.. The effort, for which Staley is the volunteer chairman, raises money for the New York ...
Sailor lauded with Sea Scout award
Daily Pilot
Bill Ficker's list of maritime accomplishments is long, but at a luncheon Wednesday he reminded attendees about one that event organizers forgot: early adopter of stand-up paddleboarding. "I'm a little hurt," joked Ficker, an America's Cup winner and ...
Daily Pilot
America's Cup 2013 ... First day of AC World Series, photos and results
Examiner.com
Admission to view the races and visit the America's Cup Village on Little Marina Green, across from the St. Francis yacht club is free. Photos of Tuesday's race action can be seen in the photo slideshow. More information, including race schedules and ...
51st Montego Bay Yacht Club Fishing tourney launched
Jamaica Observer
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Organisers of the 51st Montego Bay Yacht Club Fishing Tournament, set to get underway on Sunday, are optimistic that this year's event will exceed last year's staging. Junior Taylor, a member of the organising committee, said ...
Irish Sailing Gets Biggest Sports Grant for 'Mobile Training Fleets'
Afloat
The Sailing grant which is 15% of the total payout is awarded for "mobile training fleets, transport vans, coach boats, coaching equipment, Olympic Sailing equipment and training camp equipment (excluding eyewear)." The funding has been awarded to a ...
America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ off to a good start in World Series
Sail World
Six match racing qualifiers were held to decide which teams went through to the quarter finals. Which will be held on Thursday and Friday. At times during the afternoon, the yachts disappeared into the fog. Wing trimmer Adam Beashel said: 'Conditions ...
Sail World
A Self-Sailing Boat To Explore The Seas 24 Hours A Day
Co.Exist
Most products built for oil and gas companies don't have pleasant environmental ramifications. But the creators of a self-sailing, data-collecting catamaran called Robotboat are hoping to dip into the big wallets of big oil while giving back to ...
Co.Exist
Event Guide: America's Cup
NBC Bay Area
America's Cup racing returns to the Marina, with races all week until Sunday, according to event officials. All the action takes place in front of Yacht Road near the St. Francis Yacht Club in front of Marina Green. Find bleachers there -- but find ...
Minoprio Shines In Bermudan Sun
International Sailing Federation
Having spent some time away from match racing, sailing in the Volvo Ocean Race, he returned to the premier international series at the recent Match Race France and now feels that he is starting to get back in tune with the standard needed to compete at...
International Sailing Federation
ISAF Rolex WSOY - Tamara Echegoyen, Angela Pumariega and Sofia Toro
International Sailing Federation
Their no holds barred approach and fearless style of match racing in the high pressureOlympic sailing environment saw the Spaniards, ranked #8 in the world, sail an emphatic round robin series where they picked up key victories against pre-event ...
International Sailing Federation
Man found dead in water at Pelican Yacht Club ruled suicide
TCPalm
Keith Snyder, 53, who lived across the street at the Harbour Isle condominiums, had an anchor tied to his leg when discovered Tuesday morning at the exclusive yacht club that fronts on the Fort Pierce Inlet on South Hutchinson Island. A yacht club ...
RC44 World Championship - Synergy claims match racing title
Sail World
At the RC44 World Championship in Rovinj, Croatia, Valentin Zavadnikov and Leonid Lebedev's Synergy Russian Sailing Team today claimed the 2012 match racing title in a nail biting finale that went to the wire. In the RC44 Class match racing takes the...
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Team NZ in stoush with America's Cup organisers
National Business Review
Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker has lashed out at America's Cup organisers for lumping them with the cost of developing their own team base at San Francisco. In his blog, Barker, who is in San Francisco preparing for an upcoming World ...
2013 Boat of the Year Award Nominees Announced
Cruising World
Cruising World and Sailing World magazines announced today at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Md., their nominees for the 2013 Boat of the Year awards. The BOTY awards recognize and honor the best new sailboat models introduced to the North ...
NZ schedule for broadcast of America's Cup World Series - Round 2
Sail World
Live streaming via tvnz.co.nz 0930-1100. Highlights TV One 2300-2400. Full coverage of each day's live racing will be available via tvnzondemand.co.nz following broadcast, including America's Cup Uncovered, the weekly magazine show. by TVNZ Tweet ...
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Dubai International Marine Club opens the season with 43ft Dhow ...
By chris
The Dubai International Marine Club is hosting two events this weekend, kicking off with the season-opening Dubai Traditional Rowing Race on Friday and, on Saturday, the 43ft Traditional Dhow SailingRace at 1.30pm. The organisers are ...
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Aeroxchange Lended Support to the Airline Sailing Championship
By Chiqueta Edberson
A sailing we will go.... On September 18, 2012 ten airlines from around the world came together for the WASCA/ASCA sailing competition in the windy city of Chicago. Aeroxchange sponsored this friendly competition between Air Canada, ...
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No. 2 Bulldogs Sail for Berth At Sloop Nationals - Yale Bulldogs
Many members of the Yale coed sailing team will depart from their usually dinghy racing this weekend to compete in keelboats. Keelboat teams will be sent to the New England Sloop Championship co-hosted by Brown and New York Yacht Club , and to the Storm Trysail Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta at Larchmont Yacht Club. Bulldogs will also ... However, while the Pine Trophy was a fleet race, the New England and National Championships will be held in a match racing format.
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S/V Totem - a family sailing the world: AU to PNG, Days 4-6: at least ...
By Behan Gifford
Landfall at Bramble Haven - Wednesday 3/10, somewhat beat up from the last three days of winds/seas. This was a passage best characterized by highs and lows. That's a bad pun, because it really was defined by the high and low pressure ...
S/V Totem - a family sailing the world
ANOTHER BUSY WEEKEND FOR HAMPTON SAILING
HAMPTON, Va. – This past weekend was another busy one for the Hampton University sailingteam, with the squad split into two different locations to compete in ...
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America's Cup World Series schedule - San Jose Mercury News
AMERICA'S CUP WORLD SERIES. San Francisco Bay. Thursday. Match race quarterfinals: Artemis Racing White vs. Team Korea, 12:25 p.m. and Energy Team ...
www.mercurynews.com/.../americas-cup-world-series-schedul...
Harvard Sailing Hosts Cookout - YouTubeHarvard athletic administrators joined the Harvard sailing team for a sail and cookout.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCfwPXy4mPs
Louis Vuitton Channels America's Cup Speed Sailing | Robb Report
The modern, high-speed, catamaran-driven version of the America's Cup has imposed many changes on the complex rules of sailboat racing, but it has not ...
robbreport.com/.../Louis-Vuitton-Channels-Americas-Cup-Spe...
America's Cup viewing party at Silverado Brewing : St. Helena Star
The Silverado Brewing Company will hold a viewing party for live coverage of the America's CupWorld Series in San Francisco at 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, ...
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America's Cup World Series San Francisco 4 October 2012 report ...On a breezy opening day of match racing at the America's Cup World Series in San ... on ...
www.thedailysail.com/.../americas-cup-world-series-san-franci...
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