Vendee Globe - Bertrand de Broc arrives ninth in Les Sables d'Olonne

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Vendee Globe - Bertrand de Broc arrives ninth in Les Sables d'Olonne
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Vendee Globe skipper Bertrand de Broc crossed the finish line off Les Sables d'Olonne at 17:12:14hrs UTC onboard Votre Nom Autour Du Monde avec EDM Projets. He finished in ninth place overall, crossing the line 1day 15hrs after eighth placed Arnaud ...

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Bertrand de Broc: "I am very happy" - Vendée Globe 2012-2013: "On January 21 , at one of my friend birthday party, someone gave me the idea of Votre Nom autour du Monde and I bought Brit'Air. I announced to the press I was going for the Vendée on January 23. I do not know how it happened but we had meetings in all directions and here we are."

Sail-World.com : Youth America's Cup Selection Series - Massive expectations: "The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup Selection Series provided on the first day an illustration of the massive expectations on the youth teams who have congregated in San Francisco for a shot at advancing to September’s regatta. The teams were put through their paces on shore by Sports Directors Roman Hagara and Hans-Peter Steinacher, where the physical demands of sailing an AC45 wing sail catamaran were made clear through an exhausting fitness evaluation. . . " (more at link above)

America's Cup could cost S.F. millions - SFGate: "With the 55 days of steroidal sailing just six months away, fundraising efforts to cover the estimated $31 million to $34 million cost for police, cleanup, transportation and other expenses have pretty much hit the wall at $14 million. Originally pitched as a competition between as many as 12 international teams, the race is now down to three entries. The shrinking size of the event has helped reduce costs, but it also substantially cut into corporate interest in sponsorships, which city officials originally thought would bring in $300 million."

Sail-World.com : Marinassess Women’s Match Racing Regatta 2013 - Almost flawless: "The Marinassess Women’s Match Racing Regatta came to a fantastic end with Kathleen Stroinovsky and her crew of Lucinda Whitty, Samantha Boyd and Kate Brown, representing the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, winning the title in convincing fashion – losing just one match in the two day regatta. The regatta, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Youth Sailing Academy, is sponsored by leading marine insurer Marinassess, and is sailed on the Elliott 6.0m boats with the winner being determined after the completion of two round robins. . . . For Lucinda Whitty, the London 2012 silver medallist in Women’s Match racing, this regatta was fun. 'I've really enjoyed this regatta – it’s been sailed in really good spirits. It has been great to see the other girls enjoying match racing and keeping the class alive. .  . . "

Coast Guard Foundation Cup sailing race coming in April to Annapolis - baltimoresun.com: "Two years ago, the foundation changed course by looking at an event that seemed more in line with its mission and founded the Coast Guard Foundation Cup, an overnight race that served as a feeder distance race for the biennial Bermuda Race from Newport, R.I., to the British territory. The inaugural race attracted 18 boats to Annapolis. This year's event, again managed by the Annapolis Yacht Club and sanctioned by the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association, will be held April 27-28. The start and finish will be in Annapolis harbor."

EFG Bank Sailing Arabia - The Tour officially sets sail
AME Info (press release)
EFG Bank Sailing Arabia - The Tour, the region's only long distance offshore sailing race started today with nine world-class crews including a host of elite sailors from the Middle East taking on the unique sailing challenge and endurance race between ...

SAILING: BC Sailers Qualify For Olympic Team
The Heights (subscription)
Traveling to Miami recently, site of the International Sailing Federation's only World Cup event in North America, one Boston College sailor and two recently graduated Eagles hoped to earn their spots on the United States National Sailing Team. Success ...

Now that's sailing close to the wind: Ship misses deadly water spout by matter ...
Daily Mail
Swirling darkly over the sea, this twister has the power to toss aside swimmers, boats and even aircraft that cross its path. But for the sailors on board the towering column of water wasn't a Hollywood film - but nature at its most terrifying. This ...

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TP52 Southern Cross Cup: TP52 women grinding smarter not faster
BYM News (press release)
Jade Mackay's role is mid bow on Sandringham Yacht Club boat, Calm 2, managing sails and sail changes. She believes she's completed the most Rolex Sydney Hobarts on a TP for a woman – five – and has been on the Calm program for the past three ...

Pico Power at Jolly Harbour Valentine's Regatta
BYM News (press release)
Seven Laser Picos provided by Antigua National Sailing Academy competed off Jolly Harbour's south beach today. Plenty of spectators watched the racing from Castaways Beach Bar and the young sailors enjoyed their first of two days racing as part of the ...

American Youth Sailing Force maintaining AC45 Race Boats for International ...
BYM News (press release)
The American Youth Sailing Force (AYSF), has taken over regular maintenance of two AC45 yachts for use in the RedBull Youth Americas Cup (RBYAC) International Selection Series. This Selection Series determines which four international youth teams will ...

Sailing star Pascoe targets Rio 2016 Paralympics after London 2012 agony
Insidethegames.biz
"I knew I was sailing well and had the potential to finish strongly, but it was nice to win," she told BBC Sport. "It was disappointing to miss London but things are going the right way for me in the build-up to Rio. "I had a good performance in ...

Team Beau Geste wins round one of inaugural TP52 Southern Cross Cup
BYM News (press release)
The Karl Kwok owned and Gavin Brady helmed TP52 Team Beau Geste has comfortably out-sailed the Australian fleet contesting round one of the inaugural TP52 Southern Cross Cup on Port Phillip. Hong Kong registered and campaigned by a majority New ...

EFG Bank Sailing Arabia - The Tour officially sets sail | Oman ...
EFG Bank Sailing Arabia - The Tour, the region's only long distance offshore sailing race started today with nine world-class crews including a host of elite sailors from the Middle East taking on the unique sailing challenge and endurance race ...

Life at sea: a four-year sailing trip round Central America | Travel ...
Annie Gelpey wanted a bit of adventure for herself and her six-year-old daughter, so took her sailing around Central America - and stayed away for four years.
www.guardian.co.uk/travel/.../central-america-family-sailing-tr...

News & Features | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Site : Cook Islands ...
Buy the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016 on iTunes ... Inspiring more girls to get into sailing and motivating those who are already hooked on the sport is ...
members.sailing.org/news/33898.php

Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 | Sailing festival in store with Volvo ...
Newport, Rhode Island will host the Volvo Ocean Race for the first time after winning a place on the route for the 12th edition of sailing's premier round-the- world ...
www.volvooceanrace.com/.../6978_Sailing-festival-in-store-wi...

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