Mike Golding crosses the finishing line of the Vendée Globe 2012 onboard Gamesa (published Feb10)
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Still at sea: TANGUY DE LAMOTTE / Initiatives-coeur and ALESSANDRO DI BENEDETTO / Team Plastique
Tanguy de Lamotte: " A slow finish " - Vendée Globe 2012-2013: "I’m currently facing 15-to-18-knot wind, which is pretty good, and it looks like I’ll be able to stay on this gybe for a couple of days, until I reach the Azores. I think I’m going to have another very nice day today, the sun is coming up, I’m definitely enjoying it, enjoying the sailing. The finish doesn’t seem too far or too close right now, it’s perfect. On what is coming next I should have 5 to 10 knots on wind in the end, so it will be a pretty slow finish for me, it's going to take me some time to get to Les Sables d'Olonne. I'm preparing for that, I know I can't expect 50 knots. I'm getting as much rest as I can, physically, because I'm still tired from all my rudder issues. Things are getting better and better, even though the cuts and bruises I have are not healing as fast as I thought they would."
Vendee Globe - Alex Thomson, Record Breaker
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Until this Vendée Globe, Alex Thomson had a reputation for being a bit of a loose cannon. Undoubtedly capable and imaginative (remember the time he was filmed riding the keel of the previous Hugo Boss in evening dress?), but prone to accidents for ...
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Golding sets Vendee Globe record - BBC
Mike Golding becomes the first sailor to complete three Vendee Globe races after finishing the round-the-world race.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sailing/21361531
Omani team strike the first blow in Sailing Arabia – The Tour
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The Omani team, skippered by the world-renowned sailor Cedric Pouligny, came home ahead of EFG Bank and Team Messe Frankfurt to establish an early lead in the region's only long distance offshore sailing race. EFG Bank (Monaco), skippered by Sidney ...
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In Pictures: Sailing Arabia - The Tour 2013
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Local Sailing Instructor shortlisted for award
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A SAILING instructor who teaches at Stonehaven Yacht Club has been shortlisted alongside Scotland's top sailing clubs, volunteers and instructors who have made an outstanding commitment to the sport in 2012 for the RYA Scotland's Annual Awards.
Sailing Arabia: The Tour gets under way
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Manama, Bahrain: EFG Bank Sailing Arabia: The Tour, the region's only long distance offshore sailing race started yesterday with nine world-class crews including a host of elite sailors from the Middle East taking on the unique sailing challenge and ...
Large fleet for Regatta Day Sport - The Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania: "THE biggest fleet of yachts for years will race today (Feb. 11) for the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup at the 175th Royal Hobart Regatta, the result of having the Combined Clubs Harbour Series being listed for Regatta Day. Sir Thomas Lipton donated the trophy to promote yachting in Tasmania in the 1930s. Up to 50 keelboats are expected to participate - more than double the number in recent years. The race, for five groups, starts and finishes mid-river, but the public will get a close-up view, with rounding marks off the Regatta grounds and at Sullivans Cove where the Australian Wooden Boat Festival is being held."
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Mike Golding becomes the first sailor to complete three Vendee Globe races after finishing the round-the-world race.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sailing/21361531
Omani team strike the first blow in Sailing Arabia – The Tour
The National
The Omani team, skippered by the world-renowned sailor Cedric Pouligny, came home ahead of EFG Bank and Team Messe Frankfurt to establish an early lead in the region's only long distance offshore sailing race. EFG Bank (Monaco), skippered by Sidney ...
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In Pictures: Sailing Arabia - The Tour 2013
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In Pictures: Sailing Arabia - The Tour 2013. Team Abu Dhabi - skippered by Adil Khaled, with Yousef Bin Lahej, Ahmed Al Hammadi, Ayub Al Balooshi, Ahmed Al Qubaisi, Yousef Al Qubaisi and Ahmed Al Marzooqi. The Al-Thuraya Bank Muscat team...
Local Sailing Instructor shortlisted for award
Mearns Leader
A SAILING instructor who teaches at Stonehaven Yacht Club has been shortlisted alongside Scotland's top sailing clubs, volunteers and instructors who have made an outstanding commitment to the sport in 2012 for the RYA Scotland's Annual Awards.
Sailing Arabia: The Tour gets under way
Peninsula On-line
Manama, Bahrain: EFG Bank Sailing Arabia: The Tour, the region's only long distance offshore sailing race started yesterday with nine world-class crews including a host of elite sailors from the Middle East taking on the unique sailing challenge and ...
Large fleet for Regatta Day Sport - The Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania: "THE biggest fleet of yachts for years will race today (Feb. 11) for the Sir Thomas Lipton Cup at the 175th Royal Hobart Regatta, the result of having the Combined Clubs Harbour Series being listed for Regatta Day. Sir Thomas Lipton donated the trophy to promote yachting in Tasmania in the 1930s. Up to 50 keelboats are expected to participate - more than double the number in recent years. The race, for five groups, starts and finishes mid-river, but the public will get a close-up view, with rounding marks off the Regatta grounds and at Sullivans Cove where the Australian Wooden Boat Festival is being held."
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