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Windsurfers kick off GBR medal tally in Weymouth
Nick Dempsey and Bryony Shaw claimed Britain’s first medals at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta on Thursday (11 August), winning silver and bronze in the RS:X men’s and women’s windsurfing events.
Top Teams Tangle In Cascais On First Day Of Match Racing Championship
Groupama 4 prepares to confront rivals
Groupama 4, Franck Cammas and his men will leave Lorient, France bound for the UK, where they'll take the start of the 44th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. It will be the first opportunity for the French team to do battle with two of the six other Volvo Open 70 entries in the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race. The enthusiasm is mounting, as is the desire to get going…
Shifting winds provide tough Weymouth test
The wind speeds may have eased for the eighth day of the Olympic sailing test regatta, but shifty and gusty conditions continued to challenge 2012 hopefuls across the racecourses in Weymouth and Portland on Tuesday (9 August).
Lutine wins class 2 on Day 4 at Cowes
At the end of another glorious day’s racing at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week Tina Scott was crowned as winner of the Ladies Day trophy. As XOD class secretary she has been a major force in the organisation of the fleet’s centenary celebrations, including the 145-boat fleet competing this week.
Sailing Stars Descend on Day 4, as The Wave Muscat Claim Top
After the drama and action-packed first four days of Act 5 from Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, the breezy conditions that cart-wheeled the Extreme 40 Aberdeen Asset Management yesterday, eased off today at the halfway stage of the UK round of the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series™.
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New sponsor for Mike Golding
Gamesa, a global wind power technology leader and a world reference in the development and sale of wind farms, and Mike Golding, OBE, have today announced their intention to be on the start line of the 2012 Vendee Globe
Dramatic capsize for Aberdeen Asset Management on day 3 at Cowes
as another action-packed, full pressure day at the Extreme Sailing Series. After Sunday's collision between Artemis Racing and Groupe Edmond de Rothschild in the fourth race, the breezy conditions continued on Monday, 8 August, and it was in the sixth race when the Extreme 40 Aberdeen Asset Management cart-wheeled spectacularly in gusty 20-25 knot conditions that were pushing the fleet to their limits.
British sailors hold on in the big Weymouth breeze
Another strong wind day at the Olympic sailing test event in Weymouth and Portland on Monday (8 August) proved a tough test, with Skandia Team GBR’s contenders maintaining a strong showing in the
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT COWES WEEK - DAY 3 DAILY ROUND UP
The thousands of competitors at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week enjoyed another glorious sunny day, with a brisk west-north-westerly wind providing spectacular sailing.
First athletes selected for ParalympicsGB for London 2012
With just over a year to go to the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games, the British Paralympic Association (BPA) today announced the selection of the first athletes who will compete for Great Britain at London 2012.
Play the Virtual Fastnet Game
The Virtual Fastnet game is now live on the Rolex Fastnet Race mini site: http://fastnet.rorc.org/. Sign up, choose your yacht name, plan your strategy and see how you fare against a huge fleet. Armchair enthusiasts can negotiate the 608 nautical mile course from the safety of their living room
Ups and downs for Brits on Day 6 of test regatta
A steady day for the 470 women’s crew of Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark sees them hold on to the overall lead after six races, while Ben Ainslie is level on points with Frenchman Jonathan Lobert at the top of the Finn fleet after a testing day.
Emirates Team New Zealand win first round
Conditions returned to ‘normal’ today for the second day of racing at the America’s Cup World Series in Cascais, with brilliant sunshine and 15-16 knots of breeze, albeit blowing off the land, making the wind tricky approaching the top gates marks.
Cameras, Crowds, and One Big Collision
Fantastic conditions for the second day of Act 5, Cowes. The Extreme Sailing Series famous for attracting huge crowds, and today they poured to the shoreside in their thousands to catch the action. And in the big breeze, there was plenty of it - nose-dives, pitch poles, spray everywhere and one BIG collision between Artemis Racing and Groupe Edmond de Rothschild.
Cowes Week Day 2
The second day of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week was blessed with bright sun and strong winds, giving competitors a fresh set of challenges after the opening day’s light airs.
Yacht collides with bulky tanker at Cowes
In this contest between a flimsy yacht and a bulky oil tanker, there was only going to be one winner.