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Thursday, 6/17/10 - Terry Hutchinson, from Quantum Racing, who had a great day yesterday talking Medcup...
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Thursday, 6/17/10 - Team New Zealand needs another kites cuz this one just ripped to shreds...
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Thursday 6/17/10 - The big cats are getting to ready to throw-down in Cowes, Isle of Wight. Here's a beak wetter.
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Wednesday, 6/16/10 - Thousand Oaks sailor Abby Sunderland reached a remote island in the
south Indian Ocean on Monday after spending three days on a French ship
that rescued her last week from her disabled boat, her mother said.
Marianne Sunderland said late Monday evening that Abby, 16, had
reached Kerguelen Island earlier in the day. Her father, Laurence,
talked to her and reported that she was fine.
Meanwhile, Marianne and Laurence spent much of the day denying
reports the family had signed a reality television deal in an attempt to
cash in on their daughter's fame.
"There is no reality TV show, there's no documentary that's going to
be made, there's no book deal," Marianne Sunderland said.
Kerguelen Island is a remote outpost that is home to research
scientists and a French-maintained satellite and rocket tracking
station. After she arrives, Abby will board Osiris, a French patrol
boat.
"We don't even know if Osiris can leave right away. It was on duty,"
said Jeff Casher, a spokesman for the family, adding that the family
does not expect anyone involved to adjust their schedule to speed up
Abby's return. Marianne said Monday night the boat was being stocked
with food and fuel and could likely leave in a day or two.
From Kerguelen, Abby is expected to travel to La Reunion, the patrol
boat's home port about 1,800 nautical miles away. At a speed of 10
knots, that's a trip of more than a week, though some ships travel
faster.
Abby was plucked by Ile de la Reunion from her disabled 40-foot boat
Wild Eyes early Saturday, 40 hours after she was stranded because of a
broken mast. The rescue ship was thought to be a French fishing vessel,
but Casher said Monday it was a fisheries research boat that was
returning to Kerguelen.
As Abby headed home, the New York Post reported Monday that Laurence
Sunderland had signed a contract to do a reality show, "Adventures in
Sunderland," weeks after Abby set sail from Marina del Rey.
Marianne Sunderland said those reports were untrue and the family had
abandoned any plans for a reality show before Abby left in January and
has no interest in revisiting them now.
She said that report and others were based on misinformation and
misunderstandings. Check out Abby's hometown paper, The Ventura County Star, for the rest of the story.
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Wednesday, 6/16/10 - Quantum Racing won the second race of the Marseille Trophy in very shifty and light conditions. The course was changed twice with wind changes of up to 30 degrees. Quantum Racing started well on the pin end with Synergy and they were first and second at the WW1 mark. Matador finished second to lead the Marseille Trophy. More here.
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Wednesday, 6/16/10 - In the early evening of Monday 14 June, Groupe Picoty - the first Finot-Conq Design Class40 Pogo S² from Structures Chantier Naval - successfully underwent a 180° inversion test at Bénodet in Brittany. This unassisted self-righting test with the two crew on board is a fundamental requirement of the double-handed Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) for Class40s and Pogo S² hull #1, Groupe Picoty, is the first GOR entry to complete this element of the event’s rigorous safety stipulations. The Daily Sail has the story.
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Wednesday, 6/16/10 - The Laser Standard and Laser Radial European Championships & Trophy 2010 in Tallinn, Estonia came to an end with Croatian sailors Tonci Stipanovic and Tina Mihelic winning gold in the Laser Standard and Laser Radial fleets. Check out ISAF for more.
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Wednesday, 6/16/10 -The Monsoon Cup, the final event on the ISAF World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), has released positive figures for the Return on Investment (ROI) that the 2009 edition produced. Monsoon Cup is one of the most significant events on the Tour as it hosts the finale of the World Series where the ISAF Match Racing World Champion is crowned. Read more here.
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Wednesday, 6/16/10 - More stuff from Quantum Racing as they prepare for the next stage of the Audi Medcup. This one is about life in the sewer!
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Wednesday, 6/16/10 - Excerpts from a recent Abby Sunderland telephone interview.
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Wednesday, 6/16/10 - News from the sailing world. From France, the Vendée St Peterbourg race. from Le Havre, the Normandy sailing week, from Italy, 18 footers European Championship, from Monaco, Alexia Barrier reached Monaco last week, from Sardenia, the Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena, from America, Race 11 of the Clipper Round the World Race, from Switzerland, Twelve Decision 35s in Geneva.
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Tuesday, 6/15/10 - Today, under constant attack from anyone with a microphone and a camera, the Sunderland family posted their "Answers to Critics" to combat the many allegations that have been hurled their way since Abby Sunderland was rescued in the Southern Indian Ocean. The blog consists of a letter from the Australian Search and Rescue team and also word from meteorologist Ken Campbell defending the decisions that sent Abby into weather that could have potentially killed her.
They also address the question of whether they plan on doing a reality show. It's when this element of the story was reported that the story got another set of legs and an even wider audience. The Sunderlands say there is no reality show.
"Laurence and I were approached by Magnetic Entertainment last year before Abby departed to shop a reality TV show based on our family. Abby's trip was already sponsored. Their idea was to do an inspiring show about Zac and Abby's adventures, what our family was like and what made them as strong and independent as they are. The show was shopped and not sold. All rights were returned to us. There is no reality TV show or documentary in the works and we will not be pursuing one. We find it ironic that the media, who are spreading gossip and sensationalizing Abby's story for profit, have the nerve to criticize us for supposedly doing the same thing - very ironic."
Read the rest here. Photo Pat Reynolds.
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Tuesday, 6/15/10 - The first of more than a dozen starts is set for 2:00PM EDT on Friday when the 188-strong Newport Bermuda Race fleet gathers off Castle Hill in the East passage from Narragansett Bay to the Rhode Island Sound for the 47th 'thrash to the Onion Patch'. Each class is then scheduled to start at ten-minute intervals for a 2 hour period until all boats are heading out to cross the Gulf Stream towards the sunny isles of Bermuda.
The record, set in 2002, is held by the late Roy Disney's Pywacket (pictured) with a time of 53 hours, 39 minutes 22 seconds.
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Tuesday, 6/15/10 - After close to 17 hours of sailing, the D35 Ladycat, helmed by Dona Bertarelli, Ernesto's sister, won one of the most prestigious and most difficult races in front of an international array of ocean champions. Several boats were helmed by international sailors like Michel Desjoyaux, Pascal Bidégorry, Dominique Wavre and Loïck Peyron. Sail World has the rest of the story.
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Tuesday, 6/15/10 - The official practice race for the TP52 Series at the Marseille Trophy had to be canceled today, falling foul of the stormy, wet conditions and the unsettled breezes. The forecast for tomorrow is more promising, when three races for the TP52 are planned with the first starts due at 13:30hrs while the five GP42's are scheduled for their Practice Race.Read more here.
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Tuesday, 6/15/10 - Bill O'Reilly talks sailing on his show - wow, that's a new one. It's interesting to see when mainstream shows like this drift over into our world. While most of the facts are correct, notice how O'Reilly says the "boat was coming apart in the Indian Ocean..." We know that Sunderland's Open 40 dismasted but "coming apart"? C'mon Bill, sounds like you're embellishing facts to make your point - say it isn't so!
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Tuesday, 6/15/10 - This is a very interesting piece produced by ABC spotlighting the "youngest" gang. It was made before Sunderland's recent dismasting, but that somehow makes it all the more interesting.
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Tuesday, 6/15/10 - The Quantum team is getting ready for some more competitive TP52 racing at the Marseille Trophy - the second installment of the Medcup.
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Tuesday, 6/15/10 - Coutts Quarter Ton Cup 2010, hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Cowes, Day 1, Race 1
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Monday, 6/14/10 - In the ISAF World Match Racing Tour (WMRT). Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match Racing Team is "King of Korea Match Cup" after racing against the best pool of match racing skippers in the world and concluding Korea with a victory over double World Champion Ian Williams (GBR) Team GAC Pindar in stage 3.
Richard kept momentum at all times in the light airs up the concentrated course area which created a need for all the crew to use their bodyweight and drill the KM36 yachts into a series of smooth roll tacks and gybes to propel the Blakewell-White designed yachts round the race marks.
Richard is delighted to have won Korea Match Cup, two years previously he was watching the skippers in the final hoping to reach it himself one day, I have had a good feeling onboard since the beginning of the season and I am happy with the team.
Williams has now been in the final at Korea Match Cup for the last 3 years since the inception of the Korean leg of the WMRT. Williams however has not yet won this Tour stage and is seen as always the bridesmaid and never the bride. He is however, in good spirits despite missing out on the biggest prize money and spoke about Richard's style on the race course, Richard really nailed the starts today, every time he dominated the first exchange.
The semis, sailed in the sheltered flat waters of Jeongok Port, saw Williams beat Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Gill Global Team and Richard taking a last minute lead over Torvar Mirsky (AUS) Mirsky Racing Team followed by an instantaneous on the water request for redress due to interference from a boat on the course, redress was then denied.
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