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Wednesday 12/23/09 - Having watched a bunch of people suffer through the learning curve of moth sailing it's always comforting to see guys sail the little foilers effortlessly. Here's your moth fix for the month.
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Tuesday 12/22/09 - As fate would have it Liz Wardley was doing a video diary the moment her mast came crashing down. While your humble editor doesn't know what she's saying in her diary do to a mono-lingual handicap, the moment where she screams "nooo!" and begins to cry, we get a solid understanding of the situation. Amazing footage.
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Tuesday 12/22/09 - Valencia - America's Cup defender Société Nautique de Genève has been asked if Alinghi 5 will meet the event's nationality rules.
In a letter today to SNG, GGYC Commodore Marcus Young wrote, "We find the Deed to be clear and unambiguous. It requires that the yacht, including its hull, appendages, mast and sails, be constructed in the country of the club it represents. We have gone to great lengths to comply with the Deed in all respects, including 'constructed-in-country,' and expect that your Club will do so as well."
Alinghi 5 has been sailing continually with sails made at Minden, Nevada in the USA.
Absent agreement on the constructed-in-country interpretation, the five-member International Jury recently appointed by the International Sailing Federation would be asked to rule on the matter.
Both yachts should come to the start "street-legal." The sailing world expects this, and wants to know before the Match is sailed, not after. Having the Jury in place allows sailing matters to be dealt with by sailing experts.
GGYC's objective is that the on-the-water result of the 33rd Match be conclusive. Any remaining contentious issues should be dealt with properly before the Match is sailed. No one wants the outcome of the Match to have a question mark hanging over it. Photo Gilles Martin Raget.
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Tuesday 12/22/09 - Yachtpals.com recaps the year in sailing and what a year it's been. Seeing it all in one article is a reminder of how busy and eventful the year was. Check it out here.
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Tuesday 12/22/09 - US SAILING speaks to US Laser sailor Clay Johnson, as he heads home from Australia with silver in hand following the opening event of the 2009-2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup season. Check out ISAF for the interview.
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Tuesday 12/22/09 - Sixteen-year-old solo circumnavigator Jessica Watson is experiencing the odd behavior of the ocean's personality. Here's the latest from her blog.
"I've been working hard not to let my imagination run away from itself, but it just feels so surreal sitting almost motionless with a big rolly swell passing undereath and the white swirling fog surrounding us. Now that it is dark Ella's Pink Lady'snavigation lights at the top of the mast are lighting up big rays of red and green fog. It feels like something out of a movie!" Read the rest here.
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Tuesday 12/22/09 - Swan 70 Stay Calm owned by Stuart Robinson, and Swan 48 Amoress 2 owned by Mats Gustafsson, have victoriously finished the 2,700 nautical mile race from Las Palmas to St Lucia and won the 2009 Swan Transatlantic Challenge in a tie. Click here for the full shabang.
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Tuesday 12/22/09 - Quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt is making his way across the Atlantic in a catamaran to revisit the place where he had the accident that left him paralyzed. Here's the latest update.
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Tuesday 12/22/09 - The Rolex Syndey Hobart Race is just about here, so to get you all geared up here's a little vid shot last year.
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Monday 12/21/09 - This morning, Liz Wardley is aboard the SolOceans One-design under jury rig and 160 nautical miles from Cascais Harbour (Lisbon - Portugal). She should arrive in around 30 hours sailing at an average of 5.5 knots under jury rig.
After losing the mast - which fell without breaking - on Thursday morning, 158 nautical miles West of Madeira and 619 nautical miles Southwest of Lisbon, she is sailing the SolOceans One-design back to port without outside assistance.
Over the weekend, the sea was strong and confused. She slept a little bit, with the life raft constantly on her side and with her survival suit on in case a wave bigger than the others would have been fatal: a dreary atmosphere making things hard for her to keep her spirits high.
Nevertheless, Liz Wardley took the time to send an account of the dismasting and the reasons behind it. At the end of this analysis, her conclusions are clear: "I love this boat, the SolOceans One-design and its concept, I feel confident sailing her. I hope we can get a new rig and sails as soon as possible. It would be great to get sailing again quickly to train for the Route du Rhum 2010 and the SolOceans 2011 - 2012."
Read more here.
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Monday 12/21/09 - As a follow up to the Summit 40 Boat of the Year Overall Winner for 2009, Sailing World has picked the Summit 35, Best IRC Racer for 2010. Designed by Mark Mills, and built by Edgewater Boats, the judges have high expectations for the Summit 35.
"Overall, it's a great boat for Key West," said Chuck Allen, one of the BOTY judges, "It's definitely optimized to do well under IRC, especially in light air."
With two boats racing at Key West Race Week in January, Summit Yachts has high hopes for this outstanding design.
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Monday 12/21/09 - Paris - December 18th 2009, The World Sailing Teams Association (WSTA) and Louis Vuitton today announced more Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas for 2010 and early 2011. These new international events follow the successful regatta held in Nice, France, last month.
Each Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta is a stand-alone regatta sailed in event-supplied 85-foot long AC Class yachts that require a crew of 17 top sailors to sail. The regatta concept is designed to transform a port venue, regardless of its previous sailing culture, into the capital of professional yacht racing for two weeks, along with all the associated activities and excitement, on and off the water.
The concept of the Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas was inspired by the acclaimed Louis Vuitton Pacific Series raced in Auckland, NZ, last February.
The schedule for the next events covers four distinctly different parts of the world:
Auckland: March 9 - 21, 2010
La Maddalena, Sardinia: May 22 - June 6 2010
Middle East: November 13 - 28 2010
Hong Kong: January 2011 9 - 24 (To be confirmed)
* The venue in The Middle East is embargoed until January 15th 2010
Newly-elected WSTA board Chairman Paul Cayard commented:
"The Louis Vuitton Trophy is gaining momentum following the great regattas held in Auckland and Nice in 2009 and I really believe 2010 is going to be an even better year for our teams, their crews and supporters." Photo Christophe Favreau.
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Monday, 12/21/09 - Update: Valencia Sailing contacted BMW Oracle and it was confirmed that the team will not participate in the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Auckland in order to be "100 percent focused on the 33 America's Cup". BMW Oracle will compete in the remaining Louis Vuitton regattas planned for 2010 and "continues its commitment to and support of the Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas and the World Sailing Teams Association (WSTA)". Check out Valencia Sailing for more. Photo Paul Todd/outsideimages.co.nz.
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Monday, 12/21/09 - The two near sister Reichel/Pugh designs Alan Brierty's Limit and Stephen Ainsworth's Loki, finished first and second, just one point apart, in the Rolex Trophy Rating Series regatta, the major warm-up for the Rolex Sydney Hobart race which starts this Saturday, December 26.
The close competition between these year-old, well-settled, professionally-campaigned yachts, establishes them as among the top contenders for the Hobart race's major prize, the Tattersall's Cup for the overall winner on IRC handicap. For more on the Hoart race go here. Photo Daniel Forster
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Monday, 12/21/09 - Silver rules down under today, as US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) members kicked off the International Sailing Federation's (ISAF) 2009-2010 Sailing World Cup series by winning three silver medals: Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) in the Laser Radial, Clay Johnson (Toms River, N.J.) in the Laser, and Stu McNay (Boston, Mass.) and Graham Biehl (San Diego, Calif.) in the Men's 470. Sail World's got the full story. Photo courtesy of ISAF.
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Monday, 12/21/09 - Following a dramatic start to their race from Cape Town, South Africa, when Cork, Ireland collided on the start line with English entry Hull & Humber, the Irish team has arrived in Geraldton, Western Australia at the end of the Southern Ocean leg of Clipper 09-10. Finishing ninth, but in an act of good sportsmanship and recognizing that his team was at fault, Irish skipper Richie Fearon handed over his race declaration stating that Cork was retiring from Race 4. Read all the details here.
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Monday, 12/21/09 - An Englishman died on Saturday after the Hobie catamaran he was sailing in with two friends capsized off Koh Hei. Chalong police identified the deceased as UK national Kevin Corrigan, a retired former employee of AIG Insurance. Click here for the full story.
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Monday 12/21/09 - Yachtpals.com did a nice job of putting together this piece of the Extreme 40s sailing in Asia last week.
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Monday 12/21/09 - We all know sailing sucks as a spectator sport. Check out the inventive method one company is developing to change that. Also, check some footage shot at the second to the last day at Sail Melbourne.
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Monday 12/21/09 - The AC crews are getting ready for a showdown in Spain. For multihulls that means a lot more ground to cover and a whole new set of muscles that has to be tuned to perfection. Check out Alinghi's workout regiment.
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