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Tuesday, 2/2/10 - French-owned Hachette Publishers have announced that they will publish the story of Australian 16 year-old Jessica Watson's solo sail around the world 'as soon as possible after her return'. This is expected to be in August.
...and on-board Ella's Pink Lady, when she's not grappling with 70 knot squalls, Jessica is already writing it - in the form of her blogs that she writes on an 'almost daily' basis.
This is in spite of a recent admission by her mother Julie Watson that Jessica has been diagnosed with sever dyslexia, a condition that hampered her learning at school, and caused the event the resulted in Jessica's desire to sail around the world alone. Sail World has the full story.
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Tuesday, 2/2/10 - More wind resulted in more action on day 2 of the final event at The Wave, Muscat...penalties, minor repairs and plenty of place changes. Red Bull retain their lead at the top of the leaderboard but The Wave, Muscat move into 2nd place ahead of the China Team. Click here for all the news. Photo Th. Martinez.
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Tuesday, 2/2/10 - Young Abby Sunderland
will be in Cabo sometime tomorrow afternoon to make repairs to her
charging system then continue her round the world adventure. The voyage
was shrouded in controversy before she left and this stop has reignited
the talk. Sailing Anarchy has a particularly interesting thread where
the designer of her Open 40 weighs in - "take the shoes and run!" he
advises... Check it out here. Photo Pat Reynolds.
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MOVING PICTURES
Tuesday, 2/2/10 - Light Airs Dominated day 1 of racing in the Extreme Sailing Series in Muscat. Check out some footage from the opening day of racing.
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MOVING PICTURES
Tuesday, 2/2/10 - With the AC a week away, check out the latest vid the BOR team put out. It's under 30-seconds, but awe inspiring none-the-less...
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MOVING PICTURES
Tuesday, 2/2/10 - Here is some great commentary from Tucker Thompson's T2PTV as he presents highlights from the final day of racing at US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR, second stop on the 2009-2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup. It's 10 minutes long but goes by quick if you like great match and fleet racing action.
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Tuesday, 2/2/10 - Don't know what it is about this video, but it captures dinghy racing to the max. Medium winds, decent size fleet and a lot of work for the crew and skipper to race around a windward/leeward course. Combine this with some sick Eminem and a crotch cam and you get video gold at the 2009/10 Fireball Australian National Championships.
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Monday, 2/1/10 - Sailing Lasers can be fast and fun. But it can even be more fun when you trailer your Laser to sail on Lake Garda. Check out the scenery as these two young adventurous sailors take to the windy waters of this famous sailing spot in Italy.
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Monday, 2/1/10 - Here's the latest statement by Tom Ehman, GGYC spokesperson. Even when it's over it won't be over.
New York (January 29, 2010) - The New York Supreme Court said today that, due to its busy schedule, the hearing on the "constructed-in-country" issue could not be expedited. Therefore, it appears unlikely that a hearing will take place before the America's Cup match begins on February 8th.
It is unfortunate that the legality of Alinghi's American-made sails probably will not be decided before the Match. However, it will be decided eventually.
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Monday, 2/1/10 - After 24 hours on the water, Groupama 3 is conceding a deficit of nearly a hundred miles in relation to the Jules Verne round the world reference time. However, the team feels this discrepancy at the start is nothing to worry about, since it was all part of the plan for Franck Cammas and his crew as they set sail from Ushant on Sunday afternoon.
On paper, it might appear worrying, but on water the situation is becoming favorable again for the giant trimaran this afternoon: the calm conditions settling over the Bay of Biscay are now a distant memory for Groupama 3.
"This Monday lunchtime we're sailing under gennaker and full mainsail on calm seas, which is enabling us to slip along nicely," said Skipper Franck Cammas. "We've managed to get through the tricky section to the North of Cape Finisterre, where it was important not to be late so as to avoid any risk of being hemmed in by the zone of high pressure: the first obstacle is behind us! We benefited from a fairly steady wind for three quarters of the trip across the Bay of Biscay: the breeze suddenly kicked back in off Ushant, indeed it was even a little ahead of schedule...We had up to thirty knots under one reef and small gennaker on very settled seas, but we really had to be on the alert. After that it was necessary to gybe in a easing, freer wind, but it was particularly cold at that point! It was reminiscent of the Indian Ocean...though there was a beautiful full moon." Story Kate Jennings
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Monday, 2/1/10 - It was "one race, one chance" today at US SAILING's 2010 Rolex Miami OCR, the second of seven stops of the ISAF Sailing World Cup 2009-2010. ISAF's got the full story. Photo Dan Nerney.
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Monday, 2/1/10 - For all you Alinghi fans out there, here's a piece about skipper Brad Butterworth. With all this controversy, it's good to be reminded that these guys have accomplished quite a lot in the sailing world. Click here for the bio. Photo Guido Trombetta/Alinghi.
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Monday, 2/1/10 - The A-Class/505 Midwinter Championship begins on Friday 2/4 with racing through Superbowl Sunday (WHO DAT!). The regatta venue is Fort Desoto State Park just south of the Sunshine Skyway bridge on Tampa Bay.
Right now 27 A-Class and 24 505 teams are pre-registered and the weather looks promising with a front coming through Friday PM. Breeze is forecast to be 8-12 Friday from the SW-W, 10-15 on Saturday from the NW, and 8-12 on Sunday from the N-NW. Temps should be in the 60's each day, cool but comfortable.
This will be the 3rd of four events in the A-Class Florida Winter Circuit. The last event will be March 26-28 in Bokeelia, Florida. More info is here.
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Monday, 2/1/10 - Teen sailor Abby Sunderland,16, has been forced to stop in Mexico for repairs to her Open 40's charging system. In her blog she said:
"Don't start worrying, since I'm still north of the equator I won't have to give up on the non-stop attempt. I will be re-staring from Cabo as soon as I can. We have all been discussing this for awhile now. I've spent the last week talking with my team, testing things and doing whatever I could to make this work. The fact is I am just not able to generate enough power with my solar panels and wind generators to keep up with all of my energy needs. We didn't budget enough fuel for me to run my two alternators as often as I have been needing to so....A new battery or two and more fuel will be put on board in Cabo. Also, the trouble with the wind speed gauge seems to be in the wiring in the mast. I have tested everything else so that needs to be fixed as well." Read more here. Photo Lisa Gizara.
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HOME MOVIES
Monday, 2/1/10 - Teen solo sailor Jessica Watson gives the latest update as she shoots towards being the youngest to ever circle the globe non-stop and unassisted.
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Monday, 2/1/10 - Who needs all that tiresome standing when Kitesailing? Today we revisit the KiteCat...
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Monday, 2/1/10 - Here's a little onboard footage of the mighty DoGzilla. Interesting to see how the wing moves and the little groaning the beast makes...
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Friday, 1/29/10 - Justice Kornreich of the New York Supreme Court informed the America's Cup defending yacht club, Société Nautique de Genève, and the challenging Golden Gate Yacht Club today via telephone conference that she will not hear the American challenger's complaint regarding the 'constructed in country' requirement of the Deed of Gift before the 33rd America's Cup Match which is scheduled to begin on February 8th.
This means the 33rd America's Cup is free to proceed as ordered by previous New York rulings: in Valencia on the 8, 10 and 12 February.
"This is excellent news. We are delighted that BMW Oracle's attempts to disqualify Alinghi and to win the America's Cup in court have been denied. We look forward to meeting them on the start line here in Valencia on February 8th to race for the Cup; something they can no longer try to avoid," said Ernesto Bertarelli.
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Friday, 1/29/10 - Valencia - BMW ORACLE Racing is employing a variety of environmentally-safe, friction-reduction technologies.
"Our hulls are more slippery and therefore move more efficiently through the water than ever before," said design team member Manolo Ruiz de Elvira (ESP).
The only decision - out of fourteen - that Société Nautique de Genève has won in the New York Supreme Court was to have Racing Rules 49-54 deleted from America's Cup racing for the first time ever. This not only permitted the yachts to use an engine to replace manual power, but skin friction reduction systems, previously banned, are now allowed.
"We are not going to say exactly what systems and technologies we are using on our trimaran, but I can assure you they make an already fast boat even faster," Ruiz de Elvira said. "Our design team has found the ultimate solution - fast and green.
SNG's blatant attempt to reverse the Court's ruling permitting friction reduction systems, which the Swiss themselves fought for, is now in the hands of the International Jury at the request of GGYC. Photo Gilles Martin-Raget.
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Friday, 1/29/10 - The incentive to compete in the world's premier sailing series just got bigger: a US $250,000 overall prize pool for the top nine teams with a $50,000 bonus for the outright winner of next year's World Match Racing Tour is now on offer. Check out ISAF for more details. Photo Brendon O'Hagan/Subzero Images.
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