10. August 2017 Zu wenig Wind in Hamburg: Oman Air griff nur kurz nach dem ersten Tagessieg Schwache wechselhafte Winde im Hamburger Hafen haben am Donnerstag (10. August) den Auftakt der Extreme Sailing Series zunichte gemacht. Nach zwei kurzen Proberennen wurde die einzige gestartete Segelwettfahrt der sonst „fliegenden“ GC32-Katamarane nach wenigen Minuten abgebrochen, weil die…
PRESSEMITTEILUNG BüRO HANSE SAIL 10. August 2017 Ministerpräsidentin Manuela Schwesig eröffnet 27. Hanse Sail Rostock Maritimes Fest setzt Zeichen für die Zukunft der deutschen Traditionsschifffahrt Mit dem Glasen der Schiffsglocke hat die Ministerpräsidentin des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Manuela Schwesig, gemeinsam mit dem Oberbürgermeister der Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock, Roland Methling, zum ersten Mal die Hanse Sail…
10.08.2017 To the wire in IRC Three IRC Three went to wire this afternoon in the Rolex Fastnet Race between two French JPK 10.80s. Coming into the finish, Timeline of past class winner Marc Alperovitch seem to be the victor, but when Arnaud Delamare and Eric Mordret’s lower rated Dream Pearls arrived 33 minutes later,…
10/08/17 Light winds and strong tide thwart Hamburg opener Mother Nature refused to play ball on the opening day of Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 5, Hamburg, presented by Land Rover, resulting in no scoring races being completed. Conditions in the German venue are predicted to improve from tomorrow. Light winds versus strong tide on the…
10.08.2017 Learning & Skills Solutions Pyefleet Week Big Wednesday Hits The Spot Despite Torrential Rain The heavens opened and the rain never really stopped on Learning & Skills Solutions Pyefleet Week Big Wednesday sponsored by AOC, Just Trays and Deltech, but the competitors and club rose to the occasion to make it one of the…
09.08.2017 Rolex Fastnet Race V and B prevails in the Class 40s as Trentesauxhas a comfy ride Aside from the Volvo Ocean Race seven, another tight competition in the Rolex Fastnet Race has been between the twenty six Class40s racing. These boats are designed to a box rule created in France in the early 2000s….
One year on from Rio 2016: Extreme Finn sailing – Finnally There has been one question on the lips of the many thousands of Finn fans around the world since the Rio Olympics – ‘Where can we see footage of the incredible Finn racing on the courses outside the bay?’ Everyone had heard about it,…
09.08.2017 Day Three Snakes & Ladders At Learning & Skills Solutions Pyefleet Week 2017 CB Rigging Tuesday at Learning & Skills Solutions Pyefleet Week 2017 featured rain, thunder and lightning, no racing for some, paddle boarding for others and a terrific Quiz Night. Brightlingsea, Essex – 8 August 2017 – CB Rigging Tuesday proved to…
August 2017 Boris Herrmann und Pierre Casiraghi holen „Bronze“ beim Rolex Fastnet Race Mit einem glänzenden dritten Rang in der IMOCA-Klasse haben Boris Herrmann und Pierre Casiraghi am Mittwochmorgen (9. August) das Rolex Fastnet Race abgeschlossen. Der Hamburger Segelprofi und sein Co-Skipper aus dem Fürstenhaus Monaco erkämpften sich als Zweimann-Crew mit dem Open 60 „Malizia“…