02.06.2007
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Stars, AC Stars, College Sailing Stars and Looking Forward to the Summer
As a North American, you may have disappointed with BMW/Oracle's performance in Valencia. Put it behind you and find other reasons to follow the final acts of the Louis Vuitton Challenger Series. I'm tuning into it not just because of the intrigue and excitement for the day and we certainly had that today, but because I'm keeping tabs on some of the world's most talented Star sailors.
No matter what race Torben Grael shows up at, he has one of the most colorful and decorated sailing histories there. He's returned from the Olympics with four medals; three of them while sailing Stars and one in the Soling. Several of his Luna Rossa Challenge teammates also have made history in Star Class. They include helmsman James Spithill; afterguard members Philippe Presti, Andy Horton and Francesco Bruni; grinders Phil Trinter and Andrew Taylor, and consultant Steve Ericsson. Other Star sailors who are facing off against them on the Emirates yacht are tactician Terri Hutchinson, navigator Kevin Hall, main sail trimmer Don Cowie, and afterguard member Mark Mendelblatt.
While Grael, Horton and Mendelblatt continue to race in Valencia and it was an exciting day today with just eight seconds between Emirates Team New Zealand over Luna Rossa, they've been keeping an eye on sailing news out of Medemblik and Cascais, because they are registered for the 2007 ISAF World Championships in Cascais that begin at the end of June and overlap with the final match of the America's Cup.
Why are they following racing in Holland and Portugal? Well, the medal round at the ISAF Grade 1 Holland Regatta was this weekend and it featured many of the Star class' up and coming legends. Italy's Diego Negri and Luigi Viale won the regatta, Poland's Mateusz Kusnierewicz and Dominic Zycki were second and Portugal's Alfonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos took the bronze. +39 Challenge helmsman Iain Percy and grinder Andrew Simpson, after being eliminated from the Challenger series, scurried to Medemblik and placed 9th in the 40-boat Star fleet of Olympic hopefuls.
Those Olympic aspirants who did not sail the regatta in Holland were trying to get a feel for the local conditions in Cascais, where Alfonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos are hometown favorites at the 2007 ISAF World Championships, where 75% of the country slots for the 2008 Olympics will be determined.
On this side of the Atlantic, the ICSA Women's Nationals finished on Friday. As anticipated, powerhouse St. Mary's won the regatta by winning A Division and placing second in B Division. Nine women were named to the ICSA Women's All-American Team and five were awarded honorable mention. If you haven't been watching your local juniors, you should. Allison Blecher, Evan Brown, Blaire Herron, Charlotte Hill, Emily Hill, Adrienne Patterson, Andrea Savage, Kaity Storck, Sara Morgan Watters, Taylor Grimes, Shannon Heausler, Whitney Loufek, Martha Pitt, Megan Watson, Katie Whitman are the product of growing and improving junior and high school sailing programs. As college students, they are probably teaching and training with your sons and daughters. It is highly likely that Europe, Asia and South America will be on their regatta circuits.
The ICSA Team Race and Co-ed Championships finished today with the Charleston Cougars winning the Co-ed titles.
The final roster of 2007 College Sailing All-Americans and Honorable Mentions will be named at the close of the regattas and this year's college sailing season.
Keelboat and offshore races and series are taking place all around the country. Sailors took advantage of this three day weekend to participate in the Figawi Race, the Leukemia Cup Regattas and the Block Island Race. Registration deadlines have come or are approaching for offshore races such as the Annapolis Newport and the Marion to Bermuda races.
Memorial Day Weekend is not over and the final statistics are not in, but you can be sure that there were some serious accidents on the water during the unofficial start of the summer boating season. Before you leave the dock, go through your safety drills and checks, no matter how experienced you and your crew are. While all of us love a reason to sail, it is with bitter sweetness that we come together for events such as last weekend's Jamie Boeckel Memorial Fund Regatta.
Have a safe and fun summer.
Charleston retains ICSA/Gill National title
It was a nail-biter of a finale as the 2007 ICSA/Gill Coed National Championship was decided today at the US Naval Academy after sailors from 18 colleges wrapped up three days of competition on the Severn River....
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Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta - Detroit
Although the first day of racing at the Sperry Top-Sider National Offshore One Design (N.O.O.D.) Regatta in Detroit, Mich. got off to a slow start, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone among the 1200+ competitors who did not enjoy the day....
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Luna Rossa wrong to give Kiwis the right - SailJuice.com
It was surprising how easily Luna Rossa gave up their starboard entry advantage in today's opening match of the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals. Dean Barker can't have believed his luck as he went into an early dial-up expecting a full-on punch-up with James Spithill, only to find the Italian boat quite happy to concede the right in favour of the left-hand side of the start....
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Fisher's View: Close, Mighty Close
If close race finishes predict a close series, the Louis Vuitton Cup could go all the way to nine races. Terry Hutchinson, the Emirates Team New Zealand tactician had said yesterday that he preferred close races, but whether he was totally happy with the first race of the final is doubtful with never more than 12 seconds separating the boats at any mark....
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Win Bob Fisher's book - An Absorbing Interest
Enter the Sail-World online competition to win a copy of Bob Fisher's An Absorbing Interest. The definitive history of the America's Cup. Its two volumes covers the drama, boat design, personalities and sheer fascination of the America's Cup....
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Charleston Leads going into Last Day
After 14 races in both divisions, The College of Charleston holds a 4-point lead over Dartmouth....
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Team 7 Sailing undefeated -Boat US Santa Maria Cup
Team 7 Sailing is undefeated after two days of intense racing on the River Severn in Annapolis, Maryland, at the Boat US Santa Maria Cup US Women's Match Race Championship. Laser Radial sailor Anna Tunnicliffe has joined our crew for this series in J/22s....
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BMW Sail Auction '32 Originals' goes on
Until July 7, BMW is staging a worldwide auction of unique America's Cup artworks with the proceeds going to a charity that aims to improve the lives of poverty-stricken children in Latin America. titled the '32 Originals', the collection of artworks comprises sections of a mainsail from BMW ORACLE Racing's America's Cup yacht, USA 87....
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The show goes on for BMW Oracle Racing
For BMW ORACLE Racing, the racing in the 32nd America's Cup might be over, but the show goes on. One of the key features of this Cup cycle has been the dramatically increased corporate hospitality programs the teams have created and BMW ORACLE Racing has been a leader in this respect....
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International Rolex Regatta 2008 to offer IRC
International Rolex Regatta in March 2008, St. Thomas Yacht Club will welcome yachts sailing under the IRC rating rule as well as those sailing under the CSA (Caribbean Sailing Association) rating rule. The move--a first for the regatta and likely to set the trend for other Caribbean regattas--is intended to make it hassle-free for racing sailboats from the United States and Europe to compete. IRC is the only rule endorsed by ISAF (the International Sailing Federation) as an international rating rule and accepted throughout the world....
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ISAF World Sailing Rankings
After a five-medal haul in Medemblik, Great Britain are the big winners in the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings and now count crews in the top three of six of the Olympic Classes. Paul GOODISON (GBR) leads the British charge as he makes it ten consecutive Rankings at the top in the Laser, whilst elsewhere four of the world #1 spots change hands....
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Bayliss and Barkow lead Boat US Santa Maria Cup
After six flights in the first day of the Santa Maria Cup, two of the top ranked women sailors in the world are on top again, but even in points among their competitors from among ten teams. Liz Bayliss, who won this competition in 2003 and Sally Barkow, who won in 2004, are even with seven wins each....
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EmOcean J/120 Wins Overall Honors in 2007 C2B
In this year's Charleston to Bermuda Race overall honors were awarded to a skipper and crew who performed superbly - young Will Hanckel and his friends on board his father's J/120 EmOcean. EmOcean also won top honors in Class A, followed by Hogan's Kintaro in second, and David Guggenheim's Beneteau 40.7 Piakea in third with a corrected time of 4 days, 17 hours, 0 minutes, and 36 seconds....
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Earthrace abandons Round World record race
The biodiesel powered trimaran Earthrace has abandoned her round the world record attempt for now. John Allen from Earthrace has confirmed the news. He said a few minutes ago 'The race is over. We gave it our best but came up short. Pretty devastating but we are regrouping today and working on where we go from here....
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Annapolis to Newport Race Starts Friday
Racing yachts are flying battle flags around Annapolis harbor, crews are last minute preparations, and registration is well underway for the 2007 Annapolis to Newport Race. Almost 60 boats have entered the 60th anniversary of this classic East Coast off-shore race. The 473-mile race will start at noon this Friday, June 1st, at the mouth of the Severn River off Annapolis....
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St. Mary's Does It Again
St. Mary's College (St. Mary's City, Md.) has won their second Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) national championship in less than a week as competition for the ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship (May 27-29) wrapped up today at the U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, Md.)...
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USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival Season
The 11th season of US SAILING's USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival (JO) program kicks off in June with three events. Young sailors are getting ready to put away their school backpacks and pull out their sailing clothes and life jackets to enjoy another summer sailing season on the water....
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New York Yacht Club's 153rd Annual Regatta
Team trophies will be awarded in both competitions with the Rolex Cup for the best two-yacht team in the Around the Island Race and the Great Corinthian Trophy being awarded to the yacht club team with the best score in the Annual Regatta....
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Transpac grows younger with age
Like Roy E. Disney's Morning Light team, two entries from Hawaii will place the accent on youth in the 44th race starting in July. Lindsey Austin, 22, will be skipper on Bill Myers' Standfast 40, Cirrus,Sean and Justin Doyle, the 19- and 18-year-old sons of Transpac double handed veteran Dan Doyle, will race with three other young men on Doyle's 1D35....
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Russian entry confirmed for Volvo Ocean Race
The first Russian-flagged entry for the Volvo Ocean Race confirmed its participation in the 2008-09 event. Backed by Oleg Zherebtsov, a St Petersburg businessman, the yacht will be skippered by former Austrian Olympic Star sailor Andreas Hanakamp. Managing the team will be Michael Woods, who was Director of Race Operations for the Volvo Ocean Race 2001-02...
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From the Blogs: BMW Oracle Racing
One of the purposes of this blog is to share the 'trials and tribulations' with our families, friends and supporters. One of the trials is reading the media reports and analyses after a tough or unexpected loss. Obviously in a campaign like this, as in life, you can't have good news all the time. When the bad news comes you can ignore it -- burying your head in the sand -- or read it and maybe weep...
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Laser Atlantic Coast Championship Results
Miami's Ernesto Rodriguez won the Laser Atlantic Coast Championship. Colin Smith dominated the 47-boat Laser Radial fleet, but nobody dominated the way Edgar Diminich did in the 2.7's....
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Veterans find race challenges and rewards
Charleston Yacht Club crew members - Mike Messinger, Jim Condon and Jim Smith - were early and consistent advocates of the Charleston to Bermuda Race. It was not a good sign for things to come when the crew of Zippity Doo Dah dropped anchor off Morris Island lighthouse shortly after starting the race. They arrived at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club docks this morning after a tough upwind battle that left them starting their motor 183 miles from the finish line....
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Patterson - Quantum Female Sailor of the Year
Adrienne Patterson (Newport Beach, Calif.), has been named the 2007 Quantum Female College Sailor of the Year, an annual honor given to the female skipper who has compiled the best overall sailing record during the academic year....
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St. Mary's wins 2007 ICSA Women's Nationals
The Lady Seahawks from St. Mary's College, (St. Mary's City, Md.) are celebrating two accomplishments as competition for the 2007 ICSA (Intercollegiate Sailing Association) Women's National Championship, sponsored by PENTAX Imaging Company and Vanguard Sailboats,wrapped up on the Elizabeth River today....
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Dickson's farewell from BMW ORACLE - ValenciaSailing.com
It was supposed to be a day off and most of the journalists in Valencia were either heading back home or relaxing at the beach in this beautiful, warm and sunny afternoon. Unfortunately, somebody in BMW Oracle had the idea to urgently summon the press to their base in order to make an announcement....
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Morning Light to sail in Hoag Cup
Morning Light, Roy E. Disney's team of young sailors that has captured mainstream attention for the sport, will be among some of the biggest and fastest boats of the last 20 years lining up for the second biennial First Team Real Estate Invitational Regatta for the Hoag Cup June 8-10....
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This Week is National Safe Boating Week
This Week is National Safe Boating Week...
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NOR Available for Olympic and Paralympic Trials
The Notice of Race for the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Team Trials is now available. Six yacht clubs in Southern California and Newport, RI, will host the Team Trials for the Olympic and Paralympic classes from October 3-14, 2007....
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Growing Sailing with Summer Sailstice
Now in its seventh year, Summer Sailstice encourages all sailors everywhere to get out and sail on the longest sailing weekend of the year, this year, June 23/24....
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Annapolis to Newport Race starts June 1
Interest in the 2007 Annapolis to Newport Race continues to grow as the starting date of Friday, June 1 approaches. With a less than a week until the entry deadline, two additional Club Challenge teams have been formed....
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Block Island Race - May 25th
Block Island Race Helps New England Sailors Launch 2007 Sailing Season...
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ICSA Alumni Regatta this Weekend
The Alumni Regatta is open to all college sailing alumni and will be raced at the US Naval Academy this coming Saturday, May 26th....
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PUMA(r) announce Volvo Open 70 design team & builder
PUMA(r) announced today that world-renowned design team, Botin Carkeek, and acclaimed custom yacht builder, Goetz Custom Boats have been commissioned to begin work on Puma's new Volvo Open 70, which will compete in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09...
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The Cutty Sark Fire
Britain's famous maritime treasure, the Clipper Cutty Sark, which famously plied the Australian-Britain Wool trade run suffered substantial damage yesterday after a fire engulfed the vessel and destroyed much of its deck and planking....
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Riverside Yacht Club Makes Unprecedented Donation
The Riverside Yacht Club in Riverside, Conn., kicked off a successful summer sailing season Sunday by making the largest ever donation by a yacht club to the US Olympic Sailing Program. The club raised $143,000 at its 'Sail for the Gold' fundraiser held April 26....
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