20.07.2007
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With Golden Gate flagging their unhappiness with the Protocol for the 33rd America;s Cup this Week Sail-World analyzes the Protocol from the Swiss camp.
Pyewacket is leading the fleet to Hawaii, but it looks like the record is safe.
USA Girls win Gold at ISAF Youth Worlds, Liz Baylis leads Mayors Cup, lots more news as the week unfolds.
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US Girls win Gold at ISAF Youth Worlds
At the ISAF Youth Worlds in Kingston, Ontario Canada, in the girls 29er fleet it was the American duo of Emily Dellenbaugh (17) and Briana Provancha (18) who claimed the gold medal with a race to spare in a fleet of 18 boats....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35871&ntid=20
Pyewacket leads Transpac - outside record
Day 11- Pyewacket leads the 44th Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii: Barn Door? With a 109-nautical mile lead over Doug Baker's Magnitude 80, almost certain. Record? Probably not....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35870&ntid=20
US SAILING's Team set for XV Pan American Games
A team of 16 elite American sailors has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is ready to battle for gold at the XV Pan American Games. Racing begins this Sunday, July 22, in nine disciplines, including four Olympic classes - Laser (Men), Laser Radial (Women) and RS:X (Men and Women) - and five non-Olympic, open classes - Hobie 16, J/24, Lightning, Snipe and Sunfish. The Medal Races are scheduled for Saturday, July 28....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35869&ntid=20
Amelia Wins Day To Put Pressure on Bandit
Andrew Fisher's Bandit retains a five point lead in the NYYC Swan 42 fleet going into the final day of racing tomorrow. However Bandit is under ever increasing pressure from Amelia, with Alexander Jackson's crew recording victories in all three races today to move into second place overall....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35855&ntid=20
Baylis leads Mayor's Cup Womens Match Race
Baylis, of San Rafael, Calif., is a born-again match racer. A long-time short-handed offshore racer who admits she's 'into extremes' she also confesses a love of match racing....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35854&ntid=20
Cirrus had its day; is it Pyewacket's turn now?
Sometime late Thursday or early Friday the big dogs led by Pyewacket will start blowing by Cirrus, whose ladies and gentleman won't mind at all. They've already lived their moment in the 44th Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35853&ntid=20
Yachting World has more on America's Cup Challenge
Top UK yachting correspondent, Matthew Sheahan reports on the Yachting World magazine website on further developments post the 32nd America's Cup: 'One theory is that perhaps Ernesto Bertarelli has lent/given the South African team the money to get started in turn for an early entry. Such a move would not be without precedent.'...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35842&ntid=20
South Africa challenges for 33rd America's Cup
Team Shosholoza founder and managing director Captain Salvatore Sarno confirmed that he had personally lodged a notice of entry and submitted the required performance bond and necessary certification with the Swiss Societe Nautique Geneve (SNG), the defending yacht club of the 2007 America's Cup winners, Team Alinghi...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35839&ntid=20
Cruising Club of America Seeks Award Nominations
Cruising Club of America Seeks Award Nominations for the Rod Stephens Trophy which recognises an act of seamanship that 'significantly contributes to the safety of a yacht or one or more individuals at sea.'...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35828&ntid=20
Crews ready for third annual Mayor's Cup
Eight all-women teams - from Australia, France, Brazil and the United States - enjoyed 15 knots of breeze today during practice for the Grade Two International Sailing Federation event. The competition takes place aboard a fleet of Catalina 37 sailboats, which are identical in gear and design....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35826&ntid=20
Optimist European Championships summary
Regatta Day by Day summaries from the Optimist European Championships in Varkiza, Athens, Greece, sailed from the 10th to 18th July 2007...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35825&ntid=20
Aussies big winners in ISAF World rankings
The Aussies are the big winners in the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, holding three of the top spots following on from a great team performance at the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais. The Brits are also back on track, whilst there are four changes in the #1 spots....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35824&ntid=20
Golden Gate YC shares vision for America's Cup
Golden Gate Yacht Club said today that the San Francisco club's challenge will continue building on the sportsmanship and close competition of the latest America's Cup...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35821&ntid=20
Nightime Power boat crash - eyes on instruments
Eight people filming for a fishing show were hurt, at least one of them seriously, when their 33-foot power boat hit a breakwall, as the driver forgot to look where he was going....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35820&ntid=20
US Sailing's Team ready for XV Pan American Games
A team of 16 elite American sailors has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is ready to battle for gold at the XV Pan American Games. USA's Pan Am Games Sailing Team includes world-class athletes who have excelled in the sport of sailing....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35818&ntid=20
Light airs test crews at Volvo ISAF Youth Worlds
Weak and confused gradient winds were the order of the day on Lake Ontario as the fleet racing in the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship got back out on the water for day four of the regatta after having a well-earned day off yesterday...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35808&ntid=20
Fight for Swan American Regatta champion title
Andrew Fisher's Bandit and the syndicate owned Tsunami have dominated the six races with a string of podium finishes, to lead the field with 6 and 9 points respectively...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35793&ntid=20
Yesterday's rockstars, today's washouts - Transpac
Just as Roger Sturgeon's new STP 65 Rosebud appeared to be lining up on Roy E. Disney's Pyewacket with a 297-nautical mile 24-hour run down south a day earlier, dying wind slowed it to only 167 miles before Wednesday's 8 a.m. roll call....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35792&ntid=20
Deepening America's Cup Protocol stand-off with top Teams
Within a fortnight of reaching stellar heights with the climatic finish to Race 7, the America's Cup event has crashed to one of its lowest points ever with a stand-off developing amongst the key players. The shining star turned into a shooting star with the announcement of the controversial 33rd Protocol,...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35777&ntid=20
U.S. Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship
Competitors from throughout the United States, Caribbean to Vie for U.S. Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship. Five women who ranked in the top one-quarter of the fleet at this championship last year will return to make another bid for this national title, along with sailors who have already shown their promise this summer at other US SAILING Championships....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35776&ntid=20
Winners announced in CYC Race to Mackinac
Overall winner of the Chicago-Mackinac Trophy Division, is Windquest, a MaxZ86 owned by Doug DeVos of Grand Rapids, Mich. The also receive honors as the first monohull to finish and First Place in Section 1....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35774&ntid=20
Rosebud has Pyewacket in its sights in Transpac
Morning roll call positions and Flagship tracking showed Rosebud, Roger Sturgeon's STP 65 from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., had ended its dive into the deep south in quest of favorable breeze and turned west toward the islands as Pyewacket, about 200 miles to the north, continued its steady slide directly down the middle of the course, trailed by several other big boats....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35772&ntid=20
Big Growth in Green Boats across USA
Electric boats debuted at Chicago's 1893 World's Fair and remained popular until the 1920s when the internal combustion engine was introduced. They were scarcely used once people started fuelling their boats with the faster technology. That's all changing again....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35769&ntid=20
America's Cup heist might backfire on Bertarelli
If Louis Vuitton, who has sponsored the Challengers Series for many years but which has now withdrawn from the America's Cup and is locked in a legal battle with America's Cup Management, decides to support a new event along with the bulk of the Challengers, Alinghi and Ernesto Bertarelli may find themselves regretting the day they tried to hijack the America's Cup...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35756&ntid=20
USA qualifies for 10 Olympic Classes
USA qualifies for 10 Olympic Classes at the ISAF Sailing World Championships....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35753&ntid=20
Is the south starting to pay? - Transpac 2007
The puzzle that plagues navigators racing to Hawaii is seldom to find the shortest course but the fastest, and this 44th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii has evolved into a classic example....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35747&ntid=20
Five Junior Olympic Sailing Festivals in August
A total of nine events are left in the 2007 series. August events are coming to East Coast and West Coast locales, and young sailors ages 8 to 21 still have plenty of opportunity to visit the starting line of one of these national events....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35746&ntid=20
A long, slow Mac - Fleet updates
The light winds make '07 a long, slow Mac. Fleet updates for the Chicago Yacht Club race to Mackinac. Among the rest of the boats (the majority of the fleet) we have several call-ins at the 45th, but that is still about 100 miles away from the finish. It's going to be a busy night!...
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35745&ntid=20
Fininsher in Chicago Yacht Club Race Mackinac
Windquest, under spinnaker, is the first to finish the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. The 86' boat arrived Sunday with an elapsed time of 28:44:43....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35735&ntid=20
Swan Regatta starts tomorrow with 42's to debut
As Newport prepares for the Swan American Regatta to start tomorrow, all eyes are on the new fleet of New York Yacht Club Swan 42's that are making their regatta debut. The one-design concept was only announced at the last edition of this biennial regatta, yet already there is a fleet of 11 preparing for action....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35733&ntid=20
Pyewacket starts minus Disney in Transpac 2007
Disney, unfortunately, won't be sailing at all in what would have been his 16th Transpac....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35732&ntid=20
WIMRA Schedules Series of Match Racing Clinics
The Women's International Match Racing Association has joined with North U to offer a series of introductory clinics world wide. To encourage women's match racing, WIMRA will bring some of the sport's best to share their expertise....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35720&ntid=20
Day Two - Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac
Windquest is leading, well ahead of the fleet, in the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac passing the 45th parallel at 11:57 CDT and is going steady 10 knots. Despite the extremely fast start and the steady winds, we don't anticipate any records will be broken this year....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35718&ntid=20
Barker joins Pyewacket for last Transpac start
Roy E. Disney's powered-up Pyewacket, with America's Cup skipper Dean Barker on board, will be among the final 23 of 74 boats in the 44th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race that head for Hawaii Sunday. They'll receive a boisterous sendoff from Rainbow Harbor in downtown Long Beach at 10 a.m., followed by their start eight miles west off Point Fermin in San Pedro at 1 p.m....
http://www.sail-world.com/newstext/pda.cfm?Nid=35708&ntid=20
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