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The interior design for 51m S/Y Rainbow II being built on spec was released with a modern take on a classic theme, carried by lacquered mahogany & delicate panel detailing on main walls, where the cabinetry is enriched with ebony inlays & burl veneer tops…
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Come back to XSsailing to watch the Livestream coverage of Races 6 & 7 in the JJ Giltinan 18ft World Championship starts at 2:20pm (Sydney time), and the commentary starts at 2:30 featuring Andrew Buckland, Peter Shipway and Jim Bury from the SailMedia team, who are on the water. USA times – aprox 7:30 PST and 5:30 EST
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The Livestream coverage of Race 5 & 6 in the JJ Giltinan starts at 2:20pm (Sydney time) as it does every race day, and the commentary starts at 2:30 featuring Andrew Buckland, Peter Shipway and Jim Bury from the SailMedia team, who are on the water…
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The Miami Boat Ramps YouTube channel is dedicated to capturing the craziness that goes on at the boat ramps in South Florida. This footage comes from Boynton Beach.
Video uploaded Mar 8, 2022.
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The Race Committee for the 2022 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship were forced to abandon Race 3 due to the gale force conditions being experienced on Sydney Harbour Tuesday…
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I don’t think I’m alone when I say F*&! Russia. Therefore, I love this sort of thing. – ed.
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The New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. sailing team challenging for the 37th America’s Cup, has confirmed the initial core sailing team roster…
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Miami, FL (March 7, 2022) – The 2022 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta got underway today with Star Class racing for the 95th anniversary of the Bacardi Cup. With one race a day, 55 teams completed the first contest which was won by 2021 and 2020 Bacardi Cup Champions Mateusz Kusznierewiz (POL) and Bruno Prada (BRA). – Full report
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The sails are up! Skippers and first mates take to the water in preparation for crew training…
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After a winter of training interspersed with a number of racing events the UK 420 Class starts its 2022 selection series this coming weekend ahead of the Junior Europeans in Portugal and the World Championships in Hungary…
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Harvey, 16, was on a ferry traveling to Southampton from the Isle of Wight when he spotted a man in a dinghy in the path of a container ship.
He said: “I saw him trying to start his engine. He jumped overboard and swam.”
The Harbour Authority for Southampton Water said the man was recovered from the water by a patrol boat and taken to hospital after treatment for shock…
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Defending the America’s Cup should strengthen a team’s future. All the work to host the event was done. The venue is built. The template need only be tuned, not imagined. Easy peasy.
But then Emirates Team New Zealand overplayed their hand.
As the only team at the 2017 America’s Cup that fought the low-cost plan being pitched for future events, the Kiwi victory allowed them to shape the 2021 event into a competition of extraordinary cost.
No worries, they thought, as the advantage of creating a new class boat, in this case the out-of-worldly AC75, gave them a head start on the others. Used well, more time equals more speed, and the defender used their time well…
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The 50S – Part 1
The International 505. Often considered to be one of, if not THE, best dinghies ever designed. Aesthetically beautiful, fast uphill and down, no major gripes and handles sea conditions many other dinghies would struggle in. Yep, definitely the best dinghy I have ever sailed.
It does, however, have a flaw. Ironically, a flaw that this development class has, erm, developed over the years. That flaw is the cost to buy one…
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The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton consolidated yesterday’s victory with another outstanding performance to take out today’s Race 2 of the 2022 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour.
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Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton took their second win of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship
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Rodolphe Sepho is 36 year old sailor from Guadeloupe who has Vendée Globe as his next major target, a big step up from solo Route du Rhum which he has completed 3 times now a mythical race which of course links Saint Malo with his native Caribbean island…
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Italian police have seized a yacht owned by Alexei Mordashov, the richest man in Russia before being blacklisted this week by the European Union following Moscow’s attack on Ukraine…
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The 18ft Skiff Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton took the first race of the 2022 JJ Giltinan Championship – the George Calligeros Trophy…
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Champion US sailor Howard ‘Howie’ Hamlin was a regular competitor at the JJ Giltinan World 18 footers Championship, for 21 consecutive years between 1996 and 2017. He is the only one of the three to become a multiple champion…
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Taking the designs from a page or computer file, on a new project, and creating a working reality is not simple. Right now Emirates team New Zealand’s design and build teams are facing real deadline pressures in the construction of their landyacht…
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After a week of heavy rain, strong winds and widespread flooding along the NSW and Queensland coastline, the 2022 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship regatta began with the traditional Invitation Race on Sydney Harbour…
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From a shortlist of nine accomplished sailors, three women and three men have been voted as finalists for US Sailing’s 2021 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards…
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Of the class equipment selected for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Formula Kite, iQFoil, and 470 organizations have issued statements to support the International Olympic Committee and World Sailing in the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from participation in their competitions and events until further notice. The ILCA, 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 have not yet published their decision.
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As the 2022 JJ Giltinan World 18ft Skiff Championship is about to start on Sydney Harbour, it’s a good time to recall one of the most remarkable World 18ft Skiff Championship regattas ever staged, since the original event on Sydney Harbour in 1938…
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After the second day of racing in the 2022 Etchells Australian Championship hosted by the Metung Yacht Club, Chris Hampton, Cameron Miles and Sam Haines (AUS1466) have a one point lead…
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TP52 owners across Australia have formed a new association for the class, announcing an inaugural pointscore featuring five regattas in 2022…
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This makes me smile. Now go get Skorpios – ed.
French authorities are increasing their enforcement efforts under the European sanctions against Russia both detaining commercial merchant ships and in a high-profile action announced they had seized a superyacht linked to one of Russia’s wealthiest oligarchs. France’s minister of the economy, Bruno Le Maire thanked customs officials for their efforts citing offenses under the newly imposed sanctions.
Customs inspectors boarded the superyacht Amore Vero, a 281-foot vessel registered in the Cayman Islands that features amenities rivaling those of a deluxe cruise ship, late on March 2…
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As always the RYA Dinghy and Watersports show was buzzing with boats, banter and bargains but this year also marked a big change with the move to its new venue in Farnborough. And after the lost year of 2021 it was especially good to be back…
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Pierre Casiraghi, Yacht Club de Monaco Vice-President, and YCM member Peter Harrison, CEO of Richard Mille EMEA, have decided to take on a new challenge to acquire the first Persico Fly40, the one design monohull foiler inspired by the America’s Cup AC75…
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What began as a Southern California surf trip for Scott Thompson had a near tragic ending if not for the help of a seal. He tells the story:
It wasn’t a work trip. Usually when I go out to the Channel Islands, it’s to dive for sea urchin. This time it was to go surfing. Miss Grace, my 22’ Anderson boat, and those islands are not just my office. They’re my sanctuary.
There was a nice, west swell running so I looked at the weather. It looked good and I decided to go catch some waves. I called my wife and asked her if she’d mind if I went out to surf and camp on the boat for a night. She said, “Sure, do what you gotta do.”
I went down to Channel Islands Harbor, put Miss Grace in the water, fueled up, and set out at around 3:30 pm for the 21nm course across the Santa Barbara Channel towards Chinese Harbor on Santa Cruz Island…
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Drone footage of the U.S. Coast Guard training at Ocean Beach in Northern California…
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Beijing, China (March 3, 2022) – Faced with threats of withdrawals and growing animosity in the Athletes Village, organizers of the 2022 Winter Paralympics today reversed course and expelled athletes from Russia and Belarus.
The about-face came less than 24 hours after the International Paralympic Committee announced it would allow Russians and Belarusians to compete when the Games open tomorrow, but only as neutral athletes with colors, flags, and other national symbols removed because of the invasion of Ukraine.
The Paralympics in Beijing, which follow the 2022 Winter Olympics, close on March 13…
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It is a great compliment when owners value the experience of their yacht so highly that the only material change they want is to build a larger version, with exactly the same team…
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Stormvogel (“The Stormbird”) is the ketch used in the Australian film White Calm. Before being a movie star, this sailboat was the first very light maxi, ushering in a new era. It was built in 1961 in South Africa…
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The International Dragon Association has condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and has suspended Russian sailors and officials from international competition…
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Ben Ainslie has admitted that if someone better or younger successfully challenged him he would have no qualms in moving on…
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Emirates Team New Zealand CEO, Grant Dalton has advised one of the venue candidates, Valencia that they have been excused from further consideration, due to insufficient financial support, and says they will continue to work with those who have…
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Italian America’s Cup challenger has secured the services of Jimmy Spithill (AUS) and Francesco Bruni (ITA), who formed an effective dual helming combination in the 2021 America’s Cup, along with non-sailing skipper Max Sirena. Spithill and Bruni have already had long sessions on the team’s simulator in Cagliari, and have reportedly been joined by Ruggero Tita (ITA) who won gold in the foiling Nacra 17 catamaran at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. – Full report
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