Monthly Archives: August 2013

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O’pen Bic World Championships

August 4th, 2013

(August 4, 2013) – At the O’pen Bic World Championships in Riva del Garda, Italy, Lars Von Sydow from the Hawaii Kai Boat Club is in 16th place in the U-16 fleet of 99 junior sailors, while Juan Nores from the Miami Yacht Club racing in the U-13, is in 11th place (out of a


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North American El Toro Championships

August 4th, 2013

Kaneohe, Hawaii (August 2, 2013) – The “Mainland” El Toro Fleet has arrived in a Horizon Lines shipping container to Kaneohe Yacht Club, Hawaii, where some 50 El Toro prams will compete in junior and senior classes for the 2013 North American Championships on Kaneohe Bay. Juniors start racing on Monday morning, seniors start on


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Women’s International Match Racing In Lysekil

August 4th, 2013

(August 2, 2013) – After four events in as many countries, the inaugural Women’s International Match Racing Series is ready for its fifth and final battle, to be held in picturesque Lysekil, Sweden, this week. The Lysekil Women’s Match prize purse of 50 000 USD and an equal amount from the WIMR Series, makes a


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Gold To Spain And France At 470 Junior Worlds

August 4th, 2013

La Rochelle, France (August 3, 2013) – Jordi Xammar/Joan Herp (ESP) took gold in the 470 men, as did Maelenn Lemaitre/Aloise Retornaz (FRA) in the 470 women’s event at the 2013 470 Junior World Championships on Saturday, when racing got underway with the medal races for the 470 Junior Worlds, with the men up on


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2013 29er World Championship – French Rule The World

August 4th, 2013

Aarhus, Denmark (August 2, 2013) – Racing on Kaløvig Bay was perfect today with sunny skies and 8-15 knots. ISAF Youth World champions Lucas Rual and Emile Amoros (FRA) can now add the title of 29er World Champions to their list of accolades. Rual and Amoros put a little fear into their supporters as they


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St. Francis Yacht Club Wins Third Straight Hinman Masters Trophy

August 4th, 2013

NEWPORT, R.I. (August 4, 2013) – For the third straight year, just one race separated the top two teams at the New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race Regatta for the Commodore George R. Hinman Masters Trophy. This year, the deciding race was also the final race of the regatta, with St. Francis Yacht Club


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Epic Adventures Await Bella Mente Racing this August

August 4th, 2013

NEWPORT, R.I. (August 2, 2013) – Bella Mente Racing will be battling the elements along with some of the world’s top competitors when it takes on two of Europe’s premier racing events this month. From August 6th through 8th, Hap Fauth’s 72’ Judel/Vrolijk designed Bella Mente will race in the Big Boat series of Aberdeen


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Artemis Racing & Luna Rossa Prepare For LV Cup Semifinals

August 4th, 2013

San Francisco, CA – The semifinal round of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the America’s Cup Challenger Series, between Artemis Racing of Sweden and Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge begins on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The Swedish team has been fighting the clock to be ready to race in time. With six days of training on the new


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Royal Yacht Squadron Set For Ballot On Women Members

August 4th, 2013

Cowes, UK (August 4, 2013) – Just weeks after the furore over female golfers being excluded from membership at Muirfield, another bastion of gentlemen-only clubs, the Royal Yacht Squadron, is set to ballot its members on allowing women to join for the first time in 198 years. The founder of the historic Cowes Week, which


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Team NZ Back On The Water

August 4th, 2013

San Francisco, CA (August 3 2013) – With the breeze up to a brisk 22-24 knots on Saturday, Emirates Team New Zealand took the AC72 for a test and training run on San Francisco Bay. Fresh from five days in the boat shed for modifications, the big cat revelled in the conditions on the Louis



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