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Antigua Sailing Week – Final day report

May 5th, 2013

(May 3, 2013) – You could almost feel the tension on the dock as the international fleet sailed out to the combat area. With many class winners yet to be decided, the pressure was heightened by tricky conditions. The breeze was rarely more than 10 knots and there were huge wind holes appearing all over


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Aqua snatch victory at the RC44 Trapani Cup

May 5th, 2013

Trapani, Italy (May 5, 2013) – The RC44 Trapani Cup really did go down to the wire, the eventual winner not decided until the final metres of the final race of the event. Team Aqua had laid the gauntlet down to Team CEEREF winning the first two races of the day. Going into the final


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“Mate, what the hell went wrong?”

May 5th, 2013

That was all Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton needed to say kick off a heated debate with Sir Russell Coutts when the two yachting adversaries squared off in a charity dinner last Friday night. Coutts got off to a rather tame start, opening with a video detailing Oracle’s struggles and triumphs over the past


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Wessex Exempt are worthy winners of 64th Wilson Trophy

May 5th, 2013

Wirral, UK (May 5, 2013) – The 2013 British Open Team Racing Championship for the Wilson Trophy was won by Wessex Exempt today in a thrilling best of five final sailed on West Kirby’s marine lake. The six sailors overcame stiff competition from 34 teams from as far afield as America, Ireland and across the


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Last race decides Act 3 Extreme Sailing Series

May 5th, 2013

Qingdao, China (May 5, 2013) – After 25 races, the four day Extreme Sailing Series saved its best for the final double-points race to determine the winner between Alinghi and The Wave, Muscat. The Swiss America’s Cup winners, with Morgan Larson taking the helm from team’s skipper Ernesto Bertarelli at this Act, won the race



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