August 7th, 2013
Sandusky, OH (August 7, 2013) – The qualifying series on Monday and Tuesday at the Thistle U.S. National Championship divided the 109 team, with the top 45 teams advancing today to begin the Championship Division. However, with thunderstorms lurking, racing was cancelled for the day. With the qualifying races as part of the championship score,
August 7th, 2013
Lysekil, Sweden (August 7, 2013) – Four matches of the Lysekil Women’s Match round-robin still remains, but the quarterfinalists are already decided. Also confirmed is that Lucy Macgregor (GBR) will also be the first champion of the inaugural Women’s International Match Racing Series. At this point she cannot finish the Lysekil event lower than eighth
August 7th, 2013
(August 7, 2013) – A dramatic first day of the ISAF Nations Cup in Middelfart, Denmark, saw the pre-event pundits eating their words as Brazil’s Henrique Haddad and Japan’s Wataru Sakamoto emerged at the top of Group B of the Open competition with four wins out of five each. The two-much fancied Australian teams were
August 6th, 2013
Newport, RI (August 5, 2013) – 11th Hour Racing, a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation, announces their title sponsorship of Class 40 sailors Hannah Jenner and Rob Windsor. The newly formed team will compete as Team 11th Hour Racing and aim to set the example for a more responsible relationship with energy and water
August 6th, 2013
La Rochelle, France (August 6, 2013) – The 5 race qualification stage today decided the division of teams advancing to the gold, silver and bronze fleets for the finals stage at the 2013 470 World Championships. A light and shifty breeze kept teams ashore until mid-afternoon, with the first races getting underway around 1600 hours.
August 6th, 2013
Lysekil, Sweden (August 6 2013) – She hasn’t raced at all since the Match Racing World Championships in Sweden last year, but the absence has obviously not affected her skills. After the first day of round-robin in Lysekil Women’s Match, French skipper Anne-Claire Le Berre has won as many matches as sailed, four, and is
August 6th, 2013
The fourth day of this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week saw a change in the weather, with blazing sun but a long postponement while competitors waited in vain for a stable sea breeze to fill in. An indefinite postponement was lifted at 1130, when the signals for a building south-westerly sea breeze were looking
August 6th, 2013
San Francisco, CA (August 6, 2013) – Three distinguished members of the America’s Cup family were inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame on Monday night. Grant Simmer, Lucy Jewett, and the late Noel Robins received the honor at a ceremony in San Francisco. More on each of the inductees is below, from our
August 6th, 2013
Chicago, USA (Tuesday 6th August): Taylor Canfield and his USone team are pulling out all the stops for a home victory at the Chicago Match Cup, stage four of the 2013 Alpari Match Racing World Tour taking place this week in Chicago. Canfield is sailing director at the Chicago Match Race Center (CMRC), the event
August 5th, 2013
August 5, 2013 By Mark English This year’s Moore 24 Pacific Coast Championships were held in Hood River, OR, in the heart of the mighty Columbia River Gorge. The Gorge’s famous winds are fueled by thermal differences between the hot Oregon interior and the typically moderate coastal climate of Portland, with high speed sleigh rides