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Youth racing
Spanish sailors picked up three gold medals and a silver at the ISAF Youth Worlds
Racing at the 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship in Tavira, Portugal came to a thrilling conclusion as the medals across the eight events were decided. For the first time in their history the Spanish team have won the ISAF Youth Worlds Nations Trophy after a controlling display. Across the eight fleets Spanish sailors picked up three (...) -
Mini-Transat
Giancarlo Pedote passed first the "gate" situated off Poto Calero
This morning at 5.14 (French time) , Giancarlo has passed the first mandatory gate set by the organization in the Canaries. On this occasion, he was able to contact the organisation Organisation #organisation and indicate that everything is fine on board. -
Extreme Sailing Series
The Wave, Muscat wins Act 5 in Porto
Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series Extreme Sailing Series #extremesailing ™ in Porto has delivered the ultimate challenge in Stadium Racing for the eight international teams competing this week, with a narrow river, high walls, strong tides, big rocks and gusty winds to contend with. After 30 races it came down to the wire between The (...) -
Solitaire du Figaro
Yann Eliès : "This is my 8th win, one more to my goal to equal Jean Le Cam"
French solo sailor and reigning race champion Yann Eliès on board Groupe Quéguiner-Leucémie Espoir, crossed the finish line in Porto at 16:03:26 CEST today, June 5th 2013, winning leg one of the 44th edition of La Solitaire du Figaro Solitaire du Figaro #LaSolitaire - Eric Bompard cachemire. Eliés covered the 536 miles long leg from (...) -
Extreme Sailing Series
McMillan storms to his third consecutive Act win
If yesterday’s racing in Porto was spectacular, today’s was extraordinary with bigger crowds than the Extreme Sailing Series Extreme Sailing Series #extremesailing has ever witnessed. An estimated 38,000 spectators on the final day (66,000 estimated over the event) surrounded the Extreme Stadium on both Porto and Gaia sides of (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race
Groupama sailing team extended their overall lead
Groupama sailing team extended their overall lead to eight points with a crucial victory in the Oeiras In-Port Race on Saturday, a result that gives the French team a huge boost as they prepare for the Leg 8 race to their home port of Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. starting (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race
Abu Dhabi sealed their first offshore victory from Miami to Lisbon
Abu Dhabi shrugged off seven months of frustration to seal their first offshore victory in a nerve-jarring transatlantic leg from Miami to Lisbon, while Groupama’s second place finish — five and a half minutes behind after more than 3,500 nautical miles racing — was enough to take them top of the leaderboard in place of (...) -
Transat 650
Etienne David and Giacomo Sabbatini open the road to Brazil from Funchal
77 boats took off at 1:30 p.m and sailed to a windward mark buoy in front of the Club naval de Funchal before heading to the next compulsory passage mark located between the islands of Santo Antao and Maio in the Cape Verde archipelago. The wind in the area is 6 knots (...) -
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Sébastien Rogues wins leg 1 in Funchal 28 minutes ahead of David Raison
Sébastien Rogues, on Eole Generation-GDF SUEZ, has won the first stage of the Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6,50 (overall before jury). He covered 1148 miles at the average speed Speed #speedsailing of 5.40 knots in 8 days 20 hours 46 minutes and 43 seconds. -
America’s Cup World Series
Emirates Team New Zealand claimed the 1st America’s Cup World Series in Cascais
Emirates Team New Zealand made an incredible recovery during the ‘winner takes all’ fleet race on Sunday to win the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup World Series Cascais, the first event of a new global series leading up to San Francisco in (...)
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