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Voiles de Saint Barth : Proteus won the Maxi yachts rankings
Saturday’s final race at Les Voiles de St. Barth was riveting to watch, especially during the first beat and at the finish. The wind, like yesterday, was light, but unlike yesterday, just strong enough for officials to actually get off a race, and that pleased the hundreds of sailors competing here. Going into today, which was the fifth (...) -
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RC44 Sotogrande Cup: Chris Bake grabs victory from jaws of defeat
After two severe days, Sotogrande and the Andalucian coastline laid on perfect conditions for the final day of competition at the RC44 Sotogrande Cup. Mountainous seas gave way to a short chop, torrential rain gave way to brilliant sunshine and a stiff but shifty 20 knot, westerly offshore wind, to provide the tacticians with some welcome head (...) -
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Rolex Farr 40 Worlds : Alex Roeper winner for a second time
The Rolex Farr 40 Worlds has a habit of turning up the heat as the competition progresses. Pressure mounts, so does tension and cracks begin to form. Weaknesses are exposed. Small errors are magnified. Only those who have prepared thoroughly and keep their head in this tightest of contests will come (...) -
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ISAF J/70 “European” Championship : An all-Mediterranean podium for the first edition
“It was a great championship! It was very intense both on the water and ashore with numerous protests. This new class really appeals to sailors and I am delighted to be returning this winter for the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series!” said Neven Baran, Jury president representing ISAF and head of umpire training, as this was the (...) -
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Audi RC44 Porto Cervo Cup : Team Nika crowned RC44 World Champion
A worthy and popular winner was crowned today at the RC44 Cascais World Championship in Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika, following two final big wind, big wave races that made for a thrilling, albeit damp, conclusion to the regatta. -
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World Match-Racing Tour : Ian Williams records 5th World Title
Ian Williams (GBR) battled his way into the history books today by winning the Monsoon Cup Malaysia and taking a record Record #sailingrecord 5th ISAF Match Racing World Championship in Johor Bahru. -
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XXXIe PRIMO CUP : Russians and German-Swiss dominate fleets and results
With snow Snow #snow on the mountains and a sunny breezy day on the coast, the Primo Cup launched by HSH Prince Albert II when he first became the Yacht Club de Monaco’s President 31 years ago, more than lived up to its reputation and charm. -
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Nika wins in Oman and Team Aqua clinch their fourth RC44 Tour title
The 2014 RC44 Championship Tour has seen the 13-strong fleet compete in five events across three continents, with the finale played out this week on the Gulf of Oman. With no team able to discard the last event of the season, the podium positions were by no means secure as last day of racing got underway at the RC44 Oman Cup, in a sedate (...) -
Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series
2015 season launched for sportboats in Monaco
The sun beat down on the YCM Marina which was teeming with nigh on a hundred sailing boats. Half were there to take part in Act 1 of the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series (Melges 20 & J/70) and the others in the Sanremo-Monaco-Sanremo Grimaldi Trophy who arrived on Saturday afternoon. The weekend also saw the giant 15-metre-high YCM (...) -
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Healy, Abdullah, Becker and Borges Win 2014 J/70 World Championship
For the final day of the 2014 J/70 World Championship presented by Helly Hansen, the New York Yacht Club Race Committee brought the fleet back out to Rhode Island Sound where three races were run in 8-14 knots of breeze.