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Festival of Sails
Morticia resurrects race to take line honours in Melbourne to Geelong
The featherweight trimaran Morticia fought above its weight to claim a surprise victory against much bigger and more powerful rivals in the Festival of Sails’ Melbourne to Geelong passage race today, Friday 24th January, 2014. -
Rolex Big Boat Series
Fourth Quarter Rally: Class Winners and IRC North American Champion Determined
On the fourth and final day of the 48th annual Rolex Big Boat Series, a majority of the eight classes competing had bristling showdowns to determine winners, while others held the line to establish early leaders as class victors, including IRC A’s Jim Swartz (Park City, Utah) and his team aboard the TP52 Vesper, which also were named the (...) -
iShares Cup 2009
Pete Cumming wins 2009 Extreme 40 circuit
Oman Sail Masirah has won the iShares Cup 2009, but it came down to the last leg of the last race on the last day of the last regatta at the iShares Cup Almeria in Spain, with Gitana Extreme - LCF Rothschild pushing Oman Sail Masirah right to the very last minute with a superb final performance. Pete Cumming and his crew held their nerve (...) -
iShares Cup 2009
Oman Sail Masirah clinch Cowes event
An ecstatic Oman Sail Masirah have won the UK round of the iShares Cup at Cowes Week and now take the overall lead in the iShares Cup 2009 series at the halfway stage of the six-round European circuit. It was a battle to the end for Yann Guichard and Loick Peyron with Gitana Extreme – Groupe LCF Rothschild clinching the final double (...) -
iShares Cup 2009
Pete Cumming wins Hyères event
Before start of play on the final day of Round 2 of the iShares Cup Hyères-TPM, there was some expectation that the breeze had settled in direction early and would deliver more wind strength. Overnight leaders Oman Sail’s Masirah sent helm Chris Draper up the mast to adjust the rig tension. The atmosphere on the dock was intense – (...) -
Round the Island Race
Oman Sail Masirah takes line honours
Conditions in Sudnay’s JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race gave everyone a challenge. The breeze at the start was light, with some boats swept over the line early and having to make their way back slowly. At the Needles the most popular description competitors had of the race was "champagne sailing". Then the wind played (...) -
iShare’s Cup
Guichard wins first event in Venice
Great starts, impressive speed Speed #speedsailing and flawless manoeuvres allowed Yann Guichard’s crew to shine on the racecourse since Day 1 at the iShares Cup Venice, taking the lead yesterday after 10 races... Winning the first one today, the French team proved omnipresent in the leading group, making very few mistakes and (...) -
iShares Cup 2009
2009 iShares Cup makes happening in Paris
Today in Paris (5th May) the 2009 iShares Cup Extreme 40 Sailing Series was officially launched with the top line-up of skippers and sailors in attendance alongside Rick Andrews, Head of iShares Marketing Europe at the Parc Nautique de l’île de Monsieur, Sèvres. And for the first time ever the Extreme 40s actually sailed on the River (...) -
Sport Management
Loïck Peyron signs with Oman sail
More than two weeks after he left the Gitana Team, the famous French skipper Loick Peyron has joined the Oman Sail Extreme 40 campaign for this summer’s iShares Cup Sailing Series.. -
Gitana Team
Loïck Peyron quits baron de Rothschild’s team
The 2009 season marks a turning point for the Gitana Team. Indeed the start of the year accompanies the announcement of Loïck Peyron’s departure and the officialising of an innovative race programme, which is more in harmony with the director’s current wishes. Yann Guichard joins as skipper of the Extreme 40 ans the ORMA trimaran (...)
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