Races / Regattas

Louis Vuitton Trophy : High tempo sailing action on the Waitemata

Friday 12 March 2010

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03/2010 -

Whitewater on the deck, whitecaps on the Waitemata and warning whistles on the onboard overload alarms characterised the high tempo sailing action today at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta.

After three days of competition, Emirates Team New Zealand representing the host Royal New …

World Match Racing Tour 2010 : Match Racers and programme announced

Sunday 21 February 2010

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02/2010 -

The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) announced the names of the nine Tour Card Holders for the 2010 season. After developing the invite policy introduced in 2009, the WMRT has allocated the Tour Cards for 2010 to:

Adam Minoprio (NZL) BlackMatch – ISAF …

Eight teams at Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland

Thursday 4 February 2010

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02/2010 -

In just six weeks time, during the Southern hemisphere Summer, eight of the best sailing teams in the world will race a …

Louis Vuitton Trophy for 2010 and early 2011

Saturday 19 December 2009

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12/2009 -

The World Sailing Teams Association (WSTA) and Louis Vuitton announced more Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas for 2010 and early 2011. These new international events follow the successful regatta held in Nice, France, last month [read our article]. Each Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta …

Louis Vuitton Trophy - Nice Côte d’Azur : Victory for Azzurra against Emirates Team New Zealand

Monday 23 November 2009

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11/2009 -

The team from the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda makes a triumphant return after a 22-year hiatus

Even before the Louis Vuitton …

International jury finds against Synergy in hearing at Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur

Saturday 21 November 2009

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20/11/2009 -

The jury finds there was hard contact and that Synergy did not keep clear as the right-of-way yacht

The International Jury for the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur has penalised Synergy Russia Sailing Team a half point for a collision with Emirates Team …

Louis Vuitton Trophy - Nice Côte d’Azur : First Round

Tuesday 10 November 2009

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11/2009 -

Seven of the eight matches have an average delta of 31 seconds

Seasonal conditions returned today …

Barcelona and New York to set a sailing record between both cities

Monday 5 October 2009

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10/2009 -

The cities of Barcelona and New York, through the Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona (FNOB) and the New York City Sports Commission, announced a new transoceanic sailing event to take place in April 2010, the NY-BCN Transoceanic Sailing Record. Aimed at strengthening the sporting …

Artemis wins the fleet regatta and No Way Back conquers the Bank Sarasin RC 44 Portoroz Cup

Monday 5 October 2009

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10/2009 -

Torbjorn Tornqvist’s Artemis controlled the situation today, winning the fleet race ranking ahead of Pieter Heerema’s No Way Back and BMW ORACLE Racing. No Way Back grabs the combined fleet race / match race ranking.

October 3, 2009 – Torbjorn Tornqvist, his tactician Dean …

A 12 Metre Class reunion - The 2009 Worlds in Newport

Wednesday 16 September 2009

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09/2009 -

The countdown clock has just about run out only a week remains until the start of one of the most anticipated yacht racing events of the year – the 2009 12 Metre World Championships.  What is expected to be the largest gathering of …