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A 30-knot wind weather warning fails to materialise on the penultimate day of the championship 31/8/07
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Impressive scoreline for defending champions on the penultimate day of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship
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Familiar names top the leader-board after two days of racing at Copenhagen 31/8/07
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Swan 100S to join other sailing superyachts at the Monaco Yacht Show
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Light winds dominate the first two days of racing for competitors enjoying Burnham Week 31/8/07
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Hamble River based chandlery Aladdin’s Cave open dedicated clothing store
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Party to take place in October
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Phantom sailors enjoyed light but okay conditions at Felixstowe Ferry SC
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Aberdeen World Dragon Championship set sail tomorrow
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Brian Thompson gives us a guided tour to Offshore Challenge’s new Estrella Damm Open 60
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Latest IMOCA Open 60 class ranking post Rolex Fastnet Race
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10 point lead for defending champion after day two of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship in Copenhagen
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Chris McLaughlin gives the Inmarsat Hedgehog perspective going into the final race of the J/24 Man Roland European Chmpaion
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The class 40s depart Spain for the penultimate stage of the 1000 mile race 30/8/07
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An anonymous reader of our website and avid Shosholoza fan from Durban sent us this comment on the victories of BMW Oracle over Shosholoza during the Louis Vuitton Cup last spring in Valencia, together with two screen shots from VirtualEye to corroborate his claim.
Valencia Sailing doesn’t endorse these claims but we publish them in order to give the point of view of the South African fans.
When BMW Oracle overtook Shosholoza on the second beat in Round Robin 2, she did so from a separation of nearly 1.5km and a left shift!
In Round Robin 1 she overtook from a big left shift and more wind but from closer as the wind that day was very random.
BMW Oracle had an incredible run of success with passing their opponents on clear shifts, I think they psyched their opposition into making tactical mistakes but also probably got a bit lucky during the rounds which flattered their performance, but then ran out of that lucky streak in the Semifinals…
Of course I would not try to claim that RSA-83 was as quick as USA-98, that
would be daft considering that BMW Oracle had around 20 times the design
budget and most probably a much heavier bulb…
Regards,
Andy
Durban, South Africa
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RR1: USA-98 (Blue) takes big left shift and pressure to pass RSA-83
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RR2: USA-98 (Yellow) takes left shift to pass RSA83
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Racing begins today for the Open de Vela da Costa do Estoril-Troféu Quebramar Chrysler
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Swan 45s to visit Copa del Rey next year
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An update from the Class 40’s 1000 Milles Brittany Ferries
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Quadraplegic sailor hopes to have completed "personal everest" by next week 30/8/07
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Britons make the best of the conditions in lighter winds and sunshine 30/8/07
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Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer la sortie de “WE DID IT AGAIN”, le second DVD d’Alinghi consacré à la quête de l’équipe suisse pour remporter une nouvelle fois l’Americas Cup…
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Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer la sortie de “WE DID IT AGAIN”, le second DVD d’Alinghi consacré à la quête de l’équipe suisse pour remporter une nouvelle fois l’Americas Cup…
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The Lock Ness Monster Race took place over last weekend
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We speak to Dede de Luca about OneSails’ new Millenium product
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The Dart 18 World Championship got off to a light wind start in Tobole, Garda
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The Fireball World Championship continues on Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland
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Note: Due to my duties as web manager of the official GP42 website there will be few updates throughout the duration of the event. For that reason, please visit the GP42 website for all the news and photos from Portugal. Still, any breaking news concerning anything else will be published here.
The GP42 fleet is warming up on the eve of the Trofeu Quebramar-Chrysler, the fourth and last event of the 2007 International Grand Prix Circuit, starting tomorrow Thursday in Cascais, Portugal. A total of 8 boats are present (AA-HPB, Canarias Puerto Calero, Fermax, Quebramar-Chrysler, Quum, Roma, Seawonder 007, Zurich) in the Portuguese city participating in the event that will shape the podium and decide the champion of the 2007 season.
The boat that shares the same name with the event, Quebramar-Chrysler, will enter the strating box tomorrow with a considerable advantage over the rest of the fleet. The Portuguese boat, entirely crewed by members of the Desafío Español, dominated the previous two events in Valencia and Palma and is currently on the top of the leaderboard despite having missed the opening event in Cres.
Still, the 20-point advantage they enjoy, is not a guarantee for any victory and her crew will have to take any race seriously as if it were the most decisive. Seawonder007, helmed by Flavio Favini, had a difficult start in the Copa del Rey but rapidly improved and managed to finish fourth. Her Mascalzone Latino crew will undoubtedly have to sail flawlessly if they want to be crowned champions of the opening season of the GP42 class.
Without any doubt, the toughest battle will take place for third place. Three boats are neck and neck and can easily aspire for the last spot on the podium. Zurich is currently 3rd with 95 points, closely followed by Roma with 97 and Canarias Puerto Calero with 104. Both Zurich and Roma have been reinforced with big-name America’s Cup sailors, making sure they leave nothing to chance. Zurich will be helmed by Alinghi’s Jordi Calafat, joined by his teammate Yann Gouniot (Alinghi’s sail trimmer) while Thierry Péponnet will be calling tactics. Péponnet was the helmsman and then tactician on Areva Challenge, the French America’s Cup challenger. Sébastien Col, the young French sailor that replaced Péponnet at the helm of Areva Challenge in Valencia, will now compete against his old crew mate at the helm of Roma.
The Italians have all the chances to have both their boats on the podium. Further down the leaderboard, Fermax will be reinforced with the arrival of Jesper Radich. The Danish sailor, second helmsman of Desafío Español, will hold the role of tactician aboard the Spanish GP42 boat.
Three windward-leeward races are scheduled for Thursday and the weather forecast calls for north-northwestern winds between 15 and 20 knots, a fantastic range for the GP42 to provide exciting races. Being the first day of the event, races will start at 3pm local time.
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Difficult day for tacticians in a day of variable breeze at the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds in Copenhagen
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Images from day one of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship
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Ericsson B team pick Norwegian navigator/tactician for Volvo Ocean Race
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As Class 40s enjoy brisk downwind conditions to Santander in the 1000 Milles Brittany Ferries
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Britain’s Ian Williams extends lead at top of World Match Racing Tour 29/8/07
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The Internatioanal 14 UK National Championship race tok place last week in light, shifty winds
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Dominic Vittet claims second victory in Class 40 Brittany Ferries Race 29/8/07
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Burnham Week got off to a good start at the weekend and the 707 nationals start today 29/8/07
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Sur l’eau, vous pouvez voir les marins, les bateaux, et l’équipe technique, mais si vous y regardez de plus près, vous verrez aussi les principaux partenaires, sponsors et fournisseurs…
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British sailor Ian Southworth battles for leading slot at Man Roland J/24 European Championship in Germany 29/8/07
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J/24s at loggerheads in the European championship in Neustadt, reports Chris McLaughlin
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We get the low-down on Moth foil design
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The National 12 Scottish Championships were held in big breeze
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Competitors at the Fireball World Championship found themsleves waiting for the wind today
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After European and Nordic championships, so the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds sparks up in Denmark tomorrow
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34% equity in French marketing and race manaagement company, SailingOne, acquired
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As the 1000 Milles Brittany Ferries boat approach Santander. Plus an update from Nick Bubb
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