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Audi MedCup fleet at the Camper Regatta Barcelona warming up for the Conde de Godó Trophy.

July 19, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

The Camper Regatta - Conde de Godó Trophy, is the third stage of the Audi MedCup circuit 2010 and will take place from July 20 to 25 2010 in Barcelona. The TP52 Series will start racing on Wednesday and the GP42 Series will start Thursday. The atmosphere in Barcelona around the Audi MedCup Circuit village is a mix of great excitement and building anticipation. ... read full story

TEAMORIGIN to take on Americas Cup champions BMW ORACLE Racing at Cowes Week

July 16, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

TEAMORIGIN’s Ben Ainslie, and BMW ORACLE Racing’s James Spithill, will lead their teams contesting the 1851 Cup. Competition will take place on the historic waters of the Solent and around the Isle of Wight upon which a race won by the New York yacht America gave rise to the America’s Cup, the oldest trophy in the international sport. The 1851 Cup celebrates this event. ... read full story

Maxi Sailing yacht ICAP Leopard favourite for Cowes-Dinard-St Malo Race.

June 30, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Mike Slade’s Farr 100 Maxi, ICAP Leopard, will be hot favourite for line honours for this weekend’s race to St. Malo and make no mistake; the world record breaking yacht will be attempting to break their own course record, set in 2008. ... read full story

Newport Bermuda Race: Sailing yacht Speedboat finishes first

June 22, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

Alex Jackson’s maxi 100-footer sloop Speedboat finished the Newport Bermuda Race early Monday morning at 3:49 AM EDT. Finishing second at 6:25 was Il Mostro (Puma), a 70-foot Volvo Ocean Race boat sailed by Kenny Read, whose brother, Brad, was in Speedboat’s afterguard. Boat boats sailed in the Open Division for racing yachts with canting keels. ... read full story

Newport Bermuda Race: Speedboat leads Fleet

June 21, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

As expected because of her 100-feet length overall, Speedboat continues to lead the 183-boat fleet in the Newport Bermuda Race. At 14:35 EDT she was 125 nautical miles from Bermuda sailing at 13 knots. ... read full story

184 Yachts to Sail in Newport to Bermuda Race

June 18, 2010

Written by Mike Smith

It was a sight that can be found only in Newport. Sailors of every vintage – the tall, tanned, Fabio-looking crews of the carbon maxis, and the Topsider-wearing men and women with the requisite polo shirts – lined the street in front of the marquee at the Jane Pickens Theater for the Bermuda Race skippers meeting. Old friends were shaking hands, not having seen each other since the 2008 race. Wide-eyed newcomers were eagerly poking their heads inside the historic building in the heart of Washington Square. ... read full story

ICAP Leopard Supermaxi Race Yacht to Sail in Round the Island Race

June 18, 2010

Written by Mike Smith

The supermaxi racing yacht ICAP Leopard, the 100ft sailing yacht owned by Helical Bar PLC chief executive Mike Slade, is currently preparing for the annual JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race. Fresh from her latest transatlantic record attempt, her crew are working hard to ensure that ICAP Leopard is in the best possible shape to take on Saturday’s classic 55 mile sprint around the Isle of Wight. ... read full story

Voiles de Saint Barth: 4th to the 9th of April 2011.

June 17, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

The second edition of the Voiles de Saint Barth will take place between 4th and 9th April 2011. François Tolède and Luc Poupon, representing St. Barts Yacht Club, which organises the event, have just confirmed the dates after talks with competitors and the event’s partners. Following on from a magnificent first edition last April, this major date on the Caribbean racing calendar is now well established, and the aim is to make it even bigger. ... read full story

Supermaxi ESIMIT EUROPA 2 Takes Line Honours in 2010 Giraglia Rolex Cup Yacht Race from St. Tropez to San Remo

June 17, 2010

Written by Mike Smith

At 11h05m09s CEST Igor Simcic’s Maxi Esimit Europa 2 sailing yacht crossed the finish line of the 2010 Giraglia Rolex Cup race, to take line honours in the 58th edition of the 241 nautical-mile race from St. Tropez to San Remo. Supermaxi Esimit Europa 2 completed the course in just 23 hours 09 seconds, 5 hours 6 seconds outside the course record. ... read full story

Audi MedCup Day 1: Quantum Racing wins first TP52 race.

June 16, 2010

Written by Chelsea Smith

It was a day of sharply contrasting fortunes for past and present Audi MedCup Champions on the Rade Sud today as the Marseille Trophy opened with three races which proved a very different test to last month’s breezy curtain raiser in Cascais, Portugal. Iberdrola won the GP42 Series Practice Race. ... read full story

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