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Canadian Albacore Association: A Busy June

June has been a busy month for the Albacore fleet. The regatta season is well underway and the CAA ran two training cli...

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Sailing in Oil - yacht perspective on the Gulf of Mexico disaster

Here Captain Tom Serio tells The Trident the perspective for yachts these days in the Gulf of Mexico...

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World Match Racing Tour-Minoprio and Gilmour waver at Match Cup Sweden

'We actually lost three out of four starts and in the last match against Gilmour we were behind up the first beat'...

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Junior Sailors Meet at Port Credit Yacht Club

From July 15th to July 18th 2010 Port Credit Yacht Club is definitely 'The Place to Be' if you are a Dinghy Sailor....

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New York Yacht Club hosts International C Class Catamaran Championship

The International C Class Catamaran Championships will be hosted at New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI from August 22-28...

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Volvo Youth ISAF Sailing World Championship Schedule

The world's top youth sailors are putting the final touches to their preparation for the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World...

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Sixteen Sinking Swedish Sea Scouts saved by quick acting Brits

16 Swedish crew including teenage Scouts, were rescued yesterday in heavy seas off the north east coast of Scotland...

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Responsibility at sea - global conversation hots up

The French Gov't considers charging for rescues, and an ex-White House aide suggests suing for child sailor endangerment...

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Sailing Tip of the Week: Slow tack or fast tack - which is faster?

Here Grant Headifen discusses the theory of changing course by tacking in the fastest, neatest possible way...

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Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta

Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta is to be held in Alicante, Spain from 1st to 5th November 2011...

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Optimist European Championship - No dominance after day three

Rankings of both fleets show no dominance from any nation, as there are nine countries represented in the top ten...

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Plastiki - Sydney, here we come!

Plastiki, the catamaran made of recycled plastic, arrived in New Caledonia, its last port call before Sydney, Australia....

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A Cardboard Yacht Race - cheaper than Disneyland!

When they declared a Lake Sacajawea cardboard boat regatta in Washington State, more than 50 crews entered...

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Canada's 2010 Vic-Maui Division 1 fleet flying

Solid westerlies off Canada BC's Victoria waterfront made for a great start for Division 1 boats in the Vic-Maui Yacht R...

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505 North American Championship report and results

505 North American Championship, Chicago Yacht Club, June 24th-27th report....

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PWA Costa Teguise, Lanzarote World Cup day four - Faultless Estredo

A faultless repertoire of moves ensured Estredo claimed victory, whilst Offringa dominated the female fleet....

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Hit in the face with the boom - dramatic rescue

Photo of a Medevac operation on the Atlantic Ocean after a swinging boom caused a crewman a sever injury....

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Fringe dwellers hold secrets of survival

Trailblazing research calling for a re-think about how to protect corals and other at-risk species under climate change...

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New York Yacht Club Race Week looming

New York Yacht Club's (NYYC) Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex is July's most anticipated sailing regatta and the...

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IODA North American Championship - Leader OCS

IODA North American Championship. Great conditions for the second last day...

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44th Annual Governor's Cup Teams are announced

Balboa YC announces the 13 teams, with skippers and crew, for the 2010 Governor's Cup junior match race event...

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22nd Victoria to Maui (Vic-Maui) Division 2 fleet away

The 22nd Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race started yesterday under overcast skies from the Victoria Harbour star...

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PWA Costa Teguise, Lanzarote World Cup day three - Wind plays havoc

PWA Costa Teguise, Lanzarote World Cup 2010 day three report....

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Abby Sunderland - the final minutes

Abby Sunderland told the detail of her rescue to the world's press when she arrived back in Marina del Rey...

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Lake Eyre Yacht Club Regatta - coming soon

Cooper Creek is crossing the Birdsville Track and Lake Eyre Yacht Club is to hold its 10th Birthday Regatta, 5-9 July...

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'Plastic bag man' Australian circumnavigator will try again

A solo sailor dubbed the 'plastic bag man' a record for circumnavigating Australia, will try for 'the big one' next year...

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Jeanne Socrates over the equator - again

Solo sailor Jeanne Socrates, female answer to Minoru Saito, has emailed us saying she has crossed the equator - again!...

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Final Preparations Underway for 25th Anniversary Georgian Bay Regatta

25th Anniversary Georgian Bay Regatta Registration in Lion's Head, Ontario Canada July 25, 2010....

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Distance Racing - West Coast Style

On the east coast, the storied Newport-Bermuda commands the loftiest perch but here on the west coast we have our own tr...

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The World's most sailing-mad city

Marblehead claims it's the world's sailing capital as with 20,000 people it has no less than six yacht clubs....

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Seawind Whitsunday Rally results in smiles all round

Seawind Whitsunday Rally 2010....

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BMW Oracle Racing celebrates 33rd America's Cup win at White House

BMW Oracle Racing team celebrated their America's Cup win at the White House with President Barack Obama on Tuesday....

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Cruising Rally Association and World Cruising Club join forces

Major rally organisers join forces to create the largest global organisation dedicated to the sport of passage-making...

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Save Our Seas Australia campaigner Ian Thomson to tour yacht clubs

Having smashed the record for a solo circumnavigation of Australia by 26 days, Ian Thomson is embarking on a tour of Oz...

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ICAP Leopard World Record verified by WSSR Council

The World Sailing Speed Record Council announces the ratification of a new World Record for ICAP Leopard....

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Air Force praises well equipped yachties after South Pacific rescue

An Air Force Orion aircraft has successfully located a yacht after a distress beacon alert was received by the NZRCC....

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Dinghy Danger Mark II

A man's body has been found after the dinghy in which he and his friend were travelling overturned in a river....

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BMW Oracle Racing to open NASDAQ stock exchange

BMW Oracle Racing team will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square....

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The success of the Lake Ontario 300 Yacht Race continues

The Lake Ontario 300 is nearing capacity again this year as over 165 boats have already registered...

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Eagle's wings clipped as Cape Breton Island finishes ninth in Kinsale

Cape Breton Island's ninth-place finish in Race 12 means they are still in contention for a place on the final podium...

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IODA 2010 North American Optimist Dinghy Championship

IODA 2010 North American Optimist Dinghy Championship...

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Drifting sailing boat T-boned by motor cruiser

The Beneteau that was T-boned by a motor yacht last week in Bristol UK, ended up with a large hole...

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Somali pirates move north towards the Red Sea:(ISAF reaffirms warning)

Once cruising sailors reached the Strait of Bab el Mandeb they had passed the dangerous pirate zone... but no more....

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Report of Chandler ransom part-paid, British Somalis to pay balance

A chief of the pirate gang holding Paul and Rachel Chandler claimed they received over half the ransom being demanded....

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Clipper 09 -10: Cork leading the fleet home

Clipper 09 -10...

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Portugal Match Cup: All Australian final - Gilmour v Mirsky

Finals day for Stage 4 of the World Match Racing Tour produced an all Australian final - Torvar Mirsky v Peter Gilmour...

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Swiss 5.5 nationals in Black and White

Top international sailing photographer, Juerg Kaufmann put together this new view of the Swiss 5.5 Nationals...

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Gladwell's Line: The America's Cup turns the corner forever

Ellison delivered on his undertaking with the announcement of the draft Protocol for the 34th America's Cup....

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Abby Sunderland, the end of one dream but maybe on to the next...

Sixteen-year-old Californian sailor Abby Sunderland has been reunited with her brother Zac on Saturday on Reunion...

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Blind Match Racing Championships wins to Italy and Great Britain

Blind Match Racing Championships - The first IFDS Blind Match Racing World Championship was decided today on Lake Garda,...

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Clipper 09-10: Stealth mode pays for Team Finland

Clipper 09-10: Race 12, Cape Breton Island to Kinsale, Ireland. Day 8 report from the fleet....

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Newport Bermuda Race wrap

Newport Bermuda Race race wrap...

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Cruising with La Boheme - the Island of Corsica

Cruising sailors Anna and Gregory Haremza cruise around Corsica on their 53ft ketch Amel Super Maramu 2000, La Boheme...

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Portugal Match Cup - An epic day of match racing

Portugal Match Cup, stage 4 of the World Match Racing Tour. An epic day of match racing for the teams with 25 matches....

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Bermuda race a breeze - J Teams dominate Double-Handed class

J Sailors enjoyed the long weekend sail to Bermuda, winning/placing in many SDL classes and sweeping the DH division....

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Summer Sailstice in Shanghai

A small but intrepid band slipped out of the marina at Saimeng Water Sports Club on Dianshan Lake, Shanghai...

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Bermuda Newport Race wrap

Newport Bermuda Race race wrap...

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IFDS Blind Match Racing Championships semi-finals sailed

IFDS Blind Match Racing Championships semi finals were sailed today in four - six knots of southerly on Lake Garda....

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Britain's Ran takes Onion Patch Series with Newport Bermuda result

Ran was the individual winner of the Onion Patch Series in results posted today [Friday]....

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Measuring your leeway for better sailing

Leeway is more prevalent when you are sailing on a close haul or close reach and can be as much as 20 degrees...

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