Posted on August 12, 2009 by emilyboats
First Yacht to Finish Fastnet Race
Plymouth – The 100 foot yacht ICAP Leopard crossed the Fastnet race finish line at the Plymouth breakwater at 01:09:36 (BST) after 2 days, 11 hours, 9 minutes and 36 seconds of sailing in relatively light conditions. The other yachts in the Fastnet fleet are now heading for the finish [...]
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Posted on August 10, 2009 by emilyboats
First Boat Sailing for Fastnet Rock
The boats in the middle of the Fastnet fleet had a rainy grey day at sea, as they slogged upwind westward along the English south coast. Mike Slade’s 100 foot sailboat ICAP Leopard is out in front of the fleet. Slade says the sea has now flattened out after a [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2009 by emilyboats
Transpac Sailing Record
Alfa Romeo, Neville Crichton’s Reichel Pugh 100 sailing yacht has made a new Transpac sailing record. Alfa Romeo sailed 399 nautical miles over 24 hours, blasting the previous record set by Morning Glory during the 2005 Los Angeles to Hawaii Transpac Yacht Race.
Alfa Romeo’s sailing average over the 24 hour period was over [...]
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Posted on June 1, 2009 by emilyboats
Sailing news from around the world:
The Boston College Sailing Team has won the 2009 ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship, successfully defending the title won a year ago on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. The three days event was sailed in Flying Juniors at Treasure Island Sailing Center, hosted by California Maritime Academy and the University of [...]
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Posted on May 31, 2009 by emilyboats
A bright sun was shining today, and a good wind started blowing like it should in a sailboat race, allowing the Race Committee to launch four sailing races and reshuffle the cards in the overall ranking of the RC 44 Austria Cup. In the end it was Team Aqua that blasted the other teams away [...]
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