Posted on May 15, 2009 by emilyboats
A judge has ordered America’s Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland to face American challenger BMW Oracle Racing in a rare one-on-one showdown in February. DOGzilla to sail against Alinghi’s new multihull!
Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich of the Supreme Court of the State of New York also ruled that BMW Oracle Racing needed to promptly submit a [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2009 by emilyboats
The 2009 Acura Miami Grand Prix – An international fleet of 42 boats from 7 countries completed three races in great conditions in the waters off South Beach, Florida.
Pieter Taselaar’s Melges 32 Bliksem and Niklas Zennstrom’s TP52 RAN each jumped out ahead in their respective classes, winning all three races on the first day. The [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2009 by emilyboats
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – While the legal battle continues in the courtroom about the America’s Cup, sailing teams battled ferociously in the Rangitoto Channel on Tuesday to secure their places in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series quarter finals to be sailed Wednesday.
Italy’s Luna Rossa skippered by Peter Holmberg pulled out a heart-stopping one-second win over [...]
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Posted on August 3, 2008 by emilyboats
iShares Cup Extreme 40s at Cowes Week. Boats bite the dust!
The iShares Extreme 40s where racing in the iShares Cup at Skandia Cowes Week on Saturday off the beach in Cowes at Cowes Week on the island of Wight in the United Kingdom. The wind kicked up to over 22 knots, which proved [...]
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Posted on June 3, 2008 by emilyboats
Sam Davies: One of the top sailors in the world, Samantha (Sam) Davies is on her way to achieving rock-star status. Sure, Sam Davies is pretty, but she’s also a solid world-class sailor. Sam Davies just finished 5th in the Artemis Transat on her sailboat Roxy and is about to sail off around the [...]
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