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Claire Leroy takes the round-robin in Busan Cup Women’s Match Race

Experience, experience and nothing but experience, that’s what really counts when it comes to match racing, the chess game of sailing. And Claire Leroy has got loads of it, with two World Championship...

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Annual Cruiser Rally to Start on Halloween

The 23rd annual 750 nm Baja Ha-Ha cruiser rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas will start with a fireboat led parade out of San Diego Bay on October 31. There are 183 entries this year, including...

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VIDEO: Chasing UFOs

A brief film above about the UFO Foiler published on Oct 27, 2016. Discussion below from The Foiling Week. For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

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Class of 2016: Dave Ullman

Nine new members of the US National Sailing Hall of Fame will be inducted at a ceremony on October 29-30 in San Francisco, CA. Roger Vaughan provides this report on yachtsman and sailmaker Dave Ullman,...

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Fulfillment Must Come From the Process

To compete in a World Championship is a privilege, but with heightened competition and the significant effort and expense required, fulfillment must first come from the process. Bruno Pasquinelli’s...

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Thirty Years of Pure Pleasure

The Storm Trysail Club has flip flops on the ground in Key West, the southernmost point of the continental U.S., and advance preparations are underway for the 30th anniversary Quantum Key West Race...

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America’s Cup – Emirates Team NZ at the start of the Coastal Classic

Emirates Team NZ have released a video from the start of the 2016 PIC Coastal Classic which features a lot of low level up-sun drone footage. For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!

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2016 BIC Techno 293 World Championship – Day 4

Early morning out on the lake, but action started only after sun came over the mountains. First day of finals, plenty of action… For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!

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VIDEO: Iceboat Racing for Dummies

Waterlust provide this aerial footage and instruction of an iceboat race on Lake Baikal, Siberia. Video published on Oct 27, 2016 For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

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World on Water

In this episode on the WoW the start of the Rolex Middle Sea Race in Malta, Vendee Globe contender Morgan Lagraviere SAFRAN readies for the Nov 6 start, the Vendee Globe Race Village is open, the New...

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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race – Changing lives through sailing

The race experience itself is a test, but what difference does it make when you get home? Over the last 20 years the Clipper Race and our crew have worked with many different charities, be it one close...

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Techno 293 World Championship – Beautiful windy day on Garda Trentino

A busy fourth day of races in Garda Trentino today, with a shining sun and beautiful 14 knots south wind, the well-known Ora of the northern Garda Lake. Finals started with very intensive but funny...

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Advance preparations underway for Quantum Key West Race Week

The Storm Trysail Club has flip flops on the ground in Key West, the southernmost point of the continental U.S., and advance preparations are underway for the 30th anniversary Quantum Key West Race...

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China Cup International Regatta – Day 2

The 138 entries, from 38 regions and nations across the world, were hoping to get started on the inshore, round-the-cans racing on Friday but principal race officer Simon James was given little choice...

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Final Four Advance at WIM Series Busan

Busan, South Korea (October 28, 2016) – For the top eight teams that had advanced to the quarterfinals in the Busan Cup Women’s International Match Race, it was cold, rainy, wet and not very windy but...

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Grafham Cat Open 2016 by Jodie Bawden

All Images Jodie Bawden – Full gallery at her Fb page. Contact Jodie for your pic at www.jnbimages.co.uk For the rest of the story from Cat Sailing News CLICK HERE!

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VIDEO: Extreme Sailing Fail

A British youth team endures a high speed Nacra 15 crash. For the rest of the story from Scuttlebutt Sailing News CLICK HERE!

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You gotta check this out — 8 year-old kids building a beautiful boat in Maine.  A real boat.  Made of real wood.  If you’ve always yearned to build a wooden boat, our friends at OffCenterHarbor.com...

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Vendée Globe – A brighter future

Britain’s Dee Caffari, the only woman to have sailed non-stop around the world three times, a record which includes a sixth overall in an epic 2008-9 edition, returns to the start and finish port of...

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Socrates Aborts Circumnavigation

After 10 days at sea, 74-year-old singlehander Jeanne Socrates was forced to abort her latest nonstop circumnavigation attempt and return to her Victoria, BC, homeport yesterday after taking a beating...

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