- New Zealand's London 2012 Women's 470 Olympic gold medallists, Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie have announced that they will continue their partnership through to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games as they bid to defend their title. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33695.php
- If you've not heard who won the climax event of the World Match Racing Tour, the Monsoon Cup, then where have you been... It went the way of Taylor Canfield. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33689.php
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- The USA's Sally Barkow played the 'comeback kid' by defeating the USA's Dave Perry 3-0 in the Finals at the 5th Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), presented by Ulysse Nardin/Trident Jewels & Time. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33690.php
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What a lovely final day at ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne. Catch up on some ISAF Sailing World Cup highlights here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUJlamNQr4I- The most closely contested finish ever in the six-year history of the Extreme Sailing Series, saw The Wave, Muscat clinch the final Act victory in Rio de Janeiro by the smallest of margins - just 0.2 points ahead of the French Groupe Edmond de Rothschild. Read a final report on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33688.php
- It was a breezy climax in Melbourne for the ISAF Sailing World Cup. Check out a day report on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/39012.php
- Ian Williams won a record-equalling fourth ISAF Match Racing World Championship today after beating his arch rival Bjorn Hansen in the Quarter- Final of the Monsoon Cup, the finale of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33683.php
- There were light and twitchy winds at ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne, but that's all part of the Melbourne experience! Read a day report on the ISAF Sailing World Cup website here http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/39011.php
- Alinghi have taken the early initiative at the climax of the Extreme Sailing Series in Rio de Janeiro. Read a day report on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33678.php
- New Zealand's Chris Steele has quickly worked his way up the Open Match Race Rankings throughout 2012 after he started the year at World #570 to swiftly move to World #60. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33675.php
- Bjorn Hansen and Phil Robertson endured tough starts to their bids for Monsoon Cup glory this week but fought back strongly today in the third Qualifying Session. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33674.php
- It was a bit calmer at ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne today, unlike yesterday that really tested some of the sailors - like South Africa's Asenathi Jim and Roger Hudson (pictured). Read a day report on the ISAF Sailing World Cup website here http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/39010.php
- The Byte CII dinghy and International Techno 293 Class Association windsurfer have announced the dates of their 2013 World Championships which will be the first world qualification events for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33672.php
- Record four-time ISAF Match Racing World Champion and multiple America's Cup campaigner, Peter Gilmour today announced his retirement from the Alpari World Match Racing Tour and professional match racing on the second day of racing at the Monsoon Cup. Gilmour will bow out after the event concludes this Saturday 8 December. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33671.php
- It seems as if Australia's Jaime Ryan is looking to start a trend at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne by wearing brightly coloured running trainers when she sails her 470. It seems to be working as Jaime and her sister Sasha lead the Women's fleet! Read a day report on the ISAF website here http://origin.sailing.org/worldcup/news/39008.php
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Here we have some highlights from the opening two days of ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQOAbYpH4hw- Ahh the memories of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships
- As the first day of sailing at the much-anticipated Monsoon Cup got underway today, Taylor Canfield enjoyed a strong start and reaffirmed his credentials as a future Tour Card Holder with two wins from two in Qualifying Session 1. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33666.php
- Big winds forced Olympic class cancellations today at ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne but the kiteboarders, one of the invited classes at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne, relished the big winds. Read a day report on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/39006.php
- Nice picture taken by Jeff Crow at the Sailing World Cup in Melbourne
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We're looking forward to the 2013 ISAF Youth Worlds. The Notice of Race has been released now. Check it out here http://www.isafyouthworlds.com/editions/2013/39005.php- It was a fantastic opening day of racing at ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne and it was great to see the 49erFX on the international stage for the first time. Read a day report on the ISAF Sailing World Cup website here www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/39002.php
- We have results from ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne coming in and it's a winning start for the new Belcher Ryan combination. Full results from all the classes available here http://www.yachting.org.au/site/yachting/event/46026/default.html
- Chris Steele and his crew of Stewart Dodson and Rawiri Geddes, representing Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron have won the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship after four days of tough competition, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33653.php
- Between 04:00 GMT on Friday 30 November to 04:00 GMT on Saturday 1 December Jean-Pierre Dick (Virbac Paprec 3) travelled from point to point, 498.80 miles in twenty-four hours, averaging speeds of 20.8 knots. More on the ISAF website here w...ww.sailing.org/news/33652.phpSee More
This breaks the record held previously by Alex Thomson in 2003 and, also the record set the day before, subject to ratification, by François Gabart (MACIF), of 482.91 miles in 24hrs. Confirmation of the record is subject to validation by the WSSRC (World Speed Sailing Record Council). - This chap here is called NANJINGLELE and he is the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games mascot. He is based on the rain flower pebbles which are unique to Nanjing. Find out more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33649.php
- Here at the ISAF Secretariat four staff members have been doing Movember and today is the final day colleagues and loved ones have to put up with their moustaches. It all started at the ISAF Annual Conference and some are slightly healthier...than others but it's all over for them now. If you wish to make a donation to the cause, which aims to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and testicular cancer, then please do so here http://uk.movember.com/team/856357See More
- At the biennial Olympic Golden Rings awards on 29 November, which honoured broadcasters for their outstanding coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games, sailing won the Best Olympic Sports Production by Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS). Sailing's award is the golden one on the left... Find out more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33648.php
- Olympic sailing legend, Torben Grael (BRA) will front Team Brasil at the finale of the Extreme Sailing Series as nine Extreme 40s take to the water in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33647.php
- Malaysian match racer Jeremy Koo qualified for the Monsoon Cup yesterday after taking the Malaysian Match Racing Championship title at the season finale of the four regatta series. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33644.php
- Twelve Open teams representing some of the best match racers in the world, both men and women, will put their skills to the test in the fifth Annual Carlos Aguilar Match Race (CAMR), presented by Ulysse Nardin/Trident Jewels & Time, from 5-9 December. Read more on the ISAF website here www.sailing.org/news/33642.php
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Here's a bit of a taste of what's to come at ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne... Three days...- Subject to World Speed Sailing Record Council Verification Vestas Sail Rocket 2 has gone and broken the 500 metre record for the second consecutive time.
With an average speed of 65.45 knots over the 500-metre course in Walvis Bay, Namibia..., Paul Larsen took Vestas Sail Rocket 2 to a record speed 9.8 knots quicker than the previous kiteboard record of Rob Douglas. Read more on the ISAF website here www.sailing.org/news/33640.phpSee More - Good to see London 2012 gold medallist Mat Belcher has a new young crew in Will Ryan and they will sail at their first competition together at ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne. Read a second preview to the first ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta of the 2012-2013 series on the ISAF website here www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/38999.php
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The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is very happy to announce that MBrands International has joined the ISAF Connect to Sailing as Exclusive 'Performance Partner' for clothing and personal equipment. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/33638.php- As the sailors make their way past the Equator view some of the latest highlights from the Vendée Globe on the ISAF TV Player here http://www.sailing.org/matchdaytv
- Monsoon Cup wildcard Adam Minoprio has confirmed that he will lead the newly-formed Alpari Racing Team at the final event of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour next month, and expects his team to be back to their Championship-winning best, seven years after their first outing in Malaysia. Read more on the ISAF website here www.sailing.org/news/33636.php
- Not long to go until the ISAF Sailing World Cup gets going with ISAF Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne. Read a preview to the regatta on the World Cup website here http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/38998.php
- Vincent Riou, winner of the 2004-2005 Vendée Globe has confirmed he has retired from the 2012 race after deciding it was impossible to fix the damage to his hull after hitting a floating object in the South Atlantic. Read more here - http://www.sailing.org/news/33624.php
- Dave Hazard from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has joined James Spithill, Seve Jarvin and Michael Dunstan, to become only the fourth dual winner of the Harken Youth Match Racing Championships. Read more here - http://www.sailing.org/news/33623.php
- Under the brilliant sunshine on the sparkling waters of the Caribe Sea Kevin Velasquez Claims Optimist National Title In Belize. Read more here - http://www.sailing.org/news/32907.php
- At 07:20 (UTC) on 21 November, the Vendée Globe leader, Armel Le Cléac'h, (Banque Populaire), crossed the Equator in 10 days 19 hours and 18min. Read more here - http://www.sailing.org/news/32888.php?nocache=1
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Check out this month's Sea Master Sailing. Lots in there from the Pro Windsurf Association Tour, Rolex Farr 40 Worlds, RC44 Worlds, bit of a Vendee Globe feature and some stuff from the TP52 Super Series. Well worth a watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bVrQWcOlHc- The Notice of Race for ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami, to be hosted from 27 January to 2 February 2013, has been released. Read more on the ISAF Sailing World Cup website here http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/38989.php
- Twilight Racing Sees Felix Oehme Secure Alster Match Race Act 22. Read more on the ISAF website here http://www.sailing.org/news/32883.php
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