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January 23, 2025
Ineos Britannia announced on Thursday that Ben Ainslie had parted with the British America's Cup Team after his third attempt at leading his country to victory in October ended in failure. The British were hoping that Britain would win the "Auld Mug"…
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January 13, 2025
SailGP crews are tackling the new "T-foils", which have a higher speed, for the first in Auckland this weekend. This follows a successful outing of training on Monday. The L-shaped foils that have been in use since the league's start in 2019…
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January 13, 2025
Charlie Dalin cruised to a record win in the Vendee Globe Challenge on Monday. A finish is expected early Tuesday morning at Les Sables d'Olonne. The Macif Sante prevoyance skipper was only 295 km away from the finish line at 1000GMT Monday.
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January 10, 2025
Boris Herrmann, Germany's Vendee globe sailor who is currently seventh in the race, was struggling with a headsail issue on Friday as the solo race neared its end. On Friday morning, the skipper of Malizia Seaexplorer found that a hook was broken and rendered the sail useless.
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December 25, 2024
Master Lock Comanche, LawConnect and other favourites took an early lead on Thursday in the 79th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The supermaxis were leading the 104 yachts out into the South Pacific. LawConnect, who won line honours in an exciting finish last year by only 51 seconds…
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December 18, 2024
Textron, the Cessna jet manufacturer, said that it is looking at strategic alternatives to its Powersports line of products due to persistently low demand. Under the Arctic Cat brand, the Powersports division, part of Textron Specialized Vehicles' Industrial segment…
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December 16, 2024
Szabolcs WEORE, New Europe Hungarian skipper, has pulled out from the Vendee globe due to irreparable damages to his boat. Organisers of the solo non-stop unassisted sailing around the world competition announced this on Monday. Weores' IMOCA shroud…
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December 16, 2024
Dec 16 - The shattered mast of British sailor PipHare has ended his bid to complete a second Vendee Globe, a 24,000-mile race. The 50-year old woman dismasted the 60ft boat Medallia, about 800 nautical miles south-west of Australia. This ended a solo trip that began on November 10.
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December 10, 2024
Michael Mayne, the interim New Zealand coach of the Football Ferns will continue to lead the team for two friendly matches against Costa Rica during February. The national federation is still searching for a permanent successor following Jitka Klemkova's departure.
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December 2, 2024
Uber launched its water transportation hailing service in India's Kashmir Region on Monday. The service offers rides on popular tourist boats on the Dal Lake. Uber officials confirmed that users can reserve trips on the traditional wooden Shikara…
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November 28, 2024
Katherine Grainger, a former Olympic rower and chair of UK Sport and currently the chair of the British Olympic Association(BOA), was elected as chair of the British Olympic Association on Thursday. She will be the first woman in the position.
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November 27, 2024
Sebastien S. Simon, a Frenchman from the Vendee Globe, broke the solo monohull 24 hour distance record on Wednesday. He sailed 602,56 nautical miles and beat his compatriot Yoann RICHOMME's previous mark by 22.7%. In recent times, the fleet has been propelled by an ever-moving depression.
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November 21, 2024
Red Bull Italy SailGP Team, the 12th and last entry in the SailGP 2025 season, was unveiled on Thursday. The team, led by Jimmy Spithill will debut at this weekend's Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix. Italian driver Ruggero TITA and strategist Giulia FAVA are both double Olympic medalists.
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November 23, 2024
DUBAI (Nov 23) - Triple SailGP champions Australia began their campaign for 2025 with authority, taking the lead on the first day of racing in Dubai. The Australians showed off their tactical skills in a new, striking livery. Chris Draper joined…
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November 21, 2024
SailGP's fifth season will begin in Dubai at the weekend, with Rolex as the title sponsor. This partnership has been in place since the creation of the league. Rolex has been involved with sailing for almost 70 years and will become the title…
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November 20, 2024
French sailor Yoann richomme broke the record of the longest distance covered by a monohull in 24 hours. He clocked 1,021.7 km (551.84 nautical miles) during the Vendee Globe race, a solo non-stop around-the-world race. Nicolas Lunven set the record of 546.64 nautical mile a week before Richomme…
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November 8, 2024
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron confirmed on Friday that Britain's INEOS Britannia was the Challenger of Record in the 38th America's Cup. This sets the stage for next year's edition of the most prestigious sailing competition. The Challenger…
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November 15, 2024
Maxime Sorel, a sailor from France, retired on Friday after five days in the non-stop, solo race around the world. The Frenchman was battling an enlarged ankle from the second day. He sustained this injury while trying to fix a broken hook or damaged mainsail tracks.
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November 12, 2024
Italian Sea Group's chief executive stated on Tuesday that the company is not responsible for the sinking of Mike Lynch’s superyacht which resulted in the death of the British tech billionaire Mike Lynch and six other people. The Bayesian, a luxury yacht built by Perini Navi in 2008…
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November 7, 2024
Xu Jingkun, the only Chinese skipper among the 12 non French skippers who will start the 10th edition on Sunday of the Vendee Globe, is the first to sail non-stop alone around the world despite having lost his left arm when he was 12. Xu, the…
