Sailing News from around the world. http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=2 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:13:14 +0100 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:13:14 +0100 http://www.bymnews.com/rss_banner.gif http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=2 144 42 Volvo Ocean Race - closing stages of leg 3 -onboard photos from the boats – http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=750Artemis Racing AC45 training - February 2012 - Valencia, Spain – http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=910 The “Courrier Dunkerque” team will take the start of Sailing Arabia – The ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98288 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:49:25 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98288 There’s only a day and a half of racing left out here and still plenty to gain. It’s yet another testament to the group of guys onboard that an unsuccessful and trying trek to the middle of the South China ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98286 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:23:22 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98286 It has been a complete culture shock since getting home to Weymouth from Miami on Monday... What with the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, a holiday in Bali and then Key West Week followed by the Rolex Miami OCR, I ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98285 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:21:04 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98285 Day two of The Bay Regatta saw sailors depart from their mooring off Paradise Koh Yao Boutique Resort & Spa and head south towards Krabi sailing through the breathtaking limestone karsts of Phang Nga Bay, one of the world s ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98282 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:33 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98282 At 1000 UTC today, Telefónica (Iker Martínez/ESP) led Groupama 4 (Franck Cammas/FRA) by 27 nautical miles (nm) in the final showdown of Leg 3 to Sanya. Both boats tacked shortly before 0900 UTC and are still upwind but on the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98279 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:07:40 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98279 For the first time in its sixteen year history, Sail Auckland will be hosted at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club. More than two hundred competitors from thirteen countries begin racing on the Waitemata Harbour on Saturday February 4th in the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98277 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:34:07 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98277 It took one year for 29 year old Sean Stamp to work up the courage to try sailing after he attended a community information session about Sailability Auckland. Like many of the sailors in Sailability Auckland’s High Needs training group, ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98276 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:31:50 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98276 Veteran Gold Coast sailor Colin Metcher (74) will again test his personal endurance at the tiller of his sports skiff Cool Change when the exciting fleet of mixed class dinghies and catamarans contest The Great Race on Saturday February 25.This ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98272 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:22:14 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98272  The six members of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team – Sailing were selected based on performances at US Sailing’s 2012 Rolex Miami OCR, held Jan. 23-28, 2012, in Miami, Fla., and the IFDS Worlds held two weeks earlier in Port ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98271 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:13:45 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98271 PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG (Ken Read/USA) last night re-joined the fleet after a brief, but miserable sojourn to the east, while leaders of the pack, Team Telefónica, have again extended their lead over second-placed Groupama sailing team (Franck ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98270 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:05:16 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98270 le Sun Fast 3200 Cymba, skippé par deux italiens Isodoro Santecca et Francesco Piva a lancé à 04H20 TU un MAYDAY – http://bymnews.com/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-173428Maserati, led by Giovanni Soldini, set sail today in an attempt at a new record for the Cadiz-San ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98269 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:11:36 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98269 Beating into difficult seas and a north-easterly wind reaching over thirty knots at times, Groupama 4 still has another six hard hours of racing along the Vietnamese coast before she can head offshore again and put in one last tack ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98267 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:59:49 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98267 Maserati, crewed by a team led by Giovanni Soldini, set sail today in an attempt to establish a new record for the Cadiz-San Salvador crossingToday saw the start of Maserati's first record attempt. Giovanni Soldini and his crew of seven ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98263 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:39:08 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98263 412 miles from the Chinese city of Sanya and latest estimates put “Telefónica” possibly crossing the finishing line in the next 48 hours On a pure upwind course heading to Sanya: that's how “Telefónica” is sailing, with a single objective ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98262 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:36:46 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98262 After two weeks and over 2500 nautical miles (nm) of sailing on the second stage of Leg 3 from the Maldives to Sanya in China, today the top five boats are separated by just four hours as they take on ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98259 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:27:57 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98259 For kids who love messing about on the water in a dinghy and want to learn more about dinghy sailing or just want to have an exciting day out then a trip to the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show could be ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98253 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:18:18 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98253 These are punishing conditions out here. The upwind slamming, smashing, and thrashing we’re enduring is enough to make anyone hurt bad. It was almost impossible to get any sleep last night (I didn’t), it’s hot, humid, and extremely violent down ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98245 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:50:02 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98245 “The regatta gave us a little bit of everything today,” said GoYachting’s Richard Valentine, “some sunshine with blue skies and wind early on, then the wind died and we were hit with full-on thunderstorms.” The previous evening, the 15th annual Bay ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98243 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:42:27 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98243 The RYA has today removed its recognition of Hot Liquid Southampton as a provider of RYA training courses.  This means that Hot Liquid Southampton is now no longer able to offer or run RYA training courses.The decision was made by ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98242 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:38:07 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98242 Ports and shipping businesses and suppliers are invited to meet on board the latest P&O ferry "Spirit of France" as she sails between Calais and Dover on Thursday 9 February 2012.The European Interreg IV 2 Seas programme project PATCH (Ports ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98236 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:02:34 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98236 David Gilmour, and his crew from Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, went undefeated through the third day of the Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, to win the round robin stage of the event.Gilmour finished with a 16 win, 2 loss ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98234 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:48:16 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98234  Telefónica (Iker Martínez/ESP) continues to control the fleet as the leading four tack every hour around two miles off the coast of Vietnam in hideous conditions. They are not free of danger. Gales are still forecast for the track ahead ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98233 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:43:32 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98233 The sixth and final race in the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club’s Pallot Windows Frostbite Series was held on Sunday 29th January when conditions were less than promising, absolutely no wind in the start area. With eleven boats turning out ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98232 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:38:41 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98232 Today was the final day to make the cut through to the top 10 teams in the Mixed/Men's fleet, and the Women's fleet at the 2012 470 Junior World Championships. At Takapuna Boating Club the day began very quietly with ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98227 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:09:52 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98227 The deadline for entries to the Zhik International Etchells 2012 Australian Championship has been extended to 5pm on Saturday 4th February 2012.The traditional late entry fee has been waived until Saturday giving Etchells sailors the chance to get their entry ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98221 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:44:29 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98221 As the double-handed Global Ocean Race (GOR) Class40s dropped deeper south through the Pacific’s Roaring Forties led by Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron with Campagne de France, the distance between the leading trio of boats compressed rapidly from 30 miles ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98220 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:38:19 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98220 With 177 days until the London 2012 Olympic Games, the International Sailing Federation has launched their Olympic website.The website will be the home of Olympic Sailing during London 2012 with all the information, stories, results and multimedia that teams and ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98219 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:40:11 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98219 Incidences Sails at the Dusseldorf Boot - Albert Schweizer – http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=379“Telefónica” conservative between two positions: North and East – http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=61714 teams confirmed for 2012 RC44 Championship Tour – http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=329UIM X-Cat World Powerboat Series – http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=667 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98218 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:58:25 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98218 Already 36 hours of upwind sailing to their credit, in a north-easterly breeze which is building the further North and the closer the fleet get to the Vietnamese coast. Though Telefonica, neck and neck with Groupama 4, has opted for ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98217 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:46:56 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98217 Known as the largest international event in the sector of sailing and boating, the Boot Show in Düsseldorf took place from 20 to 29 January. Actor in this trade fair for over 12 years, the French sail maker was represented ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98216 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:44:43 +0100 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=98216