Sailing News from around the world. http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=2 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:44:53 +0200 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:44:53 +0200 http://www.bymnews.com/rss_banner.gif http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=2 144 42 The July 3rd Daily Standings as of 0600 PDT for Transpac 09 have the Spanish crew aboard Charisma leading the charge to Hawaii.  Charisma is 1,734 nautical miles from Hawaii and over 150 miles ahead of her nearest competitor ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56940 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:34:03 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56940   This first day of racing at Hyères has been marked by the domination of the Oman Sail Masirah catamaran. Pete Cumming scored four bullets in the six races run today. For the crew of Gitana Extreme – LCF ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56939 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:58:00 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56939 Quarter final day at Match Cup Sweden, stage 5 of the 2009 World Match Racing Tour brought an early westerly breeze that built throughout the competition. The racing started a little after 10am and by midday the crowds were ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56936 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:32:44 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56936 Aside from the wind, the first day of racing at the iShares Cup in Hyères TPM has largely lived up to expectations. Forecast to strengthen considerably at around 1600 hours, the S'ly wind didn't exceed 12 knots in the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56929 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:45:18 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56929   The sailors knew that the Hyères event would present a different scenario to the light winds of Venice. For starters, there is open water, although the short courses were kept well within visibility of the public, then there ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56928 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:44:30 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56928 As it turned out, only a mistake could stop Johnie Berntsson’s from winning the Quarter Finals of Match Cup Sweden over the King of Marstrand, Peter Gilmour. Score was 2-2 and Berntsson and his eminent crew had won all ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56926 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:22:06 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56926 Peter Gilmour is all white in the face, not from fear, but from sun protection. He never fear, he is a calm skipper, as I will be able to witness, from the hatch of the DS37 in the second ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56925 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:20:24 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56925   Match one Johnie Berntsson lost his first race against Peter Gilmour after being awarded as many as three penalties. Berntsson was furious with the referee after being given a penalty at the last rounding. Berntsson passed his opponent ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56924 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:19:08 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56924 Ian Bruce, co-designer of the Laser dinghy, was awarded the Order of Canada during Canada Day celebration, recognizing his contribution to the sport of sailing. Ian was named as an Officer of the Order of Canada, “For his contributions ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56919 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:54:42 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56919 With two regattas completed of the five which comprise the 2009 Audi MedCup Circuit, long time MedCup Circuit Technical Director Nacho Postigo (ESP) has had time to look back at what has been learned from the City of Alicante ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56918 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:13:24 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56918   With benign sailing conditions prevailing, Jersey Regatta organisers are eagerly anticipating three days of sunshine, fun and fine sailing from 11th to 13th September for the eleventh combined Island clubs’ regatta, the second sponsored by Brewin Dolphin. Stuart ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56896 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:23:52 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56896 Back in 1989 Airlie Beach enterpreneur Don Algie launched the Hogsbreath Cruising Classic in what was then a small resort town on Queensland's Whitsunday Coast. Now 20 years late the Whitsunday's tourism operators and local business report that Airlie ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56894 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:11:43 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56894 The Asian Championships and Asian Games have now agreed that the multihull they use will be the Hobie 16 in China, 2010. The Asian Games is the second largest sports event in the world after the Olympic Games, comprising ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56891 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:38:49 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56891 A grueling double elimination has altered the rankings, with questions being asked of the world’s elite. The defending champions were forced to sail with inspiration as freestyle is pushed to a new level here in Lanzarote. Upsets in the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56890 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:21:45 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56890 Tachyon III, Kanzunori Komatu's Santa Cruz 52, with members of the Japanese Olympic Sailing Team on board, led the parade out of the basin.   Like each of the 18 Transpac 09 race boats that followed, Tachyon III was escorted ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56889 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:13:35 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56889 Most classes consider 60-70 boats to be an incredible turn-out for a world championship. Try doubling that and you get a sense for just how big the 2009 event will be in Santander, Spain. Months ago organizers had already ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56878 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:32:59 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56878 Fantastic racing conditions allowed the organizers of Match Cup Sweden, Stage 5 of the World Match Racing Tour, to complete the repechage round which saw Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team and Sebastien Col (FRA) French Match Racing Team/K-Challenge ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56873 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:00:59 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56873 Day 4 of the Mark Foy championship started after a 1 hour delay under overcast skies and building wind.  A small amount of rain was a fair price to pay for 15 knots of westerly wind. After two tries ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56872 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:56:13 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56872 Once again Groupama team is everywhere at once. Arriving in New York last night where she is being switched to the necessary configuration for an attempt at the Transatlantic record, the crew of Groupama 3 will have to follow ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56869 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:30:12 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56869 Tomorrow – Friday 3rd July – the second round of the iShares Cup 2009 will get underway. And it’s in the South of France that Gitana Extreme – LCF Rothschild Group will be intent on repeating her performance in ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56868 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:25:12 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56868 Winner of the first edition will be on the start line aboard the next Paprec Virbac at Barcelona on 31 December, 2010. French sailor Jean-Pierre Dick, winner of the inaugural around-the-world Barcelona World Race, has confirmed his participation in ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56863 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:51:37 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56863 Round 2 of the iShares Cup Hyères-TPM is all set to go – official racing starts tomorrow (Friday, 3rd July) at 14h00 local time through to Sunday, 5th July. Today saw a series of practice races for the ten ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56860 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:03:30 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56860 Transpac 09 Division 6 & 7 boats have been heading SSW since their start on Monday, June 29th.  Their three-day head start over the next group of 19 larger boats has only given them a 150 to 250 mile ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56858 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:41:52 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56858 Dragon sailors from the UK, Ireland, France and the USA are congregating in Falmouth this week in preparation for the Dragon South Western Championship and the Edinburgh Cup, awarded annually to the winner of the British Dragon Open Championship.   ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56852 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:30:39 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56852 This July 6-12, over sixty female sailors will compete for this year's Ida Lewis Trophy in the U.S. Junior Women's Doublehanded Championship, taking place at the Hampton Yacht Club in Hampton, VA. Competitors must be ages 13-18, must be ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56850 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:16:54 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56850  The world's top young sailors are entering their final preparations as just one week remains until the start of the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Buzios, Brazil. The 38th edition of the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56830 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:08 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56830 Boats in Divisions 3, 4 & 5 start their Transpac 09 race today.  Before they head out for the most enduring and greatest ocean race in the world they have a lot of decisions to make.  Crews from each ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56829 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:11:32 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56829 Foresight has proven accurate in Lanzarote today, as the reigning World Champions held their ground at the top of the leader-board. Costa Teguise provided epic conditions, allowing a gargantuan battle commence in a race for the top. The wind ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56827 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:02:22 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56827 When teams from the world’s leading yacht clubs descend upon Newport, R.I. for the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup regatta, September 15-19, many of the competitors will be familiar with the waters surrounding this legendary port. After all, ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56819 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:58:42 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56819 After sailing through wind ranges of 8 to 15 knots immediately following Monday's start and making a number of headsail changes, Divisions 6 and 7 Transpac crews went over the top of Catalina Island and settled into steadier conditions. ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56816 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:25:12 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=56816