Watersports, sailing and powerboat racing stories from around the world. http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=2 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:21:07 +0200 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:21:07 +0200 http://www.bymnews.com/rss_banner.gif http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=2 144 42 “Quote from the race boat” on the last day of racing in Porto Cervo. Unfortunately, racing was cancelled due to no wind, but Numbers, powered by Alinghi, won its class and Alinghi.com talks to Ernesto Bertarelli about the week ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42262 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:37:52 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42262 Great Britain’s Poul Richard Hoj Jensen is the Cascais Dragon Gold winner. Poul Jensen/Theis Palm/Andrew Mortem were 9th in the final race and won the championship, with a four point advantage over Gavia Wilkinson-Cox/Jon Mortimer/Ron Rosenberg (GBR). Britain’s day ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42261 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:36:18 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42261 The 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup ended today, not quite as hoped as the wind eventually fizzled out along with the ambitions of the owners and crews hoping for one final chance to get to the top of the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42260 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:27:33 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42260   The wind gods dealt the Santa Margherita Ligure edition of the 2008 Audi Sailing Series a cruel hand today, providing only enough wind for a single race to be sailed on day two of the regatta. That race ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42258 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:19:15 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42258   The sunshine has returned to the shores of Lake St Moritz today, bringing with it the breeze, albeit a shifty one. Racing got underway as scheduled and as the quarterfinals were completed more teams saw their chance of ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42254 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:11:13 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42254   Evan Walker from Sydney’s Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and the Royal Perth Yacht Club’s Robert Gibbs will meet in the final of the Barbagallo Marine Australian Match Racing Championships on Perth’s Swan River tomorrow (Sunday). Both skippers won their ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42249 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:22:14 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42249 Following a scheduled maintenance day, the team was back into it on Friday in Anacortes for another round of testing the new BMW ORACLE Racing 90. The day started with a visit from United States Congressman Rick Larsen. He ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42248 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:14:01 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42248 You can meet Australia’s Olympic Gold Medallist sailors and find out how to get involved in sailing at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club summer open day on Sunday 14 September. Members of the Australian Sailing Team, including Gold Medallists ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42237 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:52:12 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42237 Last year they had a horror start, in fact for Leon Thomas and his Townsville crew aboard their 7 metre sports boat Guilty Pleasures, a non start, in the 2007 Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week. T-Boned in a prestart ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42236 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:47:29 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42236 Sydney skipper Evan Walker retains his place at the top of the leader board at the end of the second day of the Barbagallo Marine Australian Match Racing Championships, though his undefeated run of the first day is broken. ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42234 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:52:38 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42234 Having set out from Hong Kong on 14th August 2008, Gitana 13 is tackling the climb up the Atlantic having rounded the legendary Cape of Good Hope in the early hours of yesterday. At a reduced pace over the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42230 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:27:42 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42230 Leaving the haven of peace that is Port Elizabeth on 1st September, after 36 hours sitting it out bare poled, the boat was white with salt. The water, pulverised by the violent gusts from Sunday 31st August, had deposited ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42228 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:25:37 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42228   The twelve teams competing on day one of the Santa Margherita Ligure edition of the Melges 32 2008 Audi Sailing Series were faced with tricky conditions for the first two races of the series. Racing started in an ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42226 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:14:40 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42226 PUMA Ocean Racing and their boat il mostro arrived in Alicante, Spain mid afternoon (CET) today.  The team's arrival marks the successful completion of their transatlantic delivery of il mostro in preparation of the start of the Volvo Ocean ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42223 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:56:51 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42223 On the penultimate day of racing in Porto Cervo: Alinghi.com talks to Lorenzo Mazza, foresail trimmer onboard Numbers for the week and the designer himself, Alinghi’s Rolf Vrolijk! Lorenzo Mazza gives some insight on some exciting racing: “We had ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42219 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:19:08 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42219 Alinghi faced a challenging day for the first race of the Grand Prix Romandie.com Act 1. The weather conditions were typical of Lake Geneva: light and shifty. The ten-strong Décision 35 fleet crossed the start line at midday for ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42217 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:14:32 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42217   Day four of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup started late, but did not come up short on excitement or entertainment, especially in the Cruising Division. Today was another day for the holiday-makers in this vacation paradise to witness ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42216 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:09:07 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42216 It was with 35 to 40 knots of steady wind (Force 7 to 8), with gusts of 45 knots, that Bostik, the first unit of the Veolia Oceans® one-design series for the SolOceans, did sea trials with Charles Caudrelier ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42215 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:05:41 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42215 As this week comes to a close, so too does the intensive two boat testing between Aviva and ECOVER 3 as part of the technical alliance forged between the two Open 60 campaigns. Over the last two weeks, Dee ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42209 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:18:36 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42209 The final count down to the Rolex Swan Cup is well underway, with just three days to go until the Marina of Porto Cervo is buzzing with crews eagerly anticipating the start of Nautor’s Swan’s flagship event. Amongst those ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42207 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:14:56 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42207 Day three at St Moritz Match Race and the big black rain clouds were slowly beginning to clear to make way for some great racing. With no races of the repechage round robin completed yesterday, organisers were starting to ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42205 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:45:34 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42205   The RORC Cherbourg Race starts from the Royal Yacht Squadron at 1820 today and this final race will decide the winner of the Season’s Points Championship. It looks set to be a real cracker, with many Class winners ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42195 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:01:47 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42195 Sailing Regattas around the world are growing into major destination sporting events. In the Whitsundays more than 300 yachts assemble for the two major regattas, the Meridien Marina Airlie Beach Race Week and Audi Hamilton Island Race Week, and ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42194 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:46:54 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42194   Sir Richard Branson, Founder of The Virgin Group will this week join America’s Cup Challenger, TEAMORIGIN, in a new attempt to break the transatlantic record, which currently stands at 6 days, 17 hrs, 52 minutes and 39 seconds, to ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42185 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:28:06 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42185 Paul Mitchell will be a reluctant spectator when Peter Millar defends the prestigious line honours trophy in the 4MK FM Great Whitsunday Fun Race on Pioneer Bay tomorrow. Mitchell suffered a serious toe injury on Tuesday when Millar’s fast ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42182 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:54:59 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42182 The wind was in yesterday and the Mini Maxi fleet which contains Moneypenny, Numbers and Rosebud, raced two windward leeward courses. There are 18 boats in the Mini Maxi class in total and with the wind reaching 22 knots, ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42181 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:36:23 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42181 Sydney skipper Evan Walker holds the top spot on the leader board at the end of the first round robin, at the Barbagallo Marine Australian Match Racing Championships, being hosted by the Royal Perth Yacht Club. Sailing on the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42178 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:12:15 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42178 Breaking with the usual format, this event is three days and includes a distance race on Friday Just four days after the HP Cup La Reserve the Décision 35 fleet gets back into race mode for this weekend’s Grand ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42172 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:49:40 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42172   On day three of racing, Alinghi.com talks to Ernesto Bertarelli, who is helming Numbers for the week: “We had been looking forward to a windward leeward day and knew today was going to be a two race day. ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42171 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:48:02 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42171 Torrential rain all night did nothing to deter the competitors of St Moritz Match Race as they prepared for day two of the sixth event of the World Match Racing Tour. With two flights of Round Robin B left ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42168 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:14:30 +0200 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=42168