All time sailing legend and former America’s Cup campaigner Magnus Holmberg has been given a wildcard invitation to compete at the Stena Match Cup Sweden, the second stage of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour 2014.
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ORACLE TEAM USA begins round two of racing in San Francisco Bay this week with the second America’s Cup World Series in the team’s hometown.
Continue Reading ...On day 3 of the Monsoon Cup, the final event of the 2010 ISAF World Match Racing Tour, the World Championship was still wide open. Tension was high as this was a make or break day for several of the World Championship contenders
Continue Reading ...Mighty Mother Nature was Adam Minoprio (NZL) ETNZ/BlackMatch Racing’s best friend today as he took the Match Race Germany Trophy. The finals today at Stage 2 have been tortuous for the remaining racers. The wisps of wind that did strike the glassy lake today taunted the Tour’s competitors. A jubilant Minoprio and his team shared […]
Continue Reading ...12/2009 – NauticNews.com as Media Partner of the World Yacht Racing Forum that will be held in Monaco 9-10 December 2009, shares with you some views of sports marketing consultant Nick Masson on the current state of sailing sponsorship. Nick is CEO of Crossinitiatives and a specialist in strategy, planning and project management. Well known […]
Continue Reading ...11/2008 On Wednesday October the 4th, Ericsson 4 broke through the mystical 600 mile ran in 24 hours. With a 40 knots wind and 8 meters seas, Torben Grael and his team broke the previous best 24-hour run for a racing monohull of 562.96 miles set by Sebastian Josse and the crew of ABN AMRO […]
Continue Reading ...The dramatic second Act of the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series™ at the Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao (read also our article), that proved to be the perfect amphitheatre for the stadium format racing, has come to a close. Capsizes, collisions and after 29 races over five days just five points separated the two former America’s […]
Continue Reading ...09/2010 – The protocol of the 34th America’s Cup that will be raced in 2013 on a 72-foot catamaran rigged with a rigid wing has been unveiled by Russell Coutts. After winning the 33rd edition through its lawyers and engineers, Oracle has again showed its willingness to write history in the America’s Cup. So the […]
Continue Reading ...04/2010 – The Semaine Olympique Française (SOF), 4th event in the 2009-2010 ISAF Sailing World Cup (SWC), is set to start Sunday 25th of April with most of the world’s best sailors competing for the title and points for their SWC score. Seven of last year’s winners will defend their title against fierce and talented […]
Continue Reading ...09/2009 – Vicem Taps Former Ferretti Group Executive to Lead Growth of Turkish Luxury Yacht Builder Vicem Yachts, the Turkish builder of classic style motor yachts, sport fishers, cruisers and megayachts, has announced Alberto Perrone Da Zara as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Perrone Da Zara, who comes to Vicem from Ferretti Group […]
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