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TEAMORIGIN, helmed by British Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslee, has beaten ALL4ONE by 1.33 seconds in the first race on Day 2 of the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Auckland. The race start was postponed until after 12 noon owing to lack of wind, but when the breezes steadied enough to get racing underway, Ainslee took control from the start. The result means both teams now have a 1-1 record. In the second race of the day Mascalzone Latino Audi Team from Italy put up a very creditable fight against...

Day Two of PUMA International Moth Worlds got to a late start as a foggy haze and light winds lead to a 30 minute postponement onshore.  Today was really a pressure game- those who stayed in the pressure were able to get up on their foils and make gains.   The fleet had three races today, bringing the total for the event up to four.  Races two and three saw light winds and tough foiling conditions.  The breeze filled in a bit for race four, allowing the fleet to really get up and...

Pearson Composites, llc., unveils a new, parallel line of elegant dayboats that will offer a notably higher level of performance and appeal for those who love to race whatever they find on the water, one-design or not. Designated Alerion Sport 33, this new model scored three orders before the tooling was even finished. The heart and soul of the new Alerion Sport are pure Alerion: classic appearance above the waterline, highly sophisticated and modern underbody, simplicity in rig to permit singlehanded...

Practical: Bluewater cruisingGetting from A to B offshore can be demanding enough, let alone in a boat you are unfamiliar with and in a strange country. Sharon Smallwood explains how she and husband Julian prepared for the task when they took delivery of a new boat in Malaysia.Finding the boat of our dreams overseas meant that long-term voyaging was to commence in foreign waters. Prior thoughts of starting out in a triumphant sail through the Sydney heads with friends and family waving us off vanished...

Azzurra, the Italian boat with the old name and the young crew, defeated Britain’s TEAMORIGIN in the closest of four hard-fought races on the opening day of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland.

It appears that yesterday's prediction made by Qingdao's skipper, Chris Stanmore-Major, that the worst was still to come has been proved correct. According to the skipper of California, Pete Rollason, the past 24 hours have been extremely tough for all the teams as they race across the largest ocean on the planet. "The crew are all feeling the fatigue that goes with prolonged periods of rough weather when any task, however small, takes great effort," says Pete. "We are just approaching the...

With a little over 5,000 miles left before reaching Ushant, the virtual separation between Groupama 3 and Orange 2 has been yo-yoing for the past three days. The giant trimaran has picked up her average speed since escaping the zone of high pressure, whilst five years ago the maxi-catamaran was just beginning to make laboured headway close to the Brazilian coast… The crew had a hundred mile lead on rounding Cape Horn, a 190 mile deficit off Uruguay as Franck Cammas and his men began their beat...

The Australian Women’s Match Racing Team has finished top of the table at the New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championships with Katie Pellew winning the 2010 title ahead of fellow Australian Nicky Souter. The Australian crews dominated the round robin stages of the regatta with Souter and crew of Jessica Eastwell, Amanda Scrivenor and Rayshele Martin recording 17 wins and just one loss, ahead of Pellew and crew Nina Curtis, Lucinda Whitty and Stacey Jackson with 16 wins...

Expert Tips Sydney Harbour is one of the best waterways areas to sail in Australia, but it can be very challenging. Rob Brown, Australian Olympic Team Coach and 18 footer world champion has been sailing this pocket of water for over 35 years and shares some hot tips on how to racesail Sydney harbour effectively on the harbour.. Racing on Sydney Harbour is heavily influenced by will be affected by the topography of the surrounding shoreline and the harbour floor. It will affect the wind in its...

Some of the best women’s match racers from Australia and New Zealand shared flights across the Tasman, flying in from Auckland following the New Zealand Women’s Match Racing Championship.  The highest ranked skipper in the regatta, Samantha Osborne (RNZYS) arrived yesterday, and is looking forward to taking on the Australians again after finishing in third place behind Katie Pellew and Nicky Souter in the Auckland event.  Last year’s winner Souter and fellow...