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What do you get when you take 3 crews from Bahama, 3 crews from Switzerland, and one crew each from Germany,
Great Britain and Norway, put them in 5.5 Metres on Lake Garda, add some good breeze and a talented photographer?




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The New York Yacht Club has decided against contesting the next America’s Cup, though it’s Stars + Stripes team has vowed to stay in the game..

The famous club confirmed to Stuff on Wednesday they were “pausing our pursuit of the 37th America’s Cup”.

Defenders Team New Zealand said they weren’t surprised by the development. ...

TORREGRANDE, ITALY (October 17, 2021) – After much anticipation during the light wind postponement on shore, Daniela Moroz (Lafayette, Calif.) took the win in her final race, securing her fifth Women’s Formula Kite World Champion title. Under the new scoring system that will be utilized in the kite’s Paris 2024 debut, Moroz only needed one more race win on the final day of racing to bring home the gold. Joining her in the finals was Great Britain’s Ellie Aldridge, finishing second, France’s Lauriane Nolot in third and Poema Newland in fourth.




In the thrill of the adrenaline and high emotions, Moroz reflected on her accomplishment, saying “it feels really good. I have to give all my props to the whole squad, the coaches, the team, my parents, friends, and family for the support. It takes a village and I’m really thankful to have their encouragement behind me. I’m absorbing it all right now… the conditions were very difficult this week, even when it was windy, it was super shifty, so making a good plan was tricky. You had to change your decisions and tactics on the go ...

Opening skirmishes at Formula Kite Worlds in Italy throw up surprises in tight racing

The opening exchanges at the Formula Kite World Championships, being fought out on the Gulf of Oristano on the Italian island of Sardinia, slightly upset the form book after a faltering start, when the wind teased before the action kicked off in earnest.

Britain’s Katie Dabson scored well in her day’s races on the spectacular track off Torregrande, as the south-westerly breezes filled in late in the day, leaving her second overall.

Polish teenagers Nina Arcisz and Julia Damasiewicz picked up the pace as racing intensified, after the wind died mid-way through the day’s second race. When ...

Maersk has suspended a number of crew members after allegations were posted online that a 19-year-old woman was raped aboard one of the company's vessels.

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(CNN)International shipping giant Maersk has suspended five crew members and launched an investigation ...

The 2021 Finn World Masters opened on Monday with some challenging breeze of 12 to 18 knots and two amazing races on the Mar Menor.
Valerian Lebrun picked up two bullets and leads after the first day from Filipe Silva and Anthony Nossiter.


Though Paul McKenzie led for most of race 1, Lebrun came though on the final downwind with superior free pumping technique.
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A last minute manoeuvre by Nico Poons’ Charisma won them the final race of the 44Cup Scarlino World Championship by a mere second, but it was the defending champions on Chris Bake’s Team Aqua that defended their title in this 11th RC44 World Championship by one slender point. Like a final curtain call to this World Championship, as well as a reminder of how close the racing always is between the high performance owner-driver one designs, the top eight RC44s all crossed the ...

The Great Britain SailGP Team were dealt a huge blow in the Final of the Spain Sail Grand Prix as they capsized just seconds into the winner-takes-all race - while leading!

Ben Ainslie's team started with real pace in the strong winds in Cadiz, but as they were streaking out ahead of Final rivals Australia and the United States, their F50 keeled over in the rough conditions.

This ended the Brits' final immediately, and thankfully all six athletes onboard were accounted for shortly after ...

(Rockaway Beach, Oregon) – Crews from Tillamook County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) and the US Coast Guard responded to Rockaway Beach Sunday, after a sailboat was found stranded in the sand near Nedonna Beach, at the north end of town. (Photos by ...