The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Menorca, Spain- If the America's Cup sailing duel competition finally manages to get underway in the Mediterranean port of Valencia in eastern Spain next year, sailors will compete in a variety of new generation carbon fibre yachts which are meant to...
Supercomputing Online (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
The 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta concluded in Qingdao, China with strong performances from Team USA despite challenging conditions. Twenty-five-year-old Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) led the team on the water with a gold medal in the Laser Radial class, the first gold medal for a U.S. female sailor in 20 years and twenty-four-year-old Zach Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) produced a strong performance...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Chennai: The Royal Madras Yacht Club (RMYC) will conduct the Vestas 420 sailing Nationals here from September 3 to 6. The event will be the first in a series that will culminate in RMYC’s Centenary Regatta in September ...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Gays will be setting sail for the 8th annual Euro Gay Cup next month. The competition returns to Brighton Marina.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll is moored in a Devon river as the centrepiece of the 2008 Dartmouth Royal Regatta.
Proper Course (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
How much should we pay to enter a sailing regatta? It seems like this year I've been paying around $40 or so a day as regatta fees to enter Laser regattas around here. Sometimes it's hard to see what I'm getting for my money... Yes, a race committee... I guess they need gas for their powerboats. Maybe drinking water between races; maybe snacks before, after or between races. But not always. And sometimes...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Sharp Hospice Care put 260 patrons aboard 19 yachts Saturday so they could follow its sixth annual Benefit Regatta. A dinner and auction Friday night at the Hotel del Coronado preceded the Saturday races on San Diego Bay.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
"The Olympic sailing competition has been a tremendous success," Goran Petersson, chairman of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), said at the farewell party for the Olympic sailing competition. "Qingdao has played an important role in popularizing sailing in China - and in all of Asia," Petersson told China Daily. "The commitment of the sailing committee and the city was important. They put...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
IAIN Percy and Andrew Simpson delivered the best possible end to the 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta yesterday when they sailed to Britain's fourth sailing gold medal, winnin
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Long before Thursday's triumphant conclusion to the sailing, a phrase had been coined by Australia and other like-minded teams at the regatta in Qingdao.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Ben Ainslie was first into the water, just as he was at the start of the Olympic Sailing Regatta. But this time he emerged from the waves, laughing and looking around for another gold medal winner to dunk in the grey sea of Fushan Bay in celebration of the most extraordinary achievement in British Olympic sailing history.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Two best friends who first sailed together at the age of six clinched a lastminute gold medal in China to crown Britain's most successful Olympic regatta for a century.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson capped a superb Olympic regatta for Britain, winning the Star class to secure a fourth sailing gold for the 2012 Games hosts.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Britain started with gold and they finished the Olympic Sailing Regatta with gold as Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson triumphantly took victory in the final race of the 2008 Games today. Their win made this the most successful Olympic Games in modern times for Britain with four golds, a silver and a bronze, surpassing the team's five-medal tallies at Sydney and Athens.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Paul Goodison has added to Great Britain's impressive sailing tally with the gold medal in the Laser class.
