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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
[Source: Sunseeker Australia Cup] With a cohort of sailing greats arriving in Perth for the Sunseeker Australia Cup, Western Australia is again on the world sporting stage. The ten world ranked skippers and their teams touchdown mid-week for this exclusive invitation only event from 26-29 November. The action packed racing schedule will see the who’s who of professional sailing battle it out...
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Outposts (Free subscription) | yesterday
As millions of Americans begin to gather with their families to celebrate Thanksgiving, a lone Australian girl is in the middle of the Pacific, pointed toward treacherous Cape Horn aboard a 34-foot pink sailboat, dining on fresh fish. Jessica Watson,...
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
SOLO teen adventurer Jessica Watson caught her first fish on Monday, 38 days into her round-the-world attempt. She is now sailing south to Cape Horn.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
• Italians soundly defeat New Zealand favourites in final • Russians defeat Britain's TeamOrigin for third place There were two major upsets in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta in Nice in its final stages – the first was the defeat of Britain's TeamOrigin by the Russian team, Synergy, in the match for third place, and the second when the favourites, Emirates Team New Zealand, were...
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ISAF News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Francesco Bruni and his Azzurra crew, including tactician Tommaso Chieffi, defeated Emirates Team New Zealand 2-0 in the Grand Final to win the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d'Azur.
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Water Dissolves Water (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
1. Today was the first day of my nine-day Thanksgiving vacation. I'll be travelling in a few days. but today I celebrated by spending the afternoon at a chan temple ( chan is the Chinese form of Zen, the ancestor tradition to the younger Japanese lineage). The temple was new to me, but it had apparently opened on the other side of the city about a year ago, and a friend had invited me to attend an...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
A disappointing fourth was the reward for Ben Ainslie and Britain’s America’s Cup challenger Team Origin in the Louis Vuitton Trophy series off Nice.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
• Outcome almost certainly decided by race official at first mark • TeamOrigin claim call should have been in British boat's favour Britain's TeamOrigin lost the first of its best-of-three semi-final match with the Italian team Azzurra, in a regatta for America's Cup challengers in Nice. The outcome was almost certainly decided by the refusal of an overlap by a race official at the first...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Sydney - Australian teenager Jessica Watson has crossed the equator and set a course south for Cape Horn in her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. We are just so pleased, mother Julie Watson said in a statement Thursday...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
An Australian schoolgirl bidding to become the youngest solo round-the-world sailor crossed the equator on Thursday, in what her supporters dubbed a "significant landmark" in her record attempt. Jessica Watson, 16, entered the northern hemisphere just over a month after leaving Sydney in her bright pink 10-metre (33-foot) yacht "Ella's Pink Lady", and two days ahead of schedule....
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
TEENAGE adventurer Jessica Watson has crossed the equator one month into her bid to sail solo around the world.
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
SOLO around-the-world sailor Jessica Watson was poised to cross the equator today after celebrating the milestone earlier last night with a phone call to friends and relatives partying in New Zealand.
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Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
[Source: Louis Vuitton Trophy] Emirates Team New Zealand has selected Synergy Russia Sailing Team to race in the semi final round of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur. Team New Zealand and skipper Dean Barker were the best team in the rounds robin, posting a 9-1 record in 10 starts. They consistently won in the pre-start and had flawless crew work around the racecourse. “We’re...
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