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Origin end on a high note in Sardinia

The Independent
Sat, September 25, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

The notorious Mistral blew the Audi MedCup off its Sardinian track on Saturday, but not before a boisterous finale saw Britain's Team Origin bring the curtain down on a high note and Emirates Team ...hopes to move into America's Cup ...

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Racing cancelled in Audi MedCup

The Independent
Fri, September 24, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

With all Audi MedCup racing cancelled in a drenched and miserable Cagliari the focus turned to the introduction of a new class ...the part of the America's Cup ...two members of the America's Cup ...'We need €100m for America's Cup, ...

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Team Origin struggle in Audi MedCup

The Independent
Thu, September 23, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

Coastal races have not been happy hunting grounds for Britain's Team Origin in the 2010 Audi MedCup series and in the last ...done if the next America's Cup ...representatives of some potential America's Cup ...two members for the America's Cup ...

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Team New Zealand off to a flyer in the Audi MedCup

The Independent
Tue, September 21, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

It took Emirates Team New Zealand an opening race to clear its throat and then the defending champions of the Audi MedCup ...of a 72-foot wing sail catamaran while still seeking ...talented crew, including fellow Olympic gold medallists Iain Percy ...

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Cutler delighted to be part of Audi MedCup

The Independent
Tue, September 21, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

John Cutler is a professional sportsman. Born near Maine Road, he is still ...fan, he won an Olympic bronze medal for New ...its great rival, North Sails. The company president, Ed ...is organised by World Sailing Management, which is a ...

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Round-the-globe sailor Dodge Morgan dies at 78

Associated Press
Fri, September 17, 2010 03:24:42 PM CDT

Dodge Morgan, who became the first American to sail solo around the globe without stopping — and did it in record time — has died of complications from cancer. He was 78. Morgan, who ...did," Hood, a 1974 America's Cup ...

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America's Cup rejuvenation continues

The Independent
Fri, September 17, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

The fanfares promising a spectacular future for the America's Cup ...to be the independent America's Cup ...be ensuring that the America's Cup ...then for a Youth America's Cup ...common position among the America's Cup ...attempt to centralise the America's Cup ...structure of how the America's Cup ...

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'New era' for America's Cup

The Independent
Mon, September 13, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

The America's Cup is back on track. It may not be a track to everyone's liking ...will be an annual America's Cup ...used for a Youth America's Cup ...sailing bodies clubs, or America's Cup ...multi-hulls were unsuitable for America's Cup ...

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Coutts to unveil future of America's Cup

The Independent
Sat, September 11, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

The bumpy road that has been the America's Cup for the last three years is set to become more smooth in Valencia ...a towering fixed wing sail, it blitzed the former ...the proximity of the Olympics makes 2012 more problematical ...

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Barber Hauling on Close Reaches

A useful, but sometimes forgotten technique when reaching under a genoa is to Barber-haul the tack out and open up the slot.

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Dream comes true for Ed Wright in San Francisco

The Independent
Sun, September 5, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

The dream came true on San Francisco Bay for 32-year ...championship in the heavyweight Olympic singlehander, the Finn. He ...to me in my sailing career and I want ...It leaves the UK Olympic squad managers with the ...the world championships of sailing in Perth will surely ...Ainslie. The current back-to-back Olympic ...

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Goodison's defence of world title hits buffers

The Independent
Sat, September 4, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

Hopes of defending his world title hit the buffers when Paul Goodison, who is also the current Olympic champion, had another frustrating ...having won the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta in ...to beat, the reigning Olympic gold medallist, Ben Ainslie ...

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Ainslie and Williams dominate in St. Moritz

The Independent
Fri, September 3, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

While the scramble for the final place in the quarter ...class. As the lighter Olympic singlehander, the Laser, moved ...the reigning world and Olympic champion Paul Goodison had ...the world and Atlantic sailing records, the Isle of ...organisation of the Extreme Sailing Series in Europe, with ...runs the Artemis short-handed sailing ...

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Sailing: SPYC sailors thrive during summer

St. Petersburg Times
Wed, September 1, 2010 12:00:00 AM CDT

It has been a busy summer for local youth sailors. ...at the Volvo Youth Sailing International Sailing Federation World Championship in ...the U.S. Youth World Sailing Championships, which featured C420s, ...the 2011 U.S. Sailing Olympic development team. The SPYC ...at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore last ...

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