TODAY ON SPINNAK3R - Sailing STORIES

Fall Sailing Sale Underway!

sailtimeci — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:47:31 UTC

Fall is a great time to get started sailing with SailTime in Southern California. The tourist crowds have thinned. The kids are back in school. Your out of town friends and family have vacated your hotel; that darned guest room. And, we have put our Membership prices on sale one more time! So, there...

World Match Racing: Mountains of Suspense at the St. Moritz Match Race

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:24:00 UTC

Team GAC Pindar beats Mirsky Racing Team. St Moritz Match Race 2010. World Match Racing Tour. St Moritz, Switzerland. 3rd September 2010. Photo: Ian Roman/WMRT.' Ian Roman/WMRTClick Here to view large photoThe tension was palpable, on the World Match Rcaing Tour, now deep in the Swiss Alps at the St....

Women's Trentino Match Race: day 3

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:11:00 UTC

Women's Trentino Match Race day 3' Piero SpagnolliThe weather forecast for the day promised showers since the late morning, but the sun and the wind resisted until the early afternoon. As per schedule the very first part of the day has been reserved to the quater finals with the following pairings: Bossard...

Beijing Sailing Center Team succeeds at Mayor's Cup 2010

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:38:35 UTC

Beijing Sailing Center -Mayor's Cup' Beijing Sailing CenterBeijing Sailing Center's Mayor's Cup team returned to Beijing following a very successful week of racing at the Mayor's Cup, part of the Qingdao International Sailing Week. Finishing in sixth place overall, the team accrued a consistent score...

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race - A game of two halves

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:18:00 UTC

Winsome - Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race 2010' RORC/Paul WyethSevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. It has been over 24 hours since any yacht, competing finished. However a goal rush is expected for the second half, with three boats expected in the early hours of tomorrow morning and the...

470 Open European Championships - Greek teams on the move

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:33:00 UTC

Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis (GRE) Coskun Aydin - 470 Open European Championships - Day 4' 470 Internationale470 Open European Championships 28 August - 6 September 2010, Istanbul Sailing Club, Istanbul, Turkey. As the 2010 Open 470 European Championships shifted from the qualification stage...

Laser Worlds Day 5: Black flags - close calls for leaders

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:45:00 UTC

Tom Slingsby,AUS 197541 - Laser Worlds 2010 Day 5' Paul Wyeth / RYALaser World Championships 2010. Tom Slingsby may have emerged from an emotionally bruising first pair of high octane Finals races at the Laser World Championships off Hayling Island, with his overall lead all but intact, but the world...

Laser World Championships - Slingsby holds his lead as black flags fly

www.sail-world.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:35:00 UTC

Slingsby heading out for a race start on day five.' Michael Blackburn Click Here to view large photoTom Slingsby continues to lead the fleet at the 2010 Laser World Championship after a tricky opening day of finals racing where nine sailors, including Australia's two-time World Champion were disqualified...

Local Hero owner ecstatic winner of Audi at Hamilton Island Race Week

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:55:00 UTC

Local Hero Owner Peter Mosely Ecstatic Winner of Audi at Hamilton Island Race week.' Andrea Francolini / AudiClick Here to view large photoPeter Mosely topped his winning streak on his ventures travelling on the Northern racing circuit by winning the hotly contest IRC Passage 2 Division and then the...

Antique Boat Auction: F Todd Warner's Collection Offered at No Reserve

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:38:44 UTC

Craft Sugar Lady' Ken PoleMecum Auctions continues to make its mark in the classic boat industry with the addition of another special event to the Mecum calendar: the Warner Collection Vintage Boat Auction, Oct. 15-17, 2010, in Winsted, Minn., near Minneapolis. The Warner Collection, which will be offered...

British Powerboat Festival 2010 a success

www.powerboat-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:46:00 UTC

British Powerboat Festival 2010' Chris RayBritish Powerboat Festival - As the legendary Fabio Buzzi put on a masterclass to reclaim the Harmsworth Trophy over the August Bank Holiday weekend, another success story came away from the water. Title sponsors RB12.com - promoters of the 2012 Round Britain...

Steiner X-Yachts Gold Cup in Tuscany: Day 2

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:40:00 UTC

X41 start - Steiner X-Yachts Gold Cup' Stefano GattiniSteiner X-Yachts Gold Cup - Another day of great racing kicked off today at Marina di Scarlino in Maremma Tuscany organized by the Yacht Club Italiano and the Club Nautico Scarlino, in collaboration with X-Yachts Italia and in partnership with Steiner....

round we go!!: Tour de Fiji (Rally Car Style)

www.sailblogs.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:05:25 UTC

After being at sea for so long we planned a weekend road trip up into the Fijian Highlands. After reading up on it we decided we wanted to climb Mt. Victoria (the largest mountain in Fiji) and see the waterfalls of Koroyanitu National Heritage Park. We looked at a map and figured out that the best way...

Casey on track at Finn World Championship

www.sail-world.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:53:00 UTC

Brendan Casey (AUS) in action in the Finn class' onEditionAustralian sailor Brendan Casey is on track for his best ever finish at a Finn World Championship as he heads into the final medal race at the 2010 event in seventh position. Held in fantastic sailing conditions on San Francisco bay Casey has...

Laser World Championship : Four NZL Sailing sailors in top ten

bymnews.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:43:36 UTC

Things are heating up at the 2010 Laser World Championships at Hayling Island, Great Britain where a team of seven kiwis are competing. The NZL Sailing Team continues to feature strongly at the top of the fleet with four ...

Normandy Channel Race 2011 - Press release

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:31:00 UTC

Map - Normandy Channel Race 2011' Normandy Channel Race 2011Normandy Channel Race 2011 Entires Now Open - Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron first Crew The Notice of Race for the Normandy Channel Race 2011, in circulation today and available on the website (under the section programme/notice of race)...

Innforapenny: Fiji

www.sailblogs.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:30:00 UTC

We had an uneventful 3 day sail to Fiji with light winds and calm seas, but we did manage to sail all the way, although a little bit slowly for our liking. Our first landfall was the town of Savu Savu in Vanua Levu the second largest island of the Fiji group. It's a sleepy little town with a well stocked...

USA's Atlantic Coast and Hurricane Earl

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:30:00 UTC

Hurricane Earl approaching the Atlantic coast of North America' .As Hurricane Earl approaches the Atlantic Coast of North America, the Coast Guard is actively tracking the storm's progress and urging caution and preparedness for mariners and storm watchers. Hurricane force winds, heavy surf, strong storm...

RS:X World Championship - Crisp narrowly misses spot in medal race

www.sail-world.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:49:00 UTC

Jessica Crisp (RS:X)' Jeff Crow/ Sport the LibraryClick Here to view large photoThe Australian Sailing Team's Jessica Crisp has narrowly missed out on a place in the medal race at the 2010 RS:X World Championship in Kerteminde, Denmark, finishing the regatta in 11th position. Crisp started the day in...

UK Laser SB3 Championships - Champagne conditions and black flags

www.sail-world.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:27:00 UTC

UK Laser SB3 National Championships 2010' Joy AytonUK Laser SB3 Championships. With a forecast of steady pressure from the east increasing to 15 knots as the day progressed, 41 competitors in the Neilson Active Holiday Laser SB3 National Championships left Brighton Marina and headed to the race course...