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SFO Chronicle: America's Cup may need environmental exemption
Sail-World &bull Aug 19, 2010Piers 30-32: Located just south of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge on the Embarcadero, It's still in usable condition, although some structural work would be needed. Possible to squeeze a village there, however it lacks any utilities and the city has just spent bundles revamping the Embarcadero and may be inclined not… Full Story »
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The 1851 Cup Regatta on SKY Sports
BYM Sailing News &bull Aug 17, 2010
BMW Oracle and TEAMORIGIN go head-to-head in the 1851 Cup at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. It recreates the famous race that gave rise to sailing's most revered event: the Americas Cup. An insightful and exclusive behind the scenes… Full Story »
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18ft Skiff International Regatta - Thrills aplenty on the Bay
Sail-World &bull Aug 15, 2010Howie Hamlin and crew Paul Allen front and Matt Noble center didn't flip all week one key to their win - 18ft Skiff International Regatta' Rich Roberts18ft Skiff International Regatta is scheduled to start on Sunday. The powers ruling the next America's Cup want to make sailing a spectator sport, they need look no farther than their own front yard for a primo demo with the ninth annual 18ft Skiff International Regatta starting Sunday. The fast and frighteningly unstable three-person boats winging it in reliably brisk… Full Story »
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Moth European Championships 2010 preview
Sail-World &bull Aug 9, 2010Syz Co 2010 Moth European Championships' Syz Co Moth EuropeansSyz Co 2010 Moth European Championships will start in 10 days on Silvaplana Lake, in the Swiss Alps near St-Moritz. More than 80 competitors coming from 20 different countries have already registered and the best Moths sailors of the world will be there! British sailor Adam May could create a sensation… Full Story »
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TeamOrigin take 1851 Cup beating America's Cup Defender
Sail-World &bull Aug 7, 2010ENGLAND, Cowes, 6th August 2010. Day 4.' Ian Roman/TEAMORIGINClick Here to view large photoBen Ainslie and the crew of TEAMORIGIN have won the 1851 Cup, sailed off Cowes, Isle of Wight in a celebtration of events that led to the America's Cup competition. On this the fourth day of racing, both teams appeared to have their aggression… Full Story »
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Abuse penalty marks final day of 1851 Cup at Cowes
Sail-World &bull Aug 6, 2010ENGLAND, Cowes, 6th August 2010. Day 4.' Ian Roman/TEAMORIGINClick Here to view large photoPassion boiled over, a rare penalty for abuse was the result, but Britain's Jaguar-backed Team Origin whacked the America's Cup holders BMW Oracle to win the 1851… Full Story »
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1851 Cup : TEAMORIGIN wins Trafalgar Cup Match Racing Series
BYM Sailing Sport News &bull Aug 6, 2010
In the pre-start Ben Ainslie at the helm of TEAMORIGIN did a fine job shovelling James Spithill's BMW ORACLE Racing crew well beyond the right side of the start box and the starboard tack layline back to the committee boat.… Full Story »
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1851 Cup - BMW Oracle Racing congratulates British crew
Sail-World &bull Aug 6, 2010The 1851 Cup - BMW Oracle Racing - Day three - Round the Island Race' BMW Oracle Racing Photo Gilles Martin-RagetClick Here to view large photoBMW Oracle Racing may have won the war in a race around the Isle of… Full Story »
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The 1851 Cup :TEAMORIGIN wins in Cowes
BYM Sailing News &bull Aug 6, 2010
RACE 7 -- BMW ORACLE Racing wins :BMW ORACLE Racing has tied The 1851 Cup at 4 points by winning Race 7 over TEAMORIGIN. The British crew had a nice pre-start, nearly stuffing BMW ORACLE Racing into the "coffin corner," the lower left part of the start box outside the layline to the pin end. But both crews were early for the line… Full Story »
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1851 Cup : BMW ORACLE Racing defends America's honour at Cowes
BYM Sailing Sport News &bull Aug 6, 2010
The re-enactment of the 1851 race around the Isle of Wight that spawned sailing's greatest competition, the America's Cup, got off to a phenomenal start today between BMW ORACLE Racing, the present America's Cup champions and Sir Keith Mills' TEAMORIGIN as their two yachts blasted east down the Solent. The stage was set when the two boats engaged around seven minutes prior to the start. As BMW ORACLE Racing skipper James Spithill pointed out: "It was pretty cool. It was great how we just ripped straight into it… Full Story »
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Discussion and dialogue with potential teams in Cowes
Sail-World &bull Aug 5, 2010Russell Coutts, CEO of BMW Oracle Racing, at 34th America's Cup Press Conference' BMW Oracle Racing: Guilain Grenier Click Here to view large photoBMW Oracle Racing CEO, Russell Coutts, came to Cowes, birthplace of the Americaas Cup, to update potential… Full Story »
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BMW Oracle "discusses and dialogs" with potential teams in Cowes
Valencia Sailing &bull Aug 5, 2010
October 1 a January 31, 2011[Source: BMW Oracle] Russell Coutts, CEO of BMW ORACLE Racing, came to Cowes, birthplace of the Americaas Cup, to update potential teams about plans for the 34th Americaas Cup, scheduled for 2013 or 2014. He… Full Story »
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1851 Race to be restarted after Needles
Sail-World &bull Aug 5, 2010Team Origin at the 1851 Round the Island Race' Ingrid Abery CopyrightACC 1851 Cup round the Island race which started 1130 from East Cowes this morning will restart shortly after passing the Needles. This is to allow both boats to… Full Story »
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1851 Cup : BMW ORACLE Racing wins race around the Isle of Wight
BYM Sailing News &bull Aug 5, 2010
The American America's Cup Defender BMW ORACLE Racing won the headline race of the 1851 Cup in Cowes today. Crossing the finish line at 16:42:34 local time the team had taken five hours forty three minutes to sail the 60… Full Story »
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BMW Oracle Racing upholds tradition in race around Isle of Wight
Sail-World &bull Aug 5, 2010BMW Oracle Racing leads TeamOrigin upwind around the Isle of Wight - 1851 Cup Event 2010' BMW Oracle Racing1851 Cup - In a race today marked with penalties, blown sails and broken equipment, BMW Oracle Racing defeated TeamOrigin around the Isle of Wight by 1 minute and 55 seconds to win the Trafalgar Cup. The race re-enacted the famous race… Full Story »
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The Trafalgar Cup is BMW ORACLE Racing's Cup
BYM Sailing News &bull Aug 5, 2010
In a race today marked with penalties, blown sails and broken equipment, BMW ORACLE Racing defeated TEAMORIGIN around the Isle of Wight by 1 minute and 55 seconds to win the Trafalgar Cup. The race re-enacted the famous race of 1851 that gave rise to the legend of the America's Cup. Instead of a wooden… Full Story »
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Cowes Week diary (6): 1851 Cup
Yachting World &bull Aug 5, 2010
Who would have believed that the two-boat race round the island that was the centrepiece of the 1851 Cup today between Team Origin and BMW Oracle could have been so exciting to watch? It was a great spectacle with plenty… Full Story »
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Cowes Week diary (5): America's Cup buzz
Yachting World &bull Aug 5, 2010
All week the America's Cup has been on show in Cowes, courtesy of its new holders, BMW Oracle Racing. And last night it made a guest appearance at the annual Yachting Journalists' Association dinner at the Sir Max Aitken Museum, sweeping in on the arms of a… Full Story »
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Images from Cowes: 1851 Cup, Day 2
Sail-World &bull Aug 5, 2010ENGLAND, Cowes, 4th August 2010. TEAMORIGIN.' Ian Roman/TEAMORIGINClick Here to view large photoTeamOrigin's photographer Ian Roman, is on the water for the 1851 Cup, an updated reenactment of the events that led to the creation of the event now known… Full Story »
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TeamOrigin leads America's Cup Defender after second day in Cowes
Sail-World &bull Aug 4, 2010ENGLAND, Cowes, 4th August 2010. TEAMORIGIN and BMW Oracle Racing.' Ian Roman/TEAMORIGINDespite a 180 degree wind shift prior to proceedings getting underway at the 1851 Cup today, causing the race committee to move the course just to the east of Cowes, fans were treated to one of the most spectacular displays of match racing with protests galore and a large chunk of each teamas play books being enacted, in winds that built to over 20 knots. The 1851 Cup is being contested between the two countries in recognition of the events, in Cowes, in 1851,… Full Story »
