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Scott's Blog &bull Mar 10, 2010This entry was posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 4:41 am and is filed under Moth. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own… Full Story »
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Sequitur: To Puerto Vallarta
SailBlogs &bull Mar 10, 2010
Edi had accepted an offer on her house on Vancouver Island, and the deal was closing, so she decided to fly back to Canada to make sure everything fell properly into place. Thankfully, the Olympics were over; our loft is adjacent to Vancouver's Olympic Village, and had she gone a week or two earlier, getting around would have been nearly impossible. She planned on spending a few days there and to run a lot of errands. There is over five months of mail… Full Story »
Bennett DVD Improve Your Sailing Skills For the Intermediate Sailor
sponsored listing • Shopping.comBennett DVD Improve Your Sailing Skills For the Intermediate SailorDVD Improve Your Sailing SkillsFor the Intermediate SailorProduced for the sailor with some sailing experience, Improve Your Sailing Skills, is filled with the information needed to......Full Story »
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Junior Sailing: Severn Sailing Association (SSA)
Sailing World &bull Mar 9, 2010
These days, there are hundreds of yacht clubs, junior sailing programs, and high schools across the country involved with the education of youth sailors and preparing them for the next level of sailing. In some cases, these programs may place an emphasis on sailing as a fun hobby and a way… Full Story »
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IOC Reveals Medal Design Competition Winner For The First Youth Olympic Games
Sailing.org &bull Mar 8, 2010
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the winner of the Youth Olympic Games Medal Design Competition as Setsuko Fukuzawa, from Montreal, Canada, with her design entitled "Yes, Youth Can". The design will be used to inspire the obverse of the… Full Story »
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Techno 293- Racing tightens to ahead of first Youth Olympics
Sail-World &bull Mar 6, 2010Techno 293's at 2010 North American titles' Nevin SayreClick Here to view large photoAfter the first two races of the Techno 293 North American Junior Windsurfing Championships, there is a tight race to see which countries will qualify for the… Full Story »
Nautical Knot Chart Wooden Wall Mirror Sailor Sailing
sponsored listing • Shopping.comThis beautiful nautical knot chart shadowbox wall mirror has a stunning cherry finish frame. The mirrored section in the center measures 9 inches wide......Full Story »
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Ainslie Remains Dominant Force At Omega Auckland Match Race
Sailing.org &bull Mar 5, 2010
British triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie and his Team Origin crew continued to dominate the Omega Auckland Match Racing Regatta today and by the end of racing were the only team to have secured a semi-final berth. Full Story »
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Coronado Common Sense: BMW Oracle Racing Won The 33rd Americas Cup!
Coronado Common Sense &bull Feb 20, 2010This is a community ?hands-on? newspaper that allows citizens to participate at will. We hope that you will enjoy it and share it with friends and family in the Coronado community. After long court delays, and fortunes spent on lawyers,… Full Story »
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History of a surfboard (from wikipedia, takes a ages to read)
Watersalt &bull Feb 20, 2010A surfboard is an elongated platform used in the sport of surfing. They are relatively light, but strong enough to support an individual standing on them while riding a breaking wave. They were invented in Hawaii, where they were known asPapa he?e nalu in the Hawaiian language, usually made of wood from local trees, such as koa, and were often over 15 feet (5 m) in length and extremely heavy.[1][2]Major advances over the years include the addition of one or more fins on the bottom rear of the board to improve directional stability, and numerous improvements in materials and shape.… Full Story »
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congratulations ian bruce, and thank you!
Montreal Sailing &bull Feb 20, 2010Yes, thank you, excellent! Montreal Sailing applauds Ian Bruce on his well-deserved honour. By 1974, he had opened 9 majority-owned plants worldwide building the Laser and the rest is history.He is also a passionate sailor having twice won the prestigious… Full Story »
Sail Magazine
sponsored listing • Shopping.comFor sailors at various levels Sail covers such topics as hull and sail design, rigging, sail trim, and wind and water conditions. The magazine's well-informed writers and columnists dispense practical advice on choosing and owning sailboats, gear, and equipment....Full Story »
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Bruce Kirby Part 2
Laser &bull Feb 20, 2010This is part two the in depth interview Sail-World recently did with now 80 year old Bruce Kirby, the Canadian born Olympic Finn sailor who designed the Laser in 1969, in collaboration with Montreal based industrial designer and boat builder… Full Story »
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Not Just Another Race. The Race. Relaunched. : Yacht Sponsorship
Yacht Sponsorship &bull Feb 20, 2010Multihulls are a misunderstood thing in sailing. Many yacht clubs dont recognise multihulls as proper yachts and others think of them as toys, the Hobie cats that litter beach hire outlets around the world. Multihulls have even been banished from the Olympics. But the sheer performance of these boats cannot be denied. The A-Class, the eXtreme 40, the giants of the Americas Cup DOG match and the record breakers have given multihulls a new credibility. With Groupama and Banque Populaire V setting new benchmarks every… Full Story »
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moskvin interview
Figure Skating Translations &bull Feb 20, 2010Born August 30, 1929 with the town of Bezhentsy in the Bryansk region. Renown USSR figure skating coach. First Soviet skater to take part in European championships (in 1956, with partner Maya Belenkaya). Three-time USSR pair champion (1952-1954). Carried the Olympic team flag at the closing ceremonies in Innsbruck in 1964. Personal trainer of the first Soviet Olympic champions Lyudmila Belousova and Olet Protopopov (1964). Other students include Uri Ovchinnikov, Igor Bobrin, Igor Lisovsky, and Vladimir Kotin in single skating. Among pairs, he has coached Tamara Moskvina/ Alexander Gavrilov, Tamara Moskvina/ Alexei Mishin, Irina Vorobieva/ Alexander Vlasov, Irina Vorobieva/ Igor… Full Story »
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Porsche Design gears up for the sunshine with new driving and ...
apparatus. &bull Feb 20, 2010Porsche Design Sport Spring/Summer 2010 Collection ? Click above for high-res image gallery It may be getting colder across the country, but in Porscheland, things are heating up. The German automaker just took the wraps off its ultimate tribute to sun and fun, the new Boxster Spyder, in Los Angeles, and its merchandising counterpart is gearing up for sunshine with its new collection of gear for the spring and summer. The latest sport collection has items for the driver, runner, golfer,… Full Story »
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US SAILING Announces 2010 US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics By ...
Sailgroove Main &bull Feb 19, 2010Portsmouth, R.I. (February 16, 2010) -- US SAILING, the national governing body for the sport, is proud to announce the members of the new 2010 US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG), the national sailing team comprised of Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls. The 2010 USSTAG includes at least the top two boats in each class selected for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Competitions in Weymouth/Portland, England. These athletes have proven to be the top performing sailors in the world: Nine are Olympians and two are Olympic medalists, two are Paralympians and Paralympic medalists, five are World Champions and three are ISAF… Full Story »
Doris Colgate - Sailing: A Woman's Guide
sponsored listing • Shopping.comDoris Colgate, a nationally known sailor and sailing instructor, has written the ideal how-to sailing book for women, with a practical, down-to-earth, low-key approach perfectly suited to women's learning styles. She doesn't skimp on the information, either. Sailing covers it all, from basic sailing...Full Story »
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Anna Tunnicliffe
MadMariner.com - &bull Feb 19, 2010U.S. Olympic gold medalist Anna Tunnicliffe weighs in on the Americas Cup and other sailing feats ? including her bid to compete again in Londons 2012 Olympic Games. Full Story »
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BMW ORACLE Racing blog: Sailor Profile
BMW ORACLE Racing blog &bull Feb 19, 2010American tactician John Kostecki has won an Olympic medal - silver in 1988 - and skippered illbruck to victory in the 2001-02 Volvo Ocean Race. Now, there's nothing he'd like more than to bring the Cup back to his home… Full Story »
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Sports Council funding for high performance sailors
Sail.ie &bull Feb 18, 2010
The Irish Sports Council has released details of its 2.65 million high performance grants. That sum will be divided amongst 273 top athletes in 20 different sports. There will be a number of battles amongst the sailors en route to… Full Story »
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Nanjing, China, to host 2nd Youth Olympic Games in 2014
Sail-World &bull Feb 18, 2010The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected Nanjing, People's Republic of China, as the host city of the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014 during the 12second IOC Session in Vancouver, Canada. Nanjing received 47 votes to edge out… Full Story »
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National Windsurfing Week 2010 launch
Sail-World &bull Feb 17, 2010The 2008 Olympic windsurfing bronze medalist Bryony Shaw, will once again be supporting National Windsurfing Week when she officially launches National Windsurfing Week 2010 at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, at Alexandra Palace, London on Saturday thesixth March. Bryony will… Full Story »
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Third Perth 2011 ENP Training Session Underway
Sailing.org &bull Feb 17, 2010
The third Emerging Nations Programme (ENP) Intensive Training Camp is underway at Fremantle Sailing Club giving a group of young and aspiring sailors a major boost at they chase their Perth 2011 and London 2012 dreams. ENP Head Coaches Belinda Stowell(2000 Olympic Games gold medallist in the 470s) and Arthur Brett (2008 Beijing Olympic Coach for the Australian Sailing Team). Moldova, Colombia, Latvia, India, Malaysia, The Cook Islands, Chinese Taipei, Serbia, Pakistan, Peru and… Full Story »
