Top international photographer, Bruno Cocozza, took these images of Alinghi 5 in one of her last training sessions in Genoa, Italy, before being shipped to the United Arab Emirates.Â
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Golden Gate Yacht Club’s Head of External Affiars, Tom Ehman has released the following statement following yesterday’s unexpected release of the so-called ‘secret agreement’ between the International Sailing Federation and Societe Nautique de Geneve, and the advantage they believe it confers on the Defender (SNG/Team Alinghi)
Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) re-asserts its reasonable request that the 33rd America’s Cup be sailed under the undoctored International Sailing Federation (ISAF) rules and not some hybrid version which the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) has tailored for its own benefit under the scope granted to it in the secret agreement struck with ISAF… Details
Forty seven-year-old Australian “adrenaline junkie” Sean Langman will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier with his half sailboat, half plane, after a serious crash last summer.
Langman, a shipyard owner and yachtsman, is intent on beating the French-set record within the next few weeks, with the “Wot Rocket,” a canoe-style pod with a nine meter-long rigid sail.
The Wot Rocket is waiting for confirmation from the World Sailing Speed Record Council to attempt, once again, an unprecedented technology known as “supercavitation”…Â Details & Pictures
Fantastic sailing conditions capped off a special weekend of racing on Captain’s Harbor for the 12 boats and 26 competitors at the 2009 U.S. Disabled Sailing Championship, hosted by the Riverside Yacht Club, and sponsored by Rolex Watch U.S.A. and Dry Creek Vineyard.
New champions, Charles Rosenfield (Woodstock, Conn., Boat #142) in the singlehanded 2.4mR division and, US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics member, Jen French (St. Petersburg, Fla., pictured below) with crew, Roger Cleworth (Lithia, Fla., USSTAG) and Kevin Wixom (Lakeside, Calif.) of the Ideal 18 doublehanded division, were undeniable in their quest to … Details
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