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Sailing – Ecotricity Greenbird smashes the world record with 126mph run in 30 kt wind

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Apr

Sailing – Valencia to host 2009 America’s Cup pre-regattas – first set for July

The 33rd America’s Cup event authority, AC Management, today signed a Host Venue agreement with the Valencian Municipality and Regional Government for the Spanish city of Valencia to hold two America’s Cup pre-regattas, the first from the 10-19 July and the second in October.

Should the pending litigation concerning the future of the 33rd America’s Cup be resolved in favour of the multi-challenger event as proposed by the Defender, Alinghi and the Challenger of Record, Club Náutico Español de Vela, these two regattas will be part of the 33rd America’s Cup, with the Match scheduled for 2010.

The Defender and the Challengers will meet off Malvarrosa Beach with the ACC Version 5.0 yachts in just three months time for a combination of fleet and match racing much like the highly successful Acts held in the lead up to the 32nd America’s Cup…. Details

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Apr

Sailing – Sailboat race from Chicago to Port Huron planned

A Super Mac — a sailboat race going 490 nautical miles from Chicago to Port Huron — will be jointly sponsored this summer by Detroit’s Bayview Yacht Club and the Chicago Yacht Club, it was announced Tuesday.

The race will be part of the annual Port Huron-to-Mackinac and Chicago-to-Mackinac races. Boats will be entered in the Chicago race, which starts on July 18, but after reporting their finish at Mackinac Island, they will continue down Lake Huron to the Super Mac finish in Port Huron…. Details

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Sailing – Vestas Sailrocket posts second fastest nautical mile run on record

vestasYesterday Vestas Sailrocket effortlessly posted the second fastest nautical mile run ever. Not bad for a boat that was in ruins 18 days earlier with the pilot flat-out in a hospital bed.

Whilst yesterday was a bit light to hit top speeds, conditions were pretty ideal to ramp up the check-out of Vestas Sailrocket in preparation for what is to come.

Once we realised that the conditions were peaking we set off for a shot at the nautical mile. Visibility was pretty average in the cockpit and all I could do was focus on a stack of containers in the distant Walvis Bay Port. It was like driving in heavy rain with no window wipers. Vestas Sailrocket felt rock solid. The front end was pegged …  Details

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