All in Racing, the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup team from Germany, flashed some brilliant speed on Saturday, posting the fastest time at the Speed Trials, ahead of the start of the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup.
Each team had two runs down the course, with Objective Australian posting the time to beat in an early first run in near-perfect conditions. It appeared as if that time, 40.70 seconds, would stand. But the German All in Racing, in its second run, with two men ‘riding the bull’ in the back stern scoop to lift the bows out of the water, streaked across the finish line just … More
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The roar of the powerboats could be heard for the last time off Cowes on Sunday when one of the biggest races in the calendar, the Cowes to Torquay race, sets off.
The 53rd running of what is regarded as the world’s toughest offshore powerboat race could be its last, as organisers, the British Powerboat Racing Club, have said they may not run it again, blaming the tough economic climate.
But the Island has its chance to show how much it enjoys the event by turning out to see the drama of the start … More
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With only four days until Red Bull Youth America’s Cup racing begins, AYSF sailor Cooper Dressler has a question for AC34 commentator, Todd Harris, of NBC Sports Network. Good luck, Coop-a-loop!
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HONOLUA – Accompanied by a highly trained crew, voyaging canoe Hokule’a Navigator and master story teller Nainoa Thompson returned to Honolua Bay last week for a final visit before the Polynesian Voyaging Society vessel departs for its epic worldwide journey next year.
Landing after visits to 30 Hawaiian communities in the bay where the Hokule’a’s first journey to Tahiti began 38 years ago, the crew was … Pictures and more
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