Archive for the ‘Boating’ Category
With the new Olympic boat, the ISAF Elliott 6m making its debut at the ISAF (International Sailing Federation) Sailing World Cup event in Kiel, Germany, in June and women’s match racing events growing in number and participation throughout the world, our sport has never been stronger.
New teams are joining the ranks and established match racing teams are developing Olympic programmes.
The next stop on the ISAF Sailing World Cup, the Delta Lloyd Regatta, in Medemblik, The Netherlands, will feature women’s match racing for the first time and currently has 24 teams registered from 13 countries…Â Details
Sources close to the legal action over the 33rd America’s Cup, confirmed today that Societe Nautique de Geneve had lodged papers with the New York Supreme Court, late last week, seeking to have the Challenger, Golden Gate Yacht Club disqualified.
The charge is that of not furnishing the Customs House Registry document (CHR) ‘as soon as possible’.
The Challenger, as of 7 April 2009, has been sailing a 90ft long by 90ft trimaran for eight months, since early September 2008.
While SNG, as Defender, did not recognise Golden Gate Yacht Club as the Challenger until ordered to do so by the New York Appeal Court, SNG made rasping overtures about the provision of the Customs House Registry document, which is issued in the USA by the US Coast Guard…Â Details
