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Barcelona World Race: General forcast for We are Water - Issued 0300Z 24-APR-2011 * Reference the METAREA 02 and 04 High Seas forecasts along your route * Today (24-APR-2011): North Atlantic high (1027mb) centered near 36N/27W at 00Z only moving slightly northeast across Azores to 39N/23W by 18Z. High ...

QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Race : TP52 Hooligan wins another major - Former Queenslander Marcus Blackmore fulfilled a lifetime ambition when he steered the exciting TP52 Hooligan to victory in the 2011 QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone race. Hooligan was cleverly sailed completing the testing 308 n/ml race in 1 day 8 ...

Qantaslink Brisbane to Gladstone Race : Time ticks against big boats - The race clock ticked against the big boats when the true trade wind freshened to blow the smaller yachts into contention to claim the Qantaslink Brisbane to Gladstone race on corrected handicap overnight. As expected the inform former Emirates ...

Mapfre PalmaVela : Two winners confirmed ; rest to be decided tomorrow -  Today's coastal race has confirmed Alegre and Vell Marí as the Mapfre PalmaVela winners in Maxi and ORC2 respectively. The overall results of the rest of the classes will be decided tomorrow. Palma de Mallorca -.TP52's, Maxis, and IRC ...

Semaine Olympique Francaise on the starting block. -  Strong wind and rain plagued the day in Hyères for the last day of registrations and equipment inspection. Expected numbers have increased at the end of registration with 1200 athletes and 64 countries, two more than the nations represented ...

Barcelona World Race : Excitement in Portal de la Pau, Barcelona for Forum Marítim Catala arrival - Yesterday at 21 hours, 17 minutes and 24 seconds, Gerard Marín (29 years old) and Ludovic Aglaor (44 years old) crossed the finishing line of the Barcelona World Race and were the eighth crew to complete the regatta. Fòrum ...

Semaine Olympique Francais : French World Cup test looms for GBR sailors - British Sailing Team Manager Stephen Park says his charges will face their toughest test of the year to date when the fourth leg of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup series gets underway in Hyeres, France, on Easter Sunday ...

San Fernando Race 2011 : Sam Chan's FreeFire takes Line Honours - In the early hours of this morning, after nearly 62 hours of racing, Sam Chan’s TP52, FreeFire crossed the finish line in San Fernando to take Line Honours in the 2011 San Fernando Race, organised by Royal Hong Kong ...

Barcelona World Race : Eighth for Forum Maritim Catala -  Fòrum Marítim Català crossed the finish line at 21 17 24 hrs this Friday evening to finish in a creditable eighth place, a good result for a duo which had never met prior to their qualifying sail and which ...

Additions to the BYM News Photo Gallery Good Friday - Opening day of the RORC Easter Challenge - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=794 Trofeo Mapfre Palmavela 2011 - Day 2 - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=418 Pepe Ribes celebra el paso del Cabo de Hornos el pasado 9 de marzo - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=38 Spi Ouest France-Intermarché - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=559 ...

Qantaslink Brisbane to Gladstone Race : Lahana leads Black Jack - Peter Millard’s 30m maxi sloop Lahana hardly made a ripple on the relatively calm ocean when she led Peter Harburg’s 20.2m Black Jack for line honours in the Qantaslink Brisbane to Gladstone race earlier today. Lahana had drift sailed ...

RORC Easter Challenge: August weather at Easter time -  Traditionally the RORC Easter Challenge has been an event for full oilskins and thermals to counter the freezing cold and driving rain. For the first day of the RORC’s annual European season opener, conditions were more like August, albeit with ...

Mapfre PalmaVela : Over one hundred boats on the water on second day races - Audi Azzurra in TP52, Alegre in Maxi, Magic Carpet 2 in Maxi Wally, and Pace in IRC were today's winners. The Mapfre PalmaVela Regatta 2011delivered a great show today on the water after all classes but disabled sailing joined ...

Match Race Germany :Vize Worldchampion finally wants to win - 2011 to be the year of Mathieu Richard: Two-time French Match Racing World Championship runner-up wants to finally win Match Race Germany and lay the foundation stone for the coveted 2011 world title. The 35-year-old helmsman of Nantes and ...

Fab start to Easter Weekend for Dee Caffari -  It’s been a busy ten days for British record-breaking yachtswoman, Dee Caffari and as the week comes to a close, Dee participated today in her last but not least interview of her media marathon since the crossing of the ...

RHKYC San Fernando Race : FreeFire and Strewth pick up speed after a slow day on the water - A frustrating day for the 2011 San Fernando fleet, with very little wind on offer, exacerbated by a 180 degree wind shift midday. Dr Y K Szeto’s Cutting Edge had the best 10 hours, covering 38nm, while FreeFire and ...

UK. Take part in the Jubilee Flotilla -  At high water in the afternoon of Sunday 3 June 2012, up to a thousand boats muster on the River Thames in preparation for Her Majesty The Queen to lead the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. It will be one ...

QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Race fleet in drifter. - The QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race fleet of 45 yachts and 491 sailors faced a light wind lottery on Moreton Bay while they anxiously watched the storm clouds gather on the southern horizon. Surprisingly the larger and faster ...

Velux 5 Oceans : Chris Stanmore Major claims third in Charleston - They say that in yacht racing it is never over until man and boat are safely across the line – and that was certainly the case for Chris Stanmore-Major today as he was struck by a violent thunder storm ...

Semaine Olympique Francaise: Record participation for 4th Sailing World Cup event in Hyeres -  With the European circuit now in full swing and many teams competing for Olympic selections, all the sailors aspiring for a spot in London are converging to the south of France in Hyères, host of the famous “Semaine Olympique ...

Barcelona World Race :True Grit: determination & resilience returns a magnificent 7th for Hugo Boss - Gritty, hard battling Andy Meiklejohn (NZL) and Wouter Verbraak (NED) on Hugo Boss crossed the finish line during the very early hours of a breezy Barcelona night, breaking the line off the W Hotel at 00 49 23 hrs ...

Antigua Sailing Week: English and Falmouth Harbour filling up -  With just a few days to go until the 44th Antigua Sailing Week, English and Falmouth Harbour is filling up with yachts of all shapes and sizes. Dockside the air is filled with the sound of different accents from ...

Additions to the BYM News Photo Gallery today -  RCN Valencia acogerá la Copa de España de Láser Estándar en Gran Trofeo Valencia - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=589 RORC Easter Challenge - Toe in the Water - http://www.bymnews.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=794 Franck Cammas and the Groupama Sailing Team, on their new M34 boat - ...

34th America's Cup : Dalton confirms Emirates Team New Zealand is a challenger - Emirates Team New Zealand announced today that it was challenging for the 34th America’s Cup to be sailed at San Francisco in 2013. Managing Director Grant Dalton said the team was now in a position to formally announce its ...

Mapfre PalmaVela : Audi Azurra Sailing Team early leader -  British Alegre and Magic Carpet 2 leaders of the Maxi and Maxi Wally class. Tomorrow friday IRC, ORC, RI and one design will join competition. The start gun of the Mapfre PalmaVela was fired today in the bay of ...

QuantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Race : Light winds set to test sailors in first 24 hours -  Old Huey the ocean racing sailors weather god has not responded to the call for an ideal 15-20 knot south east trade wind to blow onto Moreton Bay for the noon start of the 63rd QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone ...

Transatlantic Race 2011 entry list finalized -  While the water views from anywhere along Newport Harbor (R.I.) are already magnificent, they will be absolutely breathtaking in late June and early July when 32 ocean-going yachts set sail in the Transatlantic Race 2011, which charts a course ...

Barcelona World Race : Safety first finish for Hugo Boss and FMC in strong winds - After more than 110 days of racing, Andy Meiklejohn and Wouter Verbraak were making steady progress this afternoon with less than 100 miles to the finish concentrating on bringing Hugo Boss home across the finish line after a slow, ...

America's Cup AC45 : Artemis Racing training in Auckland - We have been on the ground for four days in preparation for the AC45 test events next week here in Auckland.  Not unlike the sailing team, this version of the America's Cup is taking on an entire new look. ...

Olympic Games Sailing : Q&A with field of play manager Rod Car - Not first come, first served in UK – 5 days of application process left 26 sports, 34 competition venues, 645 sessions Two-thirds of tickets priced £50 or less 2.5 million tickets at £20 or less Will people with boats, ...