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44Cup : the 2021 title to Chris Bake’s Team Aqua
Over four of the most difficult days of racing in 44Cup history, an impressive seven races were still held at the 44Cup Calero Marinas Lanzarote frequently in 5-6 knots wind, conditions, frankly, in which most other yachts would have been unable to race. Nonetheless it produced two worthy winners with Team Aleph winning the event and Team Aqua (...) -
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2020 KiteFoil Open European Championships : Theo de Ramecourt sailed brilliantly all week to win the event overall
Gran Canaria proved to be the premium location for European December sailing once again today, with a perfect 16-20 knot breeze pumping through for the final day of racing. Theo de Ramecourt (FRA) secured the overall win in the open division, with Ellie Aldridge (GBR) taking out the Womens title and Arthur Lhez (FRA) crowned the Under 19 (...) -
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2019 44Cup: Igor Lah’s Team CEEREF wins the final event and the overall ranking
It was supposed to be a heavyweight bout between Chris Bake’s Team Aqua and Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika. These two, among the oldest, most successful teams in the high performance one design monohull class, started the 44Cup Palma, the final event of the season, separated by just one point at the top of the 2019 44Cup (...) -
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Nacra 15 Worlds 2018: Henri Demesmaeker and Frederique van Eupen (BEL) winners
Over the last week in Barcelona, 60 eager Nacra 15 youth teams representing 18 Nations and four continents sailed their inaugural Nacra 15 World Championship. Competitors from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Canada, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, US Virgin Islands, Holland, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, (...) -
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Barcelona World Race: 2018-19 edition suspended, organisers aim for a fourth edition in 2022-23
In view of the political and institutional difficulties faced in Spain, the FNOB (Barcelona Ocean Sailing Foundation) Board of Trustees has decided to suspend the upcoming edition of the Barcelona World Race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace , due to start on the 12th of January (...) -
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RC44 Sotogrande Cup: Chris Bake grabs victory from jaws of defeat
After two severe days, Sotogrande and the Andalucian coastline laid on perfect conditions for the final day of competition at the RC44 Sotogrande Cup. Mountainous seas gave way to a short chop, torrential rain gave way to brilliant sunshine and a stiff but shifty 20 knot, westerly offshore wind, to provide the tacticians with some welcome head (...) -
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Volvo Ocean Race : MAPFRE win showdown in the sun
Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP) won their second Volvo Ocean Race in-port race running on Saturday, but only with two metres to spare after a thrilling contest in the Portuguese sun. -
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Volvo Ocean Race : Iker Martínez returns in Newport to cruise to first victory
Spanish boat MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP) dominated from start to finish to claim their first victory in the Volvo Ocean Race in-port series here on Saturday, watched by a packed dock of thousands of Newport sailing fans. -
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Barcelona World Race : Jorg Riechers and Sebastien Audigane take sixth place
Jorg Riechers (GER) and Sebastien Audigane (FRA) brought their Barcelona World Race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace to an end today (Thursday) when they sailed Renault Captur across the finish line off the Catalan capital’s landmark W-Hotel at 11:35:22hrs UTC to take sixth place. The German-French duo complete the 23,321 (...) -
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Barcelona World Race : Brothers Bruno and Willy Garcia finish fifth
Theirs was one of the most epic battles of the Barcelona World Race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace , exchanging places with One Planet One Ocean & Pharmaton throughout almost the entire 23,000-mile course. As We Are Water entered the Mediterranean three days ago they were fewer than 60 miles behind their long-term rivals, (...)
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