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Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland

Only one match was sailed today here in Auckland before strong, gusty winds took hold of the harbor. In the only match of the day, the French team Aleph go the better start and forced Team New Zealand out to the right side and into adverse current. The French had a comfortable lead at the […]

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Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland

Another tough day for Artemis today. In our match against Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, we were penalized for gybing too close in the prestart and this was too heavy of a burden for us to shake off. With the wind blowing 15-18 knots from the Southwest, we had a fairly even start with the Italians […]

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Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland

With the day off yesterday, all teams were ready to get back into it today. We had a moderate Southwesterly breeze at 1030 this morning, which built to as much as 23 knots for our match and the last match. Artemis had a tough race against Azzurra. We called for the right at the start […]

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Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland

No racing today on the harbor as the wind speeds hit 25+ knots. The boats had actually taken a bit of a beating on Thursday so it was prudent to give them a thorough check today and avoid damage. Tomorrow’s forecast is for moderately strong wind, but sailable. Sunday was originally supposed to be way […]

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Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland

A Southerly weather change is approaching Auckland so the winds were backing from the West to the South and have strengthened significantly. We finished up as with last match of the day in 18-20 knots of wind from the Southwest. We got another win today, this time off Synergy, the Russian team. It was a […]

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Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland

Light winds held the boats at the dock again today with the first start getting off at 1215. The Southwesterly wind filled in nicely at 8-14 knots and we were able to run all the four matches by 1800. On Artemis we had a better day beating the French team, Aleph by a comfortable margin. […]

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Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland

Light winds held the start of the first match of the day back until 1415. The first two matches were sailed in a light northwesterly wind. At the finish of that second match, the wind did a 180 degree turn and came in from the south at about 5-8 knots for the last two matches. […]

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Cayard – master of acrobatics in Auckland

Paul Cayard is juggling – fast. In any one day at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland, he could be calling tactics on the capricious waters of the Waitemata Harbour, rallying his crew as skipper of the Swedish team Artemis, or making a decision in the running of the World Sailing Teams Association in his new […]

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Louis Vuitton Trophy-Auckland

The Louis Vuitton Trophy racing begins here in Auckland tomorrow. Eight teams have come to the previous home of the America’s Cup to fight for the Louis Vuitton Trophy which will be awarded on March 21. Emirates Team New Zealand heads the line up as the host team and winner of the 2009 Louis Vuitton […]

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RC 44 Maktoum Trophy

This is going to sounds like a broken record….we sailed badly again today. The short story is that we ended up 6th overall. The sob story is that while having a great first race today, sailing down the final run in third place, the wind shifted 120 degrees…that’s right…120 degrees. The whole fleet had to […]

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RC 44 Maktoum Trophy

Three races were held today in a southeast to south wind blowing between 15 and 25 knots. It was incredibly dusty, with the wind blowing sand into the air. Artemis had the best day with a 2,3,1. Onboard Katusha, we did not have a great day as we made big errors in the first two […]

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RC 44 Maktoum Trophy

The fleet racing portion of the Maktoum Trophy started today with four very competitive races in great sailing conditions. The wind strength was between 20 and 12 knots from the south all day. It was shifty with the wind coming off the land so that made things tricky and it did get a bit softer […]

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RC 44 Maktoum Trophy

Another tough day for Katusha. We only had one race today and we lost it. Actually, I lost it right at the start. I turned up for line too early and we got locked out at the committee boat end. That was the race. We kept it close but Aqua was always safely in control. […]

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RC 44 Maktoum Trophy

Light winds dominated the race course today. We had a two-hour postponement and racing finally got underway at 1345 in 7 knots of wind with smooth seas. We onboard Katusha had a much better day today winning both of our races. In the first flight of the day, we were up against BMW Oracle which […]

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RC 44 Maktoum Trophy

Tough day onboard Katusha. We had 5 match races today and only managed one win. I haven’t had that bad of a win percentage in a long time. The winds were lighter and later to fill than forecast. The wind peaked at 10 knots from 285. We started very well in all of the races […]

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RC 44 Maktoum Trophy

Today was a practice day here in Dubai and we had 15-17 knots of wind with 1-2 meter seas. A breeze known as a “Shamal” blew in increasing the wind strength from the normal 8-10 knot thermal breezes we usually experience here. While all the teams went out training today, there wasn’t a lot of […]

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Race 1 from Valencia

Well, we finally got some racing and it was completely different than all of us thought. At least upwind. The start was exciting…we had a dial up and a penalty! We had it all! I have to say that was worth waiting for. These boats are spectacular! After dial up and skillfully controlling much of […]

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Update #8 from Valencia

Just more of the same around here. Lots of energy being put in by the teams and the media to fill time and editorial space. Interviews with security guards and bottle washers now. We did do one feature on the fact that the BMWOR trimaran has the “sail” 24/7 since they keep the wing up […]

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Update #7 from Valencia

Another frustrating day in Valencia. No racing today. The writing was on the wall last night when the Race Committee postponed the start time for today from 1000 to 1200. Then at 0900 this morning they postponed again all the while keeping the teams at the dock. Finally at 1200 they cancelled racing for the […]

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Update #6 from Valencia

We got going early today and filmed Alinghi and BMW Oracle from the water. A very nice guy offered to take us around the port in his new 60 footer. We even sailed for about 40 minutes on the way back from the commercial port where BMW Oracle is berthed. We saw BMW Oracle up […]

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Update #5 from Valencia

No wind, no race, no good. I feel like we let everyone down today. Too often when we have big events where Television, sponsors, sailing fans and media have planned on following a race, the race doesn’t happen on time or at all. Some of it I can accept. I know that we need wind […]

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Update #4 from Valencia

With very light winds on the Mediterranean Sea and less than 24 hours to the start of Race 1 of the 33rd Ameirca’s cup, both Alinghi V and BMW Oracle were keen to get out on the water and make final preparations. I was invited to the BMW Oracle base at 0730 to observe the […]

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Update #3 from Valencia

Kind of a quiet day here in Valencia today. No sailing by either team as the wind was still gusty from the west and prudence was the call just 48 hours before race 1. In TV world we started at 0900 finishing filming a couple of “standups” for our first show, which will air tonight […]

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Update #2 from Valencia

Today was my first full day here in Valencia. No sailing by either team as the wind was forecast to be strong. There was a about 20 knots today and it is supposed to be more tonight. Things are supposed to be better tomorrow and this might get the competitors out for some last minute […]

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Update #1 from Valencia

I have just arrived in Valencia where I will be part of the television coverage team from EuroSport for the upcoming America’s Cup. It seems that the 33rd America’s Cup is actually going to take place. After years of legal wrangling, the two giant multihulls are scheduled to face off at 10:00 Monday morning on […]

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Update from Dubai

For the past three days I have been working on the World Sailing Teams Association (WSTA) and the Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas that will be held over the next 12 months. I represent the Artemis Racing Team and last November, during the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice, I was elected Chairman of this association of […]

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Dubai to host sailing’s prestigious Louis Vuitton Trophy race

DUBAI, U.A.E., 17th January 2010 – Dubai was today unveiled as the Middle East venue selected to host the Louis Vuitton Trophy, a two-week carnival of elite sailing which will put the global spotlight on the UAE. Four spectacular 85-foot long America’s Cup Class yachts – sailed by world champions, Olympic medallists and round-the-world sailors […]

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An unexpected opportunity

(January 5, 2010) Bob Little has played the game of sailing at nearly every level, and would have likely been racing a Lido 14 with his kids last November if not for an unexpected phone call and opportunity. Here is his story: It wasn’t the type of phone call a guy like me would expect […]

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LOUIS VUITTON AND WSTA ANNOUNCE REGATTAS FOR 2010

The World Sailing Teams Association (WSTA) and Louis Vuitton today announced more Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas for 2010 and early 2011. Each Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta is a stand-alone regatta sailed in event-supplied 85- foot long AC Class yachts that require a crew of 17 top sailors to sail. The regatta concept is designed to […]

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World Yacht Racing Forum press release and exclusive video

World Yacht Racing Forum brings light on future of the America’s Cup Last week’s World Yacht Racing Forum America’s Cup session brought clear answers from both Alinghi and BMW ORACLE Racing. Publically united for the first time since two years, Russell Coutts and Brad Butterworth agreed on several key elements. World Yacht Racing Forum exclusive […]

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World Yacht Racing Forum

Monte Carlo – Just leaving Monaco this morning following two days here for the World Yacht Racing Forum. Now in its second year, the Forum is really growing into quite an event. There were two parts this year: a commercial, sports side and in another hall, running contemporaneously, a technical forum with subects ranging from […]

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Nestle Brasil Match Cup

Well we wound up 1 spot off the top but still pretty good result. We won the round robin and then had a one race final against the second place team. In the one final race, things were tight and close the whole way but we could not get past Daniel Glomb and his team. […]

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Nestle Brasil Match Cup

Unfortunately the wind did not cooperate today. No wind and no racing. Seems like I have been experiencing a lot of this lately. We did manage to have the Pro Am race at the end of the day. We took four boats out, loaded with Nestle guests, and had a race that started and finished […]

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Nestle Brasil Match Cup

It was a rainy, blustery day in Rio today, but pretty tropical conditions. You could even say down right miserable. Still a lot of racing took place. We on Team Cayard had a great day winning all four of our matches. We led all the way around in three of the matches. In the most […]

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Nestle Brasil Match Cup

I am in Rio for the 7th annual Nestle Brasil Match Cup 2009 today through Sunday. It is pretty local but that is not to say it is not competitive. Amongst the competitors is Torben Grael, five time Olympic medalist and Star World Champion as well as, Robert Scheidt four time Olympic Medalist and Star […]

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RC 44 Gold Cup-Dubai

We started out really badly today by finishing last in the first race. We were sailing with the number 2 jib on as the breeze was up today and we really struggled with our speed upwind. Toward the end of the race we made some changes in our set up and it seemed to help […]

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RC 44 Gold Cup-Dubai

A decent day for Katusha today. Actually apart from one incident, it was a great day. The wind came in around 1330 and we had 8-9 knots in the first race, then up to 12 knots at a moment between races, then 11-8 knots for the second race and 7-8 knots for the “DHL Coastal […]

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RC 44 Gold Cup-Dubai

We had another light wind day today with a max of 8 knots from 345 degrees around 1400. The race committee did well to get 4 fleet races in. We had a mediocre day onboard Katusha with a 4,5,6,9. Some of the teams that won races immediately finished last in the next race. It wasn’t […]

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RC 44 Gold Cup-Dubai

The Match Racing boiled down to 4 races as there was no wind yesterday and we got started at 1230 today. Likewise, we did not race everyone in the fleet. The fleet was divided into two groups and we did one mini round robin within each group. On Katusha, we had a good day by […]

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