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Chewbacca may be an odd name for a flighty International Contender Class sailing dinghy but she has been literally on fire with her skipper Matt Mulder ’smoking’ over the course to win all three heats of the 2010 Australian …

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Contender Pre Worlds: Matt Mulder, Chewbacca, on fire

Chewbacca may be an odd name for a flighty International Contender Class sailing dinghy but she has been literally on fire with her skipper Matt Mulder ’smoking’ over the course to win all three heats of the 2010 Australian …

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Contender Pre Worlds: Matt Mulder, Chewbacca, on fire

Today was the first day of the 2010 Contender Pre-worlds, the 2010 Contender Australian Championship, and the event organiser Matt Mulder who is a former Australian and current Queensland Contender champion, was in his element. …

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Contender Worlds. Queensland's Matt Mulder throws down the gauntlet

We welcome the news that the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has appointed the International Jury for the 33rd America’s Cup. The panel is highly qualified. We are pleased that it includes the members of the Expert Panel to …

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America's Cup: GGYC's Tom Ehman statement on International Jury …

“Last Wednesday, Sail Bahrain’s racing yacht set out from Bahrain to join the start of the Dubai-Muscat Offshore Race. On the way, we received a call from the crew stating that they had been stopped by an Iranian navy …

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UK. Statement from Andrew Pindar OBE, Chairman of Sail Bahrain

More of the same today in Nice. Clear skies, cold temps in the morning leading to Northerly drainage winds for the first race, then a long pause while the wind switched to the Southwest. The wind never filled very …

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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Artemis beats TeamOrigin by 45 seconds

A progressive let up in the conditions for the Transat Jacques Vabre crews presents opportunities to gain some respite but also to press on hard, keeping on top of the changeable breezes, as the seas drop slightly. IMOCA Open …

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Transat Jacques Vabre: BT still leads Safran by 12 miles

Half of the opening day’s scheduled matches at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur were completed in conditions that challenged race officials and tended to favour the leading yachts. Emirates Team New Zealand and TeamOrigin share …

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Louis Vuitton Trophy: Emirates Team New Zealand and TeamOrigin …

The Groupama Insurance Group confirmed today that it will enter the next two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race with its long term French skipper, Franck Cammas, a commitment that will last until 2015. The announcement was made as …

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Volvo Ocean Race: Groupama and Frank Cammas sign up next two editions