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Wild Thing back in hunt in SydHob race
Sydney :: Australia | about 9 hours ago
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Formerly known as Skandia, the Victorian maxi is bidding for its second line honours victory after reaching Hobart first in 2003. Wharington's maxi also boasts a second place last year and two thirds, making it the second most consistent line honours...
Tags: Grant Wharington, line honours, Sydney, Australia, Hobart, Sailing, Keel, Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Wild Oats XI, Alfa Romeo
Search scaled back for solo Nova Scotia sailor headed for Bermuda
Halifax :: Canada | about 13 hours ago
Credibility After four days of scanning the Atlantic, U.S. and Canadian authorities have scaled back their search for a solo sailor from Nova Scotia who was caught in a violent storm as he sailed to Bermuda. Hubert Marcoux, a 67-year-old author and adventurer, left...
Tags: Hubert Marcoux, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Bermuda, Canada, Marcoux, RMS Atlantic, Sailing
Omani sailors battle to the end in Round the Island race
Muscat :: Oman | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Over 200 boats sailed out into Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour yesterday to take part in Hong Kong’s biggest yacht race. Among them were the six Extreme 40 catamarans competing in the Hong Kong leg of the Extreme Sailing Series Asia. The race counted towards...
Tags: Masirah, Hong Kong, Island Race, Muscat, Oman, Victoria Harbour, Yacht, Olympic sports, Sailing, Masirah Island
Tompkins: Anglers need to practice aqua etiquette
Houston :: AK :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility A school of hungry redfish lurked around a patchwork of towhead oyster reefs along a stretch of Galveston Bay shoreline earlier this month. It was fairly easy to tell fish were there; mud boils made by the hunting reds showed as dark, amoeba-shaped stains...
Tags: casting range, Houston, Boating, Yachting, Trolling motor, Troll, Outboard motor, Marine engines, Marine propulsion, Sailing, Hospitality Recreation
Indian naval officer circumnavigating world reaches New Zealand
Christchurch :: New Zealand | 2 days ago
Credibility Commander Dilip Dhonde of the Indian Navy, the first Indian to attempt to circumnavigate the world alone, Saturday reached Christchurch in New Zealand after covering 9,000 nautical miles. A large crowd, including several Indians, welcomed Dhonde at Lyttelton...
Tags: Dilip Dhonde, Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, Mhadei, Australia, nautical miles, New Zealand, Christchurch, Lyttelton New Zealand, Sailing, Circumnavigation, Cape Horn
Oman teams lead in Hong Kong
Muscat :: Oman | 2 days ago
Credibility At the close of racing on day two of the Extreme Sailing Series Asia in Hong Kong both Oman teams held on to the top three positions. Masirah kept the top spot although sharing it with Team BT on equal points. The Wave, Muscat stayed in third place but...
Tags: Hong Kong, Oman, Muscat, Oman Sail, Sailing, Catamaran, Salalah, Index of Oman-related articles, Muscat Oman, Sultans of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Extreme 40, IShares, allnews, Sport in Oman
Cricketers caused bit of a riot
Auckland :: New Zealand | 2 days ago
Credibility 00:01 Well-intended charity following a night out drinking has led to time at a police station for several of New Zealand's leading cricketers. It has been revealed that two New Zealand A players caused something of a riot in Chennai during their tour...
Tags: Emirates Team New Zealand, Team NZ, world cup, Nice, Louis Vuitton Trophy, trophy regatta, Italy, All Blacks, scratch races, nice tonight, New Zealand, Auckland, War Conflict, Chennai, Chennai District, New Zealand national cricket team, allnews, New Zealand national rugby union team, Newstalk ZB, Synergy, America's Cup, International America's Cup Class, Team New Zealand, Rowing, Regatta, Sailing, Match race, Dean Barker, Louis Vuitton, Louis Vuitton Cup, Jesse Sergent, Team pursuit
Coast guard searches for adventurer feared lost at sea
Halifax :: Canada | 3 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 2:49PM EST A solo sailor from Halifax who has written books about his around-the-world adventures is lost at sea. The U.S. and Canadian coast guards are searching for Hubert Marcoux , a 67-year-old adventurer and...
Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Bermuda, Hubert Marcoux, Coast guard, Halifax, Canadian, Canada, Sailing, Marcoux, Sailboat, Storm, Sail, Bermuda Triangle, Personal flotation device, Human Interest
Emirates Team New Zealand update
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility Crews waited about five hours before the race committee called it a day just after 3pm...In the afternoon the breeze swung to the east but it never got above five knots and Emirates Team New Zealand’s match against the Russian Team Synergy, the third...
Tags: Emirates Team New Zealand, United Kingdom, London, Team New Zealand, Emirates, America's Cup, International America's Cup Class, The Emirates Group, allnews, Regatta, Sailing
The Idiots that are Somali Pirates
It’s bad enough that the territory known as Somalia is in turmoil 365 days a year, but now the waters that surround the war savaged country are looming with want-to-be Jack Sparrows that seem intent on revenge. If we could all take a second to reflect...
Tags: United States, pirates, Somalia, allnews, killing, Indian Ocean, Navy, military, Pakistan, African, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, China, Korea, murder, Maersk Alabama, sailing, boats, ships, government, France, Spain, Obama, politics, idiots
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