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There are some very interesting top names in the sport competing in this event. And some awesome pics coming from the event too. Does the America’s Cup have anything to do with the interest being show? Follow it at: http://www.sailingeventstakapuna.com/

Blain Dodds teamed up with Thorin Zeilmaker for the Grand Masters series, and although sailing well, was simply not able to convert his positions into an overall win, although his second overall is still brilliant. His best positions in the five races were a 1; 2 and 3. The title went to Australians Rod and Kerry Waterhouse, with Dobbs and Zeilmaker second overall. Racing in the Open 16 Worlds was not possible today and will be resumed tomorrow.

Well who would have guessed that a Gypsey dinghy would win the Round the Island Race? Well done to Alex Garoufalias aboard Gypsey Girl. Check out the results here: LDYC RTIR 2014-Results Final  

‘Bart’s Bash’ 11h00 BST on Sunday 21st September. South African Yacht Clubs – here’s your chance to participate in a global sailing event. So just what is Bart’s Bash? The Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation is planning a monster sized attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for ‘The Largest Sailing Event in the World’, which we are calling ‘Bart’s Bash’! The idea is to have a mass participation club race across the UK and the whole World. We know …

Provisional results are available here: LDYC-RTIR 2014 Provisional 320 entrants registered of whom 194 finished – which is extraordinary considering the absolutely foul storm which erupted about an hour after the third and last start (Keelboats). Pelting rain, thunder and lightning and pea soup mist which reduced visibility to less than 15 meters at times. A dozen or so catamarans following a Dart completely missed the turn at the Island because they simply couldn’t see it and ended up at …

Seven years ago, a couple of young American sailing addicts met on the set of a Disney movie and dreamed of the day that they would launch a campaign in the world’s toughest offshore team test, the Volvo Ocean Race. Today that apparently long-shot ambition became a reality when Team Alvimedica’s challenge for the 2014-15 edition was announced in Istanbul, home of the company. Mark Towill was just 18 when he met Charlie Enright, four years older, as a fellow …

Listen to the interviews with William and Lucinda Edwards – winners of the Hobie 16 Masters champs, and runner up Blaine & Roxanne Dodds here: Interview with 2014 Hobie®16 Masters Champions William and Lucinda Edwards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_WS8LRYHsY Blaine Dodds and Roxanne Dodds from South Africa Second in the 2014 Hobie® 16 Masters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foYky4tyzpE Interview with Hobie® 16 Worlds Masters Class Interviews – William Edwards & Blaine Dodds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DckkDSNbW80  

William and Lucinda Edwards have been crowned the 2014 Hobie 16 Masters Champions. In second place were Blaine and Roxanne Dodds, also from South Africa.

Day 25 – Thursday 30 January By Grant Chapman. Everyone woke for their respective shifts well rested from a good night’s sleep and our feast for dinner. Sadly we had not enjoyed the wind that our GRIB files had said we would have during the night and we had made little progress. It had been another 24 hours of underperforming in fluky winds that couldn’t make up their mind as to whether to strengthen to a sailable 10 knots plus. …

Check out the link of winners in class 1, 2, 3 taken by Trevor Wilkins, plus a general link of race pics. https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5975436899563456705 https://plus.google.com/photos/+TrevorWilkins/albums/5975714311789735041 Final Results here: rio FINAL_RESULTS_PRINTABLE There is also a link to images of the following boats finishing: Jackaranda https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5975345752220360289 Genevieve Too https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5975127369670750913 MHEDIA (MUMBAI) https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5975346577930515841 VULCAN https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5975043647736432817 MYRTLE https://plus.google.com/photos/+TrevorWilkins/albums/5975042533731958881 WINDGAT https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5974756761523280817 COOL RUNNINGS https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5974817168349554561

Maserati and Giovanni  were the undisputed stars of the prize-giving ceremony held at the Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club, taking every single one of the Cape2Rio honours:  race record (10 days, 11 hours, 29 minutes, 57 seconds), line honours, and both overall and IRC 1 victories in handicap time. Soldini was flanked in his endeavour by a 9-strong international crew: Italians Guido Broggi, Corrado Rossignoli and Michele Sighel; German Boris Herrmann; Spaniard Carlos Hernandez; Jacques Vincent and Gwen Riou from …

Day 25 – Wednesday 29 January. By Grant Chapman. Oh dear. We were back in iffy winds of no more than 10 knots for most of the day. After the elation of discovering that we had achieved 165 nautical miles in the previous 24 hours our slow speed today was a real let down. We were also all pretty exhausted from last night’s sailing as although it had been great for getting some good distance under our belts it was …

On 29 January 2014, international collaboration in the fight against piracy resulted in the transfer of five men by the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia Operation Atalanta flagship, FS Siroco, to the Republic of Seychelles, with the aim of prosecuting them for acts of piracy. On Saturday 18 January, FS Siroco, in cooperation with Japanese assets in support of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF/CTF 151), freed the crew of an Indian Dhow that was believed to have been used …

Windgat & Cool Runnings have finished are enjoying cold beers and fresh water showers in Rio. Check out the pics from Trevor Wilkins as they finished. https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5974817168349554561 https://plus.google.com/photos/117086593120942909819/albums/5974756761523280817  

day 26 WPM$2RA9 Just 4 boats have under 200nm to go to finish with the cat Windgat being closest with 61nm to go, followed by Cool Runnings with 87nm. Two other boats have under 200nm to go, so Rio will be buzzing in the next 24 hours when these guys finish. With YOLO being the only boat in Class 2 finished, she leads her class overall on handicap.