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METSTRADE: Sailor Girl safety picks!

19 November 2015
Sailing is a sport that we all love, but safety has to be a major concern for us all. There are some pretty incredible safety products on display at METSTRADE for 2015, but my two picks were Dame Award safety winners for 2015, who also took out the overall Dame Award win, Spinlock with their “Lume-On”, and the Exposure Lights 2014 Dame Award winning “Safety Torch” and new…
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SailingLog and Sailor Girl

23 October 2015
SailingLog by BoatBook, the world’s first free automatic logbook, now celebrating one million recorded miles, has come on board as a “friend” and supporter of the Sailor Girl. This will act on two levels, providing the ability to track the Sailor Girl on her adventures, while also providing financial support. Even though the App is free, anyone who downloads the App from this…
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You cannot script this stuff

19 October 2015
Wow… Artemis Racing with ACumpire boat at ACWS in Bermuda today,18th of October, 2015 Wow wow wow!!! You cannot script the fairy tale that was today, with Artemis Racing taking the win after chaos, and the young challenging team of Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) getting a bit of resurgence following the 34th America’s Cup defeat with their victory overall. What a…
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Not the right kind of foiling

18 October 2015
What a day. No racing again for the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series, but today due to no wind, rather than excessive breeze as in Portsmouth earlier this year. It means that tomorrow we will be looking at three shorter races, that will all be double points. So there is a bit on for all competitors on top of rehydrating after today. I was lucky enough to go on a tour of the Oracle…
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Action from on the land, as she was a bit quiet on the water

17 October 2015
The official practice race day at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series events also means the official press conference. There was a good bit of banter today; with Nathan Outteridge covering a few of the issues Artemis Racing had in Gothenburg but how the team is moving forward, and also between Sir Ben Ainslie and Jimmy Spithill on defender versus challenger advantages and also who…
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Catching up with the local kids and the AC Endeavour Program

16 October 2015
Wow. I cannot stop smiling. I met an amazing bunch of local Bermudian kids this afternoon at the launch of the America’s Cup Endeavour Program! Also got to chat with Hayden Menzies from Artemis Racing who won the RS Feva race at the launch, where AC sailors were paired with local youth sailors. The Endeavour Program is one of the ways that the AC are aiming to give back to the local…
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Catching up with Iain Murray in Bermuda

16 October 2015
The final event of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Bermuda is warming up, with unofficial practice today, and practice racing tomorrow before racing on Saturday and Sunday. With all eyes on Bermuda as the new home of Oracle Team USA, and host of the 35th America’s Cup in 2017, I took the opportunity this morning to catch up with Iain Murray, the Regatta Director. We…
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Kite Foil Gold Cup wraps up and Sailor Girl kiting??!

15 October 2015
The Kite Foil Gold Cup circuit has wrapped in Townsville Australia for the second year running this week, with Maxime Norcher taking the tour overall, followed by Johnny Heineken, Nico Parlier and Axel Mazalla. The SeaLink leg of the tour in Townsville, sailed the week after my Tasar Nationals, was raced in exceptionally breezy conditions, and the battle definitely came down to Johnny Heineken and…
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World Match Racing Tour 2015 - Argo Gold Cup Bermuda

11 October 2015
Despite exceptionally light andvariable air on thefinal day of racingat the Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermudatoday, thefinalswere an intense affairforspectators and competitors alike with a number ofto-the-wire finishes.It was former World Champions BlackMatch on their return to the World Match Racing Tour after a two year hiatus with Adam…
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