http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/volvo-organisation-moves-forward-towards-2011-959415.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/volvo-organisation-moves-forward-towards-2011-959415.html <p> Before the eight boats in the current Volvo Race had completed their first 24 hours at sea, the great and good who could finance or manage entries in the next race in 2011 were gathering in the start port of Alicante to be encouraged both to race and add their ideas. </p> Sailing Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:56:58 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/walkers-world-race-diary-955224.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/walkers-world-race-diary-955224.html Sailing Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:01:02 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/progress-being-made-in-americas-cup-dispute-955039.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/progress-being-made-in-americas-cup-dispute-955039.html <p> Keeping a foot in both camps, the BMW Oracle America's Cup challenge team yesterday announced it was shipping two boats from Valencia to Auckland for the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series next February, but, more importantly, progress is still being made towards resolving its legal dispute with the cup holder, Switzerland's Ernesto Bertarelli. </p> Sailing Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:01:43 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/pirate-warning-as-world-race-nears-start-954239.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/pirate-warning-as-world-race-nears-start-954239.html <p> Fewer icebergs but more pirates will keep hazard levels as high as ever as the eight-boat Volvo fleet leaves Alicante on Saturday for its first, 6,500-mile ocean leg of a round the world race that covers 37,000 miles and ends over eight months later in glittering St Petersburg. </p> Sailing Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:01:58 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/volvo-looks-ahead-to-2011-952596.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/volvo-looks-ahead-to-2011-952596.html <p> Before the Volvo round the world race has even reached cruising speed in the 37,000-miler which starts next Saturday, the organisation yesterday engaged first gear for the next race starting in 2011. </p> Sailing Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:46:37 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/spanish-triumph-gives-home-crowd-something-to-cheer-about-951589.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/spanish-triumph-gives-home-crowd-something-to-cheer-about-951589.html <p> The home town boys fired both barrels and hit the target both times to bag maximum points in an opening salvo of the Volvo Ocean Race that combined aggression and quick thinking with a startline collision. </p> Sailing Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:18:54 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/ericsson-appeal-keel-penalty-950549.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/ericsson-appeal-keel-penalty-950549.html <p> In a last ditch effort to avoid a highly damaging penalty, the first effects of which would be in tomorrow's opening inshore race of the Volvo Ocean Race, the Ericsson Racing Team today formally asked the jury which imposed it to re-open a hearing on the legality of the keel fin on one of its two boats, Ericsson 3. </p> Sailing Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:55:30 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/ericsson-hit-by-penalty-in-alicante-949448.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/ericsson-hit-by-penalty-in-alicante-949448.html <p> An exemplary penalty that effectively scuppers the chances of winning before the race has even started was imposed today on one of the Ericsson team boats in the Volvo Ocean Race. </p> Sailing Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:37:45 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/bertarellis-enjoy-st-tropez-by-numbers-945968.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/bertarellis-enjoy-st-tropez-by-numbers-945968.html <p> Bertarelli brother and sister, Ernesto and Donna, escaped from the tribulations of the America's cup yesterday to go racing at the Voiles de St. Tropez in the south of France yesterday on the 66-foot Numbers. </p> Sailing Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:01:51 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/inside-the-vendee-through-hell-and-high-water-945281.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/inside-the-vendee-through-hell-and-high-water-945281.html <p>For the past 10 years, Steve White has put his family's future and livelihood at risk, remortgaging his house four times and taking out a crippling seven-year bank loan. </p> Sailing Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/inside-the-vende-its-highend-sport-and-adrenalin-rolled-into-one-package-945282.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/inside-the-vende-its-highend-sport-and-adrenalin-rolled-into-one-package-945282.html <p>Mike Golding, 48, is one of Britain's best hopes for victory in this year's Vendée Globe. He is competing for the third time in his yacht Ecover after finishing third in the last competition four years ago.</p> Sailing Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/bertarelli-and-ellison-summit-eases-americas-cup-tensions-945114.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/bertarelli-and-ellison-summit-eases-americas-cup-tensions-945114.html <p> The paralysis which has gripped the America's Cup for over a year seemed to be relaxing over the weekend after a one-to-one summit between the Swiss holder, Ernesto Bertarelli, and the man challenging him in the courts over the structure of the next event, the American Larry Ellison. </p> Sailing Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:07:25 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/classic-boats-clear-the-grey-skies-in-cannes-942290.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/classic-boats-clear-the-grey-skies-in-cannes-942290.html <p> Black flags under grey skies were replaced by gentler breezes and blue skies today as racing resumed at the Regates Royales for classic boats, metre boats and Dragons. </p> Sailing Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:48:03 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/americas-cup-future-at-stake-as-summit-agreed-941199.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/americas-cup-future-at-stake-as-summit-agreed-941199.html <p> California dreaming could turn to America's Cup reality this weekend as the warring factions of Swiss holder Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi and would-be challenger BMW Oracle's Larry Ellison meet face to face after circling each other for over 12 months. </p> Sailing Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:04:50 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/death-on-opening-day-of-regates-royales-940049.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/death-on-opening-day-of-regates-royales-940049.html <p> East coast yachtsman Wilf Tolhurst was killed today when two British yachts collided in 20-knot north-easterly winds and confused seas on the opening day of the Regates Royales in the Bay of Cannes today. </p> Sailing Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:59:41 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/hutchinson-wins-portugal-trophy-936776.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/hutchinson-wins-portugal-trophy-936776.html <p> Job done, Terry Hutchinson and his Quantum sailing team duly wrapped up the Audi MedCup series for 2008 yesterday by also winning the Portugal Trophy, staged in light winds. His has been a tour de force from a lavishly funded boat that was designed to rattle the cage of the world&rsquo;s dominant racing sails maker, North, which is possibly soon to be sold. </p> Sailing Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:01:51 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/proposed--louis-vuitton-pacific-series-looks-set-to-go-ahead-936024.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/proposed--louis-vuitton-pacific-series-looks-set-to-go-ahead-936024.html <p> An avalanche of interest in the proposed Louis Vuitton Pacific series, scheduled for Auckland at the end of January and early February next year, includes a tentative yes from Britain's America's Cup challenge syndicate, Sir Keith Mills' Team Origin. </p> Sailing Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:47:09 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/hutchinson-on-verge-of-winning-medcup-934620.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/hutchinson-on-verge-of-winning-medcup-934620.html <p> Not so much winding up a series as hammering daily nails into the coffins of his rivals' hopes, Terry Hutchinson has the Audi Medcup series by the throat as it enters its last 2008 days in southern Portugal. His TP52, Quantum, has improved throughout the six-regatta series and really began to take charge during the third, at Cagliari, Sardinia, at the end of June. </p> Sailing Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:30:22 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/sailors-prepare-for-the-vendee-globe-932719.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/sailors-prepare-for-the-vendee-globe-932719.html <p> The Barbarians were at the gates of the Bois du Boulogne yesterday as over a third, 11, of the skippers lining up for the big French launch of its singlehanded racing pride and joy, the Vendée Globe, were not French and the most powerful threat was one of the seven British skippers, Brian Thompson in Pindar. </p> Sailing Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:41:58 +0100