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Rolex Sydney Hobart: less than one month to go, live press conference video and interviews

Today marked the run into Boxing Day with the official media launch of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2016. Yes we are less than one month out from the “great race”, and yet it feels like yesterday. I took the opportunity to catch up with Paul Clitheroe, the owner/driver of Balance, the TP52 that took the overall IRC win and Tattersall’s Cup last year and also Mark…
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Louis Vuitton Americas Cup World Series Finale in Fukuoka

After nine events in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in all corners of the globe, the final day of racing in Fukuoka was, shall we say large for the America’s Cup teams. Four teams could have potentially won on paper, but Land Rover BAR had to falter from their momentum to lose their substantial lead. After a slow start in the conditions and some concerns as to whether racing…
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Louis Vuitton Americas Cup Fukuoka Day 1 – Full report, interviews and photos

What a great day for the America’s Cup to make its official racing debut in Japan. Challenging conditions, but at least there was wind, enough at times for foiling, and it stayed in for the duration of racing. As always with America’s Cup World Series racing, the set course was very short with tight boundaries, and with the cross over conditions, handling and sail choice between the jib and…
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America’s Cup in Fukuoka brings sailing into the limelight in Japan

The sport of sailing is pulling out rock star status right now in Japan; the Japanese people are seriously lapping up having America’s Cup racing in their country for the first time in its long and prestigious history. Today (as well as one on one’s and a report on the practice racing which you will find below), I have a video from the press conference, with all of the team skippers, except…
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Wow...!

Wow – I don’t think it has quite sunk in yet. Thank you so much everyone for your congratulations in so many forms since Saturday night from hugs in person, to texts and on Facebook, including the special release by Down Under Sail of their article from their fantastic Aussie grassroots ‘Year Book’ which covers the ups and downs of my “adventures”. (Thanks…
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