| Qualifications have ended |
| TORBOLE, ITALY-(8-7-2004) 49er European Championship |
| Torbole, Italy - The final day of qualification ended yesterday with a total of five races. The yellow and the white fleets sailed three races and the blue and the red fleets sailed two. |
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| 49ers sailing like rockets over Lake Garda at 49er Europeans |
| TORBOLE, ITALY-(7-7-2004) 49er European Championship |
| Torbole, Italy - The European Championships started its second day without the presence of current World Champions, Iker MARTINEZand Xavier FERNANDEZ of Spain. |
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| Good start for Draper and Hiscocks at European championships |
| TORBOLE, ITALY-(6-7-2004) 49er European Championship - GBR Team |
| Torbole, Italy - Athens bound British sailors Chris Draper and Olympic silver medallist Simon Hiscocks made a good start to their quest for a medal at the 49er European Championships, their last major regatta before the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. |
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| Lake Garda – A Sailing Paradise |
| TORBOLE, ITALY-(4-7-2004) 49er European Championship |
| Torbole, Italy - Lake Garda is already famous for windsurfing but also for sailing. This safe place, with perfect wind conditions, warm temperatures and a beautiful landscape, attracts a great number of sailing enthusiasts. |
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| The boys were out to have fun |
| RIVA DEL GARDA, ITALY-(2-7-2004) Skiff Grand Prix World 2004 |
| Riva del Garda, Italy - The wind ranged from a low of yesterday’s 15-20knts up-wards of 20-25 knts and it had it consequences. Those to fall victim included Spanish World Champions Fernadnex/Martinez, Ukrainians Leonewek/Luka to a spectacular nose dive all caught live and ugly with a on-board camera, and the Norwegians Bovim/Sundby to discretion. |
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| Lake Garda to host last 49ers test for the Athens Olympics |
| TORBOLE, ITALY-(2-7-2004) 49er European Championship |
| Torbole, Italy - From July 5 to 10, the Trentino area of Lake Garda will host the last test for the most acrobatic and spectacular category before the upcoming Athens Olympics in August: the 49er European Championship. |
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| Ukraine sets the lead at first day of Skiff Grand Prix |
| RIVA DEL GARDA, ITALY-(1-7-2004) Skiff Grand Prix World 2004 |
| Riva del Garda, Italy - We all dream about Garda, and Garda rarely fails to deliver, today we have had the first 4 races of the 2004 Italian GP in a perfect 15-18 knts Aura, with arguably the best teams in the worlds fighting it out for places in all of the races. |
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| Silver medal for Draper and Hiscocks at 49er worlds |
| ATHENS, GREECE-(19-4-2004) 49er World Championship - GBR Team |
| Athens, Greece - RYA Team GBR sailors Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks have won a silver medal at the 2004 49er world championship. |
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| 49er Worlds concludes at Olympic Games 2004 venue |
| ATHENS, GREECE-(19-4-2004) 49er World Championship |
| Iker MARTINEZ and Xavier FERNANDEZ (ESP) have marked a fantastic return to the International 49er circuit by winning the 2004 World Championship in style in Athens. |
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| First day of finals starts with postponement |
| ATHENS, GREECE-(18-4-2004) 49er World Championship |
| Athens, Greece - The first day of finals, held yesterday started with no wind and postponement. Racing eventually got underway in a light sea breeze (8 to 10knots). |
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| Qualifying Series concluded |
| ATHENS, GREECE-(17-4-2004) 49er World Championship |
| Athens, Greece - The Qualifying Series concluded in customary controversy yesterday. The scramble to make the Gold Fleet final of 25 boats always results in a last-minute flurry of protests, but today many of those protests were levelled at the race committee. |
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| Nicholson/Boyd continue their domination of 49er class |
| MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-(13-1-2004) Sail Melbourne International Regatta |
| Melbourne, Australia - Chris Nicholson/Gary Boyd (AUS) cannot be beaten in the 49er class at the Sail Melbourne Regatta this week – so it seems. |
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| Russia to host it's first Olympic Class Worlds Event |
| MOSCOW, RUSSIA-(24-11-2003) 49er World Championship 2005 |
| Moscow, Russia - For the first time in the history of Russian sailing, an Olympic class world championship will be held in Moscow, on the Reservoir at Kliazma 40 kilometres outside the city centre. |
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| Baur/Groy (GER) get Gold, British sailors win silver medal at Europeans |
| LAREDO, SPAIN-(19-7-2003) 49er European Championship - GBR Team |
| Laredo, Spain - Team GBR sailors Chris Draper and Olympic silver medallist
Simon Hiscocks have won the silver medal at the 49er European championships,
matching their result at this event last year. |
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| The 49er European title goes to German crew Marcus Baur/Max Groy |
| LAREDO, SPAIN-(19-7-2003) 49er European Championship |
| Laredo, Spain - The last day of finals with 4 races sailed in the Gold fleet brought changes in the overall standings. With a total of 16 races sailed and 2 discards, German crew Marcus Baur/Max Groy (55 points)have become the European Champions followed by British team Chris Draper/Simon Hiscocks (67 points) and third place is for Spanish crew Iker Martinez/Xabier Fernández (69 points). |
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| Light Northeastern breeze on the second day of Finals |
| LAREDO, SPAIN-(18-7-2003) 49er European Championship |
| Laredo, Spain - The strong winds of yesterday have become a light NE breeze today with a maximum of 7 knots.
The bronze fleet that was sent out first today sailed two races and no races have been sailed in the Silver fleet. |
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| Superb racing at the 29er Worlds and 49er Europeans in Laredo. |
| LAREDO, SPAIN-(17-7-2003) 49er European Championship and 29er Worlds |
| Laredo, Spain - Following some cloudy, rainy days, the 29ers could not expect to have such a sunny day with excellent wind conditions on their day of final series. |
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| Full schedule of racing completed in all groups today |
| LAREDO, SPAIN-(16-7-2003) 49er European Championship |
| Laredo, Spain - The first races of the day started according to schedule with starts at 11.00 in the morning and the last race of the day was completed at 18.53. |
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| Late afternoon races abandoned due to big storm |
| LAREDO, SPAIN-(15-7-2003) 49er and 29er European Championship |
| Laredo, Spain - All groups sailed two races with North easterly, 6- 12 knots of breeze, enabling some results to be posted and some leaders to emerge. At 4 o’clock the blue 49er and 29er groups saw their races abandoned due to a big storm and all boats returned ashore. |
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| Difficult conditions on day one |
| LAREDO, SPAIN-(15-7-2003) 49er and 29 European Championship |
| Laredo, Spain - Difficult conditions meant a difficult start at the 49er and 29er Europeans. After the first day barely half the fleet could complete any qualification races, and racing was cancelled at 17:00 for the 49ers and 17:45 for the 29ers. |
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| Battle of the Brits to commence in Spain |
| LAREDO, SPAIN-(14-7-2003) 49er European Championship - GBR Team |
| Laredo, Spain - The battle between the British 49er teams will continue this
week as they compete at the 49er European Championships in Spain. |
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| Sibello`s out - Nicholson/Boyd win Australian 49er National Title |
| MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-(9-1-2003) Australian 49 Nationals |
| Melbourne, Australia - Released from hospital late last evening, it transpires that Italian, Gianfranco Sibello, has in fact sustained a slight fracture to his arm after falling from his 49er yesterday, at the Sail Melbourne Australian 49er championship at Royal Geelong Yacht Cub. |
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| Chaos City at Australian 49er Championship |
| MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-(8-1-2003) Australian 49er Championship |
| Melbourne, Australia - We thought yesterday was tough at the Sail Melbourne 49er Australian Championship, but Day 4 had a disastrous effect for many sailing out of Royal Geelong Yacht Club in Victoria. |
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| Sail Melbourne Australian 49er Championship underway |
| MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-(5-1-2003) Sail Melbourne Int`l Regatta 2003 |
| Melbourne, Australia - Today was the opening day of the Sail Melbourne Australian 49er Championship being sailed out of Royal Geelong Yacht Club in Victoria. |
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| 49er Gold Series Opens the Red Bull Tide Ride at Hayling Island SC |
| HAYLING ISLAND, UK-(5-10-2002) Red Bull Tide Ride 2002 |
| Hayling Island, UK - The second Red Bull Tide Ride at Hayling Island SC opened with five races for the 49er
Gold Series. For the first weekend of the RYA 49er Gold Series the format was changed to
incorporate the Red Bull Tide Ride to make the event even more challenging and varied. |
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| Iker Martinez/Xabi Fernandez win the MasterCard 49er European Championship |
| GRIMSTAD, NORWAY-(2-8-2002) MasterCard 49er European Championship |
| Grimstad, Norway - Martinez and Fernandez continue to show championship form Iker Martinez/Xabi Fernandez won the MasterCard European Championship for 49ers that finished in Grimstad today and fought of a strong challenge from british Chris Draper/Somin Hiscock who won both todays races in strong NE wind, showing more than 25 knots in the gusts. |
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