| AUSTRALIANS DARREN BUNDOCK AND GLENN ASHBY 2006 TORNADO WORLD CHAMPIONS |
| BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(9-12-2006) Tornado World Championship |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina - The Ozzies claimed the title with one race to spare. Local heroes Argentineans Santiago Lange & Carlos Espinola had a brilliant race and are second on the podium. Austrians Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher are third. |
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| Australians Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby Consolidating their Lead |
| BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(8-12-2006) Tornado World Championship |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina - The Australians Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby and Argentineans Santiago Lange & Carlos Espinola had an excellent day having each a bullet and a second on today's races. |
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| Australians Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby take over the lead |
| BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(7-12-2006) Tornado World Championship |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina - It took some time for the breeze to come in today. Race 5 was delayed in 45 minutes and started in very light conditions - SE 6-8 knots. |
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| Another bullet for AUT Roman Hagara & Hans Peter Steinacher |
| BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(6-12-2006) Tornado World Championship |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina - A sunny warm weather is back to San Isidro. The Tornados sailed races 3 & 4 with a nice SE 10-12 knots breeze. |
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| Good Start for French Xavier Revil and Christophe Espagnon |
| BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(5-12-2006) Tornado World Championship |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina - The first day of racing started with light and shifty wind conditions. The RC postponed on the water the start of race 1 until the conditions improved. |
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| Can McMillan and Howden turn Tornado silver into gold |
| BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(4-12-2006) Tornado World Championship - Team GBR |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina - With racing at the 2006 Tornado World Championships due to start on 5 December, Skandia Team GBR's sailors are already in place in San Isidro, Argentina, preparing for what is set to be a close battle for the world title. |
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| All set for the 48 boats competing at the 2006 Tornado World Championship in San Isidro, Argentina. |
| BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(4-12-2006) Tornado World Championship |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina - 48 Tornados from 20 Nations have finished Registration and Measurement for the 2006 Tornado World Championship that is taking place at the Club Nautico San Isidro, San Isidro, Argentina. |
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| Dutch Athens 2004 sailors Booth and Dercksen go head to head in Tornado Worlds |
| BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(4-12-2006) Tornado World Championship |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina - Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen will go head to head today during the first race of the Tornado Worlds. It’s all on for the former team mates from Holland. Support of the Dutch Sailing Federation, Dutch Olympic Committee and title sponsor Zwitserleven are at stake. |
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| Dramatic last day for the top Tornados |
| LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE-(19-6-2005) Tornado World Championship |
| la Rochelle, France - Race 9 had nothing less than 19 boats black-flagged, including provisional leaders ESP Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz, which, at that point, cost them the title. The Spanish team entered the last day of the event with 11 points separating them from runner-up GBR Leigh McMillan and Will Howden. |
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| The NW sea-breeze brought sun and light winds back to La Rochelle yesterday. |
| LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE-(18-6-2005) Tornado World Championship |
| la Rochelle, France - The Tornados weree back on the water after the lay-day to race the 4 last races of the event: races 7 and 8 were sailed yesterday and races 9 and 10 are scheduled for 10h00 this morning. |
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| Day 3 of racing started light but the wind did not let the sailors down for Race 6 |
| LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE-(16-6-2005) Tornado World Championship |
| la Rochelle, France - The nice sailing condition the Tornados enjoyed on Tuesday did not repeat itself yesterday. Race 5 started with delay, light winds and average of 7 knots. AUT Roman Hagara and Hans-Peter Steinacher, Gold medalists in Athens and Sydney, lead the race from start to finish. |
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| 62 teams from 21 nations started racing yesterday |
| LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE-(14-6-2005) Tornado World Championship |
| la Rochelle, France - There is no shortage of Olympic medalists, World Champions and European Champions sailing the event. The fleet also has a contingency of new sailors racing the Olympic catamaran. |
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| Santiago Lange and Carlos Espinola are the fresh Tornado World Champions |
| EL ARENAL, SPAIN-(18-4-2004) Tornado World Championship |
| Santiago Lange and Carlos Espinola are the 2004 World Champions
Francois Gabart and Romain David are the 2004 Youth World Champions
Russia, Portugal, Canada and Brazil qualified for the Olympics
White horses could be seen filling the bay of Mallorca since early this morning. The Southwest was blowing 16-18 knots and increasing. |
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| High seas, rain and cold water at Tornado Worlds |
| EL ARENAL, SPAIN-(17-4-2004) Tornado World Championship |
| El Arenal, Spain - The boat park was very empty yesterday, the lay day for the Tornados. The “Levante”, easterly winds, blew hard the whole day bringing rain, cold and high seas. The right day to stay dry and warm. |
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| The Northeast brought windy conditions |
| EL ARENAL, SPAIN-(15-4-2004) Tornado World Championship |
| El Arenal, Spain - A shifty NE wind, 15-18 knots with gusts reaching 20 knots, provided the competitors with good conditions on the water for the first race of day 3 of the Worlds. |
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| Shifty conditions for the Tornados racing |
| EL ARENAL, SPAIN-(14-4-2004) Tornado World Championship |
| El Arenal, Spain - The boat park and the Jury Room were busy last night. While the competitors were repairing their boats, the Jury had 7 protests to hear. Out of the 7 four were dismissed and one was considered invalid. |
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| Former Youth medallists lead Tornado class at Sail Melbourne |
| MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-(12-1-2004) Sail Melbourne International Regatta |
| Melbourne, Australia - Former Youth medallist in the Hobie class, Robbie Lovig and his crew Glen Douglas won both races in the Tornado class today in gusty 25 knot winds to lead the Sail Melbourne Regatta series on Port Phillip Bay. |
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| Tornado practice race in windy conditions |
| BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(17-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - Tornado |
| Bay of Cadiz, Spain - The moderate ESE winds, with average speeds between 18-22kt, forecasted for today did not let the Tornado fleet down. The Practice Race started just after 4pm in excellent conditions. |
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| Styles and May finish fifth at European championships |
| CAGLIARI, ITALY-(14-6-2003) Tornado European Championship - GBR Team |
| Cagliari, Italy - On the final day of the Tornado European championships
Hugh Styles and Adam May pulled it out of the bag when it was needed,
winning the first race and finishing fifth in the second race on the final
day to finish fifth overall. |
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| Races conclusive of the European Championship |
| CAGLIARI, ITALY-(14-6-2003) Tornado European Championship |
| An 6 kts south wind building up to 8-9 knots and turn to west blew today over the race area of the European Tornado event held in Cagliari. |
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| Last day of Tornado Europeans |
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| Seventh and eighth race completed |
| CAGLIARI, ITALY-(13-6-2003) Tornado European Championship |
| Cagliari, Italy - Despite the light wind on the Poetto gulf, in Cagliari, the seventh and eighth races of the Tornado European Championship had completed. |
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| Wind leaves the race course at the fourth day of Tornado Europeans |
| CAGLIARI, ITALY-(12-6-2003) Tornado European Championship |
| Cagliari, Italy - A light and shifty breeze became impossible sailing the seventh and eighth races of the Tornado European Championship in Cagliari. |
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| Third day of European Tornado Championship |
| CAGLIARI, ITALY-(11-6-2003) Tornado European Championship |
| An 8-10 kts south westerly wind building up to 12-14 knots blew today over the race area of the European Tornado event held in Cagliari. |
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| Third day of Tornado Europeans |
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| A sunny day for exiting races |
| CAGLIARI, ITALY-(10-6-2003) Tornado European Championship |
| Cagliari, Italy - For the second day of race there was a south- south easterly wind of about 6-7 knots increasing 8-10. In the European Tornado Championship result, after four races, in the first position is the greek crew, Paschalidis-Garefis (2-22-1-4). |
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| First gun for European Tornado Championship |
| CAGLIARI, ITALY-(9-6-2003) Tornado European Championship |
| Cagliari, Italy - An 8 kts south easterly wind building up to 11 knots blew today over the race area of the European Tornado event held in Cagliari. |
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| Darren Bundock and John Forbes win the Title of 200 Tornado World Champion |
| MARBLEHEAD, MA-(28-9-2002) Tornado World Championship 2002 |
| Marblehead, MA - Darren Bundock and John Forbes are the Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Champions! The turned in a brilliant performance with finishes of 2, (6), 1, 1, 2 5, 1, 4 for a total of 16 points. |
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| No racing at 4th day of Tornado Worlds |
| MARBLEHEAD, MA-(27-9-2002) Tornado World Championship 2002 |
| Marblehead, MA - No races were started today. After three solid days of racing in northerly breezes, the remnants of tropical storm Isadore approached Martha's Vineyard. |
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| Report of day 3 Tornado Worlds |
| MARBLEHEAD, MA-(26-9-2002) Tornado World Championship 2002 |
| Marblehead, MA - No rain, cloudy skies, wind out of the east northeast, velocity 13-18 knots, seas are still choppy. Today's racing was held in excellent sailing conditions, but light on the sunblock and wind chill became noticeable by the second race. |
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| Good conditions at 2nd day of Tornado Worlds |
| MARBLEHEAD, MA-(25-9-2002) Tornado World Championship 2002 |
| Marblehead, MA - No rain, mainly clear skies, wind out of the northeast at 50-55 degrees, velocity 13-18 knots, sea still choppy. The fleet was greeted at the starting line by an armada of photo/video boats, helicopters taking aerial photos, planes taking aerial photos (and laying smoke contrails at the start of the first race), and spectator boats and planes. The Vineyard has discovered that Tornado racing on a clear, breezy day is the best show of the summer. |
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| Booth / Dercksen winners of the second race at Tornado Worlds |
| AMSTERDAM/MARTHA`S VINYARD-(25-9-2002) Tornado World Championship 2002 - EDS Sailing Team |
| Amsterdam/Martha`s Vinyard - EDS Sailing Team with Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen from the
Netherlands won the second race at the World Championship Tornado in
America. Booth and Dercksen were running on top nearly during the whole
race. The American team with Guck and Farrar pressed the EDS Sailing Team
hard and ended up in second position. During the race, the windforce was
between 10 and 15 knots. |
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| Day 2 report of Tornado Worlds |
| MARTHA`S VINYARD-(24-9-2002) Tornado World Championship 2002 |
| The day began again with rain, but no thunderstorms and definitely plenty of wind. Prior to the harbor start, the Race Committee reported 19 knots with gusts as high as 24 knots. As the rain showers abated and the fleet headed out to the racing area, the NNE breeze moderated to 16 knots. Sea conditions were 2-3 feet and choppy. |
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| Tornado Worlds 2002 |
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| No results on first day at Tornado Worlds! |
| MARTHA`S VINEYARD, MA-(24-9-2002) 2002 Tornado World Championship - EDS Sailing Team |
| Martha`s Vineyard, MA - The 57 boat fleet of the Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championship did
not complete any races on the first day of racing. |
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| Report of first day`s racing at Tornado Worlds |
| MARTHA`S VINEYARD, MA-(23-9-2002) 2002 Tornado World Championship - EDS Sailing Team |
| Martha`s Vineyard, MA - The Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championship began racing today at Martha's Vineyard. Unfortunately, no races were completed. |
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| Booth / Dercksen aiming at gold at Tornado Worlds |
| AMSTERDAM-(19-9-2002) Tornado World Championship 2002 - EDS Sailing Team |
| Amsterdam - EDS Sailing Team with Mitch Booth and Herbert Dercksen from the Netherlands
is aiming at gold at the Exact Software 2002 Tornado World Championships. |
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| Preview Tornado World Championship and Olympic Qualification Regatta |
| MARTHA`S VINYARD-(14-9-2002) Tornado World Championship 2002 |
| Martha`s Vinyard - The 2002 Tornado World Championships, hosted by Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts USA, kicks off on Saturday 21 September and 55 teams from 20 nations will fight it out for the 2002 World Champion title. |
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