Star studded Fleet ready for Worlds in San Francisco |
SAN FRANCISCO CA, USA-(30-9-2006) Star World Championship |
San Francisco CA, USA - The 74 boat fleet assembled for the World Championship is not the largest ever, but it is one of the deepest in terms of talent. Among the skippers and crew, there are no fewer than 20 Gold Stars (worlds victories) and 9 Olympic Gold medals. Throw in the prestigious Bacardi Cup, European and North American championships and there are another 30, or so, first place finishes. |
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Gold medal in the bag for Percy and Mitchell |
VARBERG, SWEDEN-(11-8-2005) Olympic Classes Europeans - Team GBR |
Varberg, Sweden - Today Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell walked away from the Star European Championships in Varberg, Sweden, with a gold medal. |
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Team GBR is back in business |
VARRBER, SWEDEN-(9-8-2005) Europeans Laser Standard / Radial, Star, Tornado - Team GBR |
Varrber, Sweden - Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell have taken the Star Europeans by storm. Appearing for the first time this season on European waters, Percy and Mitchell secured two bullets today and took the lead in the Star fleet. |
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Grael-Ferreira won their second regatta |
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(15-2-2005) Star World Championship |
The fourth race of the Star Class World Championship was won today by the Brazilian team, Torben Grael and Marcelo Ferreira. In second place came the French, Xavier Rohart and Pascal Rambeau and third, the other French team, Phillipe Presti and Jean Phillipe Saliou. |
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Great conditions forecasted |
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(11-2-2005) Star World Championship - GBR Team |
Buenos Aires, Argentina - The Star class has returned to Buenos Aires in the Argentinean summer for the first World Championship of 2005 in the Olympic Classes. The last time the Stars came here was in 1988 when a young Paul Cayard took away the trophy, and this World Championship follows on from a successful South American Championship held here in January and won by Lars Grael. |
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Competitors from more then 20 countries arrive at Buenos Aires for Star Worlds |
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(7-2-2005) Star World Championship |
Buenos Aires, Argentina - More than 20 countries willing to lead in this Olympic sport, competing through out a whole week in Olivos´ Port, province of Buenos Aires. Athens´ Olympic Champions and bronze medallists have already arrived to the country. |
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Impressive Entry List |
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA-(24-1-2005) Star World Championship |
Buenos Aires, Argentina - The 2005 Star World Championship is scheduled to take place in Argentina from 8 to 20 February. The event will be hosted by the Club Nautico Olivos in Buenos Aires, the same yacht club to host the championship in 1988. |
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Finally wind at final day of Star Worlds |
GAETA, ITALY-(2-5-2004) Star World Championship - GBR Team |
Gaeta, Italy - After a missed day yesterday due to lack of wind, the 102 competitors at the Audi Star class world championship finally had better luck today and managed to complete a further two races in 15 knots of breeze. |
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Percy and Mitchell move up to second going into final day of Star Worlds |
GAETA, ITALY-(1-5-2004) Star World Championship - GBR Team |
Gaeta, Italy - After a missed day yesterday due to lack of wind, the 102 competitors at the Audi Star class world championship finally had better luck today and managed to complete a further two races in 15 knots of breeze. |
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No wind equals no racing at Star worlds |
GEATA, ITALY-(30-4-2004) Star World Championship - GBR Team |
Geata, Italy - Officials and competitors at the Audi Star class world championships are not having much luck. The one thing that is required to go sailing, the wind, is not playing this week and another day of the championship has been lost due to lack of wind. |
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Racing abandoned due to lack of wind on day four of Star worlds |
GAETA, ITALY-(28-4-2004) Star World Championship |
Gaeta, Italy - On the fourth day of the Audi Star class world championship, racing has had to be abandoned due to lack of wind. |
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Percy and Mitchell caught out on day two of world championship |
GAETA, ITALY-(26-4-2004) Star World Championship - GBR Team |
Gaeta, Italy - On the second day of racing at the Audi Star Class World Championship a large wind shift on the penultimate leg of the race caught many sailors out, including Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy and crew Steve Mitchell. |
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Percy & Mitchell take the lead |
GAETA, ITALY-(26-4-2004) Star World Championship |
Gaeta, Italy - The gloves came off for the first race of the 2004 Star World Championships in Gaeta, Italy with Skandia sponsored Iain PERCY and Steve MITCHELL scoring an opening race win in challenging conditions. |
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Kiwi's target on qualification at Star Worlds |
GAETA, ITALY-(25-4-2004) Star World Championship - NZL Team |
Gaeta, Italy - The Star keelboat World Championship commences racing tomorrow in Gaeta, Italy. It is the final Olympic qualification regatta for the Star keelboat, with kiwi pair Rohan Lord and Andrew Taylor aiming to qualify the Star class for New Zealand. |
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Star studded line up for world championship |
GAETA, ITALY-(23-4-2004) Star World Championship - GBR Team |
Gaeta, Italy - With less than four months to go until the 2004 Olympic Games, a total of 118 entries, representing 30 nations, will line up on the start to contest one of the most prestigious titles in the Star class, with the list of previous winners reading like a who’s who of yachting. |
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Star Worlds kicks off on Saturday |
GAETA, ITALY -(22-4-2004) Star World Championship |
Gaeta, Italy - As well as the final Europe Class Olympic Qualification Regatta taking place at Semaine Olympique Francaise, the final Olympic Qualification Regatta for the keelboat men, the Star World Championship, kicks off in Gaeta, Italy on 24 April. |
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Olympic Year Bacardi Cup draws best in world to Miami |
MIAMI, FL. USA-(2-4-2004) Bacardi Cup |
Miami, FL. USA - The rock stars of sailing regattas are heading back to Biscayne Bay in March 2004 to compete in the only Cuban-born sporting event that survives today in the United States - The 2004 Trofeo BACARDI. |
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Torben gets his best weapons and gets the 4th race |
L'ESCALA, SPAIN-(30-3-2004) Star European Championship |
L'Escala, Spain - Today there has been disputed the 4th race of the European with the importance that it validates the Championship.
Under rain conditions, SE wind and strong waves, the racers have been able to take their start at 14:44, after the Jury postponed the first start, warned at 12:00. |
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Strong winds and rough seas at third day racing |
L'ESCALA, SPAIN-(29-3-2004) Star European Championship |
The 3rd day of races of the European celebrated in L'Escala has been contested satisfactorily despite of the strong wind from the east that blew in the racing area. |
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Cayard and Trinter Bound for Athens |
PORTSMOUTH, RI, USA-(28-3-2004) US Olympic Team Trials-Sailing |
Portsmouth, RI, USA - In the twenty years since Paul Cayard (Kentfield, Calif.) was a member of the U.S.A.’s 1984 Olympic Sailing Team – as an alternate – he has accomplished a number of sailing milestones that have made him the envy of most sailors. |
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Canada takes two |
L'ESCALA, SPAIN-(28-3-2004) Star European Championship |
L'Escala, Spain - Today the Swed Fredrik Lööf has commanded the first race in which Ross McDonald has been 4th. The first Italian is 18th in the provisional classification. |
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Szabo and Strube Win Day Six |
COCONUT GROVE, FL. USA-(25-3-2004) US Olympic Team Trials-Sailing |
Coconut Grove, FL. USA - With both Star sailors and organizers anxious to resume racing after yesterday+IBk-s layday, the Race Committee sent an observer out on blustery Biscayne Bay to take wind readings after early-morning reports came in at 15-22 knots. |
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Cayard and Trinter Two for Two on Day Four |
COCONUT GROVE, FL. USA-(23-3-2004) US Olympic Team Trials-Sailing |
Coconut Grove, FL. USA - A blustery northerly that ushered in cooler temperatures also made for a speedy ride out to the racecourse once the postponement flag came down for the 22 Star teams competing in the 2004 US Olympic Team Trials-Sailing. |
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Star Class Veterans Brun and Cayard Each Win One |
COCONUT GROVE, FLA-(21-3-2004) U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Sailing |
Coconut Grove, Fla - With a forecast for wind at half the strength it was yesterday on Biscayne Bay, the 22 teams of Star sailors competing in the 2004 US Olympic Team Trials-Sailing got in two solid races on a Sunday afternoon that couldn't have been more perfect. |
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Wind Delays Start on Day One for Star Sailors |
COCONUT GROVE, FLA-(20-3-2004) U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Sailing |
Coconut Grove, Fla - After a brief delay this morning, Star sailors got in two exciting races on Biscayne Bay for the opening day of the 2004 US Olympic Team Trials-Sailing. |
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Sixty-five boats of twenty-one different nationalities will participate in the most significant sports event in Girona's territory |
L'ESCALA, SPAIN-(15-3-2004) Star European Championship |
l'Escala, Spain - Once it finished the entry deadline to participate in the 2004 Star Class European Championship, accorded following the international class rules (ISCYRA), the 4th of March, the Organizing Committee of the Regatta informs that the total number of entries received is of 65 sailors. |
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Portuguese win 2004 Bacardi Cup |
MIAMI, FL. USA-(12-3-2004) Bacardi Cup |
It’s official. Without sailing the final race in the six race series, the Portuguese Star Class team of Afonso Domingos and crew Bernardo Santos have won the 2004 Bacardi Cup. They are the first Europeans to win this prestigious sailing regatta since the race first sailed with 10 boats in Havana, Cuba in 1927. |
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Percy, Mitchell win Day Four |
MIAMI, FL. USA-(11-3-2004) Bacardi Cup |
Miami, FL. USA - With the best wind of the last four days, the British team of Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell finished in first place redeeming themselves from a first day race disqualification for an early start. The former World champions took an early lead and held it through the finish line. |
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Portuguese likely to win Bacardi Cup |
MIAMI, FL. USA-(10-3-2004) Bacardi Cup |
Miami, FL. USA - Alfonso Domingos and crew Bernardo Santos of Portugal assured themselves of the 2004 Bacardi Cup championship after the fifth race in the six-race Star Class Regatta on Thursday. |
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Europeans Win Day Three |
MIAMI, FL. USA-(9-3-2004) Bacardi Cup |
Miami, FL. USA - It didn’t look or feel like a sailing regatta today as the 93- boat Bacardi Cup fleet went searching for wind on Biscayne Bay. Despite the shifty light breeze, the race was won with a long lead by the Portuguese duo of Alfonso Domingos and crew Bernardo Santos. With half the races completed, they are now in first place overall at the Bacardi Cup. |
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Bromby Wins Second Race in Prestigious Bacardi Cup |
MIAMI, FL. USA-(8-3-2004) Bacardi Cup |
Miami, FL. USA - With a light chop and winds of 15 knots, the second race of the six-day Bacardi Cup Star Class Regatta started after one general recall and a false start disqualification for day one leaders Paul Cayard and Phil Trinter. |
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Cayard takes first day |
MIAMI, FL. USA-(7-3-2004) Bacardi Cup |
Miami, FL. USA - Shifty and patchy light winds of under four knots caused two general recalls of the 97-boat Star Class fleet and delayed the start of the 2004 Bacardi Cup by almost three hours today. |
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Sailing stars line up in Miami for Bacardi Cup |
MIAMI, FLORIDA-(7-3-2004) Bacardi Cup |
Miami, Florida - Olympic Gold medallist Iain Percy and team mate Steve
Mitchell will be put to the test this week when they line up against some of
the best Star class sailors in the world at the Bacardi Cup in Miami. |
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Presentation of the Star Class European Championship in the Townhall of L'Escala to the media. |
L'ESCALA, SPAIN-(19-11-2003) Star European Championship |
l'Escala, Spain - Last 15th november, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation agreed to delegate the Star Class European Championship organization to the Club Nàutic L'Escala. |
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Applauses for the winners |
CASCAIS, PORTUGAL-(10-9-2003) Star European Championship |
Cascais, Portugal - After five intense days of competition, the sailors joined in the closing cerimony of the 2003 Star European Championship, where there were delivered the prizes to the best crews. |
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Organization rewarded with praises |
CASCAIS, PORTUGAL-(10-9-2003) Star European Championship |
Cascais, Portugal - Fulfilled mission. That was the organization state of mind, the jury and Portugal Telecom, the sponsor of 2003 Star European Championship, by the end of yesterday's afternoon, with the six scheduled races completed. |
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Fourth place finish for Percy and Mitchell at Europeans |
CASCAIS, PORTUGAL-(9-9-2003) Star European Championship - GBR Team |
Cascais, Portugal - Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy and crewman Steve
Mitchell just missed out on the medals at the Star European Championships by
one point finishing fourth overall and second Europeans. |
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Brazil`s Grael/Ferreira win after hot battle with Dutchies Neeleman/Van Niekerk |
CASCAIS, PORTUGAL-(9-9-2003) Star European Championship |
In a race with an unexpected end, Torben Grael was the best and crossed the finish line ahead of his main opponent, Mark Neeleman (NED), that finished fourth. With this result, the brazilian crew became the 2003 Star European Champion. |
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Ross MacDonald and Kai Bjorn victory |
CASCAIS, PORTUGAL-(6-9-2003) Star European Championship |
Cascais, Portugal - It was 14h05 when the Race Committee started the fourth race of the 2003 Star European Championship. With four of the six scheduled races completed and with the worst score discarded, a series is already constituted. |
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Champions find the rhythm |
CASCAIS, PORTUGAL-(5-9-2003) Star European Championship |
With an identical course to the one of the first race (two upwind and two downwind legs), the 62 Stars completed two more races in the European Championship. The wind blew, once more, from northwest with about 15 knots, in today's first race, achieving 20 knots by the end of the competition. |
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Promising start at Olympic Star Class Europeans |
CASCAIS, PORTUGAL-(4-9-2003) Star European Championship |
Cascais, Portugal - In the first race of the competition, the typical conditions of Cascais, with the wind blowing north, exactly from north-west, between 12-16 knots, allowed a promising start of the Stars. |
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