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September 11, 2012Maxi Yacht Rolex CupFantastic racing greeted 34 teams at the 23rd annual Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup held in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Hap Fauth’s brand new 21.94m Bella Mente captured the Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship. Igor Simcic’s 30.48m Esimit Europa 2 won the Maxi Racing class, while Filip Balcaen’s 34.13m Nilaya made short work of the Supermaxi class. Photos: Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi
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September 4, 2012St. Moritz Match RaceKeith Swinton of Australia won his first Alpari World Match Racing Tour event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sept. 2. over former champion Mathieu Richard of France. Bjorn Hansen (SWE) retains the top overall spot in the tour, while Ian Williams (GBR) keeps second going into the next stop in Marseilles on Sept. 24.
Photos: Loris von Siebenthal/St. Moritz Match Race
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September 4, 20122012 Paralympic GamesSailing at the Paralympic Games in Weymouth and Portland, U.K., runs through Sept. 6. US athletes competing include Jen French and JP Creignou (SKUD 18), Mark LeBlanc (2.4 mR), and Paul Callahan, Tom Brown, and Bradley Johnson (Sonar).Click here for more information on sailing at the Paralympic Games. Photos: US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider Facebook page
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August 24, 2012Moth Worlds 2012: WipeoutThierry Martinez catches a hairy top-mark situation with Australians John Harris and Joe Turner at the 2012 Moth Worlds on Lake Garda in Italy.
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August 24, 2012Paralympic Games: Sailing PreviewThe sailing events at Paralympic Games kick off on Sept. 1 in Weymouth and Portland, U.K. Here's the quick shakedown of who's sailing and how to follow the racing.
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August 23, 2012Moth Worlds 2012: Lake Garda, ItalyFoiling fanatics flock to Lake Garda, Italy, for the Moth World Championship, which runs through August 26. Check out a video of the sailing action here. Photos by Thierry Martinez
Click here to check out Martinez's photos from a hairy top-mark rounding.
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August 21, 2012Team GBR's 'Fine Art on Sail'Shape-shifters of the print world Eley Kishimoto--Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto--present a unique perspective on Olympic Star sailing. The pair will be the first artists in Britain to have their work on an Olympic Star class sail.
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August 14, 2012Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes WeekOne of the UK's longest running and most succesful sporting events, Cowes Week has played a key role in the British sporting summer calendar since 1826. Roughly 1,000 boats flock to Cowes for a mix of competitive sailing and social activites, and over 100,000 spectators join in to watch the racing--and crash the parties.
Photo Credit: Rick Tomlinson and Getty Images
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August 10, 20122012 Olympics, Day 13Racing wrapped up for the Men's and Women's 470 fleets in Weymouth. Photos by Daniel Forster
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August 6, 20122012 Olympics, Day 9The ninth day of sailing competition in Portland and Weymouth decided the medalists in the Laser and Laser Radial classes, while the 49er and Men's 470 classes continued to do battle. Photos: Daniel Forster, Juerg Kaufmann

