Racing

Friday, June 15 provided plenty of sun and breeze for the start of the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race Start. Photographs from PPL Media.

Over 700 athletes from 59 nations, including almost all of the medal contenders for the upcoming Olympic Games, poured out onto Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay, England, for Skandia Sail for Gold 2012. Photos by Mick Anderson/SAILINGPIX.DK and Will Ricketson/US Sailing

The June 2nd event took place at Surf City Yacht Club in New Jersey, and served as the US Singlehanded Championships Area C Elimination regatta. 7 races took place. Clay Johnson won the full rig class, with only 6 points after his drop, and Kelly McGlynn won the radial class, again with only 6 points.

Photo Credit: Jon Deutsch, www.jdeutsch.com

Current overall leader Groupama took first place, while PUMA battled back for a well-deserved second place finish. CAMPER (with Emirates Team New Zealand) snagged the last podium spot, while overall second-place boat Telefonica came in last. Telefonica's poor finish resulted partially from a penalty on PUMA immediately after the start and partially from a snapped masthead halyard.

Photos by: Ian Roman, Paul Todd, VOR media crewmembers Diego Fructuoso/Team Telefonica, Yann Riou/Groupama Sailing Team, Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ, Nick Dana/Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.

The third act of the series brought great breeze and the closest finish so far this year, with The Wave, Muscat coming out on top after 4 days and 29 races. The Wave, Muscat, headed by Leigh McMillan now stands in first overall with 29 points. Close behind them is French Groupe Edmond de Rothschild with 25 points, and then in third Red Bull Sailing Team with 24 points. Not to be discounted is Oman Air in 4th with 23 points total.

Photos: Vincent Curutchet/Dark Frame

Over 100 boats competed in the Around the Island (Conanicut) race this past weekend, followed by the 158th New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta itself which had a showing of 133 boats. This is the oldest regatta in America.

Photos by Billy Black/Rolex

The Columbia Yacht Club hosted the COLORS regatta on June 2-3 in Chicago, Illinois. The racing featured several One Design classes, including Farr 40s, J 111s, T-10s and J 105s. There was also a Distance Race and PHRF racing to complete the fun.

Photos courtesy of Tom Besore at TomsMedia.SmugMug.com

Top college teams meet head-to-head at the ICSA/APS Team Race Nationals on Lake Travis in Austin, TX.

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Photos courtesy of ICSA Facebook page.

The 2012 Sperry Top-Sider/ICSA Women's National Semifinals and Finals Championships were held on Lake Travis in Austin, TX, from May 30 to June 2. The teams saw everything from 0 knots to 30 knots. Boston College came out on top, while Yale finished second and Rhode Island placed third.

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Photos courtesy of ICSA Facebook page.

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing clinched their first offshore leg win during Leg 7 from Miami, Fla., to Lisbon, Portugal. Photos by Ian Roman, Paul Todd, VOR media crewmembers Diego Fructuoso/Team Telefonica, Yann Riou/Groupama Sailing Team, Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ, Nick Dana/Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.

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The RC44 class visits Lake Traunsee in Austria for match and fleet racing in volatile conditions. After a thunderstorm rolled in during the first day of fleet racing, tactician Michele Ivaldi aboard the Slovenian Team CEEREF said, "It was a very tricky day, on the edge of being unpredictable especially in the last race when the wind basically shut down and filled in from the other side. We just had to race head down and work hard with what we had to get the most out of the boat."

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All photos by MartinezStudio.es

Mare took the overall win at the 2012 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing. The series consisted of doublehanded offshore legs from Charleston, S.C., to New York, N.Y., and from N.Y. to Newport, R.I., along with inshore races. Photos by Billy Black.

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J35 Blue Magic sailing out to the start line from Cobourg on Lake Ontario. The tacking arms on the Windex weren't centred to skipper Stu Henry's satisfaction. 23-May-12.

Teams compete at the penultimate regatta of the 2011-'12 AC World Series in Venice, Italy. Photos by Steven Tsuchiya, Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA.

Check out the people behind the scenes of the ACWS in Steven Tsuchiya's gallery Faces of the Cup.

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PUMA Ocean Racing powered by Berg clinches their second consecutive win in Miami, Florida, during Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race. Photos by Ian Roman, Paul Todd, VOR media crewmembers Diego Fructuoso/Team Telefonica, Yann Riou/Groupama Sailing Team,  Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ, Nick Dana/Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing.

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The Melges 32 fleet descended upon West Palm Beach, Fla., for the 2012 East Coast Championship. Ryan DeVos' Volpe nabbed the championship title on a tiebreaker. Photos  ©2012 JOY | International Melges 32 Class Association.

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The fourth event of the ISAF Sailing World Cup circuit runs from April 22 to 27. Photos by Thom Touw.

Kicks, starts a race and wins Charleston Race Week for J80 class.

Nine Extreme 40s race in Qingdao, China, for Act 2 of the Extreme Sailing Series. Photos by Lloyd Images.

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Luna Rossa captures a thrilling win in the Fleet Racing Championship at the fourth event of the America's Cup World Series in Naples, Italy. Terry Hutchinson's Artemis Racing claims the match racing title. See photos of the racing by Gilles Martin-Raget below, read about the racing in our Finish Line forum.