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Merseyside Maritime Museum to Feature Sailing Stories

Merseyside Maritime Museum to Feature Sailing Stories

The Merseyside Maritime Museum which is a part of the National museums in Liverpool is set to open a brand new gallery for exploring different stories of the passengers and seafarers who sail from Liverpool. The gallery has been named as The Life on Board and will open on March 28th in 2020. A spokeswoman from the National Museums Liverpool said that it will reveal all the joys, dangers, community and cultures at the center of seafaring starting from the…

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Stars And Stripes Join AC36

Stars And Stripes Join AC36

There was an iconic challenge taken up by the boat Stars and Stripes which was sailed by Dennis Conner’s team in 1987. This vessel sailed down and was victorious at that time as it beat the Aussies in their own waters and came back to a parade that was organized in their honor in New York City. This moniker would be making a return among the foiling monohulls in 2021. Word was heard about this team to participate in America’s…

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World Class Sailors On Day 1 World Sailing

World Class Sailors On Day 1 World Sailing

The first day of World Sailing Championships in Aarhus, Denmark saw several experienced sailors, both of men’s and women’s categories of 470 as well as Finn get down to a fierce competition. The races started in 2nd August 2018 and are being broadcasted live on World Sailing Network. The 470 fleets have 224 sailors competing from 32 nations that include eight medalists of the Olympics. There are 16 spots to be gained for Tokyo Olympic games 2020 which are up…

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World Sailing Event Bids

World Sailing Event Bids

The different 2018-2020 sailing events that are lined up by World Sailing are open for bid registrations. These are mainly match racing championships. This organization is the governing body of the sport of sailing, has opened up the bidding process that mainly comprises of Youth and Women’s Match Racing World Championships that would be on from 2018 to 2020. The 2018 Nations Cup registrations and bidding process is also open. Considering the Youth Match Racing World Championship, this is an…

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Manson Topples Drysdale’s Best Time Record

Manson Topples Drysdale’s Best Time Record

There is a tough competition brewing up in the New Zealand single sculls spot between the new record holder Manson and current single sculler Drysdale. The two-time Olympian MaheDrysdale’s record was broken by Robbie Manson during his gold winning performance for New Zealand at the World Cup regatta in Poland last weekend. The amazing thing about Robbie’s sculling was that he was able to better to best time word record set by Drysdale and that too by three seconds. Because…

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Tracy Edwards Buys Back Yacht

Tracy Edwards Buys Back Yacht

Many sailors get attached to their boats and with good reason. They are expensive and lifetime investments for many. Often, many are forced to sell off their yachts, either for economic reasons or to move on to bigger or better investments. Some, however, develop an attachment to their boat that remains even if they are forced to sell it off. For instance, Tracy Edwards, who is skipper for a world sailing crew, was reunited with a yacht she owned previously….

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SAP And US Sailing Together

SAP And US Sailing Together

The national governing body of sailing sports in the United States, and SAP SE, the leading application software provider has come together. They have declared a partnership that defined SAP the technology partner and Cloud service provider of United States sailing team. SAP has been announced as official partner of US sailing. The first phase of this collaboration will focus on increasing accessibility to racing on offshore. Technology will be developed to simplify the entire process that boat owner chose…

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