Stories about Light Airs
Below are the latest stories which have been categorised as being about Light Airs.
Light airs scuppers record plans
Posted 12 days, 4 hours ago by $$$ The Daily Sail $$$
Newport Bermuda race fleet deal with tricky met as the fastest boats look for Monday finish more »
Alinghi 3rd overall at Bol d'Or
Posted 20 days, 21 hours ago by Team Alinghi
Alinghi, five-time winner of the Bol d'Or, crossed the finish line 3rd overall today ahead of a 600-strong fleet. The Swiss D35 crew raced for 10 hours in light airs on Lake Geneva coming 2nd in the Decision 35 Class. The overall results and interviews with the crew will follow in the coming days... more »
Clipper Round the World Race: westernaustralia2011.com wins race from New York to Nova Scotia
Posted 27 days, 19 hours ago by BYM Sailing News
Yesterday the Race Committee informed the fleet that it would be using Finish Gate 1 as the finish line in accordance with the sailing instructions. Hampered from the start of the race in New York by light airs and ... more »
Light airs for lake sprint
Posted 28 days ago by Team Alinghi
Weather conditions on Lake Geneva were light today for the start of the Geneva-Rolle-Geneva 35 nautical mile race. Race results are anticipated for Sunday... more »
Koh Samui Day 3: Quantum excels in light airs
Posted 1 month ago by Yachte.com.au
Aussie Ray Roberts helmed his Quantum Racing to the front of the highly-competitive Racing Class in the ongoing Koh Samui International Yacht Regatta in Thailand, winning Race 2, with Andrew Taylor/Joachim Isler’s Ambush and Chris Meads’ Full Metal Jacket second and third, whilst regatta leader Jelik, Frank Pong’s maxi, was not able to get going in the light conditions and finished second last in division to lose the overall lead to Roberts. more »
Koh Samui Day 3: Quantum excels in light airs
Posted 1 month ago by Yachte.com.au
Aussie Ray Roberts helmed his Quantum Racing to the front of the highly-competitive Racing Class in the ongoing Koh Samui International Yacht Regatta in Thailand, winning Race 2, with Andrew Taylor/Joachim Isler’s Ambush and Chris Meads’ Full Metal Jacket second and third, whilst regatta leader Jelik, Frank Pong’s maxi, was not able to get going in the light conditions and finished second last in division to lose the overall lead to Roberts. more »
Round Britain: Last of the Summer Wine
Posted 1 month ago by Sail Blogs
From gales at the beginning of the trip to light airs toward the end - another day of light breeze motoring from Lowestoft to the River Deben. Waldringfield is a lovely stretch of the river on the Essex Suffolk borders. Spent the afternoon walking the countryside listening to the birdsong of the English countryside - something Richard and I have not heard since early April. Who's Compo? One church at Waldringfield, The Fox Inn at Newbourne and the Maybush Arms all thoroughly investigated. Sun emerged just in time to set! more »
Systems Thunder leads light airs Auckland to Fiji
Posted 1 month, 2 days ago by Sail World UK
Systems Thunder (Brian Ward), the most easterly boat of the lead group in the Auckland Fiji race more »
Clipper Round the World Race committer shortens Jamaica to New York race course
Posted 1 month, 5 days ago by BYM Sailing News
Whilst the light airs and close racing have been keeping skippers and crew alike busy, the Race Committee has also been watching the forecasted weather very closely. With the exceptionally light winds due to continue along the whole coastal ... more »
Clipper Round the World Day 7: Can New York overcome home port curse?
Posted 1 month, 5 days ago by Yachte.com.au
Whilst the light airs and close racing have been keeping skippers and crew alike busy, and the New York crew out to beat the home port curse, the Race Committee has also been watching the forecasted weather very closely and taken the decision to shorten the course of this leg. more »
Clipper Round the World Day 7: Can New York overcome home port curse?
Posted 1 month, 5 days ago by Yachte.com.au
Whilst the light airs and close racing have been keeping skippers and crew alike busy, and the New York crew out to beat the home port curse, the Race Committee has also been watching the forecasted weather very closely and taken the decision to shorten the course of this leg. more »
Light airs test Clipper fleet skills
Posted 1 month, 6 days ago by Sail World Australia
At the midday (GMT) schedule westernaustralia2011.com was just four miles behind leaders more »
Light airs test Clipper fleet skills
Posted 1 month, 6 days ago by Sail World UK
At the midday (GMT) schedule westernaustralia2011.com was just four miles behind leaders more »
Clipper Round the World Day 6: Light airs test skills
Posted 1 month, 6 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The Clipper 07-08 fleet has fewer than 600 nautical miles to run to the finish of Race 11 at the famous Ambrose lighthouse in New York, but once again the wind has deserted the yachts and they are ghosting along on mirror-flat seas, Glasgow leading the way. more »
Clipper Round the World Day 6: Light airs test skills
Posted 1 month, 6 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The Clipper 07-08 fleet has fewer than 600 nautical miles to run to the finish of Race 11 at the famous Ambrose lighthouse in New York, but once again the wind has deserted the yachts and they are ghosting along on mirror-flat seas, Glasgow leading the way. more »
Artemis Transat: Simon Clarke takes avoiding action to miss whale and calf
Posted 1 month, 9 days ago by BYM Sailing News
In 10th place, 30 miles behind Groupe Partouche, Simon Clarke faces light airs. So, after the past few days of pretty nasty weather, constant drizzle and bad visibility. Today has been a bit of a shock to the system, ... more »
Hull & Humber wins Race 10 to Jamaica in Clipper Race
Posted 1 month, 14 days ago by Sail Search Blog
www.Sail-Search.com: Just 57 seconds separated the first and second placed teams in the race from Santa Cruz, California, to Jamaica, Hull & Humber securing a fourth victory in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race. Crossing the finish line running a mile due north of Folly Point lighthouse, Port Antonio, Jamaica, at 2223:29 local time (0323:29 GMT) Hull & Humber brought to an end three days of fast and furious racing, beating New York by the narrowest of margins in the 590-mile race from Colon, Panama. Eight of the ten internationally-backed yachts were in sight of each other as the fleet raced towards Port Antonio, the leading pack separated by 13 miles or less for much of the last 24 hours. The skippers pushed crews and boats hard to gain every extra knot of speed to put distance between themselves and the opposition. The favourable easterly breeze helped the fleet speed towards their destination, a welcome change after the light airs on the race from Santa Cruz to Panama. Spraying celebratory champagne over his crew, Hull & Humber's skipper Danny Watson said, "Another win! Obviously it was very, very close. We had the other boats in sight for three days and squalls in the distance at night so the positions were always a bit of a mix up during the night time but we pushed hard. The guys just had belief all the way through. We had a good lead coming in to the end and found a bit of a wind hole but we just kept belief and it came good in the end." The victory extends Hull & Humber's lead over New York to three and a half points, with Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper, who finished third in Race 10, ten points behind the English team. Race Director, Joff Bailey, says, "This has been a very intense race and all the skippers are now focussed on the overall result of this competition. It's a bit like the end of the Premiership season and it's all building up to be decided on the last weekend. This is possibly the closest contest since the Clipper Race began in 1996 and there are still a lot of points to be won in a very short space of time. There are two big battles brewing at the top of the table and in the middle and it would be very easy for any of the teams to slip up as we saw during Race 9 from Santa Cruz when tactical choices failed to pay off." Port Antonio on Jamaica's northern coast is Jamaica's third largest port and one of the island's most important tourist attractions. Now a centre for eco-friendly projects and untouched by mass tourism, it became a boom town in the 1880s after the beginning of the banana trade and promotion of the port as a destination for wealthy American travellers. It was glamorised by Hollywood as a model of paradise in the 1940s and 50s, an image reinforced by the arrival of movie star Errol Flynn when his yacht washed ashore in bad weather. His house on Navy Island overlooks Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio where the Clipper fleet is berthed for the duration of the stopover in Jamaica. Jamaica's Tourism Minister, The Honourable Edmund Bartlett MP, will visit Port Antonio during the Clipper 07-08 visit. Minister Bartlett will present the pennants to the first three teams at the prizegiving ceremony at the Ken Wright Cruise Ship Terminal on the evening of Thursday 22 May, and will meet the crews and visit the yachts on Friday 23 May. The race will restart from Port Antonio on Saturday 24 May at 1400 local time (1900 GMT). The boats will leave Errol Flynn Marina at 12 noon (1700 GMT) and sail in formation past Folly Point where spectators will be able to have an excellent view of Jamaica and the other nine yachts in the Clipper 07-08 fleet. more »
Hull & Humber wins Race 10 to Jamaica in Clipper Race
Posted 1 month, 14 days ago by Sail Search RSA
www.Sail-Search.com: Just 57 seconds separated the first and second placed teams in the race from Santa Cruz, California, to Jamaica, Hull & Humber securing a fourth victory in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race. Crossing the finish line running a mile due north of Folly Point lighthouse, Port Antonio, Jamaica, at 2223:29 local time (0323:29 GMT) Hull & Humber brought to an end three days of fast and furious racing, beating New York by the narrowest of margins in the 590-mile race from Colon, Panama. Eight of the ten internationally-backed yachts were in sight of each other as the fleet raced towards Port Antonio, the leading pack separated by 13 miles or less for much of the last 24 hours. The skippers pushed crews and boats hard to gain every extra knot of speed to put distance between themselves and the opposition. The favourable easterly breeze helped the fleet speed towards their destination, a welcome change after the light airs on the race from Santa Cruz to Panama. Spraying celebratory champagne over his crew, Hull & Humber's skipper Danny Watson said, "Another win! Obviously it was very, very close. We had the other boats in sight for three days and squalls in the distance at night so the positions were always a bit of a mix up during the night time but we pushed hard. The guys just had belief all the way through. We had a good lead coming in to the end and found a bit of a wind hole but we just kept belief and it came good in the end." The victory extends Hull & Humber's lead over New York to three and a half points, with Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper, who finished third in Race 10, ten points behind the English team. Race Director, Joff Bailey, says, "This has been a very intense race and all the skippers are now focussed on the overall result of this competition. It's a bit like the end of the Premiership season and it's all building up to be decided on the last weekend. This is possibly the closest contest since the Clipper Race began in 1996 and there are still a lot of points to be won in a very short space of time. There are two big battles brewing at the top of the table and in the middle and it would be very easy for any of the teams to slip up as we saw during Race 9 from Santa Cruz when tactical choices failed to pay off." Port Antonio on Jamaica's northern coast is Jamaica's third largest port and one of the island's most important tourist attractions. Now a centre for eco-friendly projects and untouched by mass tourism, it became a boom town in the 1880s after the beginning of the banana trade and promotion of the port as a destination for wealthy American travellers. It was glamorised by Hollywood as a model of paradise in the 1940s and 50s, an image reinforced by the arrival of movie star Errol Flynn when his yacht washed ashore in bad weather. His house on Navy Island overlooks Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio where the Clipper fleet is berthed for the duration of the stopover in Jamaica. Jamaica's Tourism Minister, The Honourable Edmund Bartlett MP, will visit Port Antonio during the Clipper 07-08 visit. Minister Bartlett will present the pennants to the first three teams at the prizegiving ceremony at the Ken Wright Cruise Ship Terminal on the evening of Thursday 22 May, and will meet the crews and visit the yachts on Friday 23 May. The race will restart from Port Antonio on Saturday 24 May at 1400 local time (1900 GMT). The boats will leave Errol Flynn Marina at 12 noon (1700 GMT) and sail in formation past Folly Point where spectators will be able to have an excellent view of Jamaica and the other nine yachts in the Clipper 07-08 fleet. more »
Artemis Transat: PRB, Gitana Eighty and Brit Air through ice gate
Posted 1 month, 16 days ago by BYM Sailing News
The wind finally came for the first four boats yesterday evening, while as we wrote in our last update the second pack was plagued with the light airs zone which had slowed the leaders in the afternoon. PRB crossed ... more »
Artemis Transat: Unai Basurko, Pakea Bizkaia 2009, pulls out of the race
Posted 1 month, 17 days ago by BYM Sailing News
Stuck in light airs and gradually losing contact with the fleet, Unai Basurko has decided to pull out of the race and announced his decision yesterday evening to the race direction team. There is still 200 miles to go ... more »
