World on Water Global Sailing News – September 1, 2017:
On this week’s “World on Water” global sailing news show:
In this episode, WoW TV was exclusively on-board the Oatley family’s record breaking Super-Maxi Wild Oats XI (HeadCam by Michael Coxon) during Audi Hamilton Island Race Week where she duelled with sister-ship maxi Black Jack on the sparkling waters of the Whitsundays. Also showing is the Sailing World Championships Test Event on day five in Aarhus Denmark, “How to Build a Winch” info from the VOR, the Extreme Sailing Series latest Act was in Cardiff Wales, Rolex Farr 40 Worlds held recently in Sardinia, and Betsy Alison – Adult Director of US Sailing – on the opportunities …
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Clipper Race: Preparing for the Tropics:
(September 1, 2017; Day 12) – Qingdao continues to lead the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet today, followed by Great Britain in second and Sanya Serenity Coast in third as the teams push towards the Scoring Gate.
Qingdao Skipper Chris Kobusch remains confident of being able to secure the first points of the Clipper 2017-18 Race, reporting: “We got some fantastic sailing in and could widen the gap between us and our closest competitor for the three-point Scoring Gate; GREAT Britain. We are now less than 250nM away from the gate and it will become harder and harder for them to catch us in time.”
Not much further back behind the leading pack are HotelPlanner.com, Liv…
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