The Australian actress motivates her home country's sailing crew with a good luck phone call
Britain's Finn class sailor Ben Ainslie took his third Olympic gold on Sunday, leaving American Zach Railey with silver, shortly after Britain's Yngling team took the first sailing gold of the Beijing Games in strong winds and heavy rain.
Although his sport might not be the most high-profile Olympic discipline, Paul Elvstrom's four consecutive sailing gold medals -- all in the same individual event -- guarantee him a place in the roll-call of all-time great Olympians.
The Americas Cup rematch between holders Alinghi of Switzerland and U.S. rivals Oracle will be held next March after a New York judge dismissed an Oracle appeal against Alinghi.
Defending America's Cup champions Alinghi of Switzerland have revealed they are to start building a multihull yacht for their duel against American challengers Oracle.
If sailing is relaxing, then this is not sailing.
America's Cup holders Alinghi want a US court to name the date for their multihull clash with American challengers Oracle, which will decide the 33rd edition of the contest.
Swiss holders Alinghi face U.S. challengers BMW Oracle Racing in Geneva on Wednesday in a bid to thrash out the date and venue of the 33rd America's Cup.
Team New Zealand is suing defending champion Alinghi in two U.S. courts to seek compensation for the delay in staging the next America's Cup.
The New Zealand syndicate for the next America's Cup has revealed they are seeking "tens of millions of euros" in compensation from Swiss champions Alinghi over the event's postponement.
The Australian actress motivates her home country's sailing crew with a good luck phone call
Britain's Finn class sailor Ben Ainslie took his third Olympic gold on Sunday, leaving American Zach Railey with silver, shortly after Britain's Yngling team took the first sailing gold of the Beijing Games in strong winds and heavy rain.
Although his sport might not be the most high-profile Olympic discipline, Paul Elvstrom's four consecutive sailing gold medals -- all in the same individual event -- guarantee him a place in the roll-call of all-time great Olympians.
The Americas Cup rematch between holders Alinghi of Switzerland and U.S. rivals Oracle will be held next March after a New York judge dismissed an Oracle appeal against Alinghi.
Defending America's Cup champions Alinghi of Switzerland have revealed they are to start building a multihull yacht for their duel against American challengers Oracle.
If sailing is relaxing, then this is not sailing.
America's Cup holders Alinghi want a US court to name the date for their multihull clash with American challengers Oracle, which will decide the 33rd edition of the contest.
Swiss holders Alinghi face U.S. challengers BMW Oracle Racing in Geneva on Wednesday in a bid to thrash out the date and venue of the 33rd America's Cup.
Team New Zealand is suing defending champion Alinghi in two U.S. courts to seek compensation for the delay in staging the next America's Cup.
The New Zealand syndicate for the next America's Cup has revealed they are seeking "tens of millions of euros" in compensation from Swiss champions Alinghi over the event's postponement.
Double gold medalist Ben Ainslie headed the first nine names -- all from the sport of sailing -- officially selected for Britain's line-up at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Team New Zealand have demanded compensation from Alinghi following the America's Cup holders' decision to postpone the yachting showpiece.
The head of Britain`s America`s Cup team has slammed the Alinghi and Oracle syndicates for their failure to reach an agreement in a dispute which has led to the postponement of the next America's Cup.
Champions Alinghi have rejected a compromise aimed at ending a legal dispute over the rules for the next America's Cup that threatens to delay the event -- US syndicate Oracle has confirmed.
The next America's Cup will begin on July 18, 2009, with the defending champions participating in the round-robin stages for the first time.
The row over the rules for the next Americas Cup series, in 2009, may soon be resolved after the release of the design regulations for a new 90-foot boat to be used in the event in Spain.
Larry Ellison, head of the BMW Oracle syndicate has said that they are ready to accept compromises discussed with America's Cup holders Alinghi as long as the defender will disclose the boats' design regulations..
Judge Herman Cahn has promised an early decision on the Americas Cup dispute between syndicates Oracle and Alinghi but he also urged them to continue their negotiations.
The court case between America's Cup champions Alinghi and U.S. syndicate Oracle will begin on Monday after resolution talks between the two teams broke down.
The next America's Cup scheduled for Valencia in 2009 could be postponed because of the ongoing legal dispute over the rules to be adopted for the competition, the Spanish organizers warned on Wednesday.
Two-time Olympic champion Shirley Robertson has been denied a chance to make it a hat-trick of golds at the Beijing Games next year.
Defending champion Alinghi is still hopeful that American syndicate BMW Oracle Racing will drop its lawsuit against the Swiss team and participate in the next America's Cup.
The world's top sailors are rethinking their preparations for next year's Olympics after drifting in the Yellow Sea currents with barely a gust of wind during a pre-Games test event here.
U.S. syndicate BMW Oracle's new Kiwi skipper Russell Coutts on Sunday called on America's Cup champions Alinghi to row back on rule changes the Swiss syndicate plans to introduce for the next event, scheduled for 2009 in Valencia.
The World Sailing League (WSL) has unveiled the innovative design for their futuristic 70 ft catamarans that will be raced in the new global Grand Prix series, the premier annual sailing competition.
The America's Cup faced a fresh volley of US criticism Thursday from the Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) in San Francisco, base of the BMW Oracle team, blasting proposed rule changes which they said would disadvantage challengers.
Alinghi won the 32nd America's Cup on Tuesday, beating Team New Zealand by one second in a thrilling seventh race to take the series 5-2.
Team New Zealand are one win away from challenging Alinghi for the America's Cup after maintaining their domination of Luna Rossa in the Louis Vuitton Cup final fourth leg on Tuesday.
Team New Zealand smashed their way through choppy waves and strong winds on Wednesday to beat Desafio Espanol 5-2 in their semifinal series and book their place in the Louis Vuitton Cup final.
English syndicate TeamOrigin bought a yacht from defending Americas Cup champions Alinghi on Monday as they build towards their challenge for the sport's most prestigious prize.
American challenger BMW Oracle Racing produced a superb comeback to level their Louis Vuitton Cup semifinal against Italians Luna Rossa on Tuesday.
This month I was back on the Olympic campaign trail, combining both my jobs, because the Mainsail production team followed me to a regatta in Hyeres, France. I worked the filming around my preparations for racing!
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Team New Zealand scored an emphatic victory over the bottom-placed China Team to clinch a place in the semifinals of the Louis Vuitton Cup.
Racing was once again cancelled for the day in Valencia, the fifth time in six days this week, as low winds scuppered the Louis Vuitton Cup once again on Saturday.
Team New Zealand go into the Louis Vuitton Cup with confidence boosted by a strong display in the Act 13 warm-up regatta where they finished second to America's Cup holders Alinghi.
Puma Racing Team, headed by Ken Read of the United States, has become the third confirmed entry of the Volvo Ocean Race.
The official opening Boat Parade for the 32nd America's Cup will take place on Saturday 14 April just two days before the final stages of the event - the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup.
Spanish team Desafio Espanol achieved their first ever fleet race victory on Saturday, finishing ahead of America's Cup winner Alinghi in the sixth race of Louis Vuitton Act 13.
Defending America's Cup champions Alinghi won its third straight fleet race on Friday to take a big lead at the top of the Louis Vuitton Act 13 standings.
ABN AMRO One, winner of the 2005-6 Volvo Ocean Race has scored another triumph, lifting the Racing A Class winner's trophy at the BVI Spring Regatta.
Just a short hop for me this week to film for Mainsail. We were shooting in the Spanish city of Valencia, just across the water from my Olympic training base in Mallorca.
Challengers to Alinghi's America's Cup crown caught a glimpse of what they were up against when the Swiss champions won Wednesday's two regattas at the final preliminary heats staged here for the Louis-Vuitton Cup.
Defending champion Alinghi and the 11 challengers for the America's Cup unveiled their design secrets in Valencia on Sunday.
The 12 yachts competing for this year's America's Cup unveiled their boats in Valencia on Sunday and the rwith here on Sunday showing nothing revolutionary in their designs, organisers said.
Volvo Ocean Race winner Mike Sanderson will lead a British bid to win the America's Cup.
The handover ceremony to mark the official opening of the venue for 2007 America's Cup has taken place in Valencia.
The Spanish economy is to receive a massive $8B boost as a result of the America's Cup being staged in Valencia, a report claims.
The America's Cup is nearly upon us -- and CNN Mainsail will be in Valencia in April to bring you all the latest news and reports from sailing's biggest event.
The eleven teams who hope to take on the holders Alinghi in Valencia for the America's Cup are out on the open water training intensely just one month before the knock-out stages.
America's Cup holders Switzerland have turned to the warm waters off Dubai to prepare for the defense of yachting's most prestigious trophy later this year.
A weekend off from my Olympic training campaign means flying half way round the world to Dubai to film for Mainsail!
French challenger Areva have been penalized by an America's Cup jury for being in possession of photographs of a rival boat.
Germany have entered their first ever challenger for yachting's most prestigious prize.
South Africa are the first of eight challengers for sailing's most prestigious trophy, the America's Cup, to build a new boat.
A Chinese investor has announced a pioneering 32 million euro ($42m) bid to challenge for sailing's most prestigious trophy, the America's Cup.
Crown Princess Mary, Australian-born wife of Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik, has again beaten her husband on the water.
Sweden's Victory Challenge has entered the America's Cup, becoming the eighth contender for the world's most prestigious yachting trophy.
Israel's first gold medalist Gal Fridman has been welcomed home by an enthusiastic crowd in Tel Aviv.
South Africa will become the first African country to contest the America's Cup in 2007 following the submission of its challenge on Wednesday.
An Italian team has been confirmed as the second challenger to Swiss title-holders Alinghi in the 32nd America's Cup, race organizers said on Friday.
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