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Larry Ellison's (pictured) challenging vehicle, the Golden Gate Yacht Club, are expected to appeal.

Shock decision leaves America's Cup in turmoil

The future of the America's Cup was thrown back into turmoil yesterday when a panel of five judges split three to two to overturn a previous decision which had granted Larry Ellison's San Francisco-based BMW Oracle the sole right to challenge the Swiss holder Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi.

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Sailing: Blonde ambition turns to gold

Sunday, 27 July 2008

In the 470 dinghy Bassadone hopes to conquer Qingdao's adverse conditions and make up for immense disappointment at Athens

Wind surfing: First there was romance in the air, now rivalry puts wind up Dempsey

Sunday, 27 July 2008

As if Chrissie and Greg were not enough to have the non-sporting media abuzz, we had better prepare for a surfeit of Nick and Sarah and Love Boat headlines.

Hutchinson sparkles in Bay of Palma

Saturday, 26 July 2008

Sparkling racing conditions on the Bay of Palma off Puerto Portals are being matched by a sparkling performance from the American Terry Hutchinson aboard the TP52 Quantum in the fourth of six regattas in the Audi MedCup series. The man from Annapolis notched up a second and first yesterday to stretch his lead to 14 points in this Breitling regatta with just one race scheduled for today.

Michel Hodara quits as head of Alinghi

Monday, 21 July 2008

Swiss America's Cup holder Alinghi is to lose its CEO Michel Hodara, the man in charge of organising not just the up-coming one-on-one defence against Larry Ellison's San Francisco-based BMW Oracle but in charge of the long-term planning of the next multi-challenge America's Cup in the event of Alinghi being successful.

Plain sailing? 'We're confident we've done hard yards'

Sunday, 20 July 2008

The fairy story that has been British Olympic yachting over the last 20 years seems set to continue in China led by the golden boy that is Ben Ainslie, three golden blondes in Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson, and a pair of west country buccaneers called Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes.

Atlantic flyer Coville's 'praying mantis' smashes record by eight hours

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

The Blue Riband for sailing solo across the Atlantic was taken from one Frenchman by another yesterday morning when Thomas Coville set a new time of 5d 19hr 29min 20sec, roaring out of the fog and into the record books off the coast of his native Brittany.

Coutts endorses return to traditional America's Cup

Thursday, 10 July 2008

A commitment to make the America's Cup a challenger-driven event and a tentative opening of the door, if only by an inch or two, to a negotiated settlement of the bitter legal struggle between the American challenger, Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle, and the Swiss defender, Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi was made by Russell Coutts, Ellison's skipper and ceo, yesterday.

America's Cup challenger receives boost

Wednesday, 9 July 2008

Six thousand feet up a mountain in Italy, with storm clouds threatening thunder and torrential rain, the relentless drive of the San Francisco-based America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle yesterday received a little extra momentum from the clothes manufacturer Slam.

Hutchinson shows size of Mills' challenge

Sunday, 6 July 2008

A treat is being cooked up for Britain's America's Cup challenge chief, Sir Keith Mills, when he guests on board John Cook's TP52 Cristabella in Spain at the end of this month.

Sailor completes 4,800-mile voyage in wave-powered boat

Sunday, 6 July 2008

A Japanese adventurer has completed a three-month journey from Hawaii to Japan in a boat powered by the energy of ocean waves. The 4,800-mile voyage, which began in Honolulu in March, ended as Kenichi Horie's three-ton yacht docked in Wakayama in western Japan late Friday night.

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