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After the great first stage of the Melges 20 in Gaeta and the victory of Out of Reach, the teams will meet again this weekend to enjoy some top level sailing and embrace the challenging competition. This 2nd stage of the Audi Sailing Series will take place in Porto Ercole, the little harbor on the Tuscany coast that hosted the Melges 32 fleet just a week ago. The boats will have three intensive race days in which their preparation and tactical plans will be decisive for their performance. The weather forecast announces some instable clouds with chance of rain that ...

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Last weekend the Grand Prix de l'Ecole Navale gathered not only the best sailors in the M34 & J80 classes, but gave the opportunity for students to meet up and compete with each other in the Longtze class. This particular boat category is often preferred by student’ teams because of its relative safety and the affordability, while still providing the thrill of the sailing experience.These young sailors that participated in the Grand Prix de l’Ecole Navale, represented their schools in the Longtze Student Cup. We, at Helly Hansen, are convinced that it is our duty to support new generations. That's ...

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Last weekend the amazing Transvulcania ultra marathon took place, and the Studio 54-Helly Hansen team got a fourth position in the overall team ranking! A remarkable result for the amateur racers, who achieved better position than many professional teams, in one of the best mountain races in the world. The Race was quite hard, with length of 83 kilometres and 8.500 meters of accumulated level. This year more than 1.600 participants ran in la Palma, a tropical island located in the Canary islands and site of the Transvulcania event (Spain). To describe the importance of the marathon we should just ...

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May 10-12 was a great weekend for sailing enthusiasts. Apart from the Audi sailing Series, the Grand Prix de l´Ecole Navale took place in Brest - a huge event in which 177 teams took part in various classes ranging from Open Bic to the M34 of the Tour de France à la Voile. In spite of the cloudy weather, the wind conditions stayed favorable for ensuring a good race, with 15 to 20 knots of wind. In the M34 class, the second stage of the competition for the Iroise Cup took place, following the one at Grand Prix Guyader that ...

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Last Sunday, May 12th, was the last day of the second stage of the Audi Sailing Series in the Melges 32 class. This time the competition was hosted by the beautiful harbor of Porto Ercole, in the region of Tuscany. With a bigger fleet than the one in Gaeta, all of the teams wanted to see whether the balance of power would change during the circuit. With beautiful weather and a great organization from our partners, BPSE, the spectators enjoyed a great show. The race turned out to be very suspenseful and tactical as the 21 entries had to sail ...

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The HH Inga Racing team got of to a weak start in the very light winds on Friday. From then on we started picking up pace. We discovered a problem with our mast ram that meant we were losing rig tension during racing on Saturday. During Saturday night, the team lifted the mast and replaced the damaged ram. By Sunday after some really good starts we were able to sail to our targets again, (which we know are good). After a frustrating first two days, we found our speed, and on the final day scored a 5th, a ...

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Race Day One.Well it is certainly very difficult to talk about the performance of our team today. The day started with the news of the Tragic Loss of Andrew Simpson, from the Artemis America’s Cup Team. Andrew is a very close friend of some of our crew, and an extremely highly respected sailor. The crew of Helly Hansen Inga from Sweden send their condolences and most heart felt best wishes to Andrews family and team mates at this very difficult time.Our day on the water was not the best ever, contesting light airs, a very up to speed and aggressive ...

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Training day two has been very light, we were only able to get out on the water for an hour and a half in the afternoon. It was a short but very good session for the HH Inga Crew. The weather forecast for the weekend looks as though it is going to be very light winds on Friday. There are slightly better winds forecast for the Saturday. Our focus will be on the light airs tuning and finesse, for this regatta. Heading into our first day of racing tomorrow. The team lead by Swedish Helmsman Richard Goransson, is made up ...

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Today starts the second stage of the Audi Sailing Series in the Melges 32 class. The three-day regatta will take place in Porto Ercole, the beautiful Tuscany harbour, which is now ready to host the competition for the biggest boats in the Melges class. With expectations for wind up to 20 knots, we can say that the challenge is on. This weekend we will have the pleasure to watch an even larger fleet than the one that sailed in Gaeta. With total of 21 entries, coming from 8 different nations the competition promises to be very exciting and the regatta ...

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On May 7th the 2013 edition of the Trinite Plymouth competition finished. The two day race offered a great spectacle, where Giancarlo Pedote, sporting Helly Hansen gear, finished first together with his team mate Rémi Aubrun. The incredible French-Italian team won the race for a second time in a row with Prysmian 747 prototype, by outsmarting the competitors in what turned out to be an extremely tactical race. With challenging weather conditions which required great technical preparation and a high level of strategic decisions, the duo managed to cope with the unpredictable ocean breeze, where the anticyclonic regime was dominating ...

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