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The Pan Am circus

W hy does it take the Pan American Games to build amateur athletic facilities, affordable housing and transit upgrades that Canada's largest city has sorely needed for decades? How can we in Ontario not find any money to keep school pools open, but can ...

From TIM JEFFERY, Globe and Mail,  9 Nov 2009

Ben Ainslie sold short as Olympic winner

Spent some time afloat with Ben Ainslie and Telegraph TV's David Ferrarotto. You'll see the results soon. Ainslie is G.M.I.W. – Gold Medallist In Waiting – to most of those weighing up the outcome of the Finn class in this summer's Olympics. Yes, he is ...

From TIM JEFFERY, The Telegraph,  19 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Ben Ainslie,  Mark Andrews

Prosperous times for solo sailing

Right now Brian Thompson is tearing around the Atlantic, qualifying his Pindar for this winter's Vendee Globe which will feature the biggest ever field of new Open 60s and strongest ever British presence. It was not so long ago that the Artemis Transat ...

From TIM JEFFERY, The Telegraph,  15 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Brian Thompson,  Robin Knox-Johnston

Sir Chay Blyth cancels Last, Last Supper

An email from Chay Blyth has dropped into the inbox. Hard as it is to reconcile with someone who had so much bravura, bottle and, at time sheer bloody bolshiness, it was a rather poignant note. All smiles: Sir Chay has helped the likes of Mike Golding ...

From TIM JEFFERY, The Telegraph,  14 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Chay Blyth,  Robin Knox-Johnston

British sailors head to China

Oh, the uncertainty of sport. Which, of course,  is what can make it so compelling. There is nothing stimulating about any contest where the outcome is as certain as a stone falling down a well. Hats off: Zara's out but Princess Anne will still have an ...

From TIM JEFFERY, The Telegraph,  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Zara Phillips,  Ben Ainslie

London Olympic boats in choppy water

Which 10 classes of windsurfers, dinghies and keelboats to use for the 2012 Olympic regatta in Weymouth has been a running sore ever since the world governing body, the International Sailing Federation, dropped catamarans from the choice last November. ...

From TIM JEFFERY, The Telegraph,  4 Jun 2008

Morning Cloud rises again

More than a passing nod to recent history will be noted tomorrow in Cowes as Morning Cloud II will be re-launched after a long and loving restoration at her original builders, the Clare Lallow yard. Set sail: Sir Edward Heath on the deck of Morning ...

From TIM JEFFERY, The Telegraph,  30 May 2008
Related Topics: Edward Heath

Can ugly be fast?

In one jump the latest Volvo 70 designs pitching at this winter's 10-stage, nine-month, round the world extended marathon have become the wackiest racing yachts in the world. None more so than the just-launched Team Russia entry for St Petersburg ...

From TIM JEFFERY, The Telegraph,  29 May 2008

Changing face of Olympic sailing

Want a snapshot of the relentless march of Olympic sailing into the realms of intricately organised and well-resourced professional sport? Then look at the sheer number of coach boats ranged outside the regatta centre in Medemblick on the western side ...

From TIM JEFFERY, The Telegraph,  25 May 2008

Remembering Francis Chichester

As the Artemis Transat soloists close in on the chilled, thick air of the Grand Banks let's reflect on the sunlit start in Plymouth of Sunday before last. In all her glory: Gipsy Moth 1V in sunny Plymouth There, Gipsy Moth 1V was moored in Barbican ...

From TIM JEFFERY, The Telegraph,  19 May 2008
Related Topics: Francis Chichester,  Blondie,  Ellen MacArthur

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