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The Australian Sailing Team and Yachting Australia congratulate multiple Olympic and World Champion medal winning head coach Victor Kovalenko, OAM, who was awarded the New South Wales Olympic Council Order of Merit this week.

Hello from Miami - our home away from home during the winter months! We hope everyone enjoyed this Thanksgiving with friends and family. We have a lot to be thankful for this year, including the phenomenal opportunity we have to pursue our passion and compete at the top of our sport in pursuit of a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics.

When Dave Ullman won three 470 World Championship titles (1977-78, 80), he did it with Tom Linskey, himself a dinghy legend from California. While Linskey continues to sail, his competitive energy has been replaced by a charitable focus.

Grapefruit Graphics, one of the ISAF Approved Suppliers of Mainsail Flags, has reduced the price of a set of nation flag stickers to the equivalent of EUR38 per set.

Olympic Gold medallist and World Champion Mathew Belcher has been awarded the 2014 Courier-Mail/Channel 7 Queensland Sport Star of the Year at the Queensland Sport Awards in Brisbane last night.  It is the first time a sailor has received this prestigious award in its 20-year history.

A testing breeze greeted racers for the Medal Races today in Abu Dhabi. Racing on the inside course, just off of the Corniche top honours went to Lara Vadlau/Jola Ogar (AUT) and Mat Belcher/Will Ryan (AUS).

The Medal Race places in the 470 Men and 470 Women, eight other Olympic clases and the open kiteboarding event were decided at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Saturday 29 November after a tense day of competition.

A full on final day of racing on Friday 28 November at the World Military Sailing Championships in Doha, Qatar where 470 teams representing 17 nations had gathered as part of the World Military Games.

A lighter breeze in the region of 9-12 knots with gusts up to 13 knots made for an intriguing day of racing in the Emirati capital on day 2 of racing at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Abu Dhabi.

The opening day of racing at the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup Final has been described as spectacular, fantastic and perfect.