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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Boat Wins Back America's Cup]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1266524770" delta="2 weeks ago"><![CDATA[2/18/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Larry Ellison's space-age trimaran BMW Oracle won back the America's Cup for the United States by speeding across the Mediterranean to rout two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland for a two-race sweep.  The 65-year-old software tycoon was onboard his incredibly speedy craft on Sunday, after sitting out Race 1 due to a weight limit.  Ellison's victory over rival billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli sends the oldest trophy in international sports ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="9840">
      <title><![CDATA[Key West 2010 - the big picture emerges]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1264093199" delta="6 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[It is three days into a five-day regatta normally the time when the contenders are separated from the pretenders. With six races completed and four more to be contested at Key West 2010, presented by Nautica, the big picture is taking shape under sunny skies. Barking Mad tactician Terry Hutchinson was intently reviewing the scoreboard after racing on Wednesday when he was asked if the American entry was a contender ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9839">
      <title><![CDATA[Sea lion a whisker away from winning race]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1264093106" delta="6 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A TASMANIAN boat crew got more than it bargained for at the weekend's Navy Surf Boat Series at Burnie, when it got up close and personal with a marine mammal which had been asleep on the nearby beach. Heading into shore the unsuspecting Burnie crew didn't see the mammal until too late and, despite trying to minimise impact by hitting the beach sideways, they ended up shirt-fronting a now angry ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9439">
      <title><![CDATA[Alinghi rejects Oracle accusation over its yacht]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1262621786" delta="9 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/4/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Swiss defending champion Alinghi on Wednesday rejected accusations by US challenger Oracle that its boat for their multihull duel slated for February did not meet the event's nationality rules. Oracle on Tuesday that the Alinghi 5 had been "sailing continually" with sails made in Nevada and it had asked an international jury recently appointed by the International Sailing Federation to rule on the matter.But in a statement, Alinghi said Oracle's ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9438">
      <title><![CDATA[Battle of the giants on a very grey day]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1262621708" delta="9 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/4/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A WAITING game paid off when New Zealander Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo was first through the Heads at the start of the 65th Sydney to Hobart yacht race yesterday. It was the first time the winner of the previous four races, Wild Oats XI, has been beaten to the sea mark. While four-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI and ICAP Leopard slugged it out ahead of the main pack, ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9423">
      <title><![CDATA[Powerboat deaths: racers say rescuers took too long]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1260915890" delta="11 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/15/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[DUBAI  Powerboat teams expressed new concerns yesterday about efforts to rescue the two men who were killed when their boat crashed during a race on Friday. Mohammed al Mehairi and Jean-Marc Sanchez died after their boat went airborne, flipped over and crashed into the water upside-down during the Dubai Grand Prix. Questions about the time it took rescuers to reach the men began soon after the accident, and continued ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9019">
      <title><![CDATA[Jay Price back in UIM F1 H2O Championship hunt with win in Abu Dhabi]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1260375211" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/9/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Defending World Champion Jay Price of the Qatar Team scored his third victory of the season and his sixth of his career and moved himself back into the 2009 U.I.M. F1 H2O World Championship picture with his 12.68 second victory at the 17th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in front of tens of thousands of race fans along the corneiche in front of downtown Abu ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9018">
      <title><![CDATA[Spirit of Australia by a nose]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1260375107" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/9/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Skipper of the leading team, Brendan Hall, reports champagne sailing conditions today as Spirit of Australia continues to keep their nose just ahead of Team Finland. For the last three days, every move that the Australian teams makes in to shake of their closest competitors the Nordic entry has matched, with virtually identical 12-hour runs being recorded for each boat. 'There's sunshine, a lovely beam swell, laughter on deck and ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9017">
      <title><![CDATA[Super sized assemble for SOLAS Big Boat Challenge]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1260375046" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[12/9/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[The super sized and super quick are quietly assembling in Sydney Harbour for one of the greatest days on the Australian sailing calendar, the SOLAS Big Boat Challenge maxi boat race. The annual charity day offers the public a once-only opportunity to see some of this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours aspirants being put through their paces prior to the Boxing Day start of the summer ocean classic. It ...]]></text>
    </article>
    <article id="7127">
      <title><![CDATA[ BlueWater 300 Enduro]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1255572928" delta="20 weeks ago"><![CDATA[10/14/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[At approximately 10:00 a.m. on morning of October 24th 2009, the Bluewater Resort & Casino will play host to one of the greatest spectacles in boat racing- the '300' Enduro. For the sixth time since it's revival, this historic event will take place where the normally calm waters of Colorado River will test the mettle and will power of the racers and their equipment.Look to see some familiar faces and ...]]></text>
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    <article id="7039">
      <title><![CDATA[World Powerboat Racing: UIM and WPPA strengthen their ties]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1253908919" delta="23 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/25/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[As Italy enjoys the focus of attention in World Powerboat Racing circles, hosting the UIM Class 3, 6 litre World Championship in Nettuno last week and preparing for the Italian Grand Prix round four of the UIM-WPPA Class 1 World Powerboat Championship –  in Stresa next week (2-4 October), UIM President Raffaele Chiulli took the opportunity to reiterate his complete trust in the work being undertaken by Saeed Hareb ...]]></text>
    </article>
    <article id="7022">
      <title><![CDATA[Nurturing black F1 boat pilots]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Boat Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1253819065" delta="23 weeks ago"><![CDATA[9/24/2009]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[BLACK champions are being could be produced through the developmental programme of the South African Formula 1 Powerboat Race.This programme will run for three years and four sessions in each year. We trust that we will be able to produce a few black F1 pilots in South Africa, Zola Key, the publicist for the South African Formula 1 Powerboat Race taking place in Parys, Free State this weekend, said this ...]]></text>
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