Sardinia Rolex Cup 2008

Photo by ROLEX / Carlo Borlenghi

This coveted team trophy, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, is competed for every two years. Each nation team participating at the Sardinia Rolex Cup 2008 will comprise three yachts: a Farr 40, a Swan 45, and TP52. ISAF has designated the Sardinia Rolex Cup the Offshore Team World Championship, and teams will also be racing for the Rolex Offshore Team World Championship Trophy.


Photo by ROLEX / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by ROLEX / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by ROLEX / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by ROLEX / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by ROLEX / Carlo Borlenghi

The winner of this edition has been the Spanish Team (compsed by the TP52 "Bribon-Telefonica", the FARR 40 "Nerone" and the Swan 45 "Vertigo")

As usual you can see all the pictures by Carlo Borlenghi on REGATTANEWS.COM

The thick green waters of Lake Chaohu

photo by AFP/Getty Images

In the picture above you can see small fishing boats tied to the banks of the Chaohu lake, where a pollution-linked algae bloom has reappeared, in Hefei, eastern China's Anhui province on June 4, 2008. Algae blooms are common on many Chinese freshwater lakes and are chiefly caused by untreated sewage containing high concentrations of nitrogen, a main ingredient in detergents and fertilisers, as more than 70 percent of China's waterways and 90 percent of its underground water have been contaminated by pollution. In the following images you'll see Chinese farmers trying to clean up the lake.


photo by AFP/Getty Images


photo by AFP/Getty Images


photo by AFP/Getty Images


photo by AFP/Getty Images


photo by AFP/Getty Images


photo by AFP/Getty Images


photo by AFP/Getty Images


photo by Reuters


photo by Reuters

The two following pictures instead, are three months old and show Chinese authorities releasing algae-munching fishes into the Chaohu lake after a previous algae bloom. The algae-munching fish, after their diet of toxins, will be sold on to consumers, as more than 1.6 million silver carp fry have been introduced into Chaohu lake.


photo by AFP/Getty Images


photo by AFP/Getty Images

Giraglia Rolex Cup 2008

Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi

One of the most renowned distance races in the Mediterranean, the Giraglia Rolex Cup has been a tradition for European sailors for over 50 years. From the race start off the historic port of St. Tropez, France, the fleet heads through the idyllic Iles des Hyeres and across the sea to round the Giraglia, a rocky islet off northern Corsica, before racing for the finish off Genoa, Italy, a total distance of 243 nautical miles.

In this year's edition Alfa Romeo has taken line honours and smashed the course record in the Giraglia Race, the 243-mile offshore race which concludes the Giraglia Rolex Cup.
Neville Crichton's 100-foot canting-keeled SuperMaxi sailed majestically across the finish line outside the Italian port of Genoa setting a new record time of 18 hours, 3 minutes and 15 seconds. The New Zealand skipper has sliced 4 hours, 10 minutes and 33 seconds off his own record, which he set in 2003 with his previous Alfa Romeo, a much less powerful, fixed-keel 90-foot Maxi.

Marco Paolucci's Comet 45S, Tartaruga, has taken overall honours in the Giraglia Race 2008, concluding this year's week-long Giraglia Rolex Cup. The 45-footer completed the 243-mile course in 31 hours, 43 minutes, 27 seconds. Tartaruga won a very close three-way battle on ORC corrected time, beating a Canard 41, Aurora, by just 57 seconds, and third-placed First 44.7 Argo by 2 minutes 13 seconds.

As usual with Rolex Sailing events you can enjoy the whole sailing week through the pictures of the official photographers Carlo Borlenghi and Kurt Arrigo. Here are just a few examples, visit REGATTANEWS.COM to see more than 150 photos.


Photo by: Rolex / Kurt Arrigo


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Kurt Arrigo


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Kurt Arrigo


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi


Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi

The week through the water #001

Pedestrians walk past a waterfall cascading down a pane of glass at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas

In my continuous research of everything is happening in the world related to water, I check pictures from the news agencies many times a day, so, from now on, I'll post every monday (well, don't take this periodicity too seriously...) a pictorial journey through what has happened in our world in the last week. Through the eyes of excellent photographers and with the common thread of water(or its lack). This is the first issue, hope you like it, if so say thanks to REUTERS and to the credited photographers.
Enjoy.


People enjoy the sun in the futuristically designed 'Badeschiff' (Pool ship) on the Spree river in Berlin June 1, 2008. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele



Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters from the Gujjar community in New Delhi June 1, 2008. Hundreds of protesters from the Gujjar community on Sunday protested to press their demand for Scheduled Tribe status, which will entitle them to government jobs and college seats. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi



A blindfolded Palestinian, detained during an Israeli military operation in Gaza, spits out water given to him by an Israeli soldier near Kibbutz Kissufim June 1, 2008. REUTERS/Yehuda Lahiani




Members of the dance company "Sasha Waltz & Guests" of Germany perform underwater during a rehearsal for their production of Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas", at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen



A sign pointing to a residential garage is reflected in flood waters after the nearby river Gobela burst its banks on Sunday morning during torrential rainfall in Getxo, about 10 km (6 miles) from Bilbao, June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Vincent West



A man steers a makeshift raft through a flooded street at a village in Kalenimulla, Colombo, June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi



A boy jumps from the 10 meters platform in a public swimming pool in Berlin June 3, 2008. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele



Garden designer Marney Hall is reflected in a puddle as she takes delivery of an oak carved figure of the lion from the Disney film "Chronicles of Narnia" in Birmingham, central England June 3, 2008. This image has been rotated 180 degrees. REUTERS/Darren Staples



Horses hooves are seen in the muddy track of Belmont Park during morning workouts in Elmont, New York, June 4, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton



Italian fishing boats lie moored during a protest against the price of fuel in Venice June 4, 2008. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri



A giant fork sculpture, created in 1995 by Swiss artists Jean-Pierre Zaugg and Georges Favre, is pictured on the shores of Lake Leman in front of the Alimentarium, the Food Museum, in Vevey June 4, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse



A wholesaler checks the quality of yellowfin tuna laid out in rows during an auction at Katsuura Fishing Port in Nachi-Katsuura Town, central Japan June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato



Pedicab drivers push their pedicabs through a flooded street near the coastal area in north Jakarta early June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi



Refugees from Sudan's western Darfur region gather water from a well at Djabal camp near Gos Beida in eastern Chad, June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Finbarr O'reilly



Children run on a dried lakebed in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer/india



A man wades through flood waters after heavy rains in Hong Kong's Sheung Wan district June 7, 2008. REUTERS/Victor Fraile



Residents stand near protected support columns of a Chengdu-Baoji Railway bridge, which spans over the Fujiang River, which is connected to the Tangjiashan quake lake, in Fucheng district of Mianyang, Sichuan Province June 7, 2008. Chinese troops began easing pressure on the dangerously swollen "quake lake" on Saturday, with water gushing into a man-made sluice in an operation monitored by satellite. REUTERS/Jason Lee



A train moves through a flooded track after heavy rains in India's financial capital Mumbai June 7, 2008. The monsoon usually covers the entire country by mid-July, and provides the main source of water for agriculture, which contributes around 17 percent to India's GDP. Good rains have helped Asia's third-largest economy to grow 9 percent in the past three years. REUTERS/© Punit Paranjpe / Reuters



People are hit by waves from the Arabian Sea crashing on a seawall in Mumbai June 7, 2008. REUTERS/© Arko Datta / Reuters