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Shannon Falcone
Shannon Falcone is a sailor (sport), sailor who has competed in multiple America's Cups and Volvo Ocean Races. Born in England in 1981, Falcone moved to Antigua with his family at the age of 3. He was educated at Clayesmore School. Falcone originally sailed Star (keelboat), Stars with his father, Olympian Carlo Falcone, and they competed at the 1998 Star World Championships, 1998, 1999 Star World Championships, 1999 and 2000 Star World Championships. Falcone sailed with Mascalzone Latino at the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup and Luna Rossa Challenge at the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup. He then joined Oracle Racing in 2008. Falcone sailed on ''Il Mostro(yacht), Il Mostro'' during the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race and on ''Mar Mostro'' during the 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race. He sailed on ''Oracle Team USA 17'' during the 2013 America's Cup, where he sailed in all 19 races, before re-joining Luna Rossa. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Falcone, Shannon Living people 1981 births Antigua and Barbuda male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or handicaps. On the water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is called a regatta. A Regatta consists of multiple individual races. The boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from large yacht t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
