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TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Multihull podium filled, with Fujifilm finishing in third
After the arrival of winner Groupama (Camma/S.Ravussin) at 2053hrs GMT on Sunday 18th November, 3 hours and 32 minutes later battle-weary Kingfisher-Foncia (Gautier/MacArthur), arrived at 1225hrs GMT in the port of Bahia, Brazil. They had raced the 5188.6m course from Le Havre, France in 14 days, 12 hrs, 25 mins & 10 (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Record Breaking News, But Tyco Retire
451.2 nautical miles in 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records is the new benchmark for a Volvo Ocean 60. Between 17.48hrs GMT on Saturday 17th November and the same time on Sunday 18th(yesterday), Team News Corp achieved an average speed Speed #speedsailing of 18.8 knots to propel her into the Volvo Ocean Race record (...) -
AROUND ALONE
Brad Van Liew arrived in Charleston
Neither wind nor rain nor sloppy seas could keep Brad Van Liew from finishing his 4,000+ mile transatlantic voyage this weekend aboard his newly acquired Open-50 competition yacht Mission America. Van Liew rolled into Charleston early this morning with the day’s first glimpse of sun at his (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Gautier & MacArthur finishe second 3hrs after Groupama
Three hours and 32 minutes after Groupama took victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 , Kingfisher-Foncia, skippered by Alain Gautier and Ellen MacArthur, crossed the line at 2225hrs 10s local time (1225hrs 10s GMT) under a "magical starry night", in Gautier’s own words. They have spent 14 days, 12 hours, (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Groupama takes victory in Salvador de Bahia
At 1853hrs local time in Brazil, 2053 hrs GMT, Groupama, the Open 60ft trimaran skippered by 28 year old Frenchman Franck Cammas, with Swiss co-skipper Steve Ravussin, crossed the line and thus took the final victory in the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 2001, from Le Havre, France, to Salvador de Bahia, (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Kingfisher-Foncia round first, Groupama 1hr27m later
"Ascension rounded at 0010 GMT the 16th – We’re off!" said Ellen’s brief email sent to the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 Race HQ over night from leading multihull Kingfisher-Foncia. One hour 17 minutes later, at 0127 GMT, the next ‘fax of deliverance’ came through. "Groupama here, we are (...) -
ISAF ROLEX WORLD SAILOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2001
British and Brazilian Sailors Receive Sailing’s Top Award
The outstanding achievements of sailors Ellen MacArthur (GBR) and Robert Scheidt (BRA) were recognised by the world of sailing with the announcement at the prestigious Awards Presentation held tonight, 13 November 2001, Lisbon, Portugal, that they are the respective female and male "ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Spectacular Cape Town Start for Volvo Ocean Race
The wind Gods were smiling today for the start of the 6,550 nautical mile leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race to Sydney, providing spectacular sailing conditions in Table Bay, under the watchful gaze of Table Mountain. A freshening westerly 24-knot breeze blew out of a clear and cloudless blue sky, declaring a true beat to windward towards the (...) -
IFDS WORLD DISABLED SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Germany’s 2000 2.4 Metre Paralympic Gold Medallist clinches the title
After five days of sailing in challenging conditions, competitors and officials alike judged the 2001 International Foundation of Disabled Sailing (IFDS) World Disabled Sailing Championships a resounding success. The championship, held in Florida from October 24-31, was co-hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club and Sailing Alternatives (a (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Foncia squeezes ahead of Belgacom as Fuji stops dead & Groupama makes a pitstop
Overnight, Fujifilm (Peyron/Mignon) has been trying to extricate herself from a dead wind zone in between the Canary Islands (Gomera & Hierro), while Foncia (Gautier/MacArthur) has squeezed ahead of Belgacom (Nélias/Desjoyeaux) by just 10 miles, as they both curved round the archipelago to the West. These two giant ‘Expresso (...)
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