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VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Rio de Janeiro
Last minute crew change at start to Volvo Ocean Race leg five
In the searing heat of Rio de Janeiro, Lisa McDonald, the skipper of Amer Sports Too, made a last minute change to her crew for leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race. Bridget Suckling, one of the two crew working the bow, was already onboard the boat and intending to race, but medics recommended that she should stay ashore to recover from (...) -
Windsurf
The 2002 PWA wave tour begins in Vargas, Gran Canaria
The waiting is over! The PWA wave tour is all set to begin a new season in Vargas, Gran Canaria. Commencing on the 8th of April the worlds elite wave sailors from both men’s and woman’s divisions will battle it out in the wild winds of Gran Canaria for the 65,000 Euro prize purse. The prevailing wind conditions could be anything (...) -
International Rolex Regatta
Racing and Reggae Combine for Festive Time in St. Thomas
While it has been a wildly popular Easter Weekend racing tradition for 28 years, the International Rolex Regatta has just become the island of St. Thomas’s hottest social ticket as well. -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange against Enza’s Ouessant to Equator record
24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records to cover 415 miles and inscribe the name of Orange in place of Enza and Sir Peter Blake on the Ushant-Equator record Record #sailingrecord ; Almost a formality anywhere else on the globe for a new generation maxi-catamaran. But a bit of a challenge when approaching the land of (...) -
STEINLAGER/LINE 7 REGATTA
America’s Cup preview in Auckland from March 19th
Team New Zealand’s Dean Barker, will be fighting it out with an awesome line-up, one of whom he could face on the starting line of the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup in a year’s time, when he tries to achieve an unprecedented second successful defence of the (...) -
TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Orange is slaloming between the islands
Slaloming between the islands, schussing along the edges of highs... the ’no faults’ descent of the North Atlantic is drawing to a close for the maxi-catamaran Orange in site of the Doldrums. The wind is dying, the sky is clouding over, and the speedometer is falling to more ’normal’ standards... this is the great ocean (...) -
Trophée Jules Verne
Geronimo on her way home
Since returning to the Northern Hemisphere, Geronimo has been making good headway towards her destination in Brittany. The task now facing the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young – Schneider Electric team is to reach Brest Brest #brest as quickly as possible and get started on diagnosing and repairing the problems encountered with the (...) -
Multi 60
Fred Le Peutrec’s Bayer launched in La Rochelle
The new trimaran in the port of La Rochelle. Note the rudders (in orange). Photo : Bernard Gergaud.Fresh out of the Mag Océa yard, the brand new trimaran Bayer has just been launched in La Rochelle. In a few days she will be confronting the ocean waves for the first time on her sail up to her homeport of La Trinité-sur-Mer where she will be officially named on March (...) -
TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Peyron less than 1000 miles from the equator line
An instant speed Speed #speedsailing of 31.3 knots at 1000 this morning, 519.26 miles in 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records at the 1300 position report... As hoped for yesterday, the maxi-catamaran Orange has picked up a slight shift to the east in the trades, which has enabled her on the one hand to gain speed (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Rio
dragons well prepared for Volvo Ocean Race leg five
Djuice Dragons skipper Knut Frostad , and Navigator Jean Yeves Bernot - second into Rio on Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race. Photo: Rick Tomlinson.The Norwegian team, djuiuce dragons, who finished second in leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race from Auckland to Rio de Janeiro, is fit for a fight and ready for the start of leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race. After one week‚s holiday, well away from the world of sailing, the team has gathered back in Rio de Janeiro for final (...)
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