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Graham Dalton has chosen a new Open 60 designed by Owen Clarke
In July 2001 a young UK based design office, the Owen Clarke Design Group won the design contract for a new Open 60. Built in New Zealand and launched in February this year, this new exciting yacht is the latest open 60 design to be launched anywhere and may point the way towards the type of boat that can be raced efficiently solo or fully (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
illbruck takes leg four ahead if djuice and Tyco
illbruck has won leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race into Rio de Janeiro, finishing at 05:58:42 GMT. The wind had died and left the fleet to claw their way to the finish line in a frustrating stop start fashion. ETAs were pushed further back as the wind shut off. -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 4
French Navigator Finishes Second
Jean Yves Bernot, Arve Roass and Grant Wharington sporting the unshaven look. It’s possible to see that we have been out sailing for a while. Onboard photo / djuice team.No other team relies so heavily on French sailing expertise. World-renowned weather router and navigator Jean Yves Bernot plots the boat’s course, while Thomas Coville and Jaques Vincent support the team with trimming and driving. Building 25% of the total crew of 12, they a major force on deck of the pink (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
High Fives For illbruck in Rio
Photo Rick ThomlinsonJohn Kostecki deserved to win this leg perhaps more than any other - it is hard to see where they put a foot wrong. And yet at one point a couple of days ago in the fickle wind conditions off the Brazilian coast, it looked as though victory could be cruelly snatched away from them. They led all the way up the South American coast, always the (...) -
Jules Verne trophy
Bruno Peyron : "We’ll rebuild !... and we’ll be off again !"
Bruno Peyron has left Vannes, leaving repairs to Orange’s mast in the hands of the architects and engineers of the Mulitplast boat yard. Casting his thoughts back to the start and the incident which occurred only 30 minutes afterwards, Bruno Peyron commented : " It is difficult to describe what goes through your head when so much (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / leg 4
Shoot out for finish
After almost 7000 miles of racing, the five leading boats in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet are locked into the tightest of battles. It could almost be likened to a Wild West Shoot Out. The action of the strategy, weather and boat to boat tactics is awe-inspiring and to the dedicated followers it will no doubt, now be bordering on addiction to (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
The pain of thawing out
As the V.O.60s have headed further north towards Rio de Janeiro and the temperatures have started to soar, the crew have been experiencing excruciating pain as their chilblains and minor frostbite injuries have warmed up. Some of the teams‚ helmsmen have experienced repetitive strain injury from the rigours of steering their boats in (...) -
America’s Cup International regatta
OneWorld snatches Victory under the Auckland Harbour Bridge
For the first time this week weather conditions at the scheduled start time were suitable for a race. With the match racing series finishing yesterday at the end of the double round robin series, only the last fleet race remained to be sailed. -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
Turning the heat up
The heat is on in the Volvo Ocean Race in more ways than one. Concentration, analysis and making the right moves, is paramount and the navigators and tacticians are working overtime, to make sure that they do not let the rest of the team down. As the boats head north towards Rio de Janeiro air and water temperatures are improving by the (...) -
America’s Cup International Regatta
Team New Zealand wins again
Racing was delayed for several hours today as the North Easterly sea breeze slowly appeared and settled down to blow at a light 6 knots. As the programme of races had slipped dramatically over the week due to light weather, the committee decided to terminate the match racing at the end of the Round Robin series, using the rankings from these (...)
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