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FICO-LACOSTE Rankings
Ellen MacArthur world Champion for 2000-2001
The Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 2001 was the last event to count in the biennial FICO-LACOSTE 2001 World Championships, for skipper, crews and sponsors alike, and the results of this race have finally determined the winners, who will be presented with their titles on the 7th December in Paris, at the official Awards (...) -
America’s Cup
GBR Challenge opens its base in the Viaduc harbour
GBR Challenge Chairman Peter Harrison today officially opened the base from which the syndicate will mount its tilt at the world’s oldest sporting trophy, the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . The internet entrepreneur informed his guests that Great Britain had last been part of the America’s Cup America's Cup (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Bennett and Larsen win Open 50 class
The British/Aussie pair, Alex Bennett & Paul Larsen, on board One Dream One Mission, arrived as victors of the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 Open 50 division in Bahia, Brazil, at 0424hrs 45s GMT on Thursday 22nd November 2001. Their ‘yellow boat’, none other than the ex-Aqua Quorum of Pete Goss from (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
FILA finish, Pindar Systems to round Ascension
At last, out of this night will come the first two Open 50’s, both of whom are due to finish from 0200hrs GMT in Bahia. Leading by 40 miles in the ‘yellow boat’ One Dream One Mission is Brit/Aussie pair Alex Bennett & Paul Larsen. They are feeling more than just the Brazilian heat on their backs, but also the heat from (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
The Building Of A Record
Volvo Ocean Race records have been tumbling over the last 48 hours, but what is required to sail a 24-hour record Record #sailingrecord ? On Sunday News Corp first beat Silk Cut’s record Record #sailingrecord from the previous race and shortly after, SEB moved the benchmark to 459 miles. Now just 9 more miles are needed to establish (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Sill’s sweet victory, Ecover sweeps second from Casto-Darty-But
Sill Plein Fruit, skippered by Roland Jourdain and Gael Le Cleac’h, crossed the line at 2313hrs local time in Bahia on Monday night, or 0113hrs GMT, Tuesday 20th November. The red boat takes sweet victory in the Open 60 Monohull class, after spending 16 days, 13 hours, 23 mins & 41 seconds on course. An flawless race for this (...) -
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, (...)
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