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Jules Verne Trophy
Peyron : "we’re savouring the delivrance!"
Photo: JP Epron / Maxi Catamaran OrangeWhilst it came from Bruno Peyron, we can easily imagine that that is what the whole crew thinks. "At last we can say that this is our first day in the Southern Ocean," continued Bruno. "The boat is doing between 25 and 26 knots and we should be enjoying this NW flow for several days". And with the great long swells of the South Atlantic (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 5
In Neptune’s Realm
King Neptune is back with the fleet, racing in the Volvo Ocean Race, after waiting patiently for five months at the equator for the fleet to return. His patience was rewarded with some fresh sailors who haven’t crossed the equator on a sailing yacht before as they came onboard on one of the southern hemisphere legs. No matter where (...) -
Steinlager/Line 7 regatta
Oracle’s Peter Holmberg coming back from injury
Peter Holmberg of the Oracle America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup team is anxious about the Steinlager/Line 7 regatta which starts on Wednesday (20th March), he hasn’t sailed for a month, having suffered a broken collar bone, so he’s starting right back at the deep (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange is keeping up a good average
Pushed well to the west for a week by the Saint Helena high, Orange is now battling this weekend with a new very similar zone of high pressure, a "cousin" that is moving far to the south, in a zone usually swept by strongish winds and where the experienced Bruno Peyron expected everything except sailing into a choppy head sea against light (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Girl Power On Amer Sports Too
With the equator crossed by all yachts over the course of the day, some of the crews have experienced this crossing for the first time. The ceremonial visit by King Neptune, and the penalties he has inflicted on them will be over by now. Freddy Loof, helmsman on Amer Sports One was really worried and he wrote: "For my own concern I will also (...) -
Steinlager Line 7 Regatta
High Drama marks the last day for the Feeder Series
With top two place winners, Cameron Appleton and Jesper Bank, not being available to sail in the Steinlager Line 7 because of their America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup commitments, it was not until the very end of today’s racing that the four competitors that go through to the Regatta proper were (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange on the way to the roring forties
Between Africa and South America, the masses of air circulate at high speed Speed #speedsailing over an empty ocean devoid of any land obstacles. Very quick! Too quick! Even for a maxi-catamaran of the latest generation. The high arrived at a gallop and seized the "Giant" Orange. On board they’re taking it as best they can and putting (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
One high hides antoher
It’s spreading! It’s rising, this anticyclone! But above all it’s climbing the South Atlantic! At 700 miles to the west of Porto Alegre (Brazil), the glutton is devouring Orange’s air. Peyron and his men tried this morning to pull a flanker by skirting round it to the north. Alas! a problem with the mainsail headboard (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 5
ASSA ABLOY Group achieves objectives with Volvo Ocean Race
The ASSA ABLOY Group has achieved its main objectives with its participation in the Volvo Ocean Race. The race has supported and improved the integration process of more than 100 companies worldwide and strengthened the ASSA ABLOY corporate identity in an excellent way. The objectives are already realised before the other half of the globe (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange in low wind
Photo: JP Epron / Maxi Catamaran Orange"It’s a difficult year for a record Record #sailingrecord !" declared Peyron, and the maxi-catamaran Orange’s heading confirms it. It’s no straight and narrow for the orange giant. The daily lot of Peyron and his men is a permanent combat against these winds that veer, disappear, and which have to be fetched far off the (...)
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