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VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 5
Green: Unlucky for some?
A number of countries in the world recognise that the colour Green is unlucky, although some would undoubtedly disagree. Right now, as they wrote back in a crew e-mail recently, SEB would wholeheartedly support the fact that Green is unlucky; up to a point maybe illbruck would too. However, thus far they have managed to convert their (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
The maxi-catamaran Orange is "on a diet"
Anticyclones are usually synonymous with nice weather... and nice weather is usually synonymous with a lack of wind... This means that the maxi-catamaran Orange is "on a diet" today and is making steady progress weaving between squalls. As expected, Bruno Peyron and his men are sliding along to the west of the Saint Helena high whose centre is (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 5
Proof of the Pudding*
As the girls are showing very good racing these days, it is worth looking at some of the crewmembers that make Amer Sports Too go fast and be a real threat to male campaigns that have had ten times the preparation time. -
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Bunny McDiarmid : "New Zealanders are happy to have a French entry into the America’s Cup but not at any price"
Bunny McDiarmid is a Nuclear Campaigner from Greenpeace NZ. She was one of the first to react to the announcement from the members of the french challenger for the 2003 America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup to be sponsorship by the Areva Group, the french nuclear (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange back to her 500 nm / day rythm
The maxi-catamaran Orange is continuing to rack up averages of more than 500 miles per 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records and is currently sliding along less than 500 miles east of Rio Janeiro (Brazil). Average speeds are hovering around 22 knots over 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records and (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race /Leg 5
In The Land Of Black Clouds
The weather affect the crews in the tropics not less than in the Southern Ocean. Was it miserable, cold and windy in the Deep South, it is the opposite now: Hot, humid sometimes dead calm. The giant rain clouds are the typical feature of the tropics and they are affecting all the (...) -
Team Prada
Team Prada has completed its training session in Auckland
Team Prada has just completed its training session in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Since last October Francesco de Angelis, with his crew and the rest of the team, has been working in Auckland carrying out a long series of tests, technical evaluations, local weather conditions analysis and match race (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange faces to the St Helena high
It’s filling a little in the centre and shifting to the west to come back even stronger to the east closing the door to the South Atlantic today to better centre itself between the African and American continents the day after tomorrow... This Saint Helena high knows how to tease and complicate the situation. The maxi-catamaran Orange is (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 5
Is there a boatbuilder on board?
For illbruck that was the six million dollar question. Luckily Tony Kolb, sailmaker and boatbuilder will have been able to come to the rescue. Unluckily for him, both skills were required as not long after their collision with SEB, the Code Zero was pulled out of the water in bits, also requiring substantial (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange arrives in the southern hemisphere
The maxi-catamaran Orange crossed the equator at precisely 6h36 this morning (French time), 7 days and 22 hours after having crossed the start line of the Trophée Jules Verne. Bruno Peyron and his crew are now sailing in the South Atlantic, gliding along 800 miles east of Fortaleza (Brazil). The Doldrums now lie behind them, having slowed the (...)
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