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VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Race Committee to protest SEB
On the first night of racing during leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race from Rio de Janeiro to Miami, a collision occurred between SEB, skippered by Swede, Gunnar Krantz, and illbruck, skippered by American John Kostecki. -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
ASSA ABLOY wins leg 5 of Volvo Ocean Race into Miami
Photo : Rick TomlinsonAt 0549 ASSA ABLOY crossed the finish line winning this leg and securing second place in the overall standings of the Volvo Ocean Race. British skipper Neal McDonald and his American Navigator lead the yacht always in contact with the lead for the whole leg. For several days, the Swedish yacht was leading the (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Small respite before further difficulties ahead for Orange
371 miles to the north of the Kerguelen Islands, the maxi-catamaran Orange is taking advantage of another day of transition, a short respite after the tough sailing conditions of the last 48 hours, and while waiting for a new low pressure system upon whose evolution or immobility will depend Peyron’s choice of route. The zone of low (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 5
ASSA ABLOY Elbows illbruck
Last night was tough for the German illbruck syndicate. The team, having led for over a week, has seen its respectable 15nm lead shaved down over night by Neal McDonald‚s Swedish entry ASSA ABLOY in the last 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records . With over a hundred miles remaining to the finish the question is - (...) -
Victory Challenge
Skip Lissiman coach for the Sweden challenger
He was in the crew that was behind one of the biggest moments in sailing history. Skip Lissiman was port trimmer on Australia II when it succeeded in achieving something nobody else had ever been close to doing before during the 132 years of the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . To take the world’s oldest sailing trophy (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Two days beating into 40 knots of wind!
The face offered by the Indian Ocean to the men of Orange is astonishing both sailors and meteorologists. Exceptional weather situations have been accumulating for the maxi-catamaran, and they are getting more difficult and more complex. A boat-breaking seaway and mind-breaking weather forecasts, indeed not a year "for breaking records!". (...) -
Steinlager/Line 7 Regatta
Peter Holmberg of the Oracle Challenge takes the Steinlager/Line 7
Peter Holmberg of the Oracle America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup Challenge, out of San Francisco, won the Steinlager/Line 7 Regatta on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour, after a countback, when lack of wind prevented any competition in the final. -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange lies to, to let the storm pass over
Waves are not far off 10 metres high, breaking waves cover the cockpit submerging the crew on watch, riveted to the helm and the sheets. The steaming sea is striped with long trails of white foam and there are gusts of up to 65 knots (between 110 and 120 km/h). -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 5
Pressure Builds On illbruck
Race leader illbruck has been fending off constant challenges from ASSA ABLOY and Tyco successfully all week but in the last 12 hours has seen a respectable cushion of 37 miles dramatically cut back to just 25 miles. -
Jules Verne Trophy
The Indian Ocean remains true to form
Photo: JP Epron / Maxi Catamaran OrangeWinds of 45, 50 then 55 knots faced the maxi-catamaran Orange overnight as she came close to speeds of 40 knots in some of the surfs. The amount of canvas up depended largely on the wind god Aeolus and ten mile-munc.
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