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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 (...) -
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 (...) -
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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 (...)
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