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TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Bruno Peyron is seriously envisaging a fresh start with his maxi-catamaran
Two weeks after a breakage of the masthead prematurely interrupted Orange’s adventure in the Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne Trophy #TropheeJulesVerne , Bruno Peyron, his crew and the technicians from the Multiplast yard have pulled off the improbable gamble of reconstructing and assembling some 4 metres of mast in record Record (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Geronimo crosses the equator with two days in hand
"A little over 9 days to reach the equator isn’t an achievement that will go down in the record Record #sailingrecord books", said Olivier de Kersauson in his radio bulletin today. -
Jules Verne Trophy
Geronimo keeps her spirits up
With 200 miles still to go to the equator (at 13:00 GMT today), sailing conditions are hardly in Geronimo’s favour. The ten or so knots of wind available mean that the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young - Schneider Electric team trimaran is making very slow headway towards the Southern (...) -
No Limit
Tracy Edwards launches MAIDEN II project
Girls are no more on Club Med’ sails. They are at the helm! Photo: Ch.GuiguenoSailing legend Tracy Edwards is to take on the world again. The pioneer of all female sailing projects has acquired the record Record #sailingrecord breaking 110 foot maxi-catamaran Club Med, renamed it Maiden II, re-formed her crew of expert women sailors, and is about to embark on a challenging three year programme which includes (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Geronimo has the equator in their sights
Six and a half days after crossing the Trophée Jules Verne start line off Ushant at 01:25 GMT (02:25 French time) last Monday and 2,785 miles later (an average speed Speed #speedsailing approaching 18 knots), Geronimo is approaching the equator. This is the first waypoint on her circuit of the globe and one she should cross during Monday (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
"Geronimo and the crew are both running like clockwork"
At 1 p.m. today (French time), Geronimo was approaching the Cape Verde islands on her way to the equator. "Everything’s going very well on board. -
Around Alone
Graham Dalton has chosen a new Open 60 designed by Owen Clarke
In July 2001 a young UK based design office, the Owen Clarke Design Group won the design contract for a new Open 60. Built in New Zealand and launched in February this year, this new exciting yacht is the latest open 60 design to be launched anywhere and may point the way towards the type of boat that can be raced efficiently solo or fully (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
illbruck takes leg four ahead if djuice and Tyco
illbruck has won leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race into Rio de Janeiro, finishing at 05:58:42 GMT. The wind had died and left the fleet to claw their way to the finish line in a frustrating stop start fashion. ETAs were pushed further back as the wind shut off. -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 4
French Navigator Finishes Second
Jean Yves Bernot, Arve Roass and Grant Wharington sporting the unshaven look. It’s possible to see that we have been out sailing for a while. Onboard photo / djuice team.No other team relies so heavily on French sailing expertise. World-renowned weather router and navigator Jean Yves Bernot plots the boat’s course, while Thomas Coville and Jaques Vincent support the team with trimming and driving. Building 25% of the total crew of 12, they a major force on deck of the pink (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
High Fives For illbruck in Rio
Photo Rick ThomlinsonJohn Kostecki deserved to win this leg perhaps more than any other - it is hard to see where they put a foot wrong. And yet at one point a couple of days ago in the fickle wind conditions off the Brazilian coast, it looked as though victory could be cruelly snatched away from them. They led all the way up the South American coast, always the (...)
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