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Velux 5 Oceans
Bernard Stamm finishes leg 1 with a commanding lead
Bernard Stamm, onboard his Open 60 CHEMINEES POUJOULAT, this evening crossed the finish line of leg 1 in the VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans at 19:18 local time (10:18 UTC). After 43 days and 12,000 miles of racing, the defending champion arrived in Fremantle (Western Australia) to the cheers of friends, family and sailing fans. (...) -
Velux 5 Oceans
Alex Thomson capsizes in the Southern Ocean
British solo skipper Alex Thomson is in trouble in the Southern Ocean, during leg one of the VELUX 5 Oceans Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans . At approximately 03.30 GMT this morning, his yacht HUGO BOSS was sailing at 18 knots, in 30 knots of wind, when the keel suffered extreme structural failure and the boat capsized. The race office has (...) -
Route du Rhum – La Banque Postale
74 solo sailors left St Malo for Guadeloupe
At 13:02 sharp, after one week of final preparations for one of the hardest and most competitive solo-racing competitions, the 74 skippers are finally out at sea, freeing themselves from the earth constraints. At the order of the race committee, the colored multihulls and monohulls sterns’ cut the 2 mile-long starting line and headed (...) -
Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale
A History of Rhum seasons
The Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum is the most famous single-handed Transatlantic race, born in 1978 from the creative mind of Michel Etevenon. Thanks to an exciting race and an amazing finish, (98 seconds separated Mike Birch’s Olympus Photo from its nearest competitor, Michel Malinovski’s Kriter V), the first edition (...) -
VELUX 5 OCEANS
Briton Alex Thomson first leader from Bilbao
The first leg of the VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans , the solo round-the-world yacht race today started from Bilbao, Spain. Six international skippers crossed the startline in the Bay of Biscay at 1300 (local) led by Briton Alex Thomson aboard ‘Hugo Boss’, the youngest skipper in the (...) -
Velux 5 Oceans
Mike Golding : "I would have liked to see a bigger fleet"
There is just one day left until the start of the Velux 5 Oceans Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans . The die is cast. It is too late to make changes other than the most minor detail. The boats that will be ready are all but ready to cast their lines, and for most Saturday in Bilbao should be a day of rest and a chance to catch up with family, (...) -
VELUX 5 OCEANS
Robin Knox-Johnston to compete again around the world
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to ever sail single-handed, non-stop around the world, is to make a dramatic return to the planet’s fiercest oceans. An iconic sailing hero and a much admired pioneer in solo sailing, Sir Robin today announced that he will be competing in the upcoming VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans , (...) -
VELUX 5 OCEANS
Kojiro Shiraishi to fly flag for Japan
Record Record #sailingrecord breaking Japanese sailing hero Kojiro Shiraishi confirmed his entry in the VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans , the Ultimate Solo Challenge. This is the second time Koji has entered the historical round the world yacht race, having finished fourth in the 2002-2003 edition in Class 2 on board his 40ft (...) -
Sport Management
Ellen MacArthur to end up a two-boat campaign for 2007-9
Ellen MacArthur, the fastest solo sailor around the planet, will head-up A two-boat Imoca Open 60 campaign for 2007-2009 for the Offshore Challenges Sailing Team. “My focus is to drive this new team forward, to support up and coming talent to realise their potential. My plan is to take a step back from solo sailing and, as such, I will (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race
Mike Sanderson : "V70 is a rule that makes fantastic boats"
Since the start of the grueling round the world yacht race, the Volvo Ocean Race in November 2005 many commentators expressed concerns over race and boat safety. The race had hardly begun when two boats pulled out of the first leg due to structural damage and after 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records of the second leg (...)
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