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Vendée Globe • D19
Seb Josse takes the lead close to St Helena high
BT took the lead of the 2008 Vendée Globe passing Loick Peyron (Gitana Eighty) late morning: "We are really close to Gitana with Loick - I see him this morning and I think we pass him but we have to wait for the next position report," reported Seb. As the 1500 position report came through it confirmed Sébastien had taken the lead. Peyron has (...) -
Vendée Globe
Alex Thomson : "this to happen is very harsh"
At 05h00 this morning Alex Thomson arrived back where he had started the Vendee Globe some 61 hours previously . The team had to wait until 10h30 for the tide to enter the canal into Les Sables d’Olonne. By 14h00 the mast was taken out and at 15h30 HUGO BOSS was lifted from the (...) -
Vendée Globe
30 skippers have left Les Sables
Every vantage point along the canal from the haven of Les Sables d’Olonne port to the sea was jammed deep with tens of thousands of well wishers. There were tears on the dockside as lines were slipped, dozens and dozens of messages along the long stretch of sea walls that funnel the record Record #sailingrecord sized fleet to sea - (...) -
Vendée Globe
Sam Davies : "my only objective is to finish"
British female sailor Sam Davies is ready to take on the 2008 Vendée Globe following a summer refit for her IMOCA Open 60 racing yacht ‘Roxy’. After a valiant fifth place in the 2008 Artemis Transat in May, the highest placed Briton in the fleet, Sam and Roxy are now focused on completing the 45,000 kilometre race around the globe, (...) -
Vendée Globe
Alex Thomson : "I’m devastated, but I’m glad everyone is ok"
At 2.30am this morning Alex Thomson and his crew onboard the Open 60 yacht HUGO BOSS were struck by a 60 foot fishing vessel. HUGO BOSS was 2 miles outside the harbour of les Sables d’Olonne when the incident happened. HUGO BOSS was waiting to transfer some of the technical team onboard at daylight having just crossed the channel from (...) -
Skandia Cowes Week
Brian Thompson wins The Artemis Challenge
A number of stars from the world of sport, politics and television all took to The Solent today for The Artemis Challenge at Skandia Cowes Week. The British summer delivered rain and gusty winds as eight 60 foot yachts charged around the Isle of Wight in a 50 mile sprint to battle it out for a £10,000 charity prize fund. The high-speed Speed (...) -
The Artemis Transat
The Transat 2008, day by day
The Artemis Transat took end with the arriving and the 9th skipper in the IMOCA division, few days after Loïck Peyron’s third win in Boston. This is the history of the 2008 edition. day after day. -
The Artemis Transat
Giovanni Soldini takes the gun!
At 07:11:27 local time (11:11:27 GMT), Italian solo sailor, Giovanni Soldini, crossed the finish line of The Artemis Transat race in Marblehead, USA. On a crisp, clear early morning with a biting 18-20 knot north-westerly breeze, Soldini and his one year-old Proto Class40 Class40 #Class40 , Telecom Italia, completed the North Atlantic (...) -
The Artemis Transat
Samantha Davies 5th and 1st Briton to finish
Thirty-three year old Samantha Davies has become the first Briton to finish The Artemis Transat 2008 solo race in Boston, USA. Samantha sailed her 60-foot monohull Roxy across the finish line at 23:00:51 GMT (19:00 local time) yesterday (26 May) in a time 15 days, 10 hours, 00 minutes and 51 seconds. For the last 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours (...) -
The Artemis Transat
Yann Eliès third behind Peyron and Le Cléac’h
Greeted by race winner Loick Peyron, second-placed Armel Le Cléac’h and "clandestine passenger" Vincent Riou, who had been replaying the race while waiting for him, Yann Elies was radiant when his boat came to a stop alongside the Boston Harbor Hotel pontoon. Happy, but also relieved, the Breton skipper could finally let his joy out, (...)
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