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VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
SEB arrives in Punta Arenas to be shipped to Rio
News’ Corp new helm. Onboard photo.Depression, stress and exhaustion are likely to be setting in for some of the crews of the Volvo Ocean Race, along with the ups and downs and day to day grind of yacht racing. The highs are extreme and can provide an adrenaline buzz second to none and the lows can be the worst thing that has ever happened to you in your life at that (...) -
America’s Cup International Regatta
Team New Zealand loses first race
Racing started on time today in a 10 knot South-Easterly under a clear summer sky. The race course situation, in the lee of Rangitoto Island, meant that the wind on the water was patchy with different amounts of breeze blowing just metres apart. The result of both races today was determined more by being in the right pressure at the right time (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange breaks her mechanics
Orange on the starting line. Broken Mast (down). Photos: G.Martin-RagetBruno Peyron and his twelve men crew left Brest Brest #brest at 8:35, local time, this morning. Then they put sails and cape to the west to leave the bay of Brest Brest #brest and join the starting line of the round the world record Record #sailingrecord (...) -
America’s Cup International Regatta
Team New Zealand dominant
Racing was delayed for several hours today (Thursday) as the forecast South Easterly failed to appear, and a North Easterly sea breeze filled in late in the afternoon to give light and patchy winds never exceeding 10 knots. Two flights were run, which means that Round Robin One is finished and the first flight of Round Robin Two has been (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
For Mums everywhere
For each of those sailing on the Volvo Ocean Race a day in the office is full of tasks that could all be included under a heading of monotonous daily chores. These chores, however, do not include putting the rubbish out for the bin men, collecting the daily newspaper and reading the mail, but are more tacking, stacking and moving gear to the (...) -
Around Alone
Marc Thiercelin signs for his second Around Alone
Clipper Ventures, Around Alone 2002-03 race organisers, announced that renowned French skipper, Marc Thiercelin, has registered his entry into the Open 60 class for the 20th anniversary of this historic, solo, round the world yacht race. Thiercelin is the 9th skipper and 3rd Frenchman to sign up in Class I for the 6th edition of Around Alone, (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
White Water Rafting On Bucking Bronco
But it’s a round the world yacht race! Neal McDonald, skipper of ASSA ABLOY gave a vivid analogy of the boat being ’tossed around like a cork’ from his ’white water rafting trip from hell’ through very strong current, in a near gale. Meanwhile his wife Lisa, skipper of Amer Sports Too, was fighting the end of (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Leg 4
Freezer To Sauna
The conditions that the crews of the Volvo Ocean Race have faced on this leg four from Auckland to Rio de Janeiro have been extreme to say the least. They started the race in Auckland in hot Summer conditions, went through the freezer of the Southern Ocean and now having rounded Cape Horn are on their way to hot and tropical Rio. The (...) -
America’s Cup International Regatta
Victory Challenge wins first fleet race
A two hour delay for weather conditions to moderate saw the first race of the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup International Regatta start at 1310 New Zealand time today (Monday). In 12 knots of breeze from the North East and a fast disappearing swell, four boats representing three of the challengers and the defender of the (...) -
Mini-Transat
Chris Sayer has launched his new mini 650
Chirs Sayer did finished third of the Mini-Transat Mini-Transat #MiniTransat 1999, just behind Sébastien Magnen (double winner and yacht designer) and Pierre-Yves Moreau. Now, he is going to be back in France to enter again in the single handed transatlantic race from La Rochelle to Brazil which will start in september 2003. With his new (...)
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