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Vendee Globe: The latest news from Brian Thompson on Bahrain Team Pindar -   Hi all, Today I have been overtaken by a depression travelling at 35 knots, and been dealing with all the windshifts as it passes by. Not particularly fast today as had some light winds ahead of the cold ...

Vendee Globe: Dee Caffari reflects on storms claiming yet more victims - The gruelling Vendée Globe round the world yacht race is living up to its reputation of being the Everest of the Seas. Yesterday saw two competitors retire from the race as Southern Indian Ocean storms and squalls took their ...

Vendee Globe: The rich get richer, the poor get a regular beating -   The rich maybe getting richer, but the poor are not just getting poorer but they have been taking a regular thrashing. Such are the cruel inequalities of life at the extremes of the Vendee Globe fleet. Leader Michel Desjoyeaux, ...

Volvo Ocean Race: Green Dragon in a drag race - It has been a day of snakes and ladders for the fleet as they continue to move north in search of stronger wind and away from the adverse currents to the south. The last boat to make the move was ...

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue vulnerable after taking a risk - On day five of the Volvo Ocean Race leg three, 1950 nautical miles from Cochin to Singapore, the Telefónica Blue team (Bouwe Bekking/NED) although retaining their position at the head of the fleet, has found themselves strung out to ...

Vendee Globe: English summary of French speaking skippers radio calls - Marc Guillemot (Safran): Feeling rather tired. Climbed halfway up the mast twice this morning, as the first time he forgot something.  A slight technical problem limiting ability to be under full mainsail for the moment. Carried out temporary repairs and ...

Vendee Globe: Loick Peyron long route continues - Quite unlike the title of Bernard Moitessier’s famous book, Loïck Peyron has no desire to sail round and round without ever reaching land… Indeed it’s the very thought of land which is the daily motivation for the skipper of ...

Vendee Globe: Hello from Algimouss Spirit of Canada - The fresh winds from the new low pressure system in the south are propelling me along very efficiently towards the next gate and I'm making some miles on the next boats as I bring in the new wind. I ...

Vendee Globe: Marc Guillemot on Safran forced to reduce sail - Marc Guillemot is still in the race, in 8th place in the rankings in this merciless Vendée Globe, where eleven boats have retired in 38 days.  Since yesterday, damage to the mast track has been forcing him to advance ...

Vendee Globe: Sebastien Josse glad to be in the right pack - Having clearly pulled away from the pursuing pack, the leading group led by Michel Desjoyeaux was in a transition phase this morning, sailing in milder conditions between two active low pressure systems. "I'm really glad to be in the ...

Vendee Globe: Dominique Wavre in difficulties aboard Temenos II - At 1015 UT, Dominique contacted his shore crew to alert them that the imposing steel part weighing close to 100 kilos, which had been attached to the head of the keel in Kerguelen, wasn’t able to withstand the considerable ...

Sail Melbourne: Tunnicliffe gets ISAF Sailing World Cup campaign off to flying start - Beijing Olympic gold medallist Anna Tunnicliffe made an impressive start to her ISAF Sailing World Cup season, topping the leaderboard in the Laser Radial class following the second day of racing at Sail Melbourne. It was a busy day ...

Sail Melbourne: Tunnicliffe not idle for long -   SHE wanted to spend more time in her boat before her first USA team qualifying event in Miami next month but I don’t think bobbing around in Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay is exactly what Anna Tunnicliffe had in ...

Sail Melbourne: USA 470 sailors Stuart McNay and Graham Biehl win race 4 - USA 470 Class Olympic representatives Stuart McNay and Graham Biehl crossed the line in first place in race 4 today and have managed to keep Aussie pair, Gold Medallist Malcolm Page and his new skipper Mat Belcher well within ...

Vendee Globe: Pan Pan sent by Dominique Wavre - At 11.15 this morning Dominique Wavre sent out a Pan Pan having found that the steel plate fabricated to secure the head of Tenemos’ keel had failed to resist the forces imposed by weather that has proved more severe ...

Sail Melbourne: World Cup unveils a new flying Finn -   Sandringham Yacht Club member Warwick Hill took one step closer to becoming known as a “flying Finn” after Day 2 of the ISAF Sailing World Cup – Sail Melbourne action today The 21-year-old Finn sailor, who recently completed ...

Sail Melbourne: Kovalenko predicts new team will set new World Standard -   Sail Melbourne Ambassador and Olympic “Medal Maker” Victor Kovalenko has declared Malcolm Page and Matt Belcher the new standard in 470 world sailing. Following their first 3-day training session on the Gold Coast, Page said the Australian head ...

Vendee Globe: Sam Davies sends Santa a letter from Roxy - “Dear Santa, I have been good this year, and I hope you have time to come and visit Roxy this Christmas in the Southern Ocean. Here is my Christmas wish list: 1. A Gore-tex balaclava2. A second jockey pole, ...

Portimao Global Ocean Race: Boris Herrmann & Felix Oehme in unassailable position on Beluga Racer -   By playing the safe middle ground the German team of Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme aboard Beluga Racer have placed themselves in an unassailable position. They are not quite the most southerly boat in the fleet - that ...

Volvo Ocean Race: Ericsson 3 media man laid low with stomach bug - Gustav Morin, our Media Crew Member, has a stomach infection and is out of business, so I am allowed to write a few words today. We hope he will get better again soon, as he does not seem to ...

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue takes a risk that may end in trouble - We are separated from the fleet. Why, because we think we can make a gain with an expected SE wind shift to come. The risk is that the shift will not mature and then we are in trouble, as ...

Australia. CYCA announces Ocean Racer of the Year recipients - The CYCA tonight presented the CYCA Ocean Racer of the Year awards. In a first for the Awards, the CYCA has introduced the category of Ocean Navigator of the Year, which aims to recognise the integral role that navigators ...

Atlanta to host $2.5 million Forrest Wood bass fishing championship -    FLW Outdoors® and the State of Georgia, in conjunction with the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau and local authorities, has announced that Atlanta will play host to the world’s richest bass-fishing championship, the $2.5 million Forrest Wood Cup ...

Vendee Globe: Bernard Stamm & Cheminees Poujoulat leave Kerguelens - After overcoming numerous technical difficulties Bernard Stamm, with the help of TAAF,  succeeded in getting his Open 60, Cheminees Poujoulat, on board the Marion Dufresne. Bernard Stamm is also aboard and though he is exhausted he is naturally relieved. ...

Audi Australian IRC championship: Rod Jones Archambault A40 Alegria set for opening race - Mooloolaba ocean racing skipper Rod Jones and his Oceanburo performance sailing team will face another busy championship schedule next month in a bid to regain the Audi Australian IRC class championship. The Buderim businessman has successfully taken Australian short ...

Rolex Sydney Hobart: Trophy Rating Series kicks off tomorrow outside Sydney Heads -   Nineteen of the 104 boats competing in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart will fine tune for the Boxing Day classic when the final shakedown, the Rolex Trophy Rating Series, kicks off tomorrow outside Sydney Heads. Eight short course ...

Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Offshore Race: 61 yachts confirmed -   A fleet of 61 yachts has been confirmed for the start of the 2009 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Offshore race commencing on 2nd January at 12pm, hosted by The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. At the close of ...

Vendee Globe: Dominique Wavre departs Kerguelen Islands; Michel Desjoyeaux makes gains - After taking the lead yesterday morning Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) shows no sign of simple consolidation. The 2000 Vendee Globe winner is more than one knot quicker on every count than his three leading rivals, making gains against them of ...

America's Cup: Anarchists target world's best known yacht race - The Sailing Anarchy Yacht Club (SAYC) today confirmed its entry in the 33rd America's Cup to be contested in the waters off Valencia, Spain in 2010 or 2011. Known as Anarchy Challenge, SAYC's racing syndicate will draw upon the ...

Vendee Globe: Four skippers emerge to pass the second Great Cape, Leeuwin, this evening -   Their pressure and fortitude, each pushing close to 24 hour record pace last night, is rewarded with a jump of nearly 200 miles on the second group. While Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac) heads north, already 100 miles off the ...