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Vendée Globe
Brian Thompson : "The Vendée Globe has been a goal of mine"
Veteran British ocean racer Brian Thompson will skipper Open 60, Pindar, in the 2008 Vendée Globe. Starting from Les Sable d’Olonne, France, on the 9th November 2008, Thompson is the seventh Briton and the 27th pre-entrant for the sixth edition of this classic single-handed non-stop round the world (...) -
Transat Jacques Vabre
Desjoyeaux and Le Borgne win IMOCA class in Bahia
Foncia crossed the arrival line today (Tuesday) at 16h37’05 french time – 12h37’05 local time - under an impecable blue sky. The run for the first place in the Imoca was as hot as the Brazilian temperature as Marc Guillemot & Charles Caudrelier pushed Safran and therefore Foncia to their limits till the finish. Safran (...) -
Barcelona World Race
Dick & Foxall first duo to Gibraltar
Paprec-Virbac 2 led the Barcelona World Race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace fleet into the Atlantic overnight on Wednesday night, winning the first stage of the race in the process. The opening leg carried a prize of 60 cases of Estrella Damm beer for the first boat to reach Gibraltar, and the Franco-Irish duo of skipper (...) -
Sponsoring
Josse and Moloney for MacArthur’s BT Team Ellen
BT Team Ellen signs a 3-year sailing partnership, bringing together world-class sailors Ellen MacArthur (GBR), Sébastien Josse (FRA) and Nick Moloney (AUS) alongside other sailing talent dedicated to success on the water across a number of disciplines, including the IMOCA Ocean Racing World Championships and the Extreme 40 catamaran (...) -
Skandia Cowes Week
Will Greenwood wins around the Isle of Wight
The Artemis Challenge at Skandia Cowes Week is a race around the Isle of Wight between some of the fastest ocean racing IMOCA Open 60’s on the planet. On each boat a celebrity was given the chance to experience these amazing boats, names included Lady Gabriella Windsor, Will Greenwood of Rugby World Cup fame, Sky Sports presenter Georgie (...) -
Launching
Mike Sanderson first sails new Kouyoumdjian’s Open 60
Leading British print and electronic media Media #media company Pindar this week launched its brand new Open 60 in Auckland, New Zealand. A radical new design, which incorporates many cutting edge features including a rotating wing mast and hydraulically adjustable outriggers, this boat will be capable of breaking boundaries, setting (...) -
Barcelona World Race
Spanish brewer to sponsor Catalan Guillermo Altadill
Estrella Damm, Spain’s most important brewer, has announced today that it will sponsor the first Spanish entry in the Barcelona World Race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace 2007,and they have chosen the Catalan Guillermo Altadill, one of the most respected and experienced professional sailors in the world, to skipper Estrella (...) -
JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race
Ellen MacArthur takes overall line honours in Cowes
Hitting speeds of close to 30 knots the Extreme 40 JPMorgan Asset Management helmed by Ellen MacArthur took line honours in the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race today after 4 hours and 6 minutes of full-on racing. Fifty seconds, at 0916 BST later, the Extreme 40 ABN AMRO slipped across the line making it a one, two for this (...) -
Vendée Globe
Jonny Malbon’s news Rogers Design 60’ on construction
Artemis Ocean Racing (AOR), the sailing team sponsored by leading UK investment company Artemis, has presented the ongoing construction of their new Open 60. The task of designing and carrying out the new boat build rests with Simon Rogers, owner and founder of Rogers Yacht Design Yacht Design #YachtDesign Ltd. Based in Lymington (UK), the (...) -
Velux 5 Oceans
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston finishes his last round the world race
Bilbao witnessed an historic moment in sport today as hundreds of people from the Basque capital welcomed back Sir Robin Knox-Johnston as the pioneer of solo sailing completed the VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans round the world yacht race. Nearly 40 years after Knox-Johnston became the first person to sail non-stop around the (...)
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