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Jules Verne Trophy
Orange against Enza’s Ouessant to Equator record
24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records to cover 415 miles and inscribe the name of Orange in place of Enza and Sir Peter Blake on the Ushant-Equator record Record #sailingrecord ; Almost a formality anywhere else on the globe for a new generation maxi-catamaran. But a bit of a challenge when approaching the land of (...) -
STEINLAGER/LINE 7 REGATTA
America’s Cup preview in Auckland from March 19th
Team New Zealand’s Dean Barker, will be fighting it out with an awesome line-up, one of whom he could face on the starting line of the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup in a year’s time, when he tries to achieve an unprecedented second successful defence of the (...) -
TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Orange is slaloming between the islands
Slaloming between the islands, schussing along the edges of highs... the ’no faults’ descent of the North Atlantic is drawing to a close for the maxi-catamaran Orange in site of the Doldrums. The wind is dying, the sky is clouding over, and the speedometer is falling to more ’normal’ standards... this is the great ocean (...) -
Trophée Jules Verne
Geronimo on her way home
Since returning to the Northern Hemisphere, Geronimo has been making good headway towards her destination in Brittany. The task now facing the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young – Schneider Electric team is to reach Brest Brest #brest as quickly as possible and get started on diagnosing and repairing the problems encountered with the (...) -
Multi 60
Fred Le Peutrec’s Bayer launched in La Rochelle
The new trimaran in the port of La Rochelle. Note the rudders (in orange). Photo : Bernard Gergaud.Fresh out of the Mag Océa yard, the brand new trimaran Bayer has just been launched in La Rochelle. In a few days she will be confronting the ocean waves for the first time on her sail up to her homeport of La Trinité-sur-Mer where she will be officially named on March (...) -
TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Peyron less than 1000 miles from the equator line
An instant speed Speed #speedsailing of 31.3 knots at 1000 this morning, 519.26 miles in 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records at the 1300 position report... As hoped for yesterday, the maxi-catamaran Orange has picked up a slight shift to the east in the trades, which has enabled her on the one hand to gain speed (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Rio
dragons well prepared for Volvo Ocean Race leg five
Djuice Dragons skipper Knut Frostad , and Navigator Jean Yeves Bernot - second into Rio on Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race. Photo: Rick Tomlinson.The Norwegian team, djuiuce dragons, who finished second in leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race from Auckland to Rio de Janeiro, is fit for a fight and ready for the start of leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race. After one week‚s holiday, well away from the world of sailing, the team has gathered back in Rio de Janeiro for final (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange to the Canaries in less than three days
The 1500 mile mark since leaving the Créac’h lighthouse (Ushant) astern was passed today Tuesday March 5th at 1100 GMT. The maxi-catamaran Orange continues to "reel in" the miles and this morning left the Canary islands to port still flirting with an average of 20 knots over 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records . (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Crew changes on Assa Abloy: Skipper Neal McDonald looks ahead
For leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race, 4450 nautical miles from Rio de Janeiro to Miami, Assa Abloy Racing Team had planned only one crew change, bringing back Chris Larson from the USA, who sailed with the team on their victorious leg from Sydney to Auckland, winning the CYCA Sydney Hobart race en route. But now, in an unscheduled move, they (...) -
GBR CHALLENGE
Peter Harrison announced a second new hull
Peter Harrison today announced a development that will ensure that GBR Challenge is well prepared for the next America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup cycle. The British team is to build a second new hull within this America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup campaign, so that the team has two latest generation ACC yachts (...)
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