Australian sailors Simon McKeon and Tim Daddo who made history in 1993 with the Laurie Cunningham designed Yellow Pages, leapt back into the history books Thursday night when Macquarie Innovation powered down the Sandy Point speed course near Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, at an average speed of 50.43 knots.
In October 1993 McKeon and Daddo, in this same location, set a 500-metre world record of 46.52 knots that lasted of 11 years.
In 1994 they started on the build of the boat that has now become Macquarie Innovation. Cunningham came up with a new design but it was a long time in the build and it was 2001 before they got back to serious campaigning. But since 2001, the team has been plagued by light wind conditions for much of the time.
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Portimao Global Oceab Race – Leg 3, Week 4 Review (Saturday 14th March – Friday 20th March):
In the race south-east through the Furious Fifties towards Cape Horn, Desafio Cabo de Hornos continue to extend their lead over the German team on Beluga Racer. Team Mowgli stays west, until moving further east on Monday, regrouping with the fleet.
A Force 12 gale leaves the fleet shaken but safe as the leading boats close in on the coast of Chile and downwind conditions for Desafio Cabo de Hornos and Beluga Racer in the final sprint to the cape results in the two boats rounding within …Â Details
Ericsson Racing Team skipper Torben Grael of Brazil led Ericsson 4 across the Leg 5 finish line here at 2257 GMT (1957 local) to complete a team sweep of the leg and solidify its overall lead in the Volvo Ocean Race.
The arrival of Ericsson 4, with three Brazilians aboard – Grael, Horácio Carabelli and João ‘Joca’ Signorini – marked a homecoming of sorts. The three have been away from Brazil for more than a year, and were welcomed by hundreds of fans, team personnel and the outstretched arms of the illuminated Statue of Christ on Corcovado Mountain.
‘That’s the wonderful thing about Brazil,’ said Grael, a Brazilian sports hero for his five Olympic sailing medals. ‘The warmth and friendship that everyone expresses, it’s a wonderful feeling. To have a reception like we’ve had here in Rio is fantastic.’
Ericsson 4 finished more than …Â Details
Boating and fishing supply retail giant West Marine, which has more than 340 stores, today opened the largest store in its 34-year history — a 30,200-square-foot prototype superstore near the St. Johns Town Center in Jacksonville.
“We targeted Jacksonville as a great market we wanted to do something special in,†said Bruce Edwards, West Marine executive vice president of stores and port supply.
Two weeks ago, the chain closed two other Jacksonville stores…Â Details
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