Latest news from the Volvo fleet as they head towards Cape Horn. Not an average day on Ericsson 3, onboard Telefonica Blue they have no heater and are in different weather from the leaders and on Green Dragon Ian Walker says its been a brutal and cold 48 hours. Read on…..
ERICSSON 3 Leg Five Day 31 QFB: received 16.03.09 1250 GMT
Another day in the Ericsson 3 office. Not an average day, but one of maybe 30 in this race where we sail on the borderline of what boat and crew can take. We are hanging on the back of the powerful low pressure system …Â Details
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From 9th November 2008 to the 15th March 2009 Рhere is a brief summary of the major events in this sixth Vend̩e Globe, which was won by Michel Desjoyeaux on Foncia on 1st February. The Austrian, Norbert Sedlacek brought the race to an end 42 days later by completing his round the world voyage yesterday.
9th November: The Race of the Century begins: 30 skippers, including 19 new boats and just as many favourites set out on the non-stop solo round the world voyage. The moderate south-westerly wind soon increased to a major storm in the Bay of Biscay. Four skippers returned to…. Details
The Portimão Global Ocean Race fleet have been hammered by hurricane strength, Force 12, south-westerly breeze as they descend through the Furious Fifties towards Cape Horn.
Despite drastically reduced sail, race leaders Felipe Cubillos and José Muñoz on Desafio Cabo de Hornos have polled very high speed averages, losing only ten miles to Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme on Beluga Racer in the past 24 hours. While the Germans trail the race leaders by just over… Details
Every time the engraver thought it was safe to carve a new name on the Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup Perpetual Trophy Sunday, word came from the water, ‘Not so fast.’
Or so it seemed as the title contenders in the second annual intercollegiate big boat regatta struggled for consistency before Maine Maritime Academy settled down to successfully defend its 2008 championship against seven intercollegiate rivals, four of whom had their shots at one time or another…Â Details