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Mar

Sailing – Ericsson Racing Team Ghosting Towards Finish In Rio

Ericsson Racing Team currently holds the top two spots on Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race as the fleet approaches at a snail’s pace the finish in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

One week ago today Ericsson’s yachts led the fleet past Cape Horn in rough weather. The crews had had little sleep approaching the infamous landmark because they were sailing down the coast of Chile in a strong following wind, jibing back and forth.

At the time of the rounding the leaders were estimated to finish yesterday, Mar. 23. Instead, the current estimated time of arrival has the leader finishing in the early morning hours of …  Details

25
Mar

Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race – Ericsson 3 in stealth mode

It is day 40 of this 12,300 nautical mile jaunt from Qingdao, China to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in the closing stages, the leading boat, Ericsson 3, has opted to play her stealth card. She has gone into hiding and will only reappear 24- hours later, or once she is within 50 nm of the finish in Rio.

This is the first time on this leg that the stealth card, newly introduced for the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race, has been played. Ericsson 3 began her ‘StealthPlay’ to give it its official title, immediately after the 1000 GMT position report this morning and her position in the fleet and all her onboard data will now be secret.

However, at 1000 GMT this morning, the last position report before she ‘disappeared’ from the world’s radar, Ericsson 3 had 194 miles to run to the finish as was parallel with Sao Paulo. She was averaging a double-figure boat speed of 10.5 knots and had achieved a run of 262 nm in the past 24 hours.

Her nearest and deadliest rival, … Details

25
Mar

Sailing – Vestas Sailrocket ready for another speed record attempt at Walvis Bay

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Latest news from Paul Larsen on Vestas Sailrocket, ready for action after her recent crash….

Well…it’s great to be back.

The fact that Vestas Sailrocket now sits outside this here container 100% ready for another assault on the Walvis Bay Speed sailing course bears testimony to the effort put in by the team since the violent crash 13 days ago.

I still shudder when I look at the video as it all happened in an instant. I will show you all the video one day… but first we will focus on the job at hand…  Details 

25
Mar

Sailing Sailboard – Speed World Cup rules now available with important changes

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The 2009 edition of the ISWC Speedworldcup Rulebook is online, and we want to draw your attention on the most important changes….  Details

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