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Velux 5 Oceans
Historic double victory for Bernard Stamm
Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) celebrated a famous victory for Bernard Stamm on CHEMINEES POUJOULAT and then gave a hero’s welcome to Kojiro Shiraishi on SPIRIT OF YUKOH, all in the space of just one hour on Monday April 30. Hundreds of spectators on the water and lining the shores of the home port of Gexto warmly greeted two returning (...) -
Velux 5 OCEANS
Leg 3 underway for last 4 solo global sailors
At 12:20 PM (16:20 GMT) on Wednesday April 18, the start gun for the final leg of The Ultimate Solo Challenge fired in the waters off the Virginian coastline. After a postponed start in Norfolk due to severe weather conditions created by the large storm on the Eastern seaboard of the United States, the fleet of four Open 60 yachts began the (...) -
Velux 5 Oceans • Leg 2
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston arrives in USA
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, onboard his Open 60 SAGA INSURANCE, today crossed the finish line of leg 2 in the VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans at 19:43 local time (23:43 UTC). After 75 days, 18 hours and 43 minutes at sea and 16,049 miles of racing, the experienced British yachtsman arrived in Norfolk (Virginia, USA). The British (...) -
Velux 5 Oceans
Unai Basurko finishes third in Norfolk
Unai Basurko, onboard his Open 60 PAKEA, today crossed the finish line of leg 2 in the VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans at 19: 20 local time (23: 20 UTC). After (an adjusted time, the initial release of time didn’t factor in time meridians) 68 days, 18 hours and 20 minutes at sea and 15,554.57 miles of racing, the young (...) -
Vendée Globe 2008
A technical alliance for Mike Golding and Dee Caffari
Dee Caffari and Mike Golding, two British entries in the 2008 Vendée Globe, have today announced they are forming a technical alliance to share key technical data on the development of their new Open 60 yachts. -
Velux 5 OCEANS
Kijoro Shiraishi arrives second in Norfolk
Kojiro Shiraishi, onboard his Open 60 SPIRIT OF YUKOH, today crossed the finish line of leg 2 in the VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans at 08:47 local time (12:47 UTC). After 60 days, 6 hours and 47 minutes at sea and 15,113 miles of racing, the popular skipper from Japan arrived in Norfolk (Virginia, USA). It marks the end of a (...) -
Velux 5 Oceans
Bernard Stamm wins leg 2 in Norfolk
Bernard Stamm, onboard his Open 60 CHEMINEES POUJOULAT, this evening crossed the finish line of leg 2 in the VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans at 22:59:25 local time (3:59:45 UTC). After 48 days, 22 hours and 59 minutes 45 seconds and 15,725 miles of racing, the defending champion arrived in Norfolk (Virginia, USA). Stamm’s (...) -
Velux 5 Oceans
Sir Robin rounds Cape Horn 37 years after his first time
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston rounded Cape Horn on Sunday 18th February 2007 afternoon and celebrated in the same way as he did in 1969. He is currently under tow down the Beagle Channel to Ushuaia to make crucial repairs to SAGA INSURANCE and will sit out a second 48-hour penalty. As with the last pit stop he hopes to be able to make up the time (...) -
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Brit yachtsman Mike Golding awarded an OBE
Golding, 46, who lives in Hampshire, is regarded as one of the world’s best offshore racing sailors. Having sailed since childhood, Mike first came to public attention in 1992 as a skipper in Sir Chay Blyth’s revolutionary British Steel Challenge, when he led a crew of amateurs in this gruelling, inaugural race around the world, (...) -
VELUX 5 OCEANS
Robin Knox-Johnston : "It was much easier 38 years ago"
At 20:57 local time (11:57 UTC), Sir Robin Knox-Johnston crossed the finish line in Fremantle (Western Australia) in leg one of the VELUX 5 OCEANS Velux 5 Oceans #Velux5Oceans . After 67 days, 00 hours and 57 minutes alone at sea, SAGA INSURANCE sailed past the race committee boat in the waters off the Fremantle Sailing Club. It has been a (...)
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