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Velux 5 Oceans
Brad Van Liew aquires 1998 built "Pro-Forms"
US ocean racer Brad Van Liew is one step closer to competing in his third solo round-the-world race, this time aboard an Open 60 raceboat designed and built specifically for the task. Last week, Van Liew purchased the boat he feels is the best prepared for the extreme conditions that set the Velux 5 Oceans Race apart as The Ultimate Solo (...) -
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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston finishes his last round the world race
Bilbao witnessed an historic moment in sport today as hundreds of people from the Basque capital welcomed back Sir Robin Knox-Johnston as the pioneer of solo sailing completed the VELUX 5 OCEANS round the world yacht race. Nearly 40 years after Knox-Johnston became the first person to sail non-stop around the world in the 1968-69 Sunday Times (...) -
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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 (...) -
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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 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 sailing hero has completed a (...) -
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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 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 skipper from the Basque Country (...) -
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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 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 tough and frustrating second leg (...) -
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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 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 victory marks an historic (...) -
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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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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. 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 monumental effort by the veteran (...)
Tour du monde en solitaire avec escale : Velux 5 Oceans ex-BOC Challenge, ex-Around Alone