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Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 8
Close Call At Skagen
At 1343 GMT, 10 miles northwest of the Skagen lighthouse ASSA ABLOY ran into a more headed breeze than the rest of the fleet and ASSA ABLOY’s two mile lead started to shrink immediately. The difference in wind direction was as much as 20 degrees, hard on the wind, with no possibility to luff up to compensate for the (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 8
Back Down
In the shallow waters of the North Sea, all crews report trouble with catching seaweed with their keels, rudders and engine struts. Getting anything wrapped around one of your boat’s appendages is the nightmare of every racing sailor. The flow of water around the fin that has been perfectly smoothed before hitting the water is destroyed (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 8
Navigators’ Challenge in the North Sea
"Since rounding Ushant off the north coast of France, ASSA ABLOY has done well to play the right hand side of the track picking up better current and better breeze," wrote navigator Mark Rudiger from on board, continuing, "we were a little miffed as to why the fleet kept pushing left and put a loose cover on them just in case the left hand (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 8
Amer Sports One Leads Into The English Channel
Photo: G.Cantini / Sea&See.itAfter a dramatic start to the beginning of the penultimate leg, less than two miles separate the seven boats at the front of the fleet. -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Gale force winds for leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race
There are warnings of gales in the Plymouth and Biscay area, which indicate that the eight strong fleet racing in the penultimate leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, which started at 5pm local time today from La Rochelle, France, could encounter heavy sailing conditions as they approach Ushant on the northwest tip of the Brittany coast tomorrow (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Illbruck Looks to Wrap It Up
Germany’s Illbruck Challenge, at the top of the Volvo Ocean Race points table, has an opportunity to win the race on leg eight from La Rochelle to Gothenburg, Sweden. Skipper John Kostecki’s team currently leads Assa Abloy by eight points with two legs remaining. With eight points available for a leg win, Illbruck needs to gain one (...) -
MINI BARCELONA
Sébastien Roubinet and Jean-Pierre Balmes win the Mini Barcelona
The second edition of the Mini Barcelona 2002 took place between the 11th and 18th May, last week. A total of 23 boats participated in this 530 miles non-stop-race. The race consisted of sailing from Barcelona heading to Menorca, and then Formentera leaving all Balearic Isles starboard side, then proceeding to Denia and back to Barcelona. The (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Amer Sports Too battles Mother Nature
Lisa McDonald and her crew of women finally left Gosport, England, today at 1300 local time, to sail to La Rochelle, France, in preparation for the restart of the Volvo Ocean Race leg eight, which starts next Saturday, May 25th at 5pm local time. -
Regata Rubicon
Ellen Macarthur second to Lanzarote
SILL skippered by Roland Jourdain (aka Bilou) secured victory by two hours over KINGFISHER. BOBST GROUP / ARMOR LUX skippered by Swiss Bernard STAMM finished just 40 minutes behind KINGFISHER... -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Radical changes for djuice
After a disappointing performance in the Volvo Ocean Race, skipper of seventh placed djuice, Knut Frostad, has decided to make radical changes on board in an effort to boost the team’s performance for the remaining two legs. French navigator, Jean-Yves Bernot, will step down and Erle Williams will return to the (...)
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