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• Television

  ’Inside Sailing’ new TV programme on CNN

  Sailors worldwide will be able to keep up with the latest sailing news with CNN’s new TV programme Inside Sailing starting this Sunday the 25th November at 2030 GMT.
  24 November 2001
• FICO-LACOSTE Rankings

  Ellen MacArthur world Champion for 2000-2001

  The Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 2001 was the last event to count in the biennial FICO-LACOSTE 2001 World Championships, for skipper, crews and sponsors alike, and the results of this race have finally determined the winners, who will be presented with their titles on the 7th December in Paris, at the official Awards (...)
  Information Transat Jacques Vabre 23 November 2001
• America’s Cup

  GBR Challenge opens its base in the Viaduc harbour

  GBR Challenge Chairman Peter Harrison today officially opened the base from which the syndicate will mount its tilt at the world’s oldest sporting trophy, the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . The internet entrepreneur informed his guests that Great Britain had last been part of the America’s Cup America's Cup (...)
  22 November 2001
• TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE

  Bennett and Larsen win Open 50 class

  The British/Aussie pair, Alex Bennett & Paul Larsen, on board One Dream One Mission, arrived as victors of the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 Open 50 division in Bahia, Brazil, at 0424hrs 45s GMT on Thursday 22nd November 2001. Their ‘yellow boat’, none other than the ex-Aqua Quorum of Pete Goss from (...)
  Information Transat Jacques Vabre 22 November 2001
• TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE

  FILA finish, Pindar Systems to round Ascension

  At last, out of this night will come the first two Open 50’s, both of whom are due to finish from 0200hrs GMT in Bahia. Leading by 40 miles in the ‘yellow boat’ One Dream One Mission is Brit/Aussie pair Alex Bennett & Paul Larsen. They are feeling more than just the Brazilian heat on their backs, but also the heat from (...)
  Information Transat Jacques Vabre 21 November 2001
• VOLVO OCEAN RACE

  The Building Of A Record

  Volvo Ocean Race records have been tumbling over the last 48 hours, but what is required to sail a 24-hour record Record #sailingrecord ? On Sunday News Corp first beat Silk Cut’s record Record #sailingrecord from the previous race and shortly after, SEB moved the benchmark to 459 miles. Now just 9 more miles are needed to establish (...)
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 20 November 2001
• TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE

  Sill’s sweet victory, Ecover sweeps second from Casto-Darty-But

  Sill Plein Fruit, skippered by Roland Jourdain and Gael Le Cleac’h, crossed the line at 2313hrs local time in Bahia on Monday night, or 0113hrs GMT, Tuesday 20th November. The red boat takes sweet victory in the Open 60 Monohull class, after spending 16 days, 13 hours, 23 mins & 41 seconds on course. An flawless race for this (...)
  Information Transat Jacques Vabre 20 November 2001
• TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE

  Multihull podium filled, with Fujifilm finishing in third

  After the arrival of winner Groupama (Camma/S.Ravussin) at 2053hrs GMT on Sunday 18th November, 3 hours and 32 minutes later battle-weary Kingfisher-Foncia (Gautier/MacArthur), arrived at 1225hrs GMT in the port of Bahia, Brazil. They had raced the 5188.6m course from Le Havre, France in 14 days, 12 hrs, 25 mins & 10 (...)
  Information Transat Jacques Vabre 19 November 2001
• VOLVO OCEAN RACE

  Record Breaking News, But Tyco Retire

  451.2 nautical miles in 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records is the new benchmark for a Volvo Ocean 60. Between 17.48hrs GMT on Saturday 17th November and the same time on Sunday 18th(yesterday), Team News Corp achieved an average speed Speed #speedsailing of 18.8 knots to propel her into the Volvo Ocean Race record (...)
  Information Volvo Ocean Race 19 November 2001
• AROUND ALONE

  Brad Van Liew arrived in Charleston

  Neither wind nor rain nor sloppy seas could keep Brad Van Liew from finishing his 4,000+ mile transatlantic voyage this weekend aboard his newly acquired Open-50 competition yacht Mission America. Van Liew rolled into Charleston early this morning with the day’s first glimpse of sun at his (...)
  19 November 2001

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