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Jules Verne Trophy
Orange is slaloming between two lows
"To our left, about 2000 miles away, the island of Tonga... a little to the right of that the Cook islands, then a bit further on, the lagoons of Raiatéa, Wahiné and Bora Bora... In four days we could be there leaving behind the icy waters of the South Pacific..."just for one instant, and one instant only, Bruno Peyron imagined a Jules Verne (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Meterorologist’s fun day out
The working life of a Volvo Ocean Race meteorologist is a hard and intense one. They spend hours a day in front of the computer screen studying weather patterns; in the form of charts, figures and images; trying to get a good feel for the weather conditions. Each leg of the race presents a different challenge with new oceans, new currents (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Passage of the International Date Line, passage of the Pacific, passage of the front...
Orange has started another symbolic day. The International Date Line symbolises the return to the West, the moment from when the sailors will be counting down the degrees that separate them from their goal. The Pacific is the other unknown immensity of this circumnavigation, an unending desolate back straight whose ultimate point is called the (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Miami
Field hangs up his sea boots
The 52-year-old co-skipper and campaign director of News Corp has decided to hang up his sailing boots, at least for a while. A disappointed Field says that reality has finally kicked in. -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange halfway round
Dry suits and balaclavas on again, diving masks glued to faces, hands clinging onto the wheel or frozen to the sheets... The menu for this rather special day is for cold and damp on board the maxi-catamaran Orange. The Marseilles giant is surfing the liquid mountains of icy water of the Southern Ocean at more than 30 knots, gobbling up almost (...) -
Around Alone
Nineteen competitors in the official entry list
Race organisers Clipper Ventures did released the official entry list for the 6th edition of Around Alone, the longest race for any individual in any sport. With the 31st March deadline for entries just passed, the line-up now boasts an impressive 19 skippers from 11 countries, with 8 in Class I, 10 in Class II, and 1 Venturer Class entry. (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Four days ago Orange had a delamination problem
"To be honest, I must say that apart from what you already know, we had a little problem that could have had more serious consequences..." wrote Bruno Peyron in his e-mail of the day. Indeed, four days ago the maxi-catamaran Orange had a delamination problem with a part of the aft beam fairing. In addition two inside bulkheads were cracked in (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race
SeaSailSurfer of March: Neal McDonald
Photo : Rick Thomlinson / Volvo Ocean RaceThe SeaSailSurfer of the month is Brit. Neal McDonald, 39, is Assa Abloy’ skipper sailing in the round the world yacht race. He just finished first in the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange to Cape Leeuwin with more than one day lead... from Sport Elec
The longitude of Cape Leeuwin has fallen astern today in the wake of the maxi-catamaran Orange and the boat has broken the record Record #sailingrecord between Ushant and the mythical Australian cape. She has a little over 1 day’s lead (1 day, 7 hours and 22 minutes) over the current holder of the Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Miami
Girls become engineers onboard Amer Sports Too
Racing in the Volvo Ocean Race is not just about sailing skills. It takes all sorts of other skills to keep the boat going fast. The crews double up as sail-makers, medics and engineers and each person has a special responsibility. Gear failure can have devastating (...)
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