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Steinlager/Line 7 Regatta
Luc Pillot still leads after day two
Frenchman Luc Pillot put in another strong day at the Steinlager/Line 7 Regatta, on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour, suffering only one defeat from four races, to hold top spot on the leaderboard. -
Jules Verne Trophy
250 miles away from the latitude of the Cape of Good Hop
Springtime in Europe, austral autumn for the sailors plying the Southern Hemisphere. 250 miles away from the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope, the maxi-catamaran Orange is extending her long easterly heading at a fast rate of knots. Sir Peter Blake’s record Record #sailingrecord between Ushant and Good Hope should be beaten tonight. (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 5
100 Bucks up for grabs
With more than 25,000 miles sailed in the Volvo Ocean Race, each of the eight teams has developed its character and personality. They were all potential winners before the beginning of the race, starting with a clean sheet of paper as the leader board, now the stronger and weaker campaigns can be clearly identified. This classification not (...) -
Steinlager/Line 7 Regatta
French skipper Luc Pillot leads after day 1
French skipper Luc Pillot chalked up four wins and only one loss on the opening day of the Steinlager/Line 7 Regatta, to hold the top spot on the leaderboard overnight. -
Steinlager/Line 7 Regatta
"There are no easy matches"
On the eve of the 2002 Steinlager/Line 7 Cup, the same words are on the lips of all twelve skippers in the line-up - "there are no easy matches", it is an often used phrase, but never truer than this week on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour. -
Jules Verne Trophy
Peyron : "we’re savouring the delivrance!"
Photo: JP Epron / Maxi Catamaran OrangeWhilst it came from Bruno Peyron, we can easily imagine that that is what the whole crew thinks. "At last we can say that this is our first day in the Southern Ocean," continued Bruno. "The boat is doing between 25 and 26 knots and we should be enjoying this NW flow for several days". And with the great long swells of the South Atlantic (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race / Leg 5
In Neptune’s Realm
King Neptune is back with the fleet, racing in the Volvo Ocean Race, after waiting patiently for five months at the equator for the fleet to return. His patience was rewarded with some fresh sailors who haven’t crossed the equator on a sailing yacht before as they came onboard on one of the southern hemisphere legs. No matter where (...) -
Steinlager/Line 7 regatta
Oracle’s Peter Holmberg coming back from injury
Peter Holmberg of the Oracle America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup team is anxious about the Steinlager/Line 7 regatta which starts on Wednesday (20th March), he hasn’t sailed for a month, having suffered a broken collar bone, so he’s starting right back at the deep (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange is keeping up a good average
Pushed well to the west for a week by the Saint Helena high, Orange is now battling this weekend with a new very similar zone of high pressure, a "cousin" that is moving far to the south, in a zone usually swept by strongish winds and where the experienced Bruno Peyron expected everything except sailing into a choppy head sea against light (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Girl Power On Amer Sports Too
With the equator crossed by all yachts over the course of the day, some of the crews have experienced this crossing for the first time. The ceremonial visit by King Neptune, and the penalties he has inflicted on them will be over by now. Freddy Loof, helmsman on Amer Sports One was really worried and he wrote: "For my own concern I will also (...)
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