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Strong conditions have been on the agenda today for the 65 competitors of the first leg of the 28th Primo Cup – Trophée Credit Suisse, with 2.50 m high waves and a permanent 30 knots wind. Only one tart was ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:52:55 +0100

Conditions have been improving significantly at the front of the fleet in the Southern Ocean since two of the Global Ocean Race (GOR) Class40s turned back to New Zealand on Thursday. Leg 3 from Wellington to Punta del Este, Uruguay ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:43:01 +0100

Team Telefónica clinched their third victory from three legs in the Volvo Ocean Race on Saturday, as less than nine hours separated the top five teams at the finish of the 3,051 nautical mile (nm) second stage of Leg 3 ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:36:03 +0100

 The ten-strong Clipper 11-12 fleet is racing towards Qingdao, China, after a week-long stopover in spectacular Singapore. At the start line for Race 8 from Singapore to the Chinese sailing city of Qingdao, the teams had 12 knots of breeze from ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:31:42 +0100

After a roller coaster leg, PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG finished fourth overall in the two-stage Leg 3 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China, crossing the line at 08:29 UTC/16:29 local on Saturday, February 4, 2012, in the ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:25:23 +0100

Though the Spanish have once again taken victory in this third oceanic leg, Franck Cammas and his men have earned themselves a superb second place in China and boosted their position on the podium in the overall standing. Groupama 4 ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:21:25 +0100

The Spanish boat takes third win in a row in the Volvo Ocean Race: 3 legs, 3 wins -which hasn't happened since the 1989-1990 edition of the regattaA tough leg and a new victory for Team Telefónica in the round ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:18:27 +0100

After a week-long stopover in spectacular Singapore, the ten yachts taking part in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race set sail this morning from the exclusive Marina at Keppel Bay, where they have been based since last Saturday. ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:11:59 +0100

The 2012 470 Junior World Championship came to a close yesterday, with the new World Champions, Simon Sivitz Kosuta/Jas Farneti of Italy in the 470 men/mixed event and Afrodite Kyranakou /Jeske Kisters of the Netherlands in the 470 women having ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:12:45 +0100

Sydney yachtsman Julian Farren-Price has provisionally taken out the Port Hacking Race, the third last race of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Ocean Pointscore Series (OPS), sailed in light south-westerly breezes today.Defending champion Farren-Price, and his ever-reliable Cookson 12, ...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:42 +0100