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Vendée Globe 2008
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Virtual Vendee - Equador for the leaders
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he Vendee Globe is gone for 12 days and the race is raging between the boats who tried a the east route led by 'Sauvageon' and those in the west with 'Aldabra' remains the undisputed master.
21-11-2008 >
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Sunnucks/Farren climb into third position on fifth day
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Julien Girardot
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illiam Sunnucks and Simon Farren (GBR) climbed into third position overall on the fifth day of the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta. Two out of three scheduled races were sailed, as a heavy tropical rain shower came with poor visibility in the morning.
21-11-2008 >
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Offshore Racing
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Sydney Hobart
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Russian maxi in doubt for Rolex Sydney Hobart
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Fedor Konyukhov
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he skipper of the first Russian boat to enter the Rolex Sydney Hobart in almost 20 years is now racing the clock in Auckland, New Zealand, to have a new keel built after large cracks in the existing keel were discovered earlier this week.
20-11-2008 >
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Concentration game on fourth day
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t was a concentration game on the fourth day of the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta. The light and variable breeze caused big gains and losses on the course. The sailors had to be very cautious, as the tactics changed all the time.
20-11-2008 >
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America's Cup
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Louis Vuitton Pacific Series
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GATHERING THE NEW K-CHALLENGE TEAM
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Franck Socha
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ebastien Col will take part to the Monsoon Cup December 3-7 in Malaysia. This event is the last one for the World Match Racing Tour in 2008, and it is important and very special for Sebastien and his team: they are one of the three teams who can potentially win the World Champion title.
18-11-2008 >
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Ocean Racing
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Portimão Global Ocean Race
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Michel Kleinjans wins solo division
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he Cape Doctor welcomed Belgium sailor Michel Kleinjans to South Africa as he stormed across the finish line to win the single-handed division of the Portimão Global Ocean Race. The Cape Doctor is the name given by locals to the gale force winds that blow down the backside of Table Mountain taking with it all germs and pollution and flinging them far out to sea.
18-11-2008 >
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Volvo Ocean Race
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2008 - 2009
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Virtual Regattas - A success story in the making!
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Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race
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ine days after the start of the Vendée Globe and three days into the Volvo Ocean Race Second’s Leg, the Virtual Race Organizers are astonished by the staggering success of both events ran in parallel.
18-11-2008 >
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Vendée Globe 2008
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Covering the bases
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Sam Davies / Vendée Globe
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ith memories of last year’s Transat Jacques Vabre perhaps well to the fore in his mind, Loick Peyron made his move last night to gybe back to the west and cover any further gains from the trio of Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2), Armel Le Cléac’h (Brit Air) and Vincent Riou (PRB).
18-11-2008 >
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Booth/Nieuwenhuis extend lead
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n Monday November 17 2008, Mitch Booth and Pim Nieuwenhuis extended their lead at the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta. The Dutchmen took both bullets in again tricky sailing conditions on the Caribbean Sea. Pols/De Waard and Zanen/Heemskerk are tied on ten points, with Pols/De Waard still in second position. It was old style racing today, as the race committee decided to go for a tri-angle course.
18-11-2008 >
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Volvo Ocean Race
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Picking the lock
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Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race
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or the navigators, picking the lock of the tactical conundrum of this leg lay in the decision to go north as per today’s TEN ZULU REPORT.
PUMA's Andrew Cape was first to reach for the Allen keys and break from the pack.
18-11-2008 >
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Virtual Vendee - Equador for the leaders
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Russian maxi in doubt for Rolex Sydney Hobart
Concentration game on fourth day
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Calendar
Transat Classique
16.08.08 / 15.12.08
Vendée Globe
09.11.08 / 28.02.09
Cap Town - Moyen Orient
15.11.08 / 07.12.08
Round Créolia
16.11.08 / 23.11.08
Paris Boat Show
05.12.08 / 14.12.08
The Superyacht Cup Antigua
09.12.08 / 12.12.08
Monsoon Cup
09.12.08 / 14.12.08
World Yacht Racing Forum
10.12.08 / 11.12.08
Gold Cup
10.12.08 / 14.12.08
Moyen Orient - Kochi
19.12.08 / 25.12.08
Kochi - Singapour
03.01.09 / 15.01.09
Asia Pacific Regatta
12.01.09 / 17.01.09
Acura Key West
19.01.09 / 23.01.09
Singapour - Quingdao
24.01.09 / 07.02.09
Louis Vuitton Pacific Series
01.02.09 / 15.09.09
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