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Vendée Globe: The Focal Point

Racing One person, one boat, 24,020 non-stop nautical miles. The 2016 Vendée Globe is ready for launch. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!

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rock and roll

Just came across this picture from the winners of 2016 RORC Season’s Points Championship… IRC Canting Keel: Artemis Ocean Racing, IMOCA 60, skippered by Mikey Ferguson (GBR)+ Highwayman Cup (Best...

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Can a foiler win the Vendee Globe?

With five of the top skippers on foils the consensus is that the winner of the Vendée Globe will be one of them, if they make it to the finish For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!

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Vendée Globe – Flying South fast, the rich get richer

The latest forecast is for a few squalls, cloudy skies and a 10-15 knot NNW’ly for the 29 solo sailors starting the eighth edition. The IMOCAs will quickly be heading towards the SW pushed along by a...

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Brian Hancock – Biting off tongue no barrier on Vendee Globe

In the 1992-1993 Vendée Globe there was a French sailor by the name of Bertrand de Brock. He was sailing through some rough seas in the Southern Ocean with his boat slamming into a short chop when he...

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Vendée Globe – Three questions for François Gabart

François Gabart won the last edition of the race after 78 days two hours 16 minutes, setting a new race record. He has just visited the pontoon in Les Sables. An opportunity for us to ask him a few...

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F18 Worlds 2016 @Buenos Aires: Pablo Volker & Juan Martín Benitez Champs

All images Matias ‘Shot Master’ Capizzano , more at his fb page – Yesterday we had excellent high breeze conditions as reported and today some perfect flat mid range to final light conditions to...

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Mayflower 400 Crowdfunding Campaign

On 24th October a Crowdfunding campaign was started to help raise funds to build the Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) which aims to sail across the North Atlantic Ocean in 2020 in the footsteps of the...

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St. Francis Yacht Club to host 2017 J/111 Worlds in San Francisco

The 2017 J/111 Worlds will be hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club (StFYC) in San Francisco, CA from August 24–27, 2017. This will be the fourth World Championship for this competitive one-design class and...

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Summerwind Aground in Baja Ha-Ha

The 350-mile San Diego-to-Turtle Bay first leg of the Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally featured the strongest, most consistent leg-long winds in the 23-year history of the event.After a 2.5-hour rolling...

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chickens little

Gary Jobson isn’t the only 12-meter navigator drawn to the New England bricks this fall – DC’s old Freedom joins the club after putting the old thing high and dry on the Hen and Chickens off Greenwich,...

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Happening this weekend – A Sailing Race and a Sailing Conference

Two major events get underway this weekend. The Vendee Globe and World Sailing’s Annual Conference For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!

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Kite foiling in 30/35 knots, with waves 2 meters

video by Dorothy Stanek featuring Adam Franck, Jean-Michel and Stephane Barreda Goffinet with their Ketos foils in 30/35 knots, with waves of nearly 2 meters… For the rest of the story from Sail Web...

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Vendée Globe: Questions Soon to be Answered

As the clock counts down ever closer to Sunday’s start of the eighth edition of the Vendée Globe, the solo non-stop around the world race, the question which still prevails among the inevitable massive...

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the ultimate dock walk

Clean Report The MUSTO + Torqeedo “Cleanin’ Up Europe” report continues with this hour-long jaunt in Western France. If there’s two things I spend most of my pre-regatta time on, it’s dock walks and...

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Vendée Globe – We have lift off

The month long spell of unseasonable benevolent, summer-like weather is set to hold through Sunday, giving the 29 solo skippers the most favourable starting conditions for many years. For the rest of...

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Vendee Globe – Conrad Coleman lands late major natural energy sponsor

Conrad Colman (NZL/USA) who is attempting to be the first Vendeee Globe competitor to finish using only natural energy, has secured a last minute sponsorship deal that will enable him to share his...

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Watch the start live!

[LIVE] Live du Vendée Globe 2016/2017 par VendeeGlobeTV

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Vendee Globe – High speeds for the first 24 hours

On Sunday at 1202hrs after the start gun for the Vendée Globe sounds the 29 solo sailors should be able to sail directly towards Cape Finisterre, some 350 miles across the Bay of Biscay. For the rest...

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Vendée Globe – Off to a good start

Replay start two- Vendée Globe 2016 by VendeeGlobeTV From the gun, Kito de Pavant (Bastide Otio), Paul Meilhat (SMA), Tanguy de Lamotte (Initiatives Cœur) and Vincent Riou (PRB) were out in front with...

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