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Sailing by the numbers - Portimao Global Ocean Race [Full Story]
Sail-World 3 Hours AgoIn his spare time in the Portimao Global Ocean Race Felipe Cubillos is at his navigation station, calculating. Add A Comment »
USA. President Bush designates Pacific marine monuments [Full Story]
BYM Sailing Environmental News 4 Hours AgoPresident Bush today designated 3 new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean totalling more than 195,000 square miles, an area greater than Oregon and Washington combined. Together with Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, which was established in 2006 in Add A Comment »
Invasion From the Deep: Jellyfish Swarms [Full Story]
Electronic Captain Today(The Fish Site)--From the dark depths of the open oceans vast blooms of jellyfish are descending unforseen upon coastal waters worldwide, reports Adam Anson for TheFishSite. As the frequency of these invasions increases, the threat to both tourism and fisheries alike becomes evermore evident, but what Add A Comment »
Sailing by the numbers [Full Story]
www.sailingnetworks.com via @sailingnewsfeed TodayIn his spare time, when he is not pushing his red hot racing machine across Southern Ocean waters, Felipe Cubillos is at his navigation station, calculating. Every three hours he gets an updated poll showing the position of his yacht, Desafio Cabo de Hornos, and that of his closest rival, the German Add A Comment »
Volvo Ocean Race: Green Dragon announces new crew ahead of in port race [Full Story]
BYM Sailing Sport News TodayGreen Dragon have announced crew changes ahead of the forthcoming In Port race this Saturday 10th January. As part of their planned crew rotation, Volvo and America’s Cup sailor Ian Budgen will step onboard in place of watch leader Add A Comment »
The old man and the sea [Full Story]
Volvo Ocean Race TodayHe may have just celebrated his sixtieth birthday, but Magnus Olsson is fitter than most men half his age. Now, for the first time, he's been given command of a Volvo Ocean Race boat, while Ericsson 3 skipper Anders Lewander recovers from surgery. Add A Comment »
Team Russia [Full Story]
The Sailing and Cruising Blog TodayTelefonica shore boss Campbell Field remains unsure whether collisions were responsible for the broken port daggerboards suffered by both the team’s yachts in the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. The Blue crew’s daggerboard was the first to go, breaking eight days into the leg when they Add A Comment »
Solent sailor joins the Dragons [Full Story]
www.sailingxperience.com via @sailingXP TodayYachtsman Ian Budgen, based in Hamble in the south of England, will join the Green Dragon squad for leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race, replacing Damian Foxall, who is stepping down for the leg from Singapore to Qindao. Add A Comment »
Crew Changes for Green Dragon [Full Story]
Sail Karma TodayPhoto by Dave Kneale/Volvo Ocean RaceGreen Dragon have announced crew changes ahead of the forthcoming In Port race this Saturday 10th January. As part of their planned crew rotation, Volvo and America's Cup sailor Ian Budgen will step onboard in place of watch leader Damian Foxall for the next Add A Comment »
Ericsson 4 - almost a VO70 [Full Story]
The Daily Sail TodayMore embarrassment as Volvo Ocean Race leader is found to be 2mm too long Add A Comment »
Plain sailing for Indian Ocean (South Coast Register) [Full Story]
friendfeed.com via @sailing_news YesterdayEricsson 3 skipper to miss next leg due to injury [Full Story]
Valencia Sailing Yesterday[Source: Volvo Ocean Race] Skipper of Ericsson's Nordic crew Anders Lewander will miss the fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race due to a serious knee injury that has required surgery during the Singapore stopover. Lewander, 45, is expected to return for the fifth leg after he has fully recuperated Add A Comment »
Volvo Ocean Race: Jury to consider Ericsson 4 measurement report after bow section replacement [Full Story]
BYM Sailing Sport News YesterdayThe Rule Management Group (RMG) of the Volvo Ocean Race, the group responsible for the management of the Volvo Open 70 Class Rule and the measurement of the race fleet, has submitted a report to the International Jury. The Add A Comment »
Volvo Ocean Race: No women for the first time since the event began [Full Story]
BYM Sailing Sport News YesterdayUnlike the Olympic classes, Vendee Globe and other high profile racing events such as the TP52 regattas, Volvo sailors are for the moment at least, exclusively male and mostly built like brick outhouses. For the professional sailing sisterhood this Add A Comment »
Volvo Ocean Race: Ericsson 3 to face two protests [Full Story]
BYM Sailing Sport News YesterdayOn Thursday this week, Ericsson 3 will have to answer two protests stemming from leg three into Singapore. In the first, Telefonica Blue has protested the team for an incident where the Spanish team alleges the Nordic crew infringed Add A Comment »
Goodbye Pacific, hello Atlantic [Full Story]
www.sailingnetworks.com via @sailingnewsfeed YesterdayAt 0310 this morning (UTC), leader Michel Desjoyeaux on Foncia rounded Cape Horn after 56 days, 15 hours and 08 minutes of racing ? a little faster than the time taken in 2004 to reach the Horn (56d 17h 13?), even though this year?s route has been extended by some 1200 miles. Add A Comment »
Rolex Sydney Hobart: Rescuers of Georgia crew gain a special place [Full Story]
BYM Sailing News YesterdayLeo Rodriguez and Ian Bishop gained a special place in International Ocean racing history when their former global race Volvo 60, Telcoinabox Merit, became the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart Performance Handicap champion. They like all other Sydney-Hobart race crews Add A Comment »
Lewander stands down [Full Story]
The Daily Sail YesterdayInjury forces Ericsson 3 skipper to be replaced for the next leg of the Volvo Ocean Race Add A Comment »
Lewander skadad [Full Story]
Blur.se YesterdayInte bara jag som har problem med menisken alltså… SINGAPORE (Jan. 5, 2009) - Ericsson Racing Team’s svenske skeppare Anders Lewander kommer att missa nästa etapp av Volvo Ocean Race. Anders Lewander skadade sitt knä under förra etappen, mellan indiska Kochi och Singapore Add A Comment »
Fast sailing in the Southern Ocean [Full Story]
www.sailingxperience.com via @sailingXP Jan 4, 2009It?s been a busy 48 hours aboard the leading yachts in the Portimão Global Ocean Race as they approach the longitude of western Australia. The two leading double-handers, Beluga Racer and Desafio Cabo de Hornos, are both sailing well above the Ice Gate while Team Mowgli is approaching the waypoint that Add A Comment »
