Sailing News

Incredible on board video of Team Russia crash jibing and laying the boat on her side!http://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Onboard with E4http://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Blog from Ericsson Racing Team: By CHRIS BEDFORD - Position on the team: MeteorologistThe leverage that Puma, Telefonica Blue and Telefonica Black had in the north yesterday appears to have evaporated while sailing in slightly lighter, headed breeze and in very rough conditions. Combine that with some bad luck on Puma and Telefonica Blue and the Ericsson boats are looking good at the moment. The last several days has been as much about keeping the gear and people together as much as it has been...

PUMA have sustained serious structural damage for the second time in 24 hours and are considering whether to re-route away from the rest of the fleet to Cochin.The night before last, they crashed off a wave which caused several cracks in the longitudinal frames of the bow section. They bent the bow pulpit and shredded an asymmetric spinnaker in the process. The fix took seven hours but cost PUMA little in time to their rivals at the head of the fleet.Then at 04:30 GMT this morning, as the fleet...

Video from day 8 onboard Artemis Ocean Racing II from Artemis Ocean Racing on Vimeo.17th November 2008 POS 21.21.14N 018.50.78W - Wind 15 knots from 26- Boat Speed 14 knots - Heading 12I have had a pretty busy few days since I last wrote. It has been great on board for most of the time. I am learning a lot about the boat, a lot of it the hard way - trial and error. That makes life exhausting as it involves sail changes, stacking, and manoeuvring. The night before last, shortly after leaving the...

Just before 1100 GMT Green Dragon reported that they had broken their boom. The crew are all safe and are in contact with their shore team. They are currently 1500 miles from Mauritius. Update from onboard Position: 39,41.17S , 40,28.73E I am sorry to report that we have just broken our boom in a 50 knot squall. We are in the process of recovering the parts. The situation is under control with no harm or risk to anyone. We are carrying on downwind. Speak soon, Ian Walker, Skipper Green...

© SEM Vendéehttp://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Another spectacular send off. Cape Town had some lofty expectations to live up to and not only did the city, the country, and the people live up to them, they blew us away. We can't thank all the folks we met enough- both the locals and the troops at PUMA. It was sad to leave. And as always it was sad to leave our families and friends, not to mention the shore team who did a spectacular job getting the boat in great shape over a tough couple weeks. I bet the shore team wasn't too sad to see...