Sailing News

  Since he spoke to the daily radio broadcast Peyron, skipper of the navy blue hulled Gitana Eighty, has stretched his lead back to 21.8 miles over Seb Josse (BT). The threat, such as it is, comes from Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2), in third, who has a more westerly position, by 45 miles, and has been making the best gains. Indeed as the fleet emerge into the SE’ly breezes it is those to the west who seem to have made the best initial impact. Mike Golding, GBR, has nearly...

Rich Wilson is in 21st place this morning on his Great American III sailing on what appears to be an easterly option 507 miles from the leader. During the night he looked back on the main events of his ...

From Brian Thompson, GBR, (Bahrain Team Pindar): "It’s been a day in the sail loft for me on board Bahrain Team Pindar. I have been working on the A3 sail since 10am yesterday, through much of the night and will take at least all of today to get it finished. Hopefully then I can put it up to furl it and see if she stays up.   Much of yesterday was spent laboriously unwrapping the sail, as it was furled in 2 sections, above and below the luff to the tear in the...

The goal posts are moving today for the leaders as they struggle to exit from the Doldrums and all the time they do, the chasing group are making a regular gain in better breezes. The worst of the band ...

Loick Peyron on Gitana Eighty leads the vendee Globe fleet out of the Doldrums into more settled, building winds.

This week, the Race Directors sent the following message to the competitors: «As planned with CLS (satellite data collection service), observations were made by satellite radar on 15th and 16th November at the latitude and longitude of the ice ...

Sandwiched on either side by Delta Dore in the east and Roland Jourdain in the west, Mike Golding on ECOVER 3 has dropped to ninth place overnight as the leading group of ten boats emerge from the Doldrums.

Vincent Riou (PRB) in 3rd place, 29 miles from the leader:  Thinks rankings will change a lot as they head off southwards towards St. Helena. It is pleasant to be with others, although can't see anyone for the moment.  All in the same conditions in the same race.  Requires him to remain focused to keep up the speed.  SE wind 15-20 knots, sailing close hauled.  Straight racing for three or four days.  Opportunity to see advantage of powerful or heavier boats. ...

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's 61st annual Tasports Maria Island Yacht Race will be making Australian, if not world,

BMW Oracle stepped up its media and PR campaign and published the first issue of the "GGYC Cup Newsline", a newsletter mainly aimed at sailing media where the American team goes over the latest developments in the America's Cup scene and, of course, present and convey their point of view. Here below you can read this very first issue. An Interesting Perspective"Mr. America's Cup" himself, Dennis Conner, recently gave an interview to AP in which he said, among other things:BOR 90 "makes my...

It’s been a day in the sail loft for me on board Bahrain Team Pindar. I have been working on the A3 sail since 10am yesterday, through much of the night and will take at least all of today ...

Michel Desjoyeaux has his sights on Steve White: Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia), in 18th place, 369 miles from the leader is now under twenty miles from Steve White and under twenty-five miles from Dee Caffari...  "The wind has returned. Over ...

Good news came twice for Ericsson Race Team this morning, with Ericsson 4 across the scoring line first and Ericsson 3 a not too distant second.  As a small gift, the timing of the approaching front was a bit ...

After not enough sleep and almost certainly too many coffees, I began wondering in the early hours of the morning if this whole race is some crazy psychological experiment. My mood has changed dramatically in recent hours and the ...

  The worst of the band of light, variable breezes in which the leading group of five are sailing is moving slightly south with them this morning. In relative terms it has affected perennial leader Loïck Peyron first and the lead of Gitana Eighty has been more than halved. Seb Josse compresses to be just 14 miles adrift of him, with a more easterly position with BT, while the gains of third, fourth and fifth placed boats all are around 20-25 miles. Call it the concertina or the...

Vendee Globe leaders expecting to take all day before they break into the southeasterly trades

Steve White (Toe in the Water), now in 18th place after Michel Desjoyeaux has overtaken him, reports the arrival of some strange visitors this morning: "If I thought it was hot before I was mistaken, now it is really ...

  Yesterday Dee Caffari (Aviva) was trying to chill out by listening to some music.  It seems to have paid off, as over the past 24 hours, she covered 268 miles.  She is currently in 15th place, 268 miles ...