Telefonica Blue

Telefonica Blue withdraws protest against Ericsson 3 19 hours ago

Telefonica Blue has withdrawn its protest against Ericsson 3, with agreement from the International Jury

Telefonica Blue withdraws protest Jan 7, 2009 11:00 AM

Telefonica Blue has secured the agreement of the International Jury to withdraw its protest against Ericsson 3. The matter is now closed and no furthe...

Volvo: Telefonica Blue protest Ericsson 3 Dec 24, 2008 9:25 PM

Telefonica Blue has filed protest papers with the Race Committee alleging an infringement by Ericsson 3.

Volvo Ocean Race: Bouwe Bekking gives the secrets of Telefonica Blue win Dec 24, 2008 10:54 AM

Telefonica Blue has won a thrilling Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008/09. Skipper Bouwe Bekking is happy to let everyone in on the secret of how the ...

Telefonica Blue lodge protest Dec 24, 2008 9:30 AM

The winner of leg three - Telefonica Blue - has filed a protest over an incident on the water with Ericsson 3 during the latter stages of the leg from...

How Telefonica Blue won Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race Dec 24, 2008 2:20 AM

Skipper Bouwe Bekking of Telefonica Blue is happy to let everyone in on the secret of how the battle was won

Telefonica Blue first into Singapore Dec 22, 2008 6:55 PM

Photo: Dave Kneale/Volvo Ocean RaceHARD-FOUGHT VICTORY FOR TELEFÓNICA BLUEFighting for every inch, Telefónica Blue, skippered by Dutchman Bouwe Bekk...

New Picture Published Dec 22, 2008 6:55 PM

Telefonica Blue first into Singapore

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue wins, four boats finish within 20 mins Dec 22, 2008 6:53 PM

Fighting for every inch, Telefónica Blue, skippered by Dutchman Bouwe Bekking, crossed the finish line at the end of leg three of the Volvo Ocean Rac...

Telefonica Blue wins leg 3 of Volvo Ocean Race Dec 22, 2008 6:14 PM

[Source: Volvo Ocean Race] Fighting for every inch, Telefónica Blue, skippered by Dutchman Bouwe Bekking, crossed the finish line at the end of leg t...

Telefonica Blue wins, Puma second Dec 22, 2008 5:26 PM

Telefonica Blue have won leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race in an amazing finish with Puma following behind, just ahead of Ericsson 3 who in turn led E...

Telefonica Blue win Volvo Leg 3 Dec 22, 2008 4:30 PM

Telefonica Blue with Bouwe Beking and Iker Martinez leading the team have won leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race

Honours for Telefonica Blue Dec 22, 2008 4:00 PM

First four Volvo Ocean Race boats arrive into Singapore within 20 minutes at the conclusion of leg 3 from India

Volvo Ocean Race: Puma, Ericsson 4, Ericsson 3, & Telefonica Blue close on finish off Singapore Dec 22, 2008 11:14 AM

First or fourth? Eight points or five points? That is what is at stake today for PUMA, Ericsson 4, Ericsson 3, and Telefonica Blue, as the top four bo...

TELEFONICA BLUE EMAIL: 'It's simply crazy' Dec 22, 2008 6:37 AM

It's simply crazy. That's the best word to describe what's happening in the Malacca Strait. After 10 days and 2000 miles of sailing, we're now here 4 ...

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue in a proper yacht race Dec 21, 2008 11:45 AM

We are having a proper yacht race on our hand, as we are in sight of the shoebox (PUMA) and Ericsson 3. We had a great battle with Puma in the last ...

TELEFONICA BLUE EMAIL: 'We have a proper yacht race on our hands' Dec 21, 2008 6:42 AM

'We seem to make our best gains in the hours of darkness. We had some amazing sailing last evening and night, the breeze increased from 10 knots to 22...

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue struggles in wind hole Dec 20, 2008 1:16 PM

We had our first negative example of this piece of water. Without any warning, a big cloud appeared and sucked up all the wind. For nearly two hours w...

TELEFONICA BLUE EMAIL: 'We can see the opposition. Time to strike' Dec 20, 2008 8:36 AM

Without any warning a big cloud appeared and sucked up all the wind. For nearly two hours we were struggling badly and only wiggled ourselfs out of th...

Volvo - Ericsson 4 rolls Telefonica Blue to lead Dec 19, 2008 9:00 PM

Ericsson 4 has rolled over the top of Telefonica Blue and has a slim lead of 8 nm

Volvo Ocean Race: Bouwe Bekking puzzled by black dust inside Telefonica Blue Dec 19, 2008 12:42 PM

Grrrr, we haven’t been able to hold of Ericsson 4, who always had earlier lifted breeze than we had. This has given them a more favourable angle...

TELEFONICA BLUE EMAIL: 'Baking very small cookies' Dec 19, 2008 10:36 AM

Grrrr, we haven't been able to hold off Ericsson 4, who has had earlier lifted breeze than ourselves. This has given them a more favourable angle to ...

Volvo Ocean Race: Ericsson Racing Team yachts reeling in Telefonica Blue Dec 18, 2008 6:50 PM

The past 24 hours may have been rough, but Ericsson Racing Team's yachts in the Volvo Ocean Race have steadily reeled in Leg 3 leader Telefónica ...

Telefonica Blue versus Ericsson 4 Dec 18, 2008 4:11 PM

Bouwe Bekking's Telefonica Blue has retained her grip on first place on the Volvo Ocean Race leaderboard but Ericsson 4 is posing an increasingly seri...

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue navigator Simon Fisher on a busy leg Dec 18, 2008 11:52 AM

Hi there! I would seem that this has been another unbelievably busy leg. Over the course of the last 24 hours, despite the number of sail changes hav...

Volvo Ocean: Telefonica Blue leads Dec 18, 2008 11:46 AM

Navigational challenges dominate the third leg

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue keeps lead, but Ericsson 4 closes Dec 18, 2008 11:32 AM

Each team in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet has put its money on the table and lined up for the drag race to the scoring gate at Palau We, just under 400 ...

TELEFONICA BLUE: 'The beat from hell' Dec 18, 2008 9:25 AM

It would seem that this has been another unbelievably busy leg. Over the course of the last 24 hours, despite the number of sail changes having somew...

Volvo Race: Telefonica Blue leads to the South Dec 17, 2008 9:16 PM

Telefonica Blue, having invested heavily in southern-most route on the race track, continues to head Volvo leaderboard

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue vulnerable after taking a risk Dec 17, 2008 8:20 PM

On day five of the Volvo Ocean Race leg three, 1950 nautical miles from Cochin to Singapore, the Telefónica Blue team (Bouwe Bekking/NED) although re...

Risky business for Telefonica Blue Dec 17, 2008 4:29 PM

Telefonica Blue is ploughing a lonely furrow to the south of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet but even though they're alone, they're also in the lead.

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue takes a risk that may end in trouble Dec 17, 2008 12:55 PM

We are separated from the fleet. Why, because we think we can make a gain with an expected SE wind shift to come. The risk is that the shift will not ...

TELEFONICA BLUE: 'Yeeessss, very risky' Dec 17, 2008 6:05 AM

We are separated from the fleet. Why, because we think we can make a gain with an expected South East windshift to come. The risk is that the shift wi...

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue navigator, Simon Fisher, feels like heâ€™s on a treadmill Dec 16, 2008 5:46 PM

Hi there, The last few days seem to have been unbelievably busy and yet so far in this leg we have only covered a few more miles than we could probabl...

TELEFONICA BLUE EMAIL: 'It's not that much more fun doing the nautical version either' Dec 16, 2008 12:58 PM

The last few days seem to have been unbelievably busy and yet so far in this leg we have only covered a few more miles than we could probably achieve ...

Volvo Ocean Race: Telefonica Blue skipper Bouwe Bekking loses count of the gybes Dec 15, 2008 4:23 PM

As expected, the fleet has compressed again, after a fast ride along Sri Lanka. Last night we were close with four boats, all under spinnaker and I do...

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