Showing posts with label Solitaire du Figaro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Solitaire du Figaro. Show all posts

04 December 2014

Volvo Ocean Race Video of Team Vestas Wind Hitting Reef

Video of Team Vestas Wind Hitting Reef:

Volvo Ocean Race, First look at the dramatic footage of Team Vestas Wind's crash. Then a dash through the fleet, as they keep up with their schooling. Inside Track - Leg 2, Episode 12 - Dec 4, 2014

Charging through the Indian Ocean at high speed and in total darkness, nothingness ahead, nothingness around. Speed is good, sailing is supreme. And then …BANG
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, Leg 2, Cape Town to Abu Dhabi updates: 
JohnTheCrowd.com: VOR
Volvo Ocean Race official website
Volvo Ocean Race dashboard


BBC News

Volvo Ocean Race: Shipwrecked Team Vestas Wind rescued
BBC News
A shipwrecked crew have been rescued from shark-inhabited waters during the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. The nine-man Team Vestas Wind ...
Volvo Ocean Race: 'Ship-wrecks' tell of escape from mid-ocean reef - Sail World
Video reveals terrifying moment Volvo Ocean Race yacht hits reef - TVNZ
Ocean Race Crew Rescued After Abandoning Ship - Discovery News

The Red Bull Youth America's Cup returns -
The stakes are raised for the next edition of the Red Bull Youth America's Cup - not only will the young crews be racing on AC45 wing-sailed catamarans. This time, they’ll be on the foiling version, taking flight above the water, just like the America’s Cup crews they hope to join.


Fast Company

Unexpected Business Lessons Learned From Sailing
Fast Company
While sailing the high seas, Smith came up with his next business idea: High Brew Coffee. "On the boat, I was always looking for something to stay ...

Local 10

Sailing trip raises awareness of multiple sclerosis
Local 10
The Oceans of Hope crew left Copenhagen, Denmark May 28th to sail around the world. They arrived at Bahia Mar Yachting Center in Fort ...

Keeping Lennon's sailing spirit alive
Royal Gazette
The sailing boat on which John Lennon voyaged to Bermuda in 1980 is still in immaculate condition 34 years later — and is regularly sailed off the ...


Mid-Day

Now everybody can sail along Mumbai's coast!
Mid-Day
If you thought sailing was meant only for the deep-pocketed, think again. It's now possible to rent a boat for as little as '499 per person. We sailed ...


Torquay Herald Express

SAILING: Confirmation that major race Solitaire du Figaro is heading to Torbay in 2015
Torquay Herald Express
A pro-am event will give amateur sailors the chance to team up with skippers from the actual race in a course going around Hope's Nose and via ...

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21 October 2014

Sailing around Cape Verde, Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 videos


Sailing around Cape Verde, Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 videos (first 3 videos in playlist above)--Cape Verde has provided the boats with the option to go north or south of the island. Deciding on the route wasn't an easy call.
More info: johnthecrowd.com: VOR
Volvo Ocean Race official website
Volvo Ocean Race dashboard

Sailing around Cape Verde
Volvo Ocean Race
Sailing around Cape Verde. Cape Verde has provided the boats with the option to go north or south of the island. Deciding on the route wasn't an ...

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Scuttlebutt Sailing News

Solving the winter sailing crisis
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
In his role as president of the Caribbean Sailing Association, Peter Holmberg wants to make sure the upcoming winter includes highlights for North ...


Scuttlebutt Sailing News

Giles Scott claims British Sailing's Athlete of the Year prize
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
(October 20, 2014) – Giles Scott claimed top honours at the British Sailing Team's annual awards, winning the Athlete of the Year prize after his ...

State report: College of Charleston coed sailing team wins in Atlanta
Charleston Post Courier
Four freshmen led the College of Charleston coed sailing team to its third points victory of the fall season at the North Points No. 5 regatta hosted by ...

Scuttlebutt Sailing News

Rankings provide grade for North American Olympic programs
Scuttlebutt Sailing News
The latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings on October 20, 2014 provides an update on the progress of sailors that compete within the ten ...


Torquay Herald Express

SAILING: Dartmouth racer Harry Bomby backing Torbay bid for the Solitaire du Figaro
Torquay Herald Express
The Solitaire du Figaro is a sailing endurance race divided into 500-mile legs between several European host ports. Now in its 46th year, the race ...


Warwick Daily News

Warwick Sailing Club still afloat despite Leslie Dam drop
Warwick Daily News
SHIPSHAPE: Warwick Sailing Club members Abi and Connor Stiff, Mai Aranas and Sam Delaney at Leslie Dam for a fortnighty competition. Gerard ...

Sailing Competes at Captain Hurst Bowl and Yale Intersectional
Dartmouth College Athletics
The Dartmouth sailing team competed in a pair of regattas over the weekend and placed fourth at the Captain Hurst Bowl and ninth at the 35th Yale ...

Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA)
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The University of Toledo Sailing Club is headed to France for the 47e Course Croisière EDHEC as the official Intercollegiate Sailing Association ...

Sailing wins Team Racing Championship
Queen's University Athletics
KINGSTON, Ont. (October 20, 2014) - This past weekend, the Queen's Sailing Team hosted the Canadian Intercollegiate Sailing Association's ...

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