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The two race leaders, PRB and Paprec-Virbac 2, are determined to stay to close to each other as the two boats descend down towards the 'Roaring 40's'. That's still some days off, but skippers on both boats say they're …

Marc Guillemot (Safran) “My objective is clear: to qualify for the Vendée Globe, without putting the boat at risk, but if the conditions allow me to perform well, I’ll get down to that with pleasure. It’s my first single-handed …

Start at 1400 GMT for fifteen solo sailors for fifteen days at sea: the Transat Ecover-BtoB will set off tomorrow, Thursday 29th November from Salvador de Bahia for 4,200 miles, destination Port la Forêt, Brittany, NW France. The state …

"Since retiring I found it quite difficult to adjust, but this has filled the gap. I guess it was for my own satisfaction."

ALL ABOARD: Retired Timaru builder Bruce Lund has donated six 420 yachts to two Timaru schools. via Manawatu Evening Standard

Five days after his departure, Francis Joyon is less than 700 miles from the equator, already at the latitude of Guinea, and maxi-trimaran IDEC is slipping along at 25 knots. Joyon is now one day (547 miles) on Ellen MacArthur, …

Vincent Riou tells us: Everything is going well, we are reaching along it is a calm night, we have 20 knots of wind, conditions for sailing are ideal. We are now planning about Santa Helena, on the South American …

America’s Cup champion Alinghi loses a court case in New York, raising hopes of a reinstatement of the 2009 regatta.

"But our advice is that will be a tough one to win and they have consistently said they won't pursue that avenue"

Team New Zealand head Grant Dalton said this morning's decision by the New York Supreme Court in favour of American yachting syndicate Oracle was the outcome he was waiting for. via The New Zealand Herald

"There was only this one wave, and very, very unfortunately she was in a place that had otherwise been a rather safe place."

" Bob Gainey has broken his silence after the death of his daughter Laura almost a year ago, recounting how his grief shifted to anger when an inquiry concluded she was simply an ``unlucky victim" when she was ... via The Toronto Star

  The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) today welcomed a ruling by the New York State Supreme Court that its challenge for the 33rd America’s Cup was valid. “We are very pleased by the decision as it enables everyone …