December 2007
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Mon 31 Dec 2007
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"It's all good on board - things are going great"
THE crew of Wild Oats XI was working desperately to weave the super maxi's way through light winds in Bass Strait this afternoon. via The Australian
Mon 31 Dec 2007
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Roland Jourdain and Jean-Luc Nélias moored up Veolia Environnement in the port of Fremantle, Australia in the middle of the night at 0315 French time. They have spent nearly 2 weeks at sea under jury rig doing the 1,600 ...
Mon 31 Dec 2007
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It has been a stressful end to the year for the leading crew of the Barcelona World Race. Not only have Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall had to watch the second place Hugo Boss re-join the race and promptly ...
Mon 31 Dec 2007
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The race zone at the Fremantle Sailing Club was a hive of activity today as crews carried out final preparations for the New Years day race re-start. Work stopped for a brief moment as the jury rigged Veolia Environnement ...
Mon 31 Dec 2007
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Just a few hours from New Year and for the second time since the start of their stand-by initiated on 6th December 2007, Franck Cammas and his nine man crew have passed onto Code Orange. A change of colour, which ...
Mon 31 Dec 2007
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Everything’s going a lot better on board IDEC, during this last day of 2007. Francis Joyon is once again able to make around 20 knots and the big red trimaran is on the direct route to the finish. To celebrate ...
Mon 31 Dec 2007
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If you would like to start the new year out with a sail, I plan to be on the dock tomorrow, Jan. 1, morning at 9:00am. I plan to take out the San Juan 7.7.
Mon 31 Dec 2007
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"People have been predicting that people would come up from England for a long time because it's so expensive down south"
Cut-price airline tickets and cheap moorings boost west coast boatyards Paul Kelbie Sunday December 30, 2007 The Observer Yachting enthusiasts from all over the UK are setting sail for Scotland after realising ... via Guardian Unlimited
Mon 31 Dec 2007
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Divisional winners gathered dockside this morning in Hobart for the presentation of winner’s battle flags and the announcement of the overall winner to the public. While on stage at the presentation, local Tasmanian Justin ‘Juggy’ Clougher, bowman of the ...
Mon 31 Dec 2007
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Just after midnight the last yacht, Capriccio of Rhu, with the indomitable Michele Colenso at the helm, crossed the finish line to bring down the curtain on the Rolex Sydney Hobart ocean racing classic for another year. It was ...