October 2008
Monthly Archive
Wed 29 Oct 2008
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“We sail for the whale” is the slogan written on our main sail. The only problem is that nobody has told the whales that. Racing is a state of mind you zone out of one world and zone into ...
Wed 29 Oct 2008
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Ericsson Racing Team's entries in the Volvo Ocean Race have completed a phenomenal 24 hours. Ericsson 4 keeps speeding to new records at the head of the fleet while stablemate Ericsson 3 consolidates its position in fourth place. At ...
Wed 29 Oct 2008
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Hats off to E 4 for a storming 24 hours. By my calculations they can't be far off 600 miles. We have just about been able to match them when we have had a steady 3 hours, but sail ...
Wed 29 Oct 2008
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Three years ago, ABN AMRO Two clocked 562.96 miles in 24 hours on her way to Cape Town. Gerd-Jan Poortman (NED) was on the team at the time, but this morning he lost his record to Ericsson 4. In ...
Wed 29 Oct 2008
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About thirty hours after leaving Cadiz, on Tuesday morning, Francis Joyon’s maxi-trimaran IDEC passed the obligatory passage point of Gran Canaria. It was an excellent start to Joyon’s Discovery Route record attempt as he was, by then, over 100 ...
Wed 29 Oct 2008
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How Bud Selig ever got rich in the used car business is something of a mystery. Baseball's commissioner, as earnest as he in his approach, is anything but a smooth talker.
Wed 29 Oct 2008
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Wed 29 Oct 2008
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SCUTTLEBUTT 2713 - Octover 29 2008: The latest news in the sport of sailing, letters from the 'buttheads, and the Curmudgeon's Observation.
Wed 29 Oct 2008
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‘This is insane - 35 knots of wind, pitch black, 1500 miles from land and we are desperately trying to squeeze more speed from a boat that feels and sounds like it is going to self destruct any second. ...
Tue 28 Oct 2008
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Team New Zealand said on Tuesday it was withdrawing its legal action against Swiss champions Alinghi to ensure they would take part in the Pacific Series in Auckland in February.