Monthly Archives: May 2009

This is a message to all those people (and I include myself in this statement) who have ever sat at home watching a single-handed yacht race and thought… ‘Go on, put your spinnaker up’ or ‘Well, it cant be … Continue reading →

Britain’s sailors clinch six podium spots including three golds in the latest leg of the World Cup series in Holland. Continue reading →

The Ceeref team had an ok day today. As with most of the teams, we went from first to last and back so many times and can't remember. The conditions were fairly light and very shifty. There were some … Continue reading →

Ericsson Racing Team placed fourth and fifth in today's Galway In-Port Race of the Volvo Ocean Race. Ericsson 3, skippered by Sweden's Magnus Olsson, placed fourth after finishing second in the second race. Ericsson 4, skippered by Torben Grael … Continue reading →

After several days of little or no wind, Jolie Brise is reporting having found some wind of around 15 knots which is helping them along nicely. They had been feeling quite low at the prospect of more days with … Continue reading →

On the second day of the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, fluky and shifting winds made for a long and frustrating day. Yesterday the wind was honking at a Force 7 but today, the wind teased and taunted the … Continue reading →

The sixth in-port race day of the Volvo Ocean Race is scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Galway Bay. Today, on Friday afternoon, the teams took to the waters off Galway to get in some practice and the conditions couldn't … Continue reading →

“We have a Danish guy, eight and a half feet tall and 250 kilos strong,” grinned Magnus Olsson, the inimitable 60-year-old skipper of Ericsson 3. “Ken Read has an extra pit winch because his crew is not strong enough.” … Continue reading →

The sixth in-port race day of the Volvo Ocean Race is scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Galway Bay and it promises to be among the more memorable events of the 2008-09 race. If the welcome the fleet received last … Continue reading →