Posted on June 9, 2009 by emilyboats
Sailing News
Sailing News from around the World – The Volvo Ocean Race yachts are in dire straits, Ostar singlehanded transat sailboats pull through a big gale, CIAN wins at the Korea Match Cup, a new sailing record is set in the Mediterranean, André Budzien wins at the Finn World Masters in France, and more. Sailing [...]
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Posted on April 23, 2009 by emilyboats
Forty years ago Robin Knox Johnston sailed across the the Golden Globe finish line at Falmouth harbour completing his historic singlehanded non-stop sail around the world. The Golden Globe sailing race attracted nine entrants, but only Robin Knox-Johnston completed the entire trip, and made it into the record books.
Since his first incredible circumnavigation, Sir Robin [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2008 by emilyboats
Billionaire Sir Richard Branson is back chasing sailing records, and this time he’s taking his family along for the ride.
Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group has announced that he’ll attempt to break the record for a trans-Atlantic crossing in a single-hulled sailing boat. Tagging along on the trip will be his 26 year [...]
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Posted on July 8, 2008 by emilyboats
A very Happy Birthday to Dame Ellen MacArthur!
Dame Ellen MacArthur, (born July 8,1976) is an English sailor from Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. Ellen MacArthur is best known as a solo long-distance yachtswoman. On February 7, 2005 she broke the world record for the fastest solo sailing circumnavigation of the [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2008 by emilyboats
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (born March 17 1939) , was the first man to sail non-stop single-handed around the globe. Robin Knox-Johnston was also the second winner of the Jules Verne Trophy (together with Sir Peter Blake). He was born in Putney in London and grew up on The Wirral. From 1957 to 1965 he [...]
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