Posted on August 10, 2009 by emilyboats
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First Boat Sailing for Fastnet Rock
The boats in the middle of the Fastnet fleet had a rainy grey day at sea, as they slogged upwind westward along the English south coast. Mike Slade’s 100 foot sailboat ICAP Leopard is out in front of the fleet. Slade says the sea has now flattened out after a [...]
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Posted on August 10, 2009 by emilyboats
Fastnet 2009
Spectators along the Cowes shoreline, enjoyed a magnificent, colorful spinnaker start of the Fastnet Race yesterday. Ten knots of wind from the east propelling the 300 strong fleet westwards down the Solent. First away, were the IMOCA 60s. Dee Caffari’s Aviva that made the most positive start towards the pin end. However she was [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2009 by emilyboats
Seven people on a little engine-less sailboat for a 2,500-mile voyage up the East Coast from Florida to Maine isn’t most people’s idea of a good time, but it is for the sailing Outward Bound folks. That’s what Greenwich resident Catherine Boysen has been doing since April 17 when she and 15 other Outward Bound [...]
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Posted on May 15, 2009 by emilyboats
Sailing news from around the world:
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UK – YACHT ABANDONED IN BAD WEATHER: Two foreign nationals were rescued from their 25ft yacht Ouhm approximately 35 miles north east of Dunbar in the North Sea. Forth Coastguard received a [...]
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Posted on November 14, 2008 by emilyboats
Loïck Peyron sailing the Open 60 yacht Gitana Eighty still leads the Vendée Globe but Jean Le Cam on VM Matériaux continues to advance in second as the leading pack compress slightly. Speeds are dropping slightly among the leaders and the chasing group are making steady gains. Derek Hatfield of Canada (Algimouss Spirit of Canada) [...]
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