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| Few clues to how America's Cup contenders rate |
| (02-07-2013/New Zealand Herald) - This week marked a curious milestone in the lead-up to the 34th America's Cup. For the first time in the current Cup cycle, all four teams competing in San Francisco have a boat in the water. The fact there is just five months to... |
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| Briton Mike Golding completes Vendee Globe race |
| (02-06-2013/The Independent) - Job done. After over 88 days at sea, Mike Golding completed his third Vendée Globe solo round the world race and his sixth circumnavigation of the planet, crossing the line in sixth place at Les Sables d'Olonne. |
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| Jean-Pierre Dick becomes fourth competitor to complete Vendee Globe |
| (02-04-2013/The Independent) - A heroic fourth place finish was achieved by Jean-Pierre Dick on Monday after coaxing his 60-foot Virbac-Paprec over the last 2,400 miles of the Vendée Globe singlehanded round the world race without a keel and only water ballast to supply stability. |
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| Mike Golding in final push for Vendée Globe fifth place |
| (02-03-2013/The Independent) - Heart in mouth as he waits to see if his weather calculations come true, and every alarm he can muster turned on to make sure he does not infringe the traffic separation rules as he rounds Cape Finisterre, Mike Golding has established himself in fifth place in the Vendée Globe round the world race. His 60-foot Gamesa held a 76-mile advantage over the man, Jean le Cam, with whom he has been in a tussle for weeks, nearly all of them without his important Code Zero sail, which was trashed early on in the Southern Ocean run. |
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| Capsize leaves Javier Sanso drifting in liferaft awaiting rescue in Vendée Globe |
| (02-03-2013/The Independent) - Spanish solo sailor Javier Sanso was in his liferaft and waiting to be rescued hundreds of miles south-east of the Azores after his yacht Acciona capsized in the in the Vendée Globe round the world race. He had taken to his liferaft mid-morning on Sunday. |
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| Alex Thomson goes round the world in 80 days |
| (01-31-2013/The Independent) - Finishing the 28,022 miles of the Vendée Globe tells its own tale. Stare into the competitor's eyes and you see adrenalin-pumped elation, then sheer relief and finally weariness. |
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| Around the world in 80 days: Alex Thomson finishes third in gruelling Vendee Globe race |
| (01-30-2013/The Independent) - Finishing the 28,022 miles of the Vendee Globe tells its own tale. Stare into the competitor's eyes and you see adrenalin-pumped elation, then sheer relief and finally weariness. |
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| Alex Thomson finishes third in gruelling Vendee Globe round the world race |
| (01-30-2013/The Independent) - Back to terra firma, an uproarious welcome, a career landmark third place in the toughest event in sailing, the new, seriously grown up version of Alex Thomson had his trademark cheeky grin in megawatt mode as he pulled his 60-foot Hugo Boss into the dock at the end of the Vendée Globe round the world race. |
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| Race back in 'spiritual home' |
| (01-30-2013/New Zealand Herald) - Team New Zealand managing director Grant Dalton will wait until after this year's America's Cup before beginning the "money hunt" for the next Volvo Ocean Race. Auckland, often referred to as the "spiritual home" of the round-the-world... |
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| François Gabart smashes Vendée record as Thomson heads for podium |
| (01-29-2013/The Independent) - The Vendée Globe record for sailing solo round the world has been well and truly smashed by François Gabart, crossing the finishing line today to become the youngest ever winner in a time of 78 days, 2hrs 16mins 40secs. |
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