While Chris Nicholson took CAMPER past Telefónica (Iker MartÃnez/ESP) and into the lead early this Christmas Eve morning, the hopes of Groupama 4 (Franck Cammas/FRA) and PUMA’s Mar Mostro (Ken Read/USA) were dashed again in the minefield that is the Doldrums. “Last night was a night that started with so much
Author: SailingEuOrg
VOR Talking Points – Telefonica take the lead with stealth surge
Overall race leaders Team Telefónica stole the Leg 2 lead from Groupama sailing team on Friday after carving an unusually hasty passage through the Doldrums. Groupama’s lead of more than 70 nautical miles slowly dissolved after the five boats still racing to Abu Dhabi entered the infamous region best known for
VOR Talking Points – Groupama position for doldrums crossing
Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 leaders Groupama sailing team today continue to set a blistering pace as the fleet prepare for their second Doldrums crossing within the next 24 hours. Behind Groupama, Ken Read’s PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG and Iker MartÃnez’s Team Telefónica are engaged in a full blown
VOR Talking Points – Telefonica v. Puma in drag race North
VOR Talking Points – Changing places in Pacific Ocean lottery
Overnight, Team Telefónica (Iker MartÃnez/ESP) lost their lead at 2200 UTC to PUMA’s Mar Mostro (Ken Read/USA), and today at 0700, it was the turn of CAMPER (Chris Nicholson/AUS) to top the Leg 2 leaderboard. Both boats are steadily trucking east, while elsewhere in the fleet there are some radical
Volvo Ocean Race 2011/2012 Leg 2 underway as fleet heads to Abu Dhabi
51ème Salon Nautique International de Paris Nautic 2011 : + 8 % de visiteurs
A quelques heures de la fermeture du Nautic 2011 - inauguré le 2 décembre par Mme Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Ministre de l'Ecologie, du Développement Durable, des Transports et du Logement - la Fédération des industries nautiques et Reed Expositions France dressent un premier bilan encourageant de ce rendez-vous incontournable. Avec une fréquentation