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Azzurra wins on day 1
Azzurra shows TEAMORIGIN how its done
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Azzurra, the Italian boat with the old name and the young crew, defeated Britain’s TEAMORIGIN in the closest of four hard-fought races on the opening day of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland.

Italian skipper and helmsman Francesco Bruni snatched a victory from Britain’s three-time Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie at the first weather mark of their race as their boats rounded the mark overlapped. Sailing above the mark, Ainslie tried to luff his opponent only to see the Italian execute a swift spinnaker set, sail clear and go on to win.
Groupama 3
Groupama 3 rounds Cape Horn
Friday, March 5th, 2010
On rounding Cape Horn at 1830 UTC this Thursday 4th March, Franck Cammas and his men have retained a lead of 175 miles over the reference time, which equates to 8 hours 55 minutes. However, the beginning of this final stage of the round the world will be complicated for the giant trimaran to negotiate, at least for the first few hours of this Atlantic ascent ...
Alinghi's $5m Emirate contribution
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Now that the 33rd America's Cup is done and dusted and while we are waiting for news on its 34th edition, there was an interesting piece of information that caught our attention this morning. According to an article  that appeared today in Arabian Business, Dr Khater Massaad, CEO of RAK Investment Authority (RAKIA), stated that despite his Emirate not holding the 33rd America's Cup, the $2 million spent on it were a good investment since they "put RAK on the world map".
Accross the Pacific
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Following their hero’s welcome and an unforgettable stopover in the Shandong provincial city of Qingdao, China, the teams competing in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race were treated to a spectacular send off for Race 7 of the 35,000-mile global challenge to San Francisco. As the brave sailors manned their boats and prepared to do battle with the largest ocean on the planet, thousands lined the breakwater of the Olympic Sailing Centre to send them on their way. A 15-knot breeze from the north gave a gentle introduction to the 5,680-mile race to California, USA, the longest leg in the history of the Clipper Race.

Lining up for the gybe
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Approaching landfall on the South American continent is always one of the trickiest phases to negotiate on a Jules Verne Trophy: Groupama 3 is no exception to this rule and she is having to deal with a train of very active lows. Meantime the gale is dictating a slower pace...
Cold weather looms for Groupama 3
Monday, March 1st, 2010
The sailing conditions have become tougher over the past few hours as a low catches up with Groupama 3. Indeed the current aim for the giant trimaran is to try to stay at the front of this system until it rounds Cape Horn… To pull this off she will have to maintain a high speed to benefit from what is expected to be a NW’ly breeze as far as the Falkland Islands.
Solar Powerd Boat
Solar Power for Round the World Attempt
Friday, February 26th, 2010
What its makers say is the world's biggest boat powered by the sun was unveiled in Germany on Thursday ahead of its planned circumnavigation of the globe in 2011 - the first under solar power.

"This is a unique feeling to see in front of me today a boat which I so often dreamed about," said Raphael Domjan, the boat's future skipper and initiator of the project.

The sleek, 31m by 15m catamaran, known as PlanetSolar, 35m by 23m when flaps at the stern and the sides are included, will be "silent and clean", say its makers, also called PlanetSolar.
Groupama 3 Sets New Indian Ocean Record
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Taking just 8 days 17 hours and 39 minutes to traverse the Indian Ocean, the maxi trimaran Groupama 3 skippered by Franck Cammas has snatched the record held by Orange 2 since 2005.

It was at 2322 UTC on Tuesday 23rd February that Groupama 3 crossed the longitude of Tasmania, to the South of Australia, which marks the exit from the Indian Ocean and the entry to the Pacific Ocean.
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