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Maximus missed line honours in the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge race finishing only 5 hours 16 minutes and 31 seconds behind Mari-Cha IV but got a handicap win in the Grand-Prix division. Transatlantic Update ~ www.ybw.com
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The New Zealand super-maxi yacht Maximus took the lead in the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge when the schooner Mari-Cha IV had to stop for 12 hours to repair damage... [Full story at www.sfgate.com]
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Is Mickey joining the crew in the next Volvo round the world race? Not quite, but Disney are getting involved: The Black Pearl, Aye, aye Johnny Depp ~ www.ybw.com
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New Zealand will have some more competition in the next Americas Cup! China Set To Sail For Americas Cup
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I saw the new SuperMaxi racing yacht Maximus (silver hull) on the harbour for the first time on Sunday, while cycling. Unfortunately by the time I got a clear view from North Head for it was motoring. Team EBS founders Charles Brown and Bill Buckley asked designer Greg Elliot to
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I thought this was a wonderful gesture from Francis Joyon. Link to full message on Team Ellen Website …I was hoping to keep the record for a bit longer, but it was not something that I put on a pedestal either. During the press conference following my arrival, I pointed
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Just watched her arrival at Falmouth live on BBC World, a stunning achievement. B&Q skipper, Ellen MacArthur, crossed the finish line off Ushant at 22:29:17 GMT tonight (Monday, 7.2.05) to set a new solo, non-stop round the world record of 71 days, 14 hours,
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Prime TV New Zealand to screen Ellen MacArthur: In The Eye of the Storm. Prime TV SPECIAL: Ellen MacArthur: In The Eye of the Storm 7:30pm, Sunday 30 January 2005 In a BBC premiere special on Prime, it’s the extraordinary journey of a gutsy 25-year old who sailed
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After sailing B&Q 22,555 miles, at an average speed of 16.5 knots, its only just begun. With lead of 0 hours Ellen MacArthur faces a race to home as flaky weather has eroded the 4 day advantage held as she rounded Cape Horn. Follow this amazing
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The mammoth efforts of Ellen McArther are worth following even if you are not interested in sailing . She is sailing B&Q, a 23m (75ft) Trimaran, solo around the world in an attempt to beat the current record set by French sailor, Francis Joyon, on board 90-foot multihull IDEC
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Konica Minolta (formerly Zana) retired from the Sydney Hobart. This is the best account I've found of what happened, Around the World of Sailing - December 28, 2004 Coming the last two hundred miles by bus wasn’t the way we planned it.” These were the wry thoughts
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B&Q has sailed a staggering 10,084 miles through the water at 0710 GMT this morning at the end of day 24 [Ellen has kept ahead of Joyon's record since Day 7] of her solo record attempt, at an average speed of 16.8 knots. This
