Firefly, 8 December 2001: Whatever happened to the Trades?
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Blake died protecting crew
Alan Sefton, head of blakexpeditions and friend of the Blake family, has revealed more detail…
VOR pays respects to Blake
Flags were lowered to half mast at the Sydney Volvo Ocean Race village today, and…
Obituary: Sir Peter Blake
The following obituary was published in the New Zealand Herald today
ARC record broken
After 12 days of checking the trim and changing sails, the continuous hard work of…
Tacktick shortlisted for award
Tacktick has had its newest product, the Micro Compass, shortlisted for the Marine Product of…
VOR: Uphill for the girls
Leg two must seem interminable to the girls of Amer Sports Too, beating upwind through…
Sir Peter Blake murdered
Yachting World has received reports of the death of Sir Peter Blake KBE
Blake’s sponsors confirm death
Omega, sponsors of Sir Peter Blake's Seamaster ketch, have confirmed that Blake was murdered earlier…
ARC Diary 11
Firefly, 6 December 2001: A very handsome Dorado weighing in at around 5 kg is…
Dalton recovering in hospital
Amer Sports One skipper Grant Dalton is recovering in hospital having been stretchered of his…
Learning by degrees
Portsmouth University unveils a new degree program in Watersports Science
New yacht design firm
America's Cup designer TJ Perrotti has opened a new design office in Newport, Rhode Island
VOR: Assa rues tactical calls
Assa Abloy arrived in Sydney in sixth place, after the second leg of the Volvo…
ARC Diary 10
Firefly, 5 December 2001: Duncan is complaining because the bananas refuse to ripen and we…
VOR: Second for SEB
"Hilarious, crazy and fascinating, definitely dangerous - everything was beyond the edge
VOR: Djuice squeezes fourth
After a calamitous seventh place in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, skipper…
ARC Diary 9
Firefly, 4 December 2001 21° 29 N 39° 10 W Distance to St Lucia 1,318…
ARC Diary 8
Firefly, 3 December 2001: Today I have made a new cockpit light out of an…
VOR: Illbruck wins again
As EF Language skipper Paul Cayard said after winning the 1997-98 Whitbread Race, victory in…