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The AlphaGirls arrive

  • July 13, 2001

Although last in the fleet, decidedly wind-blown and very salty, their spirits were high and the crowd that welcomed them was buoyed by their enthusiasm

  • July 13, 2001

Peter Holmberg, representing Oracle Racing here as replacement for the out-of-sorts Chris Dickson, sweeps clean on his first day

  • July 12, 2001

Nader Habashi’s Swan 56 Redoubtable (USA) won the 24-mile long distance race, around Conanicut Island, in the Swan American Regatta. A second place for Frank Savage’s Lolita (USA) enabled the…

  • July 12, 2001

Flat calms or howling gales, Roland Jourdain’s Sill is still the boat to beat

  • July 12, 2001

Since the demise of this year’s Admiral’s Cup, the Ocean Racing Council has been looking into the possibility of creating a definitive World Offshore Sailing Championships

  • July 12, 2001

 . Leader For all the wealth of weather data on the Internet, there’s no substitute for looking out of your window On the wind Parts of Team Philips found, budget…

Merlin Rockets at Weymouth

  • July 11, 2001

An impressive fleet of 33 Merlin Rockets made the journey to Weymouth on 8 July for the three-race open meeting run by Weymouth Sailing Club

Hobie 16 Europeans

  • July 11, 2001

A total of 116 teams from as far away as Australia, Martinique and Guadeloupe participated in the 28th Hobie Cat 16 European Championship at Vassiliki on the Greek Ionian island…

Battling on

  • July 11, 2001

With Sill Plein Fruit and Kingfisher tenaciously battling head to head in front of the fleet, it's beginning to look like the race is now for third place

American Swan regatta – Day two

  • July 11, 2001

After three races in the Swan American Regatta, the leaders in the two divisions remain unchanged, with Frank Savage's Swan 56 Lolita (USA) leading the regatta overall

  • July 11, 2001

After something of a drubbing in the quarterfinals of the Swedish Match Gold Cup, Andy Green and his GBR Challenge crew are heading to Italy for the Trofeo Roberto Trombini,…

Brits drop back in the Tour Voile

  • July 11, 2001

The second offshore race in the Tour Voile took just 14 hours for the fleet to complete the 88-mile route from Cherbourg to Dieppe

djuice dragons reveal Kiwi secret weapon

  • July 11, 2001

Erle Williams, currently a member of the sailing team of America's Cup defenders, Team New Zealand, is reported to have offered his services to the djuice dragon Volvo Ocean Race…

  • July 11, 2001

Prolific shipping, strong running currents and gale force headwinds – that’s the situation into which the seven contenders in the second leg of the EDS Atlantic Challenge are sailing

  • July 11, 2001

With gale force headwinds lashing the fleet as they dodge the shipping in the Dover Strait, the second leg of the EDS Atlantic Challenge has become a battle to keep…