Alan Sefton, head of blakexpeditions and friend of the Blake family, has revealed more detail on the death of Sir Peter Blake on New Zealand’s National Radio
VOR pays respects to Blake
Flags were lowered to half mast at the Sydney Volvo Ocean Race village today, and a minute’s silence was observed as a mark of respect to one of offshore sailing’s…
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 skipper Ross Daniel, 22, and the crew of Spirit of Diana has paid off
ARC Diary 11
Firefly, 6 December 2001: A very handsome Dorado weighing in at around 5 kg is destined for the pot tonight, the Fray Bentos safe for another day
ARC Diary 12
Firefly 7 December 2001: The tragic news of Sir Peter Blake’s death was transmitted to the fleet by net controllers today and I have suggested that a minute’s silence be…
Tacktick shortlisted for award
Tacktick has had its newest product, the Micro Compass, shortlisted for the Marine Product of the Year award at London's British Marine Awards
VOR: Uphill for the girls
Leg two must seem interminable to the girls of Amer Sports Too, beating upwind through the Bass Strait towards the Sydney finish line
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 today
ARC Diary 11
Firefly, 6 December 2001: A very handsome Dorado weighing in at around 5 kg is destined for the pot tonight, the Fray Bentos safe for another day
Dalton recovering in hospital
Amer Sports One skipper Grant Dalton is recovering in hospital having been stretchered of his yacht in Sydney. He has suspected broken ribs and severe bruising
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 Ocean Race, with a distinctly second-hand looking wheel – bent, bowed and patched. “People get…
ARC Diary 10
Firefly, 5 December 2001: Duncan is complaining because the bananas refuse to ripen and we could be in danger of taking coals to Newcastle if they are not ripe in…
ARC Diary 10
Firefly, 5 December 2001: Duncan is complaining because the bananas refuse to ripen and we could be in danger of taking coals to Newcastle if they are not ripe in…
ARC Diary 8
Firefly, 3 December 2001: Today I have made a new cockpit light out of an old baseball hat, wire coathanger (what else) and the guts from an old 12 Volt…
VOR: Illbruck wins again
As EF Language skipper Paul Cayard said after winning the 1997-98 Whitbread Race, victory in this field of endeavour is 90 percent preparation and 10 percent perspiration. Kostecki’s three-year build-up…
VOR: Second for SEB
"Hilarious, crazy and fascinating, definitely dangerous - everything was beyond the edge