Miranda Merron and Anne Liardet with the latest Transat Jacques Vabre weekend news from aboard the Open 60 Roxy
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Geronimo crosses start line
Geronimo back on track in the Los Angeles Honolulu Challenge record attempt
Sill retakes TJV lead
Roland Jourdain and Ellen MacArthur have sneaked back into the lead ahead of Jean Pierre Dick on Virbac
Drama on Leg 1
Movistar and Pirates forced to head for Portugal after overnight problems
Broken gooseneck aboard Aus VOR entry
Campbell Field, navigator aboard the Australian VOR entry Sunergy and Friends, sent this report earlier today
Volvo Leg 1 Start
The Volvo Ocean Race starts in tricky conditions but big breezes lay ahead
Moloney VOR preview
Australian Nick Moloney, who has been working on the Pirates of the Caribbean Volvo Ocean Race project as consultant coach to the team, previews the VOR
Setting The Pace
What's in store for the opening days of the 2005/6 Volvo Ocean Race? Matthew Sheahan reports from the dockside on the eve of the start
Fourth TJV trimaran capsizes
Groupama-2 pitchpoles off Canaries and co-skipper is helicoptered off with broken ribs
VOR: Premier Challenge gets last minute sponsor
Solar cell specialist Sunergy are backing the Australian entry
VOR – on your marks
With final sponsorship in place for Premier Challenge the fleet is now nearly ready for tomorrow's start
Geronimo to attempt Transpac record
Olivier de Kersauson's giant grey trimaran is in San Diego ready to go
Full VOR crew list
17 Kiwis, 13 Aussies, 9 Brits, 6 Brazilians, 5 from USA and Holland, 4 Spanish and 2 from RSA, Ireland, France and Sweden, 1 from Germany
TJV latest
Banque Populaire to pull in for repairs, Virbac-Paprec still heads the IMOCA fleet
TJV: Ecover breaks rudder
Debris from capsized Groupama is suspected
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Contents: December 2005
In this month's issue of Yachting World....
TJV latest
Virbac leads Sill in Open 60s, while leading 60ft multihull Groupama2 is forced to take pitstop
News from Roxy on TJV
Having weathered the Transat Jacques Vabre storm earlier this week, Miranda Merron found time to send the latest news from the Open 60 Roxy
Volvo off to record-breaking start?
The 24-hour record could tumble in the first few days, and ABN AMRO skipper Mike Sanderson answers some questions about his Juan Kouyoumdjian design