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  • 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…

  • 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…

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

Over 1,000 entries at Volvo RYA Zone Champs

  • July 10, 2001

This weekend’s (7-8 July) inaugural Volvo RYA Zone Championships saw record numbers of participants with over 1,000 young sailors taking part across the country

Albacores and RS400s at Chichester

  • July 10, 2001

Chichester Lake felt fairly busy on Sunday 8 July, when Chichester Yacht Club played host to an entry of 30 RS400s and eight Albacores for a joint open meeting

Sign up for the Tide Ride at Hayling

  • July 10, 2001

If you own an International 14, 18ft Skiff, 49er or RS800 and fancy a bit of a challenge, then make sure you sign up for the Red Bull Tide Ride

EDS fleet separated by just 20miles

  • July 10, 2001

As the Open 60s approach the straits of Dover and a new weather front, strategy at this point will prove to be the deciding factor