Now all the VOR yachts are through the doldrums, the racing has settled down with illbruck consolidating her well established lead
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Steinlager / Line 7 Cup
Ian Walker from the GBR Challenge took part in his first ever Grade 1 Match Racing event yesterday
Walker makes a comeback
With a total of three wins so far in the Steinlager/Line 7 Cup event, Ian Walker and team still have a chance of making it through to the quarter finals
Maquarie Innovations Warms Up
Yellow Pages speed sailor Simon McKeon reports back on the teams first steps towards breaking their own world record with their new boat
Orange rides the lows
Peyron's Orange has stepped over the imaginary Greenwich meridian as the crew focus on the forties which have given a second wind to the Giant
French prowess
French skipper Luc Pillot chalked up four wins and only one loss on the opening day of the Steinlager Line 7 Regatta
Force 9 ahead for Orange
Bruno Peyron and his men are racking up the miles as they prepare for a blow
Illbruck takes bit between teeth
The VOR yacht illbruck is now 12 miles clear of the rest of the fleet as she heads off in to the Trade Winds towards Miami
Steinlager Line 7 Cup
Ten skippers representing eight America’s Cup syndicates will begin contesting the Steinlager Line 7 Cup, hosted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, on Wednesday, March 20
Géronimo waits for lull
Olivier de Kersauson is waiting for the wind to subside so he can bring his big tri back alongside for modifications, but solutions aren’t simple, he says
Gitana 10 unveiled
Baron Benjamin de Rothschild has unveiled at the Yacht Club de France (Paris), the tenth yacht in the Gitana saga, a 60 ft (18.28 m) trimaran which is set to…
Amazon thoughts for VOR crews
At the mouth of Amazon river, thoughts of many of the VOR crew will turn to their late lamented friend and sea brother, Peter Blake
Another record for PlayStation
Steve Fossett’s PlayStation has, subject to ratification, broken the speed record over the Fastnet course
Speedsters wait for wind
The Australian trio, Lindsay Cunningham, Simon McKeon, Tim Daddo are preparing their new speed machine, Macquarie Innovation, for an attempt at breaking the current the world speed record
VOR – the week that was
A look at the first week of the fifth leg of the VOR
Warsash Spring Series
Races 1 and 2
King Neptune strikes top three VOR boats
The top three boats are preparing their equatorial first timers for King Neptune's 'fun and games'
Top models prepare for champs
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Tyco’s turn at the front
Tyco has taken over the lead position from Assa Abloy in the fifth leg of the VOR
Steinlager Line 7 Cup
A number of the world's top match sailors, including two teams fielded from Britain's GBR Challenge, are set to compete in the feeder series for the Steinlager Line 7 Cup