GBR Challenge have recorded their first victory on New Zealand waters, beating the American One World team by five seconds
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Orange’s mast breaks
Mast snaps just half an hour after Bruno Peyron's maxi-catamaran sets off on a Jules Verne bid
Primo Cup
The Solent in February is not normally a pleasant place to race, whereas the Cote d’azur is. It was this conclusion that led the crew of Asterix to enter the…
Gul to support 29er series
Gul International has announced its continued support of the 29er class
US to host Optimist worlds
This year's Optimist world championship will take place at Corpus Christi YC from 3-14 July
VOR boats to face more strong winds
With winds forecast to touch gale force conditions again later today, the VO60s will continue to face wet and windy conditions
GBR pipped at the post
Light and shifty conditions saw GBR 52 foiled by the weather gods against the Swedish Victory challenge, despite the British team's ability to hold onto a comprehensive 32-second lead for…
djuice heads east of Falklands
After a long, cold and icy leg from Auckland to Argentina, djuice rounded the treacherous Cape Horn on February 10 at 1801
IACC designer denies espionage
Former Team New Zealand designer Laurie Davidson has denied allegations of design theft made by former OneWorld colleague Sean Reeves
VOR – Day 17
Neal McDonald, skipper of ASSA ABLOY gave a vivid analogy of the boat being ‘tossed around like a cork’, as his wife, Lisa, skipper of Amer Sports Too, was rounding…
Action at the Road to America’s Cup regatta
Davidson calls press conference and Swedes take the British. Keith Wheatley reports from Auckland
VOR fleets splits round Falkland Islands
illbruck has lost some ground and is now only 40 miles ahead of Amer Sports One
Thiercelin signs up for Around Alone
Around Alone 2002-03 race organisers have announced that renowned French skipper, Marc Thiercelin, has registered his entry into the Open 60 class
420s at Tiger Trophy
A total of 37 420s turned out for this year’s Tiger Trophy event at Rutland SC
British windsurfers on form in Auckland
Nick Dempsey and Natasha Sturges win their respective classes at the Sail Auckland regatta in Auckland
illbruck increases lead to the Falklands
The VOR yacht illbruck is stretching distance away from the fleet towards the Falkland Islands
Road to America’s Cup
Despite its relatively low profile during the lead-up, the Road to the America’s Cup regatta which starts today (Monday), will see one of the biggest spectator gatherings on Auckland Harbour…
Swedes new AC boat wins first race in Auckland
A small tingle of nationalistic pride was inevitable as the first British challenge for the America’s Cup since 1986 sailed out of Auckland to do battle on the Hauraki Gulf…
VOR – the week ahead
Despite one broken mast and a crash with an iceberg, the VOR fleet has escaped the Southern Ocean reasonably unscathed. But what lies ahead as the fleet heads up the…
The world is Orange…?
At least as far as Bruno Peyron is concerned. His maxicat Orange, formerly named Innovation Explorer during The Race, is mast-stepped, victualled and ready to go