Former Team New Zealand designer Laurie Davidson has denied allegations of design theft made by former OneWorld colleague Sean Reeves
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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
Walker to skipper AC boat
Ian Walker has been appointed skipper of the British America’s Cup boat
Fleet prepares for the Horn
Winds are expected to top 40 knots as the VOR fleet rounds Cape Horn
Snap, crackle and pop!
Gurra Krantz explains what happened when Team SEB’s worst possible nightmare came true.
French are ‘free to choose’ sponsor
Le Defi Areva’s Xavier de Lesquen has played down the controversy surrounding France’s nuclear-funded America’s Cup challenge
The week that was
A look at the second week of leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race Wow, what a week! The fourth leg in the VOR has to go down in the…
SEB’s mast dilemma
Having broken her mast in the Southern Ocean, SEB’s shore team are working on the logistics on getting new one to her in time for the next leg
SEB prepares to collect new mast
SEB is now heading towards Cape Horn where she will drop in to Ushuaia to collect her spare mast
SEB Dismasted
Between 0630 GMT and 0640 GMT this morning, SEB lost her carbon mast after it broke just above the boom