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Big winds stall 470 Europeans

  • July 18, 2001

Big winds whipping across Dublin Bay forced the postponement of racing at the 470 European championship yesterday (17 July)

Laser5000 Audi Eurocup at Lake Garda

  • July 18, 2001

This year’s much anticipated Audi-sponsored Eurocup event at Lake Garda was hosted by the Fraglia Della Vella in Riva Del Garda from 12-14 July. The promise of sunshine, wind, Italian…

  • July 18, 2001

Last night saw Sill Plein Fruit solidify its lead over Kingfisher by 58 miles

  • July 18, 2001

AlphaGraphics crew member Asia Pajkovska was washed overboard during a violent knockdown last night on the third leg of the EDS Atlantic Challenge

  • July 18, 2001

Cam Lewis, skipper of the 110-foot American catamaran Team Adventure, today challenged Steve Fossett, skipper of the 125-foot catamaran PlayStation to a 3,000 mile match race across the Atlantic Ocean

Formula 18 worlds at Poole

  • July 17, 2001

Mitch Booth scores two wins at the opening day of the Formula 18 world championship at Poole

Larks at Starcross

  • July 17, 2001

As usual, the Lark class was greeted with excellent hospitality and challenging conditions at Starcross open meeting over the weekend of 14-15 July

Sill regains the lead

  • July 17, 2001

It was a brief taste of the lead for ECOVER as Sill soon stole back pole during the night and is rocketing along at twice the speed of the rest…

  • July 17, 2001

Kingfisher is powering through the grey of the North Atlantic, trying to avoid the adverse winds in the southern sectors of a big low moving towards them

  • July 17, 2001

The publication of Ellen MacArthur’s book ‘Taking on the world’, about her experiences in the Vendée Globe, has been put back into 2002

  • July 17, 2001

While the bulk of the fleet is being hammered by a storm packing 50 knot winds, Sill Plein Fruit has already broken out of the depression and is heading north…

RS200s at Hayling Island

  • July 17, 2001

The combined RS800 and RS200 GUL RS Racing Circuit at Hayling Island SC on 14-15 July broke records for RS Racing Circuit events. The RS800 entry was a record for…

Israelis lead 470 Europeans

  • July 17, 2001

After several days of mainly light winds and sea breeze racing there was much stronger winds and bigger seas across the race course on Dublin Bay for the second day…

The Alcatel Medway Dinghy Regatta

  • July 17, 2001

An excellent entry of 67 boats turned out for the annual Medway Dinghy Regatta, which was sponsored by Alcatel, Paul Cussen and L. J. Hudson. The event was organised by…

Gale to lash EDS fleet

  • July 16, 2001

After a full day of racing Sill Plein Fruit holds the lead position, and while Kingfisher was busy chasing Sill on a northerly path away from the rest of the…

Tour Voile 2001 – Race cancelled

  • July 16, 2001

Organisers of the Tour Voile have announced that the race from St. Nazaire to St Denis d'Oleron has been cancelled due to a lack of wind

  • July 16, 2001

EDS, sponsors of the EDS Atlantic Challenge, have announced two new trophies for the fastest 24-hour speed times for the monohull record and the outright record

  • July 16, 2001

Sweden’s Magnus Holmberg begins his defence of the Swedish Match Grand Prix title with a win at Marina di Ravenna’s Trofeo Roberto Trombini

  • July 16, 2001

It’s going to be nasty out there. The latest weather report is suggesting winds of up to 60 knots and 15-20 foot seas. Regardless of which way the boats choose…