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- Vendee Globe Retirements 2:50am Jan 2
- L’Hydroptere Hits 61 knots ! 9:45am Dec 24
- Gill Cruise Suit 4:02am Nov 21
With the news that Jean Piere Dick and Paprec Virbac have retired, the retirement rate in this edition of the Vendee Globe has now reached 50%. Whilst there have been no serious injuries, this must raise some questions that need to be answered before the next race takes place...
Never mind all the debate about whether kitesurfers are sailors or not, it seems as if the sailing speed record may fall in the not too distant future to the foiling tri L’Hydroptere. ...
At Nare, we’re continuing our sale of 2008 Gill stock. One of our best offers is the Gill Cruise Suit for just £124.95. If you’re stuck for Christmas presents, check it out, along with the rest of our amazing Gill offers here !
Their boat may have run into some well publicised problems, but Pumas Volvo Ocean Race effort is leading the way in their use of social media. The team have just launched a dedicated YouTube channel, full of videos of Il Mostro, including the one below...
Following on from the entry below, Thomas Coville and Sodeb’O set off yesterday on their solo round the world record attempt. You can follow his journey and his rate of progress against the old record here. ...
The Vendee Globe and the Volvo Ocean Race are now be well and truly underway, with Leg 2 of the latter to Cochin in India now a couple of days old...
There can be little doubt that Alex Thomson has had the most dramatic preperation for the Vendee Globe race of any of the competitors...
With Christmas rapidly approaching, we’re flat out at Nare putting together our Christmas gift range. We’ve a number of great products, including a lovely brass tide clock and our great value XM Offshore Suit, but possibly my favourite is the remarkable Waterbuoy. Th...
I’m sure that most people with any sort of interest or involvement in single handed ocean racing are fans of Britains Sam Davies. Young, fast and media friendly she’s undoubtedly not just the top female ocean racer of the moment, but also one of the top singlehanded sailors full stop. He...
The politicking continues apace in the Americas Cup, but it does at least seem that the amount of dialogue between teams is increasing. Yesterday, a competitor meeting was held at the Société Nautique de Genève to discuss getting the competition back on the water. C...
Select Yachts, manufacturers of Cornish Crabbers and Cornish Shrimpers, as well as the Hunter range of boats have entered into voluntary liquidation. 20 employees of the Rock based boatyard will lose their jobs...
In order to ensure the participation of the Americas Cup holders at the forthcoming Luis Vuitton Pacific Cup, Team New Zealand have dropped their lawsuit against Alinghi. The series is scheduled to be sailed in Auckland in February 2009. More details here.
Arguably the team of the Volvo Ocean Race so far are the Dutch / Irish entry of Team Delta Lloyd...
As a long time internet marketeer and owner of an online chandlery business I’m interested in and try to keep up to date with developments on the internet. ...
The man himself may currently be clinging to the wheel of Virgin Money in forty knot winds somewhere in the north Atlantic, but Ben Ainslies Olympic gold medal winning Finn is in more peaceful surroundings...
