Skippers

Video: First reaction from Dean Barker on his team finishing 2nd in LV Trophy

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

Dean Barker talks about his team's result in the LV Trophy. Nice, 22 November 2009. Video copyright BTS Broadcast

Azzurra scores 2-0 shut out of Emirates Team New Zealand to win Louis Vuitton Trophy

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

[Source: Louis Vuitton Trophy] The team from the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda makes a triumphant return after a 22-year hiatus. Even before the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur began, Azzurra skipper Francesco Bruni spoke of his passion and honour to be leading an iconic sailing brand back into the fray after a long absence. This afternoon he could barely describe his joy. Bruni and his...

Groupama 3 is now sound and safe in Cape Town

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

[Source: Cammas-Groupama] Groupama 3 arrived in Cape Town early this Saturday afternoon and immediately tied up alongside so as repairs could begin to reinforce the aft beams. It was at around 1300 hours UTC that Franck Cammas and his nine crew made landfall after two weeks at sea: Groupama 3 had to abandon her Jules Verne Trophy record attempt on the eleventh day after breaking the port beam bulkhead....

Gordon Brown meets Cumbria flood victims

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

During a visit to flood-hit Cumbria Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledges an extra £1m to help storm victims who are now braced for more rain after England's wettest day on record. Alex Thomson reports.

Alinghi must meet measurement rules

The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Extra pressure poured on the Swiss holder of the America's Cup, Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi, following the latest ruling from New York judge, Shirley Kornreich.

A Geithner gimmick

MyDD (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

The spintasic idea of using the remaining TARP money to payoff a part of the deficit is being laid at Geithner's feed, as his idea. Dean Barker points out that this is a gimmick: Arghhhhhhh! TARP is a loan program, not a spending program. Let's explain the difference so that even a Washington Post editor can understand it. A loan is expected to be paid back. When Congress appropriates money for a...

Transat Jacques Vabre: Top trio done enough?

Yachting World news (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

The leading three IMOCAs - Safran, Groupe Bel and Mike Golding Yacht Racing - have a substantial cushion, but the weather forecast is none too stable

• Transat Jacques Vabre: Compression at the gates to the Caribbean - Valencia Sailing

Transat Jacque Vabre race is half way to Costa Rica

Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

We have a real race for first place in the Monohull division between two French boats, Safran, with Marc Guillemot and Charles Caudrelier Benac, and Groupe Bel, with Kito De Pavant and François Gabart. Currently only 24.3 NM separate the two front boats, with the second place boat currently having an average speed of [...]

Semi final pairings set at Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Cote d'Azur

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

[Source: Louis Vuitton Trophy] Emirates Team New Zealand has selected Synergy Russia Sailing Team to race in the semi final round of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur. Team New Zealand and skipper Dean Barker were the best team in the rounds robin, posting a 9-1 record in 10 starts. They consistently won in the pre-start and had flawless crew work around the racecourse. “We’re...

Franck Cammas explains in detail the incident

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

[Source: Cammas - Groupama] Over the past 24 hours, the crew of Groupama 3 has been working together to contain the damage suffered around the beam bulkhead. The maxi trimaran has also had to let the Brazilian low pass over the top of her, which created strong winds last night... Franck Cammas looks back at the past few hours in the middle of the Southern Atlantic. What is your current situation? "We're...

Mike Golding and Javier Sanso drop to third place in Transat Jacques Vabre

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

British skipper 's speeds have slowed in the Transat Jacques Vabre due to damage sustained by 67 knot gusts.

Groupama 3 Abandons Jules Verne Trophy Round The World Record Attempt

ISAF News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

At 1216 UT on Monday 16 November skipper of Groupama 3, Franck Cammas, called the Jules Verne Trophy team to inform them that an aft beam bulkhead had broken, leading to serious damage to the float.

• Damage halts Groupama 3 - Volvo Ocean Race News RSS
• Groupama 3 suffers damage, abandons record attempt - Valencia Sailing

Safran leads at half way

Yachting World news (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Marc Guillemot and Charles Caudrelier top the Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA Open 60 standings

Audio: PJ Montgomery interviews Brad Butterworth

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Related audio Alinghi skipper Brad Butterworth talks to PJ Montgomery about the current America's Cup situation In an exclusive interview to Newstalk ZB, Brad Butterworth talks withPpeter Montgomery about the America's Cup, and the latest court ruling.

Groupama 3, curving the spine

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

[Source: Cammas-Groupama] Since Monday afternoon and the damage suffered to the section joining the aft beam and the port float, the crew of Groupama 3 have submitted, but they're certainly not giving up. On the run barepoled in big seas, southbound, Franck and his men are attempting to preserve the structural integrity of the maxi trimaran by limiting the amount of impact. Inside the damaged float,...