Skippers

Mike Golding leads British entrants at start of Transat Jacques Vabre

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

The 4700nautical mile Transat Jacques Vabre began in benign conditions in Le Havre.

Emirates Team NZ leads LV Trophy

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | yesterday

[Source: Louis Vuitton Trophy] By virtue of its second win in as many races Emirates Team New Zealand today grabbed the early lead at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur. Team New Zealand leads overall with 2 points. Sweden’s Artemis and Great Britain’s TeamOrigin each have 1 point on 1-0 records. Led by skipper Dean Barker, the venerable Team New Zealand defeated ALL4ONE...

Transat Jacques Vabre: Actual capsizes, the two co-skippers are safe and sound

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | yesterday

[Source: Transat Jacques Vabre] Actual is reported to have capsized while to the north of Cherbourg Actual , the new trimaran of Yves le Blevec and co-skipper Jean Le Cam is reported to have capsized in a position approximately 22 miles north of Cherbourg around 1645hrs GMT. Reported to have been making around 20 knots of boat speed in approximately 23 knots of wind, the boat is reported to have pitch-poled....

Video: First two days of Groupama 3's round-the-world record attempt

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

[Source: Cammas-Groupama] In a N-NE'ly breeze of around twenty knots, Groupama 3 is able to hurtle along with all her sail aloft at an average speed of nearly thirty knots. With the wind set to continue to shift round this Saturday evening, Franck Cammas and his nine crew will gybe onto a tack taking them due South towards the equator. A good night for rest and a fine day for this start to the weekend:...

Alex Thomson secures new sponsorship deal with Hugo Boss

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Hours before starting Transat Jacques Vabre from Le Havre to Costa Rica British sailor Alex Thomson announced a new sponsorship deal with Hugo Boss.

Alex Thomson announces new Hugo Boss sponsorship

Yachting World news (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Fashion brand backs British solo sailor to take him to the 2012 Vendée Globe

Jules Verne Trophy – Groupama picking up speed and due to gybe

News-Insurances (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Jules Verne Trophy 2009-2010. Groupama 3 has been able to lengthen her stride since the latitude of Porto. With the gradual rotation of the wind from the NW to the NE off the coast of Portugal, Groupama 3’s course has curved to accelerate: in a few hours time Franck Cammas and his crew [...]

Groupama 3 is already off Spain

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Groupama 3 had reached Cape Finisterre this Friday lunchtime. As such Franck Cammas and his nine crew were set to rack up over 500 miles in 24 hours midway through the afternoon, which remains a good average speed for this first day in predominantly beam winds and close-hauled conditions. The downwind conditions along the Portuguese coast should enable them to quickly make up their deficit in relation...

Delight for Cammas

Volvo Ocean Race News RSS (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Franck Cammas is delighted to be renewing the French connection with the Whitbread/Volvo as skipper of Groupama. 'It’s the best race we can imagine for offshore racing and it’s wonderful for our team,' he said.

Groupama 3 Starts Jules Verne Trophy Round The World Record Attempt

ISAF News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

At 15:50:22 on Thursday 5 November Franck Cammas and his nine crew steered Groupama 3 past the Créac'h lighthouse to start their attempt for the Jules Verne Trophy awarded to the holder of the outright round the world record.

• Groupama 3 sets off for round-the-world record attempt - Valencia Sailing

Video: Dean Barker talks about the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Although racing is scheduled to start on Saturday, the 8 teams taking part in the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice have been training since the start of the week. Emirates Team New Zealand and BMW Oracle practiced on Wednesday but the strong winds (up to 25 knots) and big waves made it impossible to carry out any training on Thursday. Our friends at BTS Broadcast caught up with Dean Barker, helmsman of...

Mike Golding Dee Caffari Alex Thomson and Sam Davies facing uncertain futures

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Mike Golding Dee Caffari Alex Thomson and Sam Davies face uncertain futures due to sponsorship crisis.

Cammas and Groupama to set off at 5pm for their round-the-world record attempt

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

[Source: Cammas - Groupama] The crew of Groupama 3 has been in position in Brest since Wednesday evening in view of a new Jules Verne Trophy record attempt. Today Franck Cammas and his nine crew will leave the pontoon of the port of Le Château at 1300 hours to make for the start line off the Créac'h lighthouse... On stand-by since 1st November, Groupama 3 has ended up benefiting from a...

Yachting: Alinghi won't bring Cup to Auckland – report - New Zealand Herald

Region Genf (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi has apparently ruled out bringing the America's Cup back to Auckland if it cannot reverse a court veto of Gulf ...

• America's Cup champ still wants next race in UAE - Reuters UK

America's Cup spirit of adventure gone with wind

SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

PARIS (AP) -- Billionaires Ernesto Bertarelli and Larry Ellison are so massively rich that they can afford to build two of the most awe-inspiring yachts that ocean racing has ever seen. Yet both are being outshone, even shamed, by 16-year-old sailors with a fraction of their means.

• America's Cup spirit of adventure gone with wind - Miami Herald