Alex Thomson

Snowmail: Baby P inquiry

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

Alex Thomson marks your card for tonight's show, likely to lead on events in Haringey, north London.

Fight them in the shopping malls

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008

In modern Britain the chancellor turns to the shops to try and jump start the economy, says Alex Thomson .

Pre-budget: retail response

Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008

How are shoppers reacting to the pre-budget report? Alex Thomson reports from Merry Hill shopping centre near Dudley.

Sailing: Leak ends Thomson's solo race

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008

Britain's Alex Thomson is out of the Vendée Globe after finding a leak in his yacht which would take weeks to fix

Alex Thomson officially retires from the Vendée Globe

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008

[Source: Hugo Boss] Alex Thomson has officially retired from the Vendee Globe race today. The damage sustained to his IMOCA Open 60 yacht HUGO BOSS on Monday night is not repairable by next Wednesday's restart deadline. It is thought the damage was sustained by a collision with a submerged object. There is a transverse crack that runs through the outer and inner skin of the boat. The crack extends...

• VENDEE GLOBE: Briton Thomson pulls out over yacht damage - France24

Hugos Boss' Skipper Alex Thomson Officially Withdraws From the Vendee Globe

The News Market (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008

Damage to the Hugo Boss boat would not have been repaired in time for next Wednesday's the deadline, as required by the race rules.

Sailing: Alex Thomson likely to pull out of solo race

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008

Severe damage to Alex Thomson's boat, Hugo Boss, means that the odds are stacked against him rejoining the Vendée Globe

The true extent of the damage becomes apparant as HUGO BOSS is lifted

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008

[Source: Hugo Boss] At 05h00 this morning Alex Thomson arrived back where he had started the Vendee Globe some 61 hours previously . The team had to wait until 10h30 for the tide to enter the canal into Les Sables d'Olonne. By 14h00 the mast was taken out and at 15h30 HUGO BOSS was lifted from the water. Waiting for the arrival were the Alex Thomson Racing shore team, Paolo Manganelli, from Gurit who...

VENDEE GLOBE: Jean-Pierre Dick leads amid soothing winds

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008

After their ordeal in the Gulf of Gascony, skippers led by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Dick (Paaprec-Virbac) were met by favourable 15-18 knot winds off the Portuguese shores. Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) joined the race after his boat was repaired.

Alex Thomson Returns to Les Sables d'Olonne Following the Discovery of a Structural Problem to the Hull of Hugo Boss

The News Market (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008

After 32 hours of horrendous Biscay conditions in the Vendee Globe race, At 19.45 GMT Monday, 10th November, Alex Thomson turned around to head back to Les Sables d'Olonne.

Hugo Boss returning after suffering structural damage

Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008

[Source: Vendée Globe] Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss has structural damage to the hull of his Open 60 and is returning towards Les Sables d'Olonne. British skipper Thomson informed the race office that his Open 60 was taking in water but the pumps were controlling the situation. At 2000hrs GMT he was positioned at 46°07’48N and 08°18’46W, about 290 miles from Port Olona and was making a reduced speed of...

• Thomson's Vendee Globe hits trouble - The Independent
• Eight Boats Back To Port As 50 Knots Winds Hit Vendée Fleet - ISAF News
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Thomson suffers as storms batter Globe racers

The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008

A wild and bumpy second night saw Britain's Alex Thomson reporting structural damage to Hugo Boss when lying ninth and two of the Vendée Globe singlehanders dismasted as the non-stop round the world race turned into a demolition Derby, hit by 50-knot winds and big seas yesterday.

Hugo Boss Set to Sail in the Vendée Globe

The News Market (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008

After one of the most miraculous repair stories in the Vendée Globe history, Hugo Boss skipper Alex Thomson is ready for the start line.

Emergency repairs Open 60 Hugo Boss give Alex Thomson chance to make start

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008

Alex Thomson's Open 60 Hugo Boss will go back into the water after £250000 worth of emergency repairs

Racing time

lloydslist.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008

THE full technical team from Alex Thomson Racing has been working around the clock after Thomson's £2m ($3m) yacht Hugo Boss was struck by a French trawler off La Sable D'Olonne, just days before the start of the 2008-2009 Vendée Globe.