ISAF News (Free subscription) | 12/29/2009
The 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race line honours podium filled this morning when Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI and Mike Slade's ICAP Leopard finished in second and third positions, whilst a strong southerly to southwesterly change sweeping up the Tasmanian coast slowed the 87 yachts still at sea.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
Luck held for Kiwi Neville Crichton's 100-foot Alfa Romeo yesterday as his main rivals saw him steal away on a breeze in the Sydney to Hobart Race as they sat becalmed half way across the Bass Strait. British rival Mike Slade could only hope that a new weather system would give him a chance to attack again when the remaining 95 of the 100 starters close on southern Tasmania. But all know that a record...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/27/2009
Mike Slade's hopes of setting a new record in Sydney-Hobart race diminished.
Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 12/27/2009
[Source: Rolex Sydney Hobart] The Rolex Sydney Hobart race fleet leaders stalled and stopped in calms off the far south coast of New South Wales earlier today. The smaller boats came up on a developing coastal sea breeze while the maxi leaders and 50-60-footers were stuck inshore this morning, trying to struggle around Green Cape and Gabo Island at the entrance to Bass Strait. Neville Crichton's Reichel/Pugh...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/27/2009
• Alfa Romero opens up 10-mile lead in Bass Strait • Weather expert Roger Badham warns of pitfalls ahead Conditions in the 628-mile Sydney to Hobart race have been unusually benign this year, but five retirements before the halfway stage paint a different picture. Of the 95 yachts left racing, the three leaders are halfway across Bass Strait. Neville Crichton's 100ft Alfa Romeo had a 10-mile...
Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 12/26/2009
[Source:Rolex Sydney Hobart] Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo is leading the hunt for line honours victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race early Sunday morning, but it is a three-boat war on the race track, as only five nautical miles separate the New Zealand leader from ICAP Leopard, owned and skippered by Mike Slade from the UK and four-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI, skippered by...
Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 12/26/2009
[Source: Rolex Sydney Hobart] The new British yacht RÁN has taken the overall lead of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this afternoon, Niklas Zennstrom and his crew making an early charge on Zennstrom’s hope to win the 628 nautical mile race on handicap, adding to his overall win of the Rolex Fastnet Race in August. The Judel/Vrolijk designed 72 footer launched only this year, has some...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 12/25/2009
For Mike Slade, the delicious thought of beating the best super-maxis in the world was too good a chance to pass.
Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 12/23/2009
[Source: ICAP Leopard] ICAP Leopard, the 100ft supermaxi racing yacht owned by Helical Bar CEO Mike Slade, is now training hard in Sydney ahead of her assault on the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race. This 628 mile “offshore classic” will see 100 yachts from all over the world tackle the fearsome Bass Strait in a bid to be the first to cross the Hobart finish line. The start gun is set to fire at...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/23/2009
Mike Slade's supermaxi ICAP Leopard primed for "no holds barred" bid for an historic line honours treble.
Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 12/17/2009
[Source: Rolex Sydney Hobart] The world's biggest and best assembly of maxi yachts in recent times will contest this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Seven of them will be on the start line, and five have a real chance of leading the fleet of 100 entries into Hobart in the 65th running of the Australian 628-nautical mile ocean-racing classic, which starts on Boxing Day, December 26. Race record-holder...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 12/15/2009
Mike Slade's Helical Bar has made its first significant acquisition since the onset of the credit crisis by snapping up a Scottish shopping centre for £69m.
Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
[Source: Rolex Sydney Hobart] The Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet of 100 has joined the pre-Christmas rush with unforeseen hitches pushing a number of crews to the limit as they scramble to prepare for the Boxing Day start of Australia’s great ocean classic. While Christmas shoppers dash around department store aisles with their present lists in hand, a number of crews will have little chance of getting...
Dothan Eagle (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Mike Slade’s heart sank into his cleats.
Yachting World news (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Mike Slade's ICAP Leopard is still in touch with the course record, but it's slipping away
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