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Newsletter : 24/02/09
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Fighting the angles http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/9493/fighting-the-angles.html
23/02/09
This afternoon he reported that Toe in the Water is making steady progress but he is just frustrated by the contrary breezes and the poor upwind angles which his boat makes. His is a vicious cycle at the moment. Toe in the Water, a relatively older, wide boat with a fixed keel and sailplan more optimized for downwind sailing needs more breeze in o...
23/02/09
Steve's slog and Norbert's mast concerns http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/9486/steve-s-slog-and-norbert-s-mast-concerns.html
He is still plugging away upwind, heading back to the SE towards the corner of Spain in 16-18 knots of Easterly breeze. As such, then, it is difficult to see his ETA improve beyond late Wednesday. He...
22/02/09
Cali says I don't believe I have done anything ext... http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/9480/cali-says-i-don-t-believe-i-have-done-anything-extraordinary.html
My boat was extraordinary. She already came sixth and fifth and now seventh, so I owe her a lot. It's a bit like Roxy coming first, first and fourth. It is the design...
22/02/09
Arnaud Boissières finishes seventh http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/9472/arnaud-boissieres-finishes-seventh.html
A teenage dream came true today. At the age of seventeen, he was present with his father at the start of the first Vendée Globe in 1989. It was a trip to Les Sables dčOlonne to see the fi...
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FLASH INFO
* 24/02/09 at 09:10 - Latest ETAs http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9500/latest-etas.html
* 24/02/09 at 07:55 - Tiring work for Rich http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9497/tiring-work-for-rich.html
* 23/02/09 at 19:45 - Steve's tour of the islands http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9496/steve-s-tour-of-the-islands.html
* 23/02/09 at 18:07 - Roxy heading to Lorient http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9494/roxy-heading-to-lorient.html
* 23/02/09 at 10:58 - Latest ETAs http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9490/latest-etas.html
* 22/02/09 at 21:30 - More adverse conditions for Rich http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9483/more-adverse-conditions-for-rich.html
* 22/02/09 at 20:08 - Pictures of Cali finishing http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9484/pictures-of-cali-finishing.html
* 22/02/09 at 16:24 - Reaction from the President of Akéna Vérand... http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9479/reaction-from-the-president-of-akena-verandas.html
* 22/02/09 at 16:10 - In the canal http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9478/in-the-canal.html
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