http://www.challengeandadventure.com Sailing News From Around The Globe Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:05:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   [caption id="attachment_9143" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Groupama 3 From Top Of Mast (Photo Courtesy Of Team Groupama)"][/caption]   Offshore of Cape Verde, Groupama 3 is powering back into contention in relation to her virtual rival. Indeed she has made up nearly 200 miles in the past 24 hours and her deficit is set to ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9138 [caption id="attachment_9130" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Emirates Team New Zealand (Photo by Chris Cameron/Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland New Zealand)"][/caption] Brisk breezes and high-pressure competition delivered a basket of surprises and some painful losses during the fourth day of competition for the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Auckland. Louis Vuitton TrophyAfter a day lost to heavy, ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9063   [caption id="attachment_9119" align="aligncenter" width="514" caption="Hull and Humber Skipper Piers Dundin Rescued By The Japanese Coast Guard (Photo Courtesy of Clipper Round The World Race)"][/caption] * Hull & Humber skipper safely medevaced to Japanese Coastguard vessel * Spirit of Australia skipper takes command of Hull & Humber * Team Finland's mast clears customs After sustaining ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9091   Whitewater on the deck, whitecaps on the Waitemata and warning whistles on the onboard overload alarms characterised the high tempo sailing action today at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta. three days of competition, Emirates Team New Zealand representing the host Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is undefeated with three wins ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9089   [caption id="attachment_9135" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Lionel Lemonchois (Photo Courtesy of Team Groupama)"][/caption] At the beginning of her forty-first day at sea in her bid to conquer the Jules Verne Trophy, Groupama 3 is finally benefiting from some favourable weather conditions. However, God knows that the crew has had to be patient before ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9133   It is two months before the start of the first regatta of the 2010 Audi MedCup Circuit season, the Portugal Trophy which will take place on the testing Atlantic waters and winds off Cascais, raising the curtain on what promises to be a fascinating and exciting year for the world's ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9094 [caption id="attachment_9098" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Spray on Deck of Groupama 3 (Photo Courtesy Of Team Groupama)"][/caption] Franck Cammas and his nine crew are navigating through a difficult zone between a stormy low and the tradewinds of the Saint Helena High. In fact Groupama 3 will have to continue northward for another 36 ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9099 [caption id="attachment_9085" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Qingdao (Photo by Clipper Ventures, PLC)"][/caption] *  "Sometimes you cry out in exhilaration and sometimes you just want to     cry!" - California's skipper on the joys of ocean racing. *  Winds gusting in excess of 50 knots test the mettle of the crews *  Fleet makes fast progress towards ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9064   [caption id="attachment_9078" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Groupama 3 (Photo Courtesy of Team Groupama)"][/caption] The current phase offshore of the Brazilian coast isn't the easiest section on this round the world, with a mass of storm squalls making it difficult to anticipate the trajectory. Navigator Stan Honey, in collaboration with the onshore router Sylvain ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9073 [caption id="attachment_7057" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Majan On Her Maiden Voyage (Photo by Mark Lloyd / Oman Sail)"][/caption] In breathtaking style the giant A100 Trimaran ‘Majan’ shot across the Cape Town start line of the third leg of the Indian Ocean 5 Capes Race just off Table Bay harbour’s breakwater at exactly midday ... http://www.challengeandadventure.com/archives/9070