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Breeze on for Black Sheep racing on day 3

Posted On 02/02/2010 21:24:46 by YACHT

Gidday,

Today the wind was once again blustery and made boat control challenging at times. We only had three races today with two wins and one loss.

Our loss came to fellow kiwi William Tiller after a very close and thrilling match. We managed to gain a penalty on Will in the prestart dialup. Will was moving backwards and we were forced to avoid, being the right of way boat, moving forward. We had a bad start after this, coming off the line with Will tight to leeward of us, forc... Read More

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Tough Day at Warren Jones for Black Sheep

Posted On 02/01/2010 17:57:19 by YACHT

Greetings from Perth, Today was a lesson for us in how to match race in the breeze as the ‘Fremantle doctor’ came in strong this afternoon blowing 25-30 knots.

It was a fairly brutal day on the water with two big collisions in other matches, with boats holed and points deducted for boats in the wrong. Added to this were a couple of injuries to the team.

Late addition, 13 year old Matt Bindon was flung out of the boat with by the mainsheet through a gybe during the pr... Read More

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BOR 90 drops its mast

Posted On 11/04/2009 08:37:32 by Songeur

04.11.2009 CET

BMW ORACLE Racing shifts into recovery mode. After dismasting during sea trials on Tuesday morning, the BOR 90 returned to the team base in San Diego late Tuesday afternoon.

Shortly after returning to shore, helmsman Jimmy Spithill expressed pride in how his team responded on the water when the mast came down.

"The crew are all safe and all of the contingencies that are built into the programme really showed today. I just commend the crew and all ou... Read More

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Sailrocket Bow Out....... For Now

Posted On 10/29/2009 19:26:27 by YACHT

THANKYOU... Fri, 30 Oct 09 01:54

Well, it looks like it's over.

Today was officially the last day of our record attempt. the wind wasn't forecast to blow... and it didn't.

Soon we will be packing up VESTAS Sailrocket for the last time on the lawns of the Walvis Bay Yacht Club.

Yesterday I felt pretty choked up at the end of our last run. We topped 50 knots for two of yesterdays three runs despite averag... Read More

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Run 12 for Sailrocket as Night Falls