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Thierry Dubois takes place 2 in Cape Town
Celebration was in the air last night in Cape Town, South Africa as both Frenchman Thierry Dubois on Solidaires and British skipper Emma Richards on Pindar came romping across the finish line to take 2nd and 3rd spots on the podium for Leg 2 of Around Alone 2002-03 and record Record #sailingrecord pace-setting times of just over 30 days for (...) -
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Second consecutive win for Bernard Stamm
Swiss skipper Bernard Stamm brought his Open 60 ’Bobst Group-Armor Lux’ over the finish line in Table Bay, Cape Town South Africa at 11:59:45hrs local time (GMT +2) this morning, Wednesday 13th October under a misty drizzle and in a dying inshore breeze to win Leg 2 of Around Alone (...) -
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Bernard Stamm 126 miles from Cape Town
Around Alone Leg 2 leader, Swiss skipper Bernard Stamm on Open 60 ’Bobst Group-Armor Lux’ is set to arrive in Cape Town, South Africa this morning, Wednesday 13th October. With 126 miles to go at 2000hrs GMT on the 13th November, Stamm has covered 70 nm in the last 8 hours and his average speed Speed #speedsailing has slowed to (...) -
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Table Mountain on Bernard Stamm’s horizon today!
Bernard Stamm on Bobst Group-Armor Lux, Class 1 leader since the very start in Torbay, England, is creaming in to the finish of Leg 2 of Around Alone 2002-03, with just 296 miles to go at 0600hrs GMT report. Arrivals in Cape Town, South Africa are made more difficult by the imposing landmark of Table Mountain, which creates a huge wind shadow (...) -
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Under 500 nm to go for Bernard Stamm
After a ’marathon sprint’ of approx. 6,880nm from Northern to Southern Hemisphere, the finish line in Cape Town, South Africa is beginning to loom large for the top four boats in Class 1 of Around Alone 2002-03. Today the skippers have been alone at sea for exactly 4 weeks, and the front-runners will be finishing around 30 days (...) -
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Leader Bernard Stamm heads down to the fringes of the ’roaring forties’
Today the top three boats in Class 1 of Around Alone 2002-03 are facing their last major hurdle between them and the finish of Leg 2 in Cape Town, South Africa. Leader Bernard Stamm on Bobst Group-Armor Lux has run out of straight road as the South Atlantic High is sitting right in front of his bow. Only one option was open to the Swiss (...) -
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Emma Richards spent 4 hours up her 80ft mast
British skipper Emma Richards on Leg 2 of Around Alone from Torbay, England to Cape Town, South Africa reported that at 22:30hrs GMT last night her main halyard snapped on Open 60 Pindar , causing the 165 square metre, 125kg mainsail to come crashing down around her in seconds. The only course of action for her to remain in the race was to (...) -
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Swiss skipper Bernard Stamm is looking over his shoulder
Around Alone Class 1 leader, Swiss skipper Bernard Stamm on Bobst Group-Armor Lux is looking over his shoulder. It’s hard not to when you are running a tight rope between ideal conditions and the possibility of getting trapped in a high pressure system, and your competition is bearing down on you waiting for you to make a (...) -
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Emma Richards undertook mission impossible to keep second place
The top 4 Class 1 boats racing to Cape Town in Leg 2 of Around Alone are still rocketing south, led by the Swiss skipper Bernard Stamm on board Bobst Group-Armor Lux. Looking at the last day’s position reports, issued every 8 hours to the fleet and to the general public, it doesn’t look like much has happened, but appearances are (...) -
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Top four boats are skirting the ’Saint Helena High’
The top four boats in Class 1 of Around Alone are skirting the ’Saint Helena High’ and eating away at the miles left to go to Cape Town, South Africa. Leading skipper Bernard Stamm on Bobst Group-Armor Lux explains their current predicament: "This morning, the wind was light but favourable, and right now it is picking up and (...)
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