Vendée Globe

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  November 20. 2008 at 21:08
  Smells like it, looks like it.
  
  It will be the morning before we can say for sure if the leaders are officially leaving Doldrums territory, but the signs are good. It smells a little like it, it looks ...
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  November 20. 2008 at 18:28
  A false dawn or steady progress?
  
  Sounding slightly flat, fatigued but objective, Loïck Peyron admitted he was hoisting a genoa and sailing into a better breeze this lunchtime, hoping that this was the first clear signal that ...
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  November 20. 2008 at 13:21
  From the French Radio Broadcast
  
  LIve from the French speaking skippers this lunchtime in Paris, here is a summary of what was said.
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  November 20. 2008 at 11:49
  Moving the goalposts
  
  The goal posts are moving today for the leaders as they struggle to exit from the Doldrums and all the time they do, the chasing group are making a regular gain in better breezes.
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  November 20. 2008 at 08:15
  A reward in sight
  
  The leaders are making slow but steady progress through the Doldrums and have some more sticky winds to negotiate, but their penance may have been paid by tomight.
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  November 19. 2008 at 23:05
  Daily report Day 10
  
  The skippers are entering in the Doldrums
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  November 19. 2008 at 20:56
  The dials drop
  
  The brakes are well and truly on. Speedos slacken, tension rises as the leaders are dealt a saultary measure of the real Doldrums experience. Only leader Peyron has posted ...
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  November 19. 2008 at 18:21
  Strung Out
  
  The Vendée Globe leaders now negotiating the uncertainties of the Doldrums, some 440 miles north of The Equator, with the leading, compact group of five less than 50 miles apart after ...
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  November 19. 2008 at 14:35
  French Selection- Today's Radio Vacs.
  
  Here is a selected summary of what the French speaking skippers said in today's Radio Transmission live from Race HQ in central paris.
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  November 19. 2008 at 11:49
  Regatta in the Doldrums
  
  These are the days of a crucial Doldrums regatta, a fascinating tussle with nine boats within 100 miles of the lead, in two main groups, fighting to see who will win the big advantage of emerging into ...
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  November 19. 2008 at 08:00
  Into the unknown
  
  With the fleet making south towards their preferred Doldrums crossing corridor, Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty) maintains his supremacy, keeping a cushion of around 40 miles between himself ...
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  November 18. 2008 at 20:49
  Le Cam takes the medicine
  
  Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux) is feeling the pain going west. He has gybed twice in 20 miles and has dropped to fifth, theoretically losing 77 miles as he goes. ...
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  November 18. 2008 at 20:39
  Daily report : Day 9
  
  As each day have a look at the daily report. Today is day 9
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  November 18. 2008 at 18:19
  Swinging the lead
  
  Back and forth goes the lead in the Vendee Globe, like a hot potato, as the fleet head in to the Doldrums. Last night was a difficult one as the leaders worked hard in the lighter breezes. Seb ...
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  November 18. 2008 at 14:41
  Radio Vacs: A daily summary of the French language calls today
  
  Moods are mixed, tiredness and stress for some, especially at the front of the fleet where the Doldrums loom large. Here is a summary of the key thoughts expressed in French at today's radio ...

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