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Please Release Me
2009.01.14 - Skippers all the way through the Vendee Globe fleet are looking for relief from the conditions which they are encountering, from Norbert Sedlacek in light headwinds, ...
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Day 65 Round Up
2009.01.13 - Day 65 Round Up
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Catching the Professor?
2009.01.13 - Roland Jourdain’s steady advance continues, now amounting to 80 miles in the last 24 hours, and this evening he is still over ...
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Oceans apart, different challenges
2009.01.13 - As the leading pair deal with an awkward combination of a high pressure ridge and small, squally, active depressions typical of the South Atlantic, so Roland ...
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Comebacks
2009.01.13 - Roland Jourdain has been making something of a comeback back at 297 miles behind Michel Desjoyeaux and quickest this of the leaders ...
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Stick or Twist?
2009.01.13 - Roland Jourdain is back on the hunt again as breezes have moderated and veered for the front runners in this Vendée ...
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DAY 64-RESUME
2009.01.12 - DAY 64-RESUME
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A beating off Brasil
2009.01.12 - Just over 350 miles off the Brasilian coast Roland Jourdain is having his repairs given the full test as he struggles against strong ...
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The Professor profits and a sting for the Trio
2009.01.12 - Michel Desjoyeaux passed Cape Horn a week ago with a lead of 112 miles. In seven ...
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1997: No reply
2009.01.12 - The first few days of 1997 were marked by a series of boats being lost in the Indian Ocean. It was a miracle but all three sailors were rescued. As the organizers ...
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