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Skirting South America
2009.01.05 - Leader Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) heading north after hugging close to the South American coast - chasing four gain miles on the leader as they prepare ...
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The Horn, a novel idea
2009.01.05 - There are those who have been there, and those that merely dream of it. In any case, Cape Horn continues to fascinate readers and writers. Fictional and factual ...
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News from the front… French skippers
2009.01.05 - The leading pack are looking forward to the Cape, and hoping to spring a surprise in the Atlantic.
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Goodbye Pacific, hello Atlantic
2009.01.05 - At 0310 this morning (UTC), leader Michel Desjoyeaux on Foncia rounded Cape Horn after 56 days, 15 hours and 08 minutes of racing — a little faster ...
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Day 56- Down to fourteen
2009.01.04 - As Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) and Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) prepare to round the Horn, today's big news story concerns Jonny Malbon (Artemis), who ...
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Fits and spurts
2009.01.04 - Leader Michel Desjoyeaux’s track is now near due east, 87 degrees, and we can expect Foncia’s course bearing to become more and more northerly from ...
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More out than in…
2009.01.04 - Over half the fleet has now retired from this year’s punishing Vendée Globe, with this morning’s announcement that Artemis is the ...
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Sunday night routines - French skippers update
2009.01.04 - Eight weeks at sea today, and the skippers are settled into their routines, although many are looking forward to a change in their surroundings as they ...
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Malbon’s main forces retirement
2009.01.04 - Jonny Malbon (Artemis, GBR) has this morning announced his decision to retire from the Vendée Globe due to the ongoing problems with his mainsail.
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Chilly Chile 's craggy cape
2009.01.04 - Beyond the gateway out of the white hell of the Southern Oceans, it may not be a paradise: Cape Horn offers some relief, but is not the escape that some imagine. ...
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