Sailing News from around the world. http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=2 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:58:09 -0800 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:58:09 -0800 http://www.bymnews.com/rss_banner.gif http://bymnews.com/news/newsList.php?cat=2 144 42   Nieuwenhuis (NED) officially won the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta for the second time. They were already secured of this year’s victory, but they still came out for the last race and took the bullet in style. Mischa Heemskerk ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46417 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:44:15 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46417 Everything is relative, like Einstein said. Luxury for example. For some people luxury means driving around in a Bentley, living in a castle and having a bunch of butlers serving meals and drinks every time you ask for it. On ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46416 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:41:19 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46416 Today, I thought I would put down the heavy duty of bringing you the gritty reality of life on board Team Russia, so for today I will leave the normal topics of water, waypoints and whales to the other ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46415 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:38:58 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46415 It will be a busy on deck and at the nav desk on the Delta Lloyd tonight.  Two sail changes and a gybe are on the menu. For the past 36 hours, we have been a very happy crew as ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46414 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:37:44 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46414 Loïck Peyron lead the fleet into the Southern Hemisphere last night about 21h GMT. The skipper of Gitana Eighty is still 21.1 miles ahead of Seb Josse (BT). The top three remains the same overnight, Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2) ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46413 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:15:28 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46413   Tonight for the leaders it is just about straight lining it, on the breeze into the trade winds, slamming upwind, it is a very different game now. In a matter of hours 'Sheriff' Loïck Peyron will break over ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46411 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:15:55 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46411 The speeds plotted in the first of today’s rankings confirmed what was already being indicated yesterday evening. The leading group is definitively free of the clutches of the Doldrums and is now making headway upwind in the SE’ly tradewind ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46410 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:05:54 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46410 Those are some of the latest videos that have been added to the Volvo Ocean Race section of the BYM News Gallery. You can watch them and more, and see lots of images, at the link below. The stories ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46409 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:16:42 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46409   We have encountered a lot of confusion about the ratification of the 50.26 knots run by Sebastien Cattelan earlier this year in Luderitz, Namibia and the upcoming claim for 50.57 knots by Alexandre Caizergues. WSSRC newsletter number 165 ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46407 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:20:06 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46407   Thanks to his westerly route, Roland Jourdain has kept up with the head of the group, and showed an 80-mile gain on the leaders in the ranking. As he left the Doldrums and seeing an end to last ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46406 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:16:38 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46406 Last Friday and 647 miles behind the leader, Michel Desjoyeaux was positioned in 16th place; this Friday 21st November he is 273 miles behind leader Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty). 374 miles devoured in 7 days – that is over ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46405 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:14:50 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46405 Moving progressively into trade winds sailing, Loïck Peyron on Gitana Eighty maintains an increasingly solid looking lead of 20 miles from Seb Josse, (BT). Order stays the same in top five all today, Peyron, Josse, Riou, Dick, Le Cléach. ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46404 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:12:58 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46404 This week has been tough for Dee as she and Aviva have battled to keep up with the leading pack in their second week of racing in the Vendée Globe. After the heady few days up with the front ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46403 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:58:14 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46403 The International 470 Class Association has elected it's new Management Committee and President for a new 4 year's mandate. Stanislav KASSAROV (BUL) was elected as new President, taking over the Class' hammer from Alberto Predieri from Italy, who stepped ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46402 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:55:28 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46402 ECOVER 3 had been sandwiched on either side by DELTA DORE in the east and VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT in the west for the past 24 hours. Just 10 miles separate the seventh to tenth placed boats. Even though Mike Golding ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46400 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:49:39 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46400 It looks like I am through in the SE trades now, without seeing any squalls or light airs. Wind is SE 12-15 knots, it feels like the Tradewinds though not quite the small puffy cumulus clouds that will be ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46399 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:47:43 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46399 To Seb's relief the passage through the Doldrums has been relatively pain-free and it was clear from this morning's Vendée Globe positions that the leading pack were through the worst of the 'calms' and into the stable South-Easterly Trade ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46398 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:45:59 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46398 During the past four days of racing, Cheminées Poujoulat has continued to make gains on all her rivals, making the score more even along with Foncia helmed by Michel Desjoyeaux. Bernard Stamm isn’t boasting though, far from it in ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46396 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:46:20 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46396 The fleet of monohulls in the Vendée Globe is beginning its twelfth day at sea and since leaving Les Sables d’Olonne, the competitors in this 2008 edition have been battling in close contact as the 76 miles separating the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46395 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:37:42 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46395  It’s gone quickly, very quickly for Sodeb’O, which has left over 1,400 miles in her wake since setting out from Brest last Tuesday (1354 GMT). The week isn’t yet over but already the maxi trimaran is sailing along the ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46389 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:22:06 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46389 The Sunsail 2008 Racing Series Final was hotly contested on Saturday 15 November onboard Sunsail's matched fleet of Sunfast 37s, with the RS 800 Class Association team ultimately being crowned series winners. The day comprised of three races in ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46382 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:07:14 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46382 Persistent Loïck Peyron passes into his second week at the head of the Vendée Globe pack, while the recovery of the only skipper to have broken the Gitana Eighty monopoly during that period, Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux), continues ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46375 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:55:57 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46375 Here is a summary of what was said during today's live link-up with the French-speaking skippers this lunchtime in Paris. Vincent Riou (PRB) in 3rd place, 29 miles from the leader:  Thinks rankings will change a lot as they ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46374 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:54:41 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46374   We have now entered one of those quiet periods of the race where nothing too much is happening. Everyone is charging along on a reach at 20 knots, but not on the edge as you would be downwind with ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46372 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:52:00 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46372 Here we go again. This morning we had a problem with the lashing in the R3 halyard, so our bowman Mike Pammenter/RSA had to go up the mast to solve it. It was not blowing hard, just a nice ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46371 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:08:23 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46371 Since we snuck through the scoring gate ahead of Puma and our boys on the black boat, things have been on the up and up.  We have been going really well in the last 24 hours, which is a ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46370 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:06:26 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46370 The electrical problems have my attention and we are still trying to rectify the problems. It seems that with every Vendee Globe one or more of the fleet is destined to go around with minimal power. It's ironic that I ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46369 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:51:30 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46369  It's cold, bumpy, I'm miserable and the boat feels as though it is falling apart around me- although of course its not.  This is the Volvo as I expected. These are hard yards for me aboard il mostro.  Ugh...how I ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46367 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:42:19 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46367 The 2008 New Zealand match Race Championships are only days away, and with a line up of top New Zealand Match racers plus three times Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie from the UK, this event will host some highly ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46366 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:23:42 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46366 Week 2 in the Vendée Globe has seen Jonny Malbon settling into life alone at sea in the Northern Atlantic onboard Artemis Ocean Racing II. After the raft of breakages and retirements in the carnage of the Bay of ... http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46363 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:18:42 -0800 http://bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=46363