News Archive
20 May 2008 DAY 10: RACE LEADER ABANDONS SHIP
Vincent Riou reported hitting a large sea mammal at 3:00 AM this morning, but his initial assessment was that the damage remained superficial… The skipper realised this...
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18 May 2008 SNAKES & LADDERS
With the exception of the unfortunate retirement of Seb Josse and the BT boat, the outcome of the blackout period was, in fact, fairly tame amongst the...
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16 May 2008 MICH OUT !
Michel Desjoyeaux’s retirement is a real shame for The Artemis Transat, Foncia is a great boat and Michel was sailing her really well. The leading pack will...
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14 May 2008 WINDY,WILD & WET NIGHT
Clearly the front group have been enjoying some fast sailing, with more wind than was actually forecasted. This has enabled this pack to move away from the...
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12 May 2008 THE FIRST 24 HOURS
“This morning we can see that the lead group has tended to push further to the south of the Great Circle. Sam (Roxy) had a dodgy start...
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10 May 2008 CONTENDERS READY
Despite not racing in this years Artemis Transat Race this event will hold a unique fascination for me. As the winner of the last race in 2004...
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9 May 2008 GOLDING TO FIRE STARTING GUN FOR ARTEMIS TRANSAT RACE
The Royal Navy are providing HMS Argyll, a Type 23 Frigate, as the start boat. HMS Argyll is the third ship in the Royal Navy to bear...
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8 May 2008 MIKE GOLDING TO JOIN JUDGING PANEL FOR EUROPEAN SCHOOLS COMPETITION
Mike and his fellow judges, which include the European Commissioner for Fisheries and the French Minister for Ecology as well as other eminent academic, will look at...
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2 May 2008 GOLDING JOINS EXCLUSIVE CORDON ROUGE CLUB
Explaining the reasoning behind the launch, Head of Champagnes at Pernod Ricard UK Chris Seale said: “Since the House was founded in 1827, Champagne G.H. Mumm has...
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1 May 2008 PROGRESS
All this is not great for the IMOCA class, but we are not alone in being unable to race in The Artemis Transat. Several high profile French...
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