Here’s onboard footage from when Vestas hit the reef. It seems nobody on deck had any inkling. It leads in Volvo’s weekly Inside Track show.
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From the Volvo Ocean Race Organizers: ALICANTE, Spain, December 3 – Volvo Ocean Race’s ship-wrecked nine-man Team Vestas Wind crew finally made it back to civilisation on Wednesday, telling of …
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This photo (courtesy MRCC) puts a punctuation mark on the sad tale of the Vestas Wind grounding. From the Volvo Ocean Race headquarters: ALICANTE, Spain, December 1 – This graphic …
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AdventureSailboat Racing
Vestas Smashed on Reef in the Volvo Race, Crew Saved
by Kurt Hoehneby Kurt HoehneTeam Vestas Wind, one of the seven boats competing in the Volvo Ocean Race, ran up on a reef near Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The crew are all uninjured …
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We’re lucky to have Karl Schulmeisters’ observations from St. Malo, and he was lucky to be there for the start of an amazing event! The first big difference between high …
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AdventurePaddles, Oars and Boards
Race 750 miles to Alaska by Oar, Paddle and Sail
by Kurt Hoehneby Kurt HoehneWe’ll get some more details on this event that has been initiated by Jake Beattie of the Northwest Maritime Center. In the meantime this short video might rev up some …
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Robby Naish sets a record for the longest tidal bore run on a standup paddleboard. The nearly 2-mile, 10 minute run wasn’t an easy straight line, as the 51-year-old Naish …
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AdventurePaddles, Oars and Boards
Not this time for Rower Rebecca Berger
by Kurt Hoehneby Kurt HoehneIt’s been a tough inaugural Great Pacific Race. Many of the rowing teams had to turn around after just a few hours, and the US Coast Guard has had to …
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A father and son team from Aspen Power Catamarans completed a circumnavigation of Vancouver Island non-stop, unrefueled in a C100 32-foot production boat. The team completed the 641-mile (1,068-kilometer) challenge …
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Russell Henry has apparently just completed a record-setting paddle around Vancouver Island. His online tracker puts him as completing the loop as of today. Canoe and Kayak Magazine had a …