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Sleep will be a luxury for Thomson as Brit

Source: Daily Mail - UK, Nov 10 2012, 5:28am CST

Alex Thomson will spend the next three months with little more than two hours sleep in every 24. During the next 90 days he will snatch on average 20 to 30 minutes of shuteye every four hours while he keeps his racing yacht on course to beat ...

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What can sailing learn from F1?

Source: BBC Sport  |   May 17 2013, 12:48am CDT

A chance meeting at the Monaco Grand Prix between one of sailing's biggest stars and one of the leading names in Formula 1 has resulted in a plan aimed at revolutionising off-shore racing. They got chatting. Thomps ...

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2 days ago

Wisdom from the sea: 'React fast or be swept away'

Source: CNN  |   May 16 2013, 7:46am CDT

Sailing around the globe solo is one of the most grueling adventures on the planet. But it also offers a moving experience, unique insight into nature, and survival skills which stay with the sailor for the rest of their lives. Wh ...

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3 days ago

Caterham F1 boss Mike Gascoyne to join world of ocean racing

Source: The Independent  |   May 15 2013, 8:52am CDT

From 200 miles an hour down to 20 – and sometimes a lot less than that - is in prospect for Caterham F1 boss Mike Gascoyne as he prepares to join the world of ocean racing. He has already completed a solo transatlantic – ...

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4 days ago

Round the Island Race : Counting down the days

Source: BYM News  |   May 14 2013, 2:30pm CDT

Sir Ben Ainslie, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Dame Ellen MacArthur, Dee Caffari MBE, Helena Lucas MBE, Alex Thomson...certainly many of the most accomplished and recognised names in British, if not global yachting circles, and they're ...

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6 days ago

Vendée Globe : Excepional Awards Cermony and « Walk the Fame »

Source: BYM News  |   May 12 2013, 6:35am CDT

THEY SAID... Jean-Pierre Dick (skipper of Virbac-Paprec 3, fourth place in the Vendée Globe and winner of the Fighting Palm) François Cluzet (Main Actor, “En Solitaire”) Last night evening, on the main beach in Les Sables d’Ol ...

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6 days ago

International crew gather in the UK as teams are unveiled for Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race

Source: BYM News  |   May 12 2013, 6:28am CDT

Hundreds of crew members from all over the world united this weekend to discover which of the twelve professional skippers they will be racing with in the 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Over 400 of the 650 ...

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