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292 days ago
Visitors to this website, who have signed up for the special service in « The Locker » have been able to send messages to the skippers. Tens of thousands of messages have been received from around the world. In terms of popularity the rankings are rather different from the race rankings. ...
333 days ago
Yann Eliès flew into Paris early this morning with his family on a flight from Perth. He then took an internal flight to Lannion in NW France accompanied by a doctor and nurse. He will thus be back in Brittany with his friends and family to see in the New Year, although it will be in a ...
342 days ago
The skipper of Generali was taken off the Australian frigate, HMAS Arunta this morning, a day and a half after the intervention of the rescue team, 700 miles south-east of Cape Leeuwin. Yann Eliès was taken to hospital immediately for a thorough examination. You can watch the boat arriving ...
342 days ago
But after 42 days at sea, and 12 retirements, the battle at the front of the fleet is still as white-hot as ever. Overnight, race leader Michel Desjoyeaux passed the tip of New Zealand’s south island and now has just three gates — New Zealand, West and East Pacific — ...
343 days ago
You can now watch online the successful rescue operation that was carried out by the Australian Navy yesterday. In a short clip filmed by the rescue team, we can see how Yann Eliès was taken off his boat. To watch the video, just click here . ...
