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January 17, 2013EDHEC Calls For Collegiate and Graduate SailorsThe 45th Annual EDHEC Sailing Cup, run by students at the French Business School EDHEC, is looking for teams from across the pond to join the regatta in April.
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November 13, 2012Drama, Danger, and French PassionTwo skippers are forced to abandon their dreams of winning the Vendée Globe less than 48 hours after the start. Bruce Gain reflects on the drama of the race and the emotional cord it strikes with the French public.
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November 12, 2012Vendee Globe Start 2012Nineteen of the 20 skippers sailing the Vendée Globe solo race around the world started the 24,048-mile, three-month circumnavigation off Les Sables d’Olonne, France, on Nov. 10. Bertrand de Broc returned to port before the start to make a repair to a small puncture in his hull. Photos: Jean Marie Liot/DPPI/Vendee Globe
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November 9, 2012Who Will Win the Vendée Globe?Bruce Gain checks in with the Vendée Globe skippers to see how they're sizing up their competition for the solo, around-the-world race.
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November 7, 2012World Sailor of the YearBen Ainslie (GBR) and Lijia Xu (CHN) were named ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year for 2012.
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November 5, 2012London’s Collective SpiritA community project built and based in Emsworth, England, for the London Cultural Olympiad, the Collective Spirit is a 30-foot encapsulation of over 1,200 donated family heirlooms and parts of U.K. history.
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October 23, 2012Rolex Middle Sea Race 2012The 606-nautical-mile Rolex Middle Sea Race starts and finishes in Malta, and includes the deep azure waters of Sicily and the Strait of Messina, the islands of Pantelleria and Lampedusa, and even features Stromboli's active volcano as a course mark. Photos: Rolex/Kurt Arrigo
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October 2, 2012Painful Memories, Vendée Globe HopesBruce Gain goes for a spin on Marc Guillemot’s IMOCA-class Safran and gets the scoop on Guillemot's hopes for the Vendée Globe, which starts this November.
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September 14, 2012The Dark Clouds Behind the Silver LiningWill the move to a one-design for the next Volvo Ocean Race be enough to bring eight quality teams to the starting line come 2014?
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September 11, 2012Tall Ships, Big LessonsA micro and macro account of this year’s Tall Ships Races shows what lessons beginner sailors can take away from the world’s largest offshore event of its kind.
