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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, 2012Vendée Globe Preview 2012The “Everest of the Seas” kicks off on Nov. 10 from Les Sables d’Olonne, France. Here’s what you need to know about this grueling ocean race.
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November 7, 2012The Faces of the Vendée GlobeThese 20 sailors will set off on Nov. 10 to sail around the world alone in the grueling Vendée Globe.
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May 30, 2012Ronnie Simpson Sails AgainNo one who saw Ronnie Simpson lying in the burn ward after being almost killed in Iraq would have believed that, 8 years later, the 27-year-old would be pursuing a singlehanded ocean racing career.
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May 29, 2012Atlantic CupMare took the overall win at the 2012 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing. The series consisted of doublehanded offshore legs from Charleston, S.C., to New York, N.Y., and from N.Y. to Newport, R.I., along with inshore races. Photos by Billy Black.
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May 22, 2012The Other Side of the Dock: Leg 2 from InitiativesRyan O'Grady recaps Leg 2 of the Atlantic Cup from Initiatives, co-skippered by Americans Emma Creighton and Rob Windsor.
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May 11, 2012Museum RulesBeing a media crewmember for the 2012 Atlantic Cup means the author can look all he wants, but he just can't touch.
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May 10, 2012Shorthanded on the East CoastRyan O'Grady gets ready for the Atlantic Cup as the media crewmember aboard the Class 40 Mare with Ryan Breymaier and Jörg Riechers.
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May 10, 2012Atlantic Cup 2012Follow along as Ryan O'Grady reports back from the Atlantic Cup, a doublehanded series up the U.S. East Coast.

