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March 5, 2012Opinions Vary on Vendée Globe One-DesignThe radical Open 60 class, the heart of the Vendée Globe and other shorthanded ocean races is facing an unsure future. Some see a move toward a one-design as the answer.
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February 10, 2012Capsizes and RescuesRead the amazing survival stories of Tony Bullimore and Thierry Dubois from the 1996 Vendée Globe Race. From our April 1997 issue.
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January 5, 20122011-'12 Global Ocean RaceThe four doublehanded Class 40s race from Punta del Este, Uruguay, to Charleston, South Carolina, in Leg 4.
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June 27, 2011Racing Solo for AmericaBrad van Liew, Ryan Breymaier and Joe Harris are putting the American stamp on the global shorthanded circuit.
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May 18, 20112011 Atlantic CupThis inaugural Class 40 event included a doublehanded distance race from New York to Rhode Island and fully crewed buoy racing in Narragansett Bay.
Photos by Billy Black
Read about the racing.
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May 4, 2011Atlantic CupMichael Hennessy and Rob Windsor's Dragon won the New York-Newport portion of this two-stage Class 40 event, which continues this weekend with fully crewed buoy-racing in Rhode Island.
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January 12, 20112010-'11 Barcelona World RaceEven though their GAES Centros Auditivos wasn't the first boat to finish, Dee Caffari and Anna Corbella arrived victorious. Corbella is the first Spanish woman ever to sail and race non-stop around the world, while Caffari is the only woman ever to have completed four circumnavigations,
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January 3, 2011Peyron Happy With a Full PlateThe immediate future for Loïck Peyron is a pedal-to-the-medal lap of the planet in the Barcelona World Race. Beyond that, the 34th America's Cup looms. Yeah, you could say he's a little busy.
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January 3, 2011Fireworks and Tears Send off World Race FleetThe celebrations for the start of the Barcelona World Race were sharp and loud. The choices once the 14 boats crossed the starting line were decidedly less clear.
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December 30, 2010Compassion Rules Pre-Start At Barcelona World RaceAn emergency appendectomy put yet another hurdle between Alex Thomson and his dream of winning the Barcelona World Race. But an unprecedented decision by his fellow sailors will allow him to re-join the race once he is fit.
