VOR Talking Points – Telefonica v. Puma in drag race North

SailingEuOrg - 19/12/201125/12/2011

At 1900 UTC tonight TelefÃ³nica (Iker MartÃnez/ESP) and PUMAâ€™S Mar Mostro (Ken Read/USA) were engaged in a proper fight for first place as the fleet racing in Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race heads north in a drag race 681 nautical miles (nm) east of the coast of Madagascar. CAMPER

VOR Talking Points – Changing places in Pacific Ocean lottery

SailingEuOrg - 17/12/201125/12/2011

Overnight, Team TelefÃ³nica (Iker MartÃnez/ESP) lost their lead at 2200 UTC to PUMAâ€™s Mar Mostro (Ken Read/USA), and today at 0700, it was the turn of CAMPER (Chris Nicholson/AUS) to top the Leg 2 leaderboard. Both boats are steadily trucking east, while elsewhere in the fleet there are some radical

Volvo Ocean Race 2011/2012 Leg 2 underway as fleet heads to Abu Dhabi

SailingEuOrg - 11/12/201111/12/2011

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing blazed a comeback trail after speeding around the Cape Town inshore course and leading the fleet on the Leg 2 charge to their home base at Abu Dhabi just days after replacing the boat's broken mast. After a slow motion start with a light breeze in the

Full strenght fleet returns to racing action

SailingEuOrg - 11/12/201111/12/2011

For three teams it will be an achievement simply making the start line of the V&A Waterfront In-Port Race in Cape Town on Saturday (1300 GMT/UTC) but donâ€™t expect the competition to be anything less than full-blooded when all six boats get to race against each other for the first

VOR Leg One Day 17 – Telefonica powers south as Puma limps

SailingEuOrg - 21/11/201122/11/2011

At 1900 UTC tonight TelefÃ³nica (Iker MartÃnez/ESP) was continuing to reach south at 18.5 knots in the easterly tradewinds, while behind her PUMAâ€™s Mar Mostro (Ken Read/USA) is limping at 2.3 knots under a jury rig of storm trysail and staysail. TelefÃ³nica is continuing her course just east of south, taking

VOR Leg One Day 17 – Pumaâ€™s Mar Mostro suffers broken mast

SailingEuOrg - 21/11/201122/11/2011

PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG reported that they had suffered a broken mast on the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, which began 17 days ago from Alicante, Spain. The crew are unhurt. The rig onboard PUMAâ€™s Mar Mostro failed at around 1500 UTC in the southern Atlantic

VOR Leg One – Puma in control as fleet approaches doldrums

SailingEuOrg - 13/11/201122/11/2011

After continuing their charge south in good winds and at high speeds, Ken Readâ€™s crew on PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG have taken the lead in the 6,500 nautical mile first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 to Cape Town, South Africa. Averaging around 22 -knots in the fresh