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18.02.2013 - The impact of ice gates on the competition

First part of the conclusions from the round table discussion Sailing in the Southern Ocean: Ice Gates and Climate Change: impact on the competition  More

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14.02.2013 - The content of the round table "Sailing in the Southern Ocean: Ice Gates and Climate Change", already published

Sailors and navigators Joan Vila and Marcel Van Triest met with Jorge Luis Valdes, Head of Ocean Sciences Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. The debate was divided into three thematic sections. More

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06.02.2013 - Ocean sailing takes on the Southern Ocean ice

The round table discussion Sailing in the Southern Ocean: Ice Gates and Climate Change highlighted how the most unpredictable side of climate change is revealed down in the Southern Ocean. The detection of huge quantities of Antarctic ice requires a different organisational and technological approach which up until a... More

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28.01.2013 - The danger of UFOs in sailing

Collisions with Unidentified Floating Objects (UFOs) have shown themselves to pose a considerable danger to sailors, with the rate of accidents and retirements from racing in ocean competitions shooting up in recent years. In the articles section we take a look at some of the most significant incidents involving... More

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27.01.2013 - Congratulations François!

François Gabart brilliant winner of the Vendée Globe in a race without mistakes and breaking all records. More

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22.01.2013 - The Great Southern Ocean and the ice gates

The ice gates, obligatory waypoints set out by the organisers to increase safety in the face of the dangers posed by floating ice, have come under the spotlight during the course of the last edition of the Barcelona World Race and the current Vendée Globe. This will be one of the key issues to be discussed at... More

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21.01.2013 - Jörg Riechers and Sébastien Audigane confirm their entry for the third edition with Mare Racing Team

At Boot Düsseldorf 2013, the city's sailing and watersports show, skipper Jörg Riechers and the Director of Mare-Verlag publishers, the team sponsor, announced the team's inscription for the Barcelona World Race 2014/15. Frenchman Sébastien Audigane will be co-skipper. More

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15.01.2013 - Mare Racing Teamskipper, Jörg Riechers, will officially register his entry for the Barcelona World Race 2014-2015

  The event will take place on the 21st of january 2013  at 14:00h, at the Düsseldorf International Boat Show (Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre , Press Centre, CCD South), in the presence of Jörg Riechers, and Nikolaus Gelpke, CEO  of the Mare- Verlag publishing house and sponsor of the... More

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13.12.2012 - GAES presents team for the Barcelona World Race 2014/2015

Anna Corbella and Gerard Marín will make up the crew on board GAES Centros Auditivos. This move sees the Barcelona based company renewing its sponsorship commitment to the regatta and also means the first official entry has now signed-up for the third edition of the competition. More

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20.11.2012 - Zero emissions debate video now available

The entire round table discussion on zero emissions is now available for you to view on YouTube. The debate, which brought together a group of some twenty journalists, was opened by Roger Caselles, the Director of Energy Efficiency for Schneider Electric and also included Pachi Rivero, an experienced ocean yachtsman,... More