* Gold Coast Australia extends lead as cold front brings much-awaited wind * Battle of the trimmers underway as fleet finds band of breeze * Derry-Londonderry celebrates return to Indian Ocean with tot of rum Gold Coast Australia has extended its lead overnight as a cold front bringing winds up to 30 knots powered the [...]

* Visit Finland charges up the leader board buoyed after Ocean Sprint win * Teams reflect on epic Southern Ocean race after three weeks at sea * Crew member puts Formula 1 engineering skills to use to fix team toilets After clinching the bonus point for the Ocean Sprint in Race 4 yesterday, Visit Finland [...]

The 2010 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, Australian Tom Slingsby, is among the first of the top international athletes to arrive in Perth to train ahead of the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in December. Slingsby is part of the Australian Laser Squad which is holding a training camp in Fremantle in [...]

* Skippers mull tactics as massive high pressure system looms * Singapore skipper “absolutely gutted” after colossal wrap * Discovery set to air Clipper 09-10 television series from this weekend As the teams approach the Ocean Sprint in Race 4, conditions are proving challenging due to a massive high pressure system sitting right in their [...]

* Singapore taken for ‘a very wild’ * Fleet enjoy the calm after the storm * Crews prepare for next Southern Ocean pounding After the Southern Ocean showed the Clipper Race fleet just how harsh and unyielding it can be during the previous few days, today’s skippers’ reports are filled with superlatives for the adventurous [...]

* Fleet prepares for extreme sailing * New York and De Lage Landen secure final gate points * Low pressure system closes in The skippers and crews on board each of the ten internationally backed entries of the Clipper Race are today busily preparing for a Southern Ocean onslaught as an approaching low pressure system [...]

SECOND PENINSULA, NOVA SCOTIA – Custom Sailmaker Michele Stevens Sailloft Ltd, of Second Peninsula NS, is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with the Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Covey Island Boatworks for the construction of Schooner Columbia’s full suit of sails, spars and rigging. The Eastern Shipbuilding Group, located in Panama City, Florida have positioned [...]

Nova Scotia is another step closer to having a new strategy that will protect the coastline, while supporting sustainable coastal development. The draft of the province’s first coastal strategy was released for public review and feedback today, Oct. 13. “The coast is where Nova Scotians live, work and play, and it is one of our [...]

* Fierce weather front rips through the fleet with gusts up to 70 knots * Eventful 24 hours for Gold Coast Australia with dramatic kite wrap and snow * Edinburgh Inspiring Capital picks off handicapped tail-enders into eighth place The Roaring Forties have bared their teeth overnight and the teams have been experiencing the full [...]

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