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SLOW AHEAD
IDEC SPORT is facing a long, slow, tricky passage in an area of high pressure on this 27th day of…
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TAKING EACH OBSTACLE AS IT COMES
IDEC SPORT’s slow down during the night, (earlier today back in Europe) had been expected since they passed south of…
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HEADING SOUTH
The IDEC SPORT maxi trimaran was unable to cut across it. The low that they have been using to gallop…
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TACKING AROUND THE EDGE OF A PATCH OF LIGHT CONDITIONS IN THE PACIFIC
“We are choosing the least bad option. We are dragging our feet a bit tacking downwind. We are still to…
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TWENTY DAYS TO GET HOME
New Zealand is already 1500 miles astern of IDEC SPORT. Francis Joyon and his men are still heading towards the…
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JOYON HOPING TO GET TO THE HORN IN SEVEN DAYS
IDEC SPORT is once again on the attack this lunchtime (Wednesday). The big question today is knowing at what point…
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HEADING TOWARDS THE HORN
IDEC SPORT has been speeding along averaging more than 25 knots since she gybed yesterday afternoon in the middle of…
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CRUCIAL DAYS IN THE PACIFIC
On her fourth week of racing against the clock where there is a need for precision to deal with the…
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IDEC SPORT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
Francis Joyon and his crew of five will be passing the Antipodes Islands today. This group belonging to New Zealand…
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JOYON INTO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
The IDEC SPORT maxi trimaran crossed the International Date Line at lunchtime (UTC) today, and thus re-entered the western hemisphere.…
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