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Velux 5 Oceans 2014-15 welcomes SolOceans One Design class By Velux 5 Oceans, , 8:41 PM Wed 8 Jun 2011
Velux 5 Oceans 2014-15 ninth edition will welcome the SolOceans One Design Class alongside the Eco 60 Class. It will allow sailors, both men and women, to race solo around the world on a level playing field. Thanks to its reasonable and controlled budgets, a good number of skippers and sponsors of all nationalities will therefore be able to take each other on using the same weapons. ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans next edition set for autumn 2014 By Velux 5 Oceans, 11:31 PM Fri 3 Jun 2011
Velux 5 Oceans rich heritage is set to continue after it was announced the ninth edition of the original solo round the world yacht race will start in autumn 2014 ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans 2010-11 skipper Derek Hatfield takes third place By Velux 5 Oceans, , 12:53 AM Mon 30 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans Canadian skipper Derek Hatfield secures an overall third place in the race, arriving into La Rochelle, France today. His arrival completes the 2010-11 edition of solo round the world race ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Gutek second Overall By Velux 5 Oceans, 4:36 AM Sun 29 May 2011
Skipper Zbigniew ‘Gutek’ Gutkowski has finished the race at at 1507 local time (1307 UTC) earning him second place overall in the Velux 5 Oceans. ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans Chris Stanmore-Major second in sprint five By Velux 5 Oceans, 7:47 PM Sat 28 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans British ocean racer Chris Stanmore-Major 'CSM' has crossed the finish line of the final sprint. The British skipper finishes in second place to secure at least fourth place overall in his first solo circumnavigation of the globe and becomes only the 182nd person to race solo around the world ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans - Brad Van Liew takes the title By Velux 5 Oceans, , 9:58 AM Sat 28 May 2011
Brad Van Liew is the American skipper who has now sailed into the record books by winning every leg of the Velux 5 Oceans race for the second time! ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans overall victory to Brad Van Liew By Velux 5 Oceans, 6:11 AM Sat 28 May 2011
Brad Van Liew has crossed the finish line of the final sprint of the Velux 5 Oceans solo round the world yacht race to secure overall victory. ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans fleet charges towards La Rochelle finish line By Velux 5 Oceans, 8:02 PM Fri 27 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans race fleet is charging towards the La Rochelle finish line to complete their solo circumnavigations and the first arrival of the race, that started in the historic French port back in October 2010, is expected today (Friday 27th May). ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans - Gutek battling keel problems By Velux 5 Oceans, 4:51 AM Fri 27 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans skipper Zbigniew ‘Gutek’ Gutkowski saw drama overnight onboard Operon Racing when one of the keel rams broke. ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Derek Hatfield anticipates the finish By Derek Hatfield, 12:30 AM Fri 27 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans update from Active House skipper Derek Hatfield ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans rivals Gutek and Derek in a fight to the finish By Velux 5 Oceans, , 12:25 AM Thu 26 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans rivals Derek Hatfield and Zbigniew ‘Gutek’ Gutkowski have emerged from stealth mode and have started the final dash to the finish line in La Rochelle. ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Brad Van Liew battles storm in North Atlantic By Velux 5 Oceans, 12:30 AM Wed 25 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans final sprint end is in sight for American ocean racer Brad Van Liew as he predicts Friday finish for the ultimate solo challenge. ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans 2010-11 drama onboard Spartan By Velux 5 Oceans, 9:44 PM Mon 23 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans skipper Chris Stanmore-Major feared his yacht was sinking after finding the cabin flooded with hundreds of litres of water in the middle of the North Atlantic. ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Gutkowski closes in By Velux 5 Oceans, 3:46 AM Sat 21 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans skipper Zbigniew ‘Gutek’ Gutkowski has made up 100 miles in the last couple of days leaving a little over 50 miles separating him from first placed Brad Van Liew in the final ocean sprint ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans 24 hour speed record to Chris Stanmore-Major By Velux 5 Oceans, 12:29 AM Fri 20 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans British solo sailor Chris Stanmore-Major (CSM) has set the 24-hour speed record for the current edition of the solo round the world yacht race onboard his Eco 60 yacht Spartan ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans sprint five - High pressure By Velux 5 Oceans, 10:56 AM Thu 19 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans skippers are facing light airs after the arrival of a high pressure system. 'About six hours ago the fog for which this area is famous closed in and since then my world has been 60ft x 20ft plus the mere hundred yards more I can see beyond that' says Chris Stanmore Major. ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Gutek battles with issues in ocean sprint 5 By Velux 5 Oceans, , 3:23 AM Wed 18 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans Polish skipper Zbigniew ‘Gutek’ Gutkowski has had a difficult start to ocean sprint 5 which left Charleston SC for La Rochelle, France on Saturday ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans sprint five front spot battle By Velux 5 Oceans, 4:56 AM Tue 17 May 2011
Velux 5 Oceans sprint five maybe only three days in but it’s already shaping up to be a thrilling battle with overall race leader Brad Van Liew and young gun Chris Stanmore-Major duelling for the front spot ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans Sprint 5 underway after close start By Velux 5 Oceans, 6:14 PM Sun 15 May 2011
The four solo skippers today showed just how fired up they are for the climax of the round the world race, all crossing the ocean sprint five start line within seconds of each other. It was more like a scene from a dinghy regatta as they jostled for position in the starting area. ...[more]

Velux 5 Oceans - Sprint 5 sets sail from Charleston By Velux 5 Oceans, , 12:06 AM Sun 15 May 2011
The Velux 5 Oceans Sprint 5 will begin today from Charleston SC (USA). The four skippers that remain will set off towards La Rochelle, France to complete a global circumnavigation back to where they began their journeys on October 17, 2010. ...[more]

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