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Mike Sanderson suffers an appendicitis
During a short trip to St Tropez earlier this week, Mike Sanderson, CEO and Skipper of Team Sanya, the Chinese entry in the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race, suffered sudden sharp stomach pains.
The Fields on the Global Ocean Race
Whitbread Round the World Race winner Ross Field and his capable son Campbell are back on the round the world race track this week having set sail on Sunday on the Global Ocean Race.
25.09.11 Father and Son duo about to embark on 33,000 mile Global Challenge
Today, Sunday 25th September, father and son duo Ross and Campbell Field, started their next sailing challenge, when they embarked on the epic 33,000-mile Global Ocean Race onboard the Clas
Up and away
The six Class40s taking part in the Global Ocean Race 2011-12 set sail this afternoon on the opening 6,700 mile leg from Palma de Mallorca to Cape Town, South Africa.
Victory for Goombay Smash
William Douglass and his Goombay Smash team have been has been crowned Melges 32 World Champions.
One point separates top three
The 2011 Melges 32 World Championship, hosted by Real Club Nautico de Palma, delivered yet another day of spectacular one-design performance racing with William Douglass' Goombay Smash and
Samba Pa Ti still ahead
The third day of the 2011 Melges 32 World Championship delivered two more races under pristine conditions.
20.09.11 Helicopter Training for the Global Ocean Race competitors
Campbell Field’s latest blog on the final week in the run up to the start of the Global Ocean Race
Fantastica up to second
Day two of the 2011 Melges 32 World Championship, hosted by Real Club Nautico de Palma, was filled with more warm sunshine, but less breeze making for an interesting day of performance sportboat ra
Samba Pa Ti ahead by a nose
Far beneath the air traffic of Palma's very busy airport, the opening day of the 2011 Melges 32 World Championship, hosted by Real Club Nautico de Palma was remarkable.