| Last boat comes in |
| CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-(6-12-2005) Volvo Ocean Race |
| Capetown, South Africa - Gun smoke, kissing on the foredeck, champagne spraying in the air, a small libation splashing on the water! Sunergy and Friends cross the line at 1433.55GMT to take fifth place and to conclude Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06, a leg of ups and downs, triumphs and tribulations. |
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| Ericsson Racing Team arrives into Cape Town claiming joint second place on the leaderboard |
| CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-(3-12-2005) Volvo Ocean Race |
| Capetown, South Africa - At 05.47 GMT today, the Ericsson Racing Team arrived into Cape Town in fourth place on leg one of the Volvo Ocean Race. Skippered by Britain's Neal McDonald, the team has travelled 6,400 nautical miles and spent 21 days at sea since its departure from Vigo, Spain. Ericsson is now lying in second place overall, just one point behind ABN Amro One, clocking up a total of 10.5 points on the leaderboard. |
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| A famous Victory |
| CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-(2-12-2005) Volvo Ocean Race |
| Capetown, South Africa - Standing on the pontoon in Sanxenxo 26 days ago Mike Sanderson wore the look of a man who was fed up. As he explained to reporters why his boat had finished the In Port race in last position there were times, you sensed, he quite happily could’ve jumped back into the water minus his boat. |
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| Double victory for ABN AMRO |
| CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-(2-12-2005) Volvo Ocean Race |
| Capetown, South Africa - Six hours, 32 minutes, 32 seconds behind her team sister, ABN AMRO TWO slowly wafted across the finish line off Cape Town in second place to make the first part of the Volvo Ocean Race an ABN AMRO benefit. |
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| Ericsson Racing Team holding fort despite further keel problem |
| CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-(1-12-2005) Volvo Ocean Race |
| Capetown, South Africa - The Ericsson Racing Team has less than 450
nautical miles to go until its imminent arrival in Cape Town,
concluding Leg One of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06. |
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| The “movistar” on her way to Cape Town |
| MADRID, SPAIN-(30-11-2005) Volvo Ocean Race |
| Eighteen days after the start of the Volvo Ocean Race in Vigo – and 17
since the “movistar” suffered the accident that forced her to abandon the
leg when she was leading the race – the Spanish boat is already repaired
and ready to resume the race. |
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| Courtesy of Movistar Sydicate |
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| Home Straight Ahead |
| CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-(29-11-2005) Volvo Ocean Race |
| The leading boats in the fleet have Cape Town in their sights now, with the final 700 miles of the leg ahead of them and a cold beer waiting on the bar. ABN AMRO ONE still holds a lead that hasn’t changed in the past six hours. |
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| Courtesy of Volvo Ocean Race |
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| Ericsson Racing Team experiences failure on the hydraulic keel movement system |
| CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-(29-11-2005) Volvo Ocean Race |
| Capetown, South Africa - Last night, Ericsson was reaching at 20 knots, in 22 knots of wind, when a failure occurred in the keel movement system. The boat had to be stopped to allow the crew to inspect the damage. |
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