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Marseille Trophy Public Village

Marseille Magic: A review of the Audi MedCup

Emirates Team New Zealand clinched the Marseille Trophy last week in front of a stunning backdrop in France.

Inside Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race boat Ericsson 4 celebrates overall victory during the leg between Marstrand and Stockholm

Ericsson 4 wins Volvo world race

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

The Swedish yacht Ericsson 4, skippered by Torben Grael, with a third into Stockholm at the end of the ninth leg from Marstrand, is the outright winner of the 10-leg Volvo round the world race, winning the Fighting Finish trophy.

Ericsson 3 races to Sandhamn, during Leg 9 (from Marstrand to Stockholm) of the Volvo Ocean Race

Puma holds onto slender Volvo lead

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

A midnight dash to the finishing line was on the cards for the ninth leg of the Volvo round the world race from Marstrand to Stockholm.

Audi MedCup: Highlights from Marseille

Monday, 15 June 2009

Highlights from the Audi MedCup in Marseille.

Victory wave from the crew of Emirates Team New Zealand after winning the Audi MedCup regatta in Marseille

Telefonica Blue hits the rocks

Sunday, 14 June 2009

Spanish round the world race yacht Telefonica Blue hit the rocks yesterday at the start of the ninth leg of the Volvo race from Marstrand, Sweden, to the capital, Stockholm.

Better luck for the Russian yacht Synergy, winning the eighth race of the Audi MedCup series off Marseille

Emirates and Quantum reverse fortunes

Saturday, 13 June 2009

On a snake and ladder course, fortunes were reversed yesterday for Emirates Team New Zealand, leader of the second of five Audi MedCup grand prix, and its nearest rival, the American yacht Quantum.

The American yacht Quantum was a glittering winner of the coastal race in the Audi MedCup regatta off Marseille

Team New Zealand extend lead

Friday, 12 June 2009

Hi-jinx at sea and shenanigans ashore as Emirates Team New Zealand saw its grip slip in the long race of the Audi MedCup but immediately plunged back into the centre of the action in the form of the America's Cup.

Audi MedCup: Highlights from day two in Marseille

Friday, 12 June 2009

Highlights from the Audi MedCup in Marseille.

Ericsson 4, skippered by Torben Grael (BRA) finish first on leg 8 from
Galway to Marstrand

Walker's World Race Diary - 11 June

Thursday, 11 June 2009

Green Dragon skipper Ian Walker analyses the latest developments in the Volvo round the world race in his exclusive diary

On the crest of a wave, Emirates Team New Zealand powers its way upwind in the Audi MedCup regatta off Marseille

Team New Zealand lead in Marseille

Thursday, 11 June 2009

Moody Marseille was in fiesta form for the second day of the Audi MedCup regatta as Emirates Team New Zealand piled on the pressure in conditions that recalled their home waters of the Hauraki Gulf but with even more sunshine.

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