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Sailing into history

1:40pm Thursday 19th February 2009

SAILING heroine Dame Ellen MacArthur has described three Hampshire round-the-world racers as “fantastic” after they all completed the gruelling Vendée Globe race.

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Dee Caffari sails into record books

1:20pm Monday 16th February 2009

Hampshire sailor Dee Caffari has sailed into the record books as the first woman to sail solo and non-stop both ways around the world.

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Brian Thompson takes fifth in Vendée Globe

12:00pm Monday 16th February 2009

ISLE of Wight round the world yachtsman Brian Thompson this morning crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe Stood proudly on the bow of his yacht Bahrain Team Pindar, Thompson received rapturous applause from the waiting crowds as he sailed into the French port of Les Sables d’Olonne after 98 days 20 hours and 29 minutes at sea.

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Hamble sailor Sam Davies comes third in Vendee Globe

9:46am Saturday 14th February 2009

HAMPSHIRE sailing star Sam Davies crossed the finishing line of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race in third place this morning.

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Vendée agony for Sam?

1:20pm Thursday 12th February 2009

HAMPSHIRE round-the-world sailor Sam Davies may miss out on a podium place in the Vendée Globe race despite finishing the race in third.

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Davies secures podium place in Vendée Globe

11:14am Monday 2nd February 2009

HAMPSHIRE round-the-world sailor Sam Davies has this morning moved into a podium position in the Vendée Globe race.

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Dee's Atlantic aim

9:10am Thursday 29th January 2009

AS Vendée Globe leader Michel Desjoyeaux hurtles across the finish line in Les Sables D’Olonne this weekend, Hampshire ocean racer Dee Caffari will be popping champagne corks in celebration of her return to the North Atlantic.

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Sam Davies made honorary club member

9:10am Thursday 29th January 2009

SAM Davies had double the reason to celebrate rounding Cape Horn after being awarded an Honorary Membership of the Royal Southern Yacht Club.

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And then there were three

9:00am Thursday 8th January 2009

HAMPSHIRE'S Vendée Globe sailors have been reduced to three after Jonny Malbon was this week forced to abandon his dreams and quit, leaving just half of the original six Hampshire sailors still in the race.

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