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His father says it’s a reunion that Scott Finlay is looking forward to. “He hasn’t seen a lot of them in a while,” said Hugh Finlay of his son’s former Ontario alpine ski teammates. “They live all over Canada. It will be emotional for him.” On March 2, S
Canada was eliminated from the Davis Cup after France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga cruised past Frank Dancevic Sunday. Dancevic, a substitute for the injured Milos Raonic, says he was definitely the underdog going into the tennis match. Former skier Steve Podbor
SANYA, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA finishes fourth during leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on February 4, 2012 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China. View Photo »
This sport is hard. We really didn’t sail very well in the first triangle. Once we got into a drag race, the boat started to bail us out ... We were going faster in the reaching conditions, and the tweaks we made certainly appeared to have helped. That’s the key to these races – you have to keep getting...
In baseball, they call it swinging for the fences. In sailing, you take a flyer. Either way, it's a big tactic which can bring big gains, but is equally likely to bring spectacular losses.Whatever, when it goes haywire those who do it can usually manage
CALGARY - Two members of the famed "Crazy Canucks" will lead the Canadian team into the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. When the Canadian Olympic Committee named former downhill skier Steve Podborski as chef de mission for 2014 on Friday, he
VANCOUVER — The mighty Russians will surely try to own the medal podium in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. But two years after Canada audaciously set out to do the same at home — and then gloriously delivered — our sliders and speed skaters, high-flyers
AT SEA - JANUARY 27: Tom Addis from Australia and skipper Ken Read from the USA look at the navigation chart onboard PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG as they approach Indonesia during leg 3, stage 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on January 27, 2012, from... View Photo »
We’re pleased with the adjustments we made, but there’s a long way to go.
CALGARY Two members of the famed Crazy Canucks will lead the Canadian team into the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. When the Canadian Olympic Committee named former downhill skier Steve Podborski as chef de mission for 2014 on Friday, he join
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SANYA, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA finishes fourth during leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on February 4, 2012 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China.
View Photo »AT SEA - JANUARY 27: Tom Addis from Australia and skipper Ken Read from the USA look at the navigation chart onboard PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG as they approach Indonesia during leg 3, stage 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on January 27, 2012, from Abu Dhabi, UAE to Sanya, China.
View Photo »AT SEA - JANUARY 04: Ken Read of the United States and skipper of PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG at the start of stage 2 of leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Cape town, South Africa, to Abu Dhabi, UAE on January 4, 2012 at an undisclosed location, at sea.
View Photo »In this photograph provided by the Volvo Ocean Race, Skipper of PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, Ken Read from the USA, keeps an eye on his competitors on approach to the Malacca Strait, during leg 3, stage 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China, on Wednesday,...
View Photo »Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and skipper Ken Read (L) onboard PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG in the Iberdrola In-Port Race during Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 in Alicante, Spain October 29, 2011.
View Photo »AT SEA - JANUARY 22: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA during the start of leg 3, stage 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, on January 22, 2012 from Abu Dhabi, UAE to Sanya, China.
View Photo »AT SEA - JANUARY 22: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA sails during the start of leg 3, stage 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on January 22, 2012 from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to Sanya, China.
View Photo »In this photograph provided by the Volvo Ocean Race, PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA, during the start of leg 3, stage 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
View Photo »Commercial Photo - In this photograph provided by the Volvo Ocean Race, skipper Ken Read from the USA is on the helm of PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during the start of leg 3, stage 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. ...
View Photo »ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 14: Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg, skippered by Ken Read from the USA during the start of Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi, UAE to Sanya, China on January 14, 2012 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
View Photo »ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 14: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA and CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, skippered by Chris Nicholson from Australia during the start of leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi, UAE to Sanya,...
View Photo »ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 14: Groupama Sailing Team, skippered by Franck Cammas from France and PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA during the start of leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Abu Dhabi, UAE to Sanya, China on January 14,...
View Photo »ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 13: Team Telefonica, skippered by Iker Martinez from Spain and PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA during the Etihad Airways In-Port Race ahead of the third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on January 13, 2012...
View Photo »ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 13: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA during the Etihad Airways In-Port Race ahead of the third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on January 13, 2012 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
View Photo »UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 11: Team Telefonica, skippered by Iker Martinez from Spain win the award for first place for leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, skippered by Chris Nicholson from Australia take second and PUMA Ocean Racing powered...
View Photo »UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 11: Frank Ungerer Country Manager DHL Express UAE and Henning von Beetzen, Global Customer Manager, DHL Global Customer Solutions presents PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA with the DHL Shore Crew Award for leg 2 of the Volvo...
View Photo »UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 11: Faisal Al Sheikh - Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority Events Manager presents PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA with the award for third place for leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on January 11, 2012 in the United Arab...
View Photo »Commercial Photo - In this photograph provided by the Volvo Ocean Race, Faisal Al Sheikh - Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority Events Manager, presents PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read, from the USA, with the award for third place for leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race...
View Photo »ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 04: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read of the USA sails at the finish of leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Cape Town, South Africa, to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on January 4, 2011.
View Photo »ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JANUARY 04: CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, skippered by Chris Nicholson from Australia and PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA sail with the fleet of Volvo Open 70's at the finish of leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race...
View Photo »In this photograph supplied by Volvo Ocean Race, PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA, near the finish of leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Cape Town, South Africa, to Abu Dhabi, UAE on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Paul Todd/Volvo Ocean Race photo...
View Photo »AT SEA - JANUARY 04: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA at the start of stage 2 of leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Cape town, South Africa, to Abu Dhabi, UAE on January 4, 2012 at an undisclosed location, at sea.
View Photo »AT SEA - JANUARY 04: Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, skippered by Ian Walker from the UK and PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA at the start of stage 2 of leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Cape town, South Africa, to Abu Dhabi, UAE on January 4, 2012...
View Photo »Commercial Photo - In this photograph supplied by Volvo Ocean Race, PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA chases CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, skippered by Chris Nicholson from Australia, during stage 2 of leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12,...
View Photo »Commercial photo - In this photograph supplied by Volvo Ocean Race, PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA, finishes third in to the safe haven port on stage 1 of leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Cape Town, South Africa, to Abu Dhabi, UAE, on...
View Photo »SANYA, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG, skippered by Ken Read from the USA finishes fourth during leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on February 4, 2012 from Abu Dhabi, UAE, to Sanya, China.
View Photo »This sport is hard. We really didn’t sail very well in the first triangle. Once we got into a drag race, the boat started to bail us out ... We were going faster in the reaching conditions, and the tweaks we made certainly appeared to have helped. That’s the key to these races – you have to keep getting...
We’re pleased with the adjustments we made, but there’s a long way to go.
We're in the entertainment business, without entertaining all these guys there is nothing
It's easy to say that winning the race is the priority
To be honest, it's our only hope right now. It's our salvation out here. As athletes, if we didn't have that hope, it would be way harder to be pushing on as these guys are
Somehow we find this unbelievable Greek ship with a Russian captain who diverts out of his way and transferred 600 liters of fuel ... We don't know who they are or where they're going, but these are the greatest people we've met in a long time.
We have this little stump of a mast and we're hanging a sideways storm jib and sideways storm trysail, and the motor is helping us ... We're conserving fuel as much as we can. Without that ship, we're in a bit of a tough spot. Hey, that's just the next obstacle. Lord knows we've had plenty of them the l...
We're going to figure something out
This is our new best friend. This is life as we know it
As you can imagine, there aren't a lot of smiles right now, but one way to make it even worse would be to proclaim that there wasn't a chance to make the next leg
The bottom line is our leg?s over
We were sailing on a port tack
We've just withdrawn from the leg ... As you can imagine, there aren't a lot of smiles right now, but one way to make it even worse would be to proclaim that there wasn't a chance to make the next leg. This is about earning points in this race. We think by sacrificing points on this first leg, it gives ...
This is the saddest and most disappointed 11 people on earth
We were sailing on a port tack, beam reaching in 22-23 knots of breeze, heading east northeast with eight to 10 foot waves when the mast failed
Unfortunately, we are still paying for this mistake
Unfortunately, we are still paying for this mistake ... There is clearly more wind up where Telefonica is and the rich keep getting richer.
We got our butts handed to us today by Telefonica and by Mother Nature
It’s not exactly that easy. First, we liked what we were doing. Second, it is a big ocean and when you can’t see your competitor, it is hard to cover. Third, a lot can happen in a three-hour period, which is when we get position report updates. And, finally, we don’t want to be reactionary. That is the ...
