Latest News on the Archipelago Raid

Introduction

Below is the latest news on the Archipelago Raid Event.

• Archipelago Raid to be broadcast worldwide beginning with BBC World
  31 August 2007 - The Archipelago Raid, the 5-day extreme sailing survival marathon through the Scandinavian islands, in which The BLUE™ Climate and Oceans Project entered two teams (Team BLUE™ Climate and Team BLUE™ Oceans) is coming to homes, hotels and airlines worldwide via television...
  
• Conrad's Blog
  04 August 2007 - I am sitting in Stockholm airport, hardly able to keep my eyes open after a very tough Raid...
  
• Team BLUE™ complete the gruelling Archipelago Raid
  03 August 2007 - At 0400 hours (local) this morning the remaining 23 boats competing in the Archipelago Raid started the final day of racing in the gruelling Archipelago Raid adventure sailing race...
  
• Fantastic sailing through the Äland Archipelago
  02 August 2007 - The remaining boats competing in the 2007 Archipelago Raid have today experienced what the event is famous for - extreme sailing through the fantastic scenery of the Äland Islands...
  
• Team BLUE reach half way in the Archipelago Raid
  01 August 2007 - After two and half days of gruelling competition sailing, the two boat team entered by The BLUE™ Climate and Oceans Project, reached the half way mark in the Archipelago Raid adventure sailing race...
  
• Fleet cross Baltic Sea in varying conditions
  01 August 2007 - The third day of the Archipelago Raid has seen a number of boats rejoin the race and one more retirement but tactics and critical weather decisions proved to be the defining factor for the leaders in the third leg...
  
• High drama hits the fleet in the Archipelago Raid
  31 July 2007 - The second day of the Archipelago Raid begun today with a dismasting, near sinking and broken boats. But overall the competition is hotting up as the wind, and landscape, gives competitors an action packed second day on the water...
  
• Extreme weather makes tough going for Archipelago Raid
  30 July 2007 - It was another perfect day on the Swedish archipelago today as the F18 fleet set off from Bjorno heading for Fejan some 40 miles North...
  
• Team BLUE™ Oceans Blog
  29 July 2007 - We have just finished the Prologue Race for the Archipelago Race. There is a fantastic atmosphere here in Björnö and it is clear that this is turning out to be an excellent race already.
  
• Fleet are Given a Fantastic Send Off from Stockholm
  29 July 2007 - The Archipelago Raid starts in picture perfect conditions...
  
• Sailing for BLUE™ in the Archipelago Raid
  27 July 2007 - The BLUE™ Climate and Oceans Project has entered a two boat team into the Archipelago Raid adventure sailing race.
  
• World Class Competitors, World Class Destination
  24 July 2007 - The Archipelago Raid 2007 starts on Monday 30 July from Björnö, Sweden in the unique and spectacular Scandinavian Archipelago. More than 58 world-class competitors (29 teams) are preparing for this extraordinary quest through beauty on F18 open catamarans.
  
• Two British Crews enter the Archipelago Raid as Team BLUE™
  08 June 2007 - Conrad Humphreys, founder and figurehead of the BLUE™ Climate and Oceans Project enters his new F18 Hobie Tiger catamaran into the Archipelago Raid under Team BLUE™.