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Atlantic Rising Buoy Arrives in South America

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Sunday 28th March 2010

We received an email this morning from Will Lorimer, one of the Atlantic Rising organisers - their buoy, dropped in the middle of the Atlantic last month, has washed up on the South American shore. Their email speaks for itself: "A fantastic moment f...

Round Britain and Ireland Yacht Race

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Tuesday 23rd March 2010

Yellowbrick are extremely pleased to announce that we will be covering the Round Britain and Ireland yacht race this year, organised by the Royal Western Yacht Club. Started by the Royal Western in 1966, the Round Britain and Ireland is one of the I...

Rock7, Iridium, Trident and DaMSA

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Tuesday 23rd March 2010

DaMSA (The Danish Maritime Safety Administration) have enlisted the help of Rock 7 Mobile, Iridium and Trident Sensors to develop a method of deliverying Marine Safety Information to ocean vessels in the Arctic regions. Current methods of sending cri...

Ben Saunders Arctic Expedition

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Friday 19th March 2010

Ben Saunders, the serial Arctic Adventurer, is at it again... In 2008, Ben Saunders’ expedition to become the fastest man to walk solo and unsupported to the North Pole was thwarted by a critical failure of his ski equipment. In March 2010 a fi...

St Moritz Gliding Grand Prix - August 2010

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Tuesday 16th March 2010

We are pleased to announce that the St Moritz Gliding Grand Prix Qualifiers will be using Yellowbricks to provide live tracking of the glider competition for 15 pilots. Like our previous competitions, our Google Earth 3D viewer will be providing cove...

International Gliding Commission Meeting, Switzerland

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Tuesday 9th March 2010

Yellowbrick was proud to be invited to attend the IGC (International Gliding Commission) meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on the 6th March 2010. Nick Farrell spoke about the Yellowbrick tracking system, how it had evolved from a robust tracker for a...

Commandos Tour de France

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Sunday 21st February 2010

Yellowbrick have committed to provide trackers for the 'Commandos Tour de France'. The Commandos' Tour de France is a 2,218 mile cycle ride following the exact route of the 2007 Tour de France raising support for injured Royal Marines. The charit...

Atlantic Rising time capsule launched last night

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Sunday 21st February 2010

Atlantic Rising is a charity embarking on a 32,000km journey to circumnavigate the Atlantic overland along the 1m contour line. Along the way they are creating an educational network between 15,000 students in low-lying coastal communities. Throug...

World ARC vessel brought in safely for repairs

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Thursday 18th February 2010

Once again Yellowbrick has proved extremely useful to the World ARC organisers - when the vessel Bristol Rose suffered some damage, Yellowbrick helped them quickly locate the vessel and organise recovery back to harbour for repairs. Although the Yell...

Chile Grand Prix Success

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Thursday 14th January 2010

We've just returned from running the tracking for the World Grand Prix Gliding Final in Santiago, Chile. The event was a massive success, both from a competition point of view and also a tracking perspective. Yellowbrick presented the action with a 3...

Blue Peter's Helen is off again...

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Tuesday 12th January 2010

After her last adventure (the Namibia Ultra-Marathon) we thought Helen from Blue Peter couldn't come up with any crazier adventures. However, this time, she's off to the Amazon and she's going to be canoeing from one end of it to the other!! The BBC ...

World ARC sets off

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Tuesday 5th January 2010

We are pleased to announce that the World Cruising Club's 'World ARC' has set off, complete with a Yellowbrick Tracker on board each vessel. The World ARC is a circumnavigation of the Globe, starting in St Lucia and ending back there 18 months later....

Auliana II retrieved with help from Yellowbrick

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Friday 4th December 2009

The Auliana II, the yacht which lost its rudder during the first two days of the ARC this year has been safely retrieved. The yacht drifted for about 5 days before it could be recovered, covering around 200 miles in that time with no crew aboard. The...

Don't leave it too late to get a Yellowbrick...

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Tuesday 1st December 2009

News broke this morning about a crew of 5 British sailors who had strayed into Iranian waters, by accident it seems, and have been taken into custody by Iran. We look forward to their safe release, but ironically the yacht was on its way to Dubai to ...

Gliding Grand Prix Final in Chile

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Wednesday 25th November 2009

The 2010 Gliding Grand Prix Final is being held in Santiago, Chile in January and Yellowbrick have been chosen to provide the live real-time tracking for the event. Having provided tracking for a number of the qualifying grand prix events in 2008 and...

RAF Regiment - Northern Exposure 2010

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Wednesday 25th November 2009

We are pleased to be supplying a Yellowbrick tracker for the RAF Regiment Northern Exposure 2010 Expedition. Exercise NORTHERN EXPOSURE is the Royal Air Force expedition to the Geographic North Pole and will see a 4-man ice team skiing unsupported ap...

Yacht abandoned, but tracked by Yellowbrick

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Tuesday 24th November 2009

The ARC yacht Auliana II has been abandoned and the crew evacuated following the loss of the yacht’s rudder in the early hours of Monday morning. Skipper Christian Potthoff-Sewing and his seven crew members were safely ashore in Arguineguin, Gran C...

The ARC has left Las Palmas

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Monday 23rd November 2009

Yellowbrick are very proud to have been chosen to track The ARC, the world's largest yachting regatta across the Atlantic. The ARC is an annual event organised and run by World Cruising Club. This year we are tracking the racing division, but a numbe...

Rob Forbes - Tri4Africa Challenge

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Friday 20th November 2009

Rob Forbes is swimming, biking and running his way from Cirencester to South Africa to support England in the 2010 World Cup. This amazing challenge will see him swimming 20km across the Strait of Gibraltar, cycling 19,000km from Cirencester to South...

Yellowbrick Supports Atlantic Rising

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Friday 6th November 2009

Yellowbrick are proud to be supporting Atlantic Rising. Atlantic Rising is an award winning charity embarking on a 32,000km journey to circumnavigate the Atlantic overland along this 1m contour line. Along the way they are creating an educational net...

Phoenicia Expedition

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Thursday 15th October 2009

A Yellowbrick is being used for the Phoenicia Expedition, in order to track the vessel involved This Expedition is attempting to recreate the first circumnavigation of Africa, accomplished by Phoenician mariners in 600BC, in a replica Phoenician/Medi...

US Marines to use Rock 7 Back Office System

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Wednesday 16th September 2009

We are proud to announce that the US Marine Corps will be using our back-office tracker management system to support their training exercises. Having purchased a set of Iridium tracking units, the Marines needed a way to monitor and control them. Our...

Tour of Missouri

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Wednesday 2nd September 2009

Yellowbrick are proud to be involved with the Tour of Missouri, a world class cycling event which runs from September 7th to 13th. Yellowbrick trackers are being used to monitor the progress of the cyclists and support vehicles. In future races we ar...

Water Aid 6 Peaks Challenge 2009

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Thursday 2nd July 2009

Water Aid (in conjunction with Yorkshire Water) have chosen Yellowbrick to track their 6 Peaks Challenge. Our trackers will help the organising team keep track of the competition teams, as well as provide a way to present the event to the media. We l...

Powerbar Three Peaks Yacht Race 2009

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Thursday 25th June 2009

For the third year running, we've successfully tracked the Powerbar Three Peaks Yacht Race. The race starts in Barmouth, Wales and finishes in Ft. William, Scotland, and much of the time the yachts are out of range of terrestial mobile networks...

Rally Portugal

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Sunday 31st May 2009

The 15 yachts taking part in the 2009 Rally Portugal were pleasantly surprised to be issued with Yellowbrick trackers for their 550 mile voyage from Plymouth (UK) to Bayona (Spain). Gone are the days when friends and family waved goodbye an...

My Everest Challenge

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Sunday 24th May 2009

Congratulations to Gavin Bate of Adventure Alternative on his recent attempt to summit Mt. Everest and becoming our highest altitude Yellowbrick user! Gavin didn't quite manage to reach the top on this attempt due to failure of his breathing equipmen...

Austrian Gliding Grand Prix

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Saturday 23rd May 2009

We were lucky enough to encounter the wonderful Carinthian hospitality at the Austrian Gliding Grand Prix. Over 7 days of near-perfect gliding conditions we tracked the 14 pilots and provided live simulation and commentary for those left on the groun...

Blue Peter Badge!

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Friday 24th April 2009

One of our directors, Nick Farrell is over the moon to receive a Blue Peter badge for supplying a Yellowbrick Adventure Tracker to the popular BBC children's programme. Presenter, Helen Skelton carried one of our trackers over the 126km rou...

Chile Gliding Grand Prix

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Sunday 25th January 2009

Our Airsports trackers have been out again - we had 10 units providing real time 3D tracking and visualisation during the Chile Gliding Grand Prix Qualifiers between 17th and 25th January. The visuals were really stunning, and with our partner S...

Round the World with Andy Hopper

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Wednesday 31st December 2008

Andy is flying around the world, and needed a tracker which would pinpoint his position on a map once every hour. Our Yellowbrick trackers do just this, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They also work across the globe, so a Yellowbrick was the perfect ...

1st Black Sea Regatta

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Sunday 1st June 2008

Yellowbrick have provided about 20 trackers for the 1st Black Sea Yachting Regatta. These trackers will allow the public and press to watch the progress of the yachts in a truly beautiful setting in the Black SeaYou can read more about the The Black ...

Rock and Ice Ultra

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Monday 24th March 2008

It's cold.... very cold.... In a recent climate study of Canada's 100 largest cities, Yellowknife ranked first in 13 categories, including: Coldest Winter, Coldest Spring, Coldest Year-Round, Most Cold Days, Most Deep Snow Cover Days, Extreme Wind Ch...

Sport Relief - James Cracknell

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Thursday 28th February 2008

James Cracknell (and David Walliams) are attempting a cross-continent challenge for Sport Relief 2008, and a Yellowbrick is being used to track their progress from Dover to Africa via rowing boat, bicycle and finally a swim!James is going to attempt ...

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