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At 1600 CEST on Wednesday, 26 October, the winner of the 43rd edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race was announced as Eric de Turckheim’s French NMYD 54 Teasing Machine. The Royal Malta Yacht Club has confirmed that none of…
The Farr designed 30.48 metre/100 foot maxi, Leopard 3 (NED), skippered by Chris Sherlock, crossed the finish line of the 2022 Rolex Middle Sea Race at 10:54:29 CEST to take Monohull Line Honours in an elapsed time of 70 hours…
The 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race came alive today, for some at least. It really is a race of two halves, as those crews to the west stretch their legs metaphorically in a stiff southerly, and those still to the…
This time last year the Rolex Middle Sea Race reporting was struggling to keep up with the pace of the frontrunners, as the Maxi Multihulls had scorched 450 nautical miles of the 606nm course. What a difference a year makes:…
Malta: Grand Harbour performed some magic today, as an assembled 118 yachts set off on the 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race, behind them the ancient limestone walls of Valletta seemed to come alive in bright sunshine, duly offering the gathered…
Three days before the opening of the village in Saint-Malo on Tuesday, Race Direction have released the final list of ratified entries for the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, with 138 solo skippers setting off on Sunday November 6…
There are now less than 100 days until the start of The Ocean Race, 85 to be precise, and our team is in full training mode. Based out of our second home in Concarneau, Brittany, France, the shore crew is…
From Tuesday, the historic start town of Saint Malo, in the heart of the Brittany region, will welcome more than 138 boats that are set to compete on the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe. This…
For only the second time since 2009, a monohull keelboat has won the PIC Coastal Classic when V5, an Alan Andrews TP52 skippered by Brian Peterson of the RNZYS, crossed the line at 23:46:23. It was a race with many…
A global fleet has once again answered the call of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, with the 43rd edition, which starts at 1100 CEST, tomorrow Saturday, 22nd October, attracting a fleet of 120 yachts from 25 countries, including Australia, New…
Simon Curwen’s close call stuck up the mast and Damien Guillou breaks his windvane. Tapio in the lead, but is he really? Next gate favours eastern positioned yachts. South Atlantic high reshuffles cards for the leaders, northern yachts with less…
When the two-handed S&S 34 ‘Crux’ team of Carlos Aydos and Peter Grayson, saw the weather forecast before the start of the Tollgate Islands Race (260nm), they applied for leave for work on the following Monday, almost certain they would…
The start of the 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race is less than a week away. The Royal Malta Yacht Club has been a hive of activity over the past month, and the clubhouse and moorings are ready to welcome the…
At 09.18 hours local time, it was the Dutch crew on SEC HAYAI which took line honours and leg three victory in the GLOBE40 at the entrance to the Auckland Bay. Spanning some 7,000 nautical miles in all, it proved…
With no fewer than 55 entries Class40 is the biggest fleet of the 12th Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe. And within this big, competitive fleet there are a group of brand new, latest generation boats from renowned designers sailed by…
Andoo Comanche skipper John Winning Jr says he is “pushing the limits” of the famous 100-foot maxi, after claiming the overall victory in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s inaugural Tollgate Islands Race. The VPLP 100 took Line Honours in…
Andoo Comanche continues to make advances ahead of the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, winning line honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Tollgate Islands Race. The 260 nautical mile race is the third of six races in…
Entries close on Friday for the 40th anniversary of the PIC Coastal Classic yacht race and 170 boats are entered – one of the biggest fleets in recent years. “After the challenges of last year, this is a great turnout…
Wet windy trades on the nose with confused seas for the GGR fleet. Tight group of four in pursuit of leader Simon Curwen, with Kirsten Neuschäfer going coastal. Big decisions ahead with a possible 900 mile diversion into the roaring…
More than 100 yachts are set to compete in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with just over two weeks still to go until entries close. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, organiser of the race, has welcomed entrants…
Yann Guichard, Dona Bertarelli and nine other sailors will make up the crew of ‘Sails of Change’ for their next attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy, an award for the fastest non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world. Several years…
There have never been so many IMOCA class entries in the La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe in the IMOCA class. With 37 boats set to take the start line, there are certainly more contenders for the podium than…
13 sailors are still racing, Simon Curwen first across the Equator, others in the doldrums physically and psychologically. Sailors suffering from isolation, injuries, lack of information and lack of wind. Leaders hit the trade winds opening a gap with the…
04 October 2022 The 30 skippers in the Rhum Mono and Rhum Multi categories who are due to compete in the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe 2022 are preparing to set off on the famous solo course across the…
THE LITTLE AUSSIE LAP 2.0 CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT – Xavier DoerrI would like to take the the opportunity to express how hugely grateful I am to my sponsors for my first campaign; Aramex, Waterline, Deepwater Collective, Australian Framing Solutions, Rawcorp and…
Windless holes, dead birds, dust and flying fish play with entrants’ nerves entering the dreaded doldrums. Entrants missing family, some hampered with repairs, most nervous about the lack of wind. Back of the fleet surge toward the mid fleet, Pat,…
URM Group claimed the overall win, Line Honours and set a new record time in the 2022 Flinders Islet Race, the second race in the 2022/23 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore. Anthony Johnston’s Reichel/Pugh 72, skippered by Marcus Ashley-Jones,…
Up to 150 of New Zealand’s yachts will create a mass spectacle in Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour for the start of the PIC Coastal Classic off Devonport Wharf when the race gets underway on October 21 at 10am. The PIC Coastal…
Damien Guillou, the French favourite for the Golden Globe Race made it through the Lanzarote Rubicon Marina film drop under his biggest spinnaker on a tight reach, this morning after a wind vane repair returning to Les Sables d’Olonne had…
In the 44 year history of the Route du Rhum there has never been so many solo skippers set off as there will be at the start of this year’s edition. On this 12th Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe…
Lanzarote: The 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race made history delivering the first ever solo non- stop unassisted voyage around the world. Nine started, one finished, one died, one boat was lost. The legend of this amazing adventure was born….
– Guy deBoer (USA) crashes into rocks at night on the north coast of Fuerteventura, Las Palmas in the Canaries, his yacht now stranded but he is safe. Salvage under investigation.– Simon Curwen (UK) , Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) , Pat…
An international and star-studded fleet is building for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with just 100 days to go until the start of the 77th edition of the historic race. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, organiser of…
There has been plenty of drama in the Golden Globe race, as boats and sailors had their first shake-down in the Bay of Biscay, a steadfast Pat Lawless (IRL) leading the way. Ertan Beskardes (UK) had an electrical short, later…
The five IMOCA teams who have so far signed up to compete in The Ocean Race 2022-23 have moved into the final stages of their preparation for the class’ first ever fully-crewed race around the world. All five crews are…
Seasoned and respected women sailors are among those so far signed up to compete in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race – or ‘The Westcoaster’, as it is simply known to most –…
FROM THE INDIAN TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN: ANOTHER LENGTHY PASSAGE FOR THE GLOBE40 Today saw the GLOBE40 crews take the start of the 3rd leg of the event; another substantial leg worth a coefficient 3, which will take the sailors…
Heavy weather and big waves impacting entrants, as low-pressure systems head towards Europe and the first entrant considers retirement. Damien Guillou (FR) sailing back to Les Sables with windvane issues- must restart before Sunday 11th 1600hrs Injuries, electrical shorts, leaks…
When Frenchman Tom Laperche (Région Bretagne – CMB Performance) crossed the finish line off Saint-Nazaire this blustery Wednesday evening at 18:54:48hrs to win the third and final stage of the 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro, he punched the air with…
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