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The PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race has been postponed until 2024. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) – organiser of the bi-annual race – made the difficult decision due to ongoing challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, including uncertainty…
Italian skipper Riccardo Tosetto, from Cittadella in the North-East of Italy, has worked at sea on sailboats since he was 18. Sailing around the world single-handed and by the three great capes is a life-long dream for him. The Global…
Rozinante II has won a protracted King Island Race from Melbourne to Grassy at the southern end of the Island, while John Newbold’s Primitive Cool took line honours in the time of 1 day, 3hrs 13mins 11secs, well outside the…
Just under three weeks ago, on Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest…
Just under three weeks ago, on Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest…
This is the first in a series of features celebrating the strong French heritage of The Ocean Race and produced in cooperation with IMOCA Class, these stories highlight 50 years of the ‘French Connection’, dating back to the inception of…
Just over two weeks ago, on Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest…
Two of Australia’s most highly decorated and rival ocean racing yachts – Black Jack and Ichi Ban – have set the ‘cat amongst the pigeons’ officially lodging their entries for the Gladstone Port Corporation’s 74th annual Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht…
Just over two weeks ago, on Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest…
Unemployed and confined to his house during Melbourne’s fifth lockdown, Andrew Englisch was depressed. To keep his mind occupied, the father of two began searching online for a new hobby. After only doing the sport for about a year, Mr Englisch decided…
Just over two weeks ago, on Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest…
Forty-five entries have so far locked in for the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s 50th King Island Race, which starts at 1500 hours on 11 March off Queenscliff, with competitors playing for something far more important than sheep stations – crayfish…
Two of Australia’s highest profile yachts, Christian Beck’s 100ft LawConnect, and Matt Allen’s TP52 Ichi Ban, are early entries in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) 2022 Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race to start off Barrenjoey…
Just under two weeks ago, on Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest blog post, Blair makes the…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest blog post, Blair describes her…
Travelling overseas can be seen as a challenge in the current climate, but New Caledonia is a hop, skip, and a jump across the Pacific. New Caledonia is readying to welcome travellers with open arms for the potential feeder races,…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. In her latest blog post, Blair details how…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair is currently enjoying strong winds in the…
Almost 90 new and returning crew members from 21 countries across the globe stepped on board their team yachts today for the first time in two years, greeted by their Skipper and First Mate. The Clipper 2019-20 Round the World…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Blair has officially crossed over onto the 45-degree…
Antigua: The overall winner of the 2022 RORC Caribbean 600 was Christopher Sheehan’s Pac52 Warrior One (USA), with second place going to the 100ft Comanche (CAY) skippered by Australian Mitch Booth, and third to David Collins’ Botin 52, Tala (GBR)….
Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard are announcing an ambitious program for Spindrift, with the crew of the TF35 returning to the six-event circuit for a second season, while the maxi trimaran Sails of Change will be on standby several times…
Antigua: Ross Applebey’s victory in IRC Two was his eighth class win in the RORC Caribbean 600 and the seventh for Scarlet Oyster (GBR), after the Oyster 48 finished the race just before dawn on Friday 25th February local time,…
Los Angeles, California: The Board of Directors of the Transpacific Yacht Club are pleased to announce that June and July start dates are now in place for the 52nd biennial running of the Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race,…
Antigua: Close finishes have been a feature of this year’s RORC Caribbean 600 and that trait continued in IRC One, with a rematch between two British JPK 1180s, Sunrise and Dawn Treader, with Sunrise coming out on top – just…
The winner of the nine-strong Class40 division was decided on the fourth day of the RORC Caribbean 600 with a dramatic finish between two teams. Charles-Louis Mourruau’s Guidi (FRA), which had led for most of the race, stalled as the…
The past few years have been some of the most difficult we have all experienced. We have all missed out on something crucial from work to family. We have all been missing a little bit of paradise. The New Caledonia…
The overall winner of the 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is Christopher Sheehan’s Pac52 Warrior One (USA). None of the teams still racing under IRC have any realistic chance of beating Warrior Won after time correction. Christopher Sheehan…
On Monday February 21, Australian sailor Lisa Blair set sail from Albany, WA in a second attempt to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in record time aboard her yacht ‘Climate Action Now’. Read the below blog post from Blair, where…
The Caribbean: On the fourth day of the RORC Caribbean 600, 23 teams had completed the race and were enjoying the hospitality of Antigua Yacht Club, with an army of volunteers providing a warm welcome and cold Carib beers dockside….
Dmitry Rybolovlev’s ClubSwan 125 Skorpios (MON), skippered by Fernando Echavarri, crossed the finish line in Antigua to take monohull line honours in the RORC Caribbean 600 at 03:59:51 on Wednesday February 23, 2022. The elapsed time was 1 day, 16…
Jason Carroll’s MOD 70 Argo (USA) crossed the finish line of the RORC Caribbean 600 to take Multihull Line Honours and set a new Multihull Race Record of 29 hours, 38 minutes, 44 seconds. Giovanni Soldini’s Multi70 Maserati (ITA) was…
The International Association of Cape Horners (IACH), has published its multi-crew circumnavigation register to compliment a similar register for solo circumnavigations published in 2020. This latest roll of honour currently lists 1,848 individual circumnavigations during past Whitbread/Volvo Round the World races,…
Tropical heat, moderate trade winds and ocean swell provided superb racing conditions for the first day and night of action in the 2022 RORC Caribbean 600. In the deep south a battle is raging between the three foremost multihulls, with…
On July 25, 2017, Lisa Blair became the first woman to sail solo and unassisted around Antarctica — with one stop. She set out in January 2017 with the intention of completing the circumnavigation without stopping. But 72 days into…
The 13th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) Caribbean 600 started on time from Antigua on Monday 21 February. The IRC Super Zero start was nothing short of hell-raising, with Comanche reaching at full speed towards the Pillars…
After working through the night to complete final preparations and software updates, Lisa Blair has reluctantly decided to put back her departure by 24 hours to Monday morning 21 February local time. Blair is attempting to sail solo, non-stop, around Antarctica in…
The International Maxi Association’s Caribbean Maxi Challenge is due to make a strong start from Antigua tomorrow with the new series’ first event, the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Caribbean 600. Of the 74 yachts competing, 18 are maxi monohulls of…
Fearless Australian yachtswoman, Lisa Blair (36), nearly lost her life, twice in the Southern Ocean back in 2017 and on Sunday, starting at noon, she will face her fears and return to these notoriously stormy seas in a second attempt…
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