Time to sprint for Clipper crews
The final chance for bonus points in the race to New York is underway, with the majority of the Clipper Race fleet in the midst of the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint on Day 8 of Race 11: Nasdaq Race. PSP…
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Dongfeng leads Volvo Ocean Race fleet past Fastnet Rock
The Volvo Ocean Race’s overall leaders Dongfeng Race Team were at the head of the fleet on Monday as the teams passed the iconic Fastnet Rock off Ireland’s southern tip. With just under 24 hours of Leg 10 complete less…
Volvo Ocean Race organisers eye off Newcastle as Australian host port
Rumours of an Australian stopover for the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race have gathered pace following a report in the Newcastle Herald of a visit to the city by VOR executives, including former Australian Sailing magazine contributor Jordan…
Clipper Race: Bonus point bets pay off
After a week of racing around the clock in Race 11: Nasdaq Race, the Clipper Race fleet has been keeping everyone guessing as to their Scoring Gate tactics. The Scoring Gate allows the first three teams that reach it to…
Slow start as Volvo Ocean Race fleet drifts into Leg 10 to Gothenburg
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet had a slow start to Leg 10 as a high-pressure system brought bright sunny skies and warm weather but very little breeze to Cardiff on Sunday afternoon. With nearly no wind at the scheduled 1500…
Volvo Ocean Race: Every point counts as teams prepare for Cardiff start
With just two legs remaining in the Volvo Ocean Race the battle for the overall prize is tighter than ever, with three teams fighting for first place and a fourth crew still in with a shot at the podium. As…
Clipper Round the World: Scoring gate mystery
The Clipper Race fleet leading pack has left the Caribbean behind and arrived in the Atlantic Ocean proper, but with many teams remaining in Stealth Mode, a mystery over whether anyone will go for the bonus points on offer in…
Smuggler wins Sydney Noumea Race
Sebastian Bohm’s Rogers 46 Smuggler is the IRC overall winner of the PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, the race committee comfortable the Sydney boat can’t be toppled though the majority of the fleet is still to finish the epic ocean…
Sprint finish confirmed for Clipper finale in Liverpool
In just 50 days’ time, the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race will be reaching a thrilling climax as the fleet sprints up the River Mersey in a spectacular first-time crowd-facing finale which will conclude outside the historic Royal…
Dongfeng comes from behind to win Sky Ocean Rescue In-Port Race
The top three teams in the In-Port Race Series for the Volvo Ocean Race held down the podium positions on Friday afternoon in Cardiff, as Dongfeng Race Team made a pass on the last lap of the race course to…
Clipper yachts fly past Jamaica in race to New York
Whilst yesterday's game of snakes and ladders continues to disrupt the leaderboard, Day 4 of Race 11: Nasdaq Race has seen the majority of the fleet converge for the first time since the race started. For the teams that decided…
Every point counts from Volvo In Port Race Cardiff
It’s getting tense now as we reach the stage in the Volvo Ocean Race where every single point counts. The top three teams in the race are heading into the final two legs separated by just three points on the…
Successful launch for the IMOCA Globe Series
On crossing the line at 0817hrs this morning (Thursday) after 3 days, 19 hours and 17 minutes of racing, Paul Meilhat and Gwénolé Gahinet (SMA) won the Monaco Globe Series, the first leg of the new IMOCA world championship. Less…
Snakes, ladders and flying fish for Clipper crews
The early divide in the fleet has led to more shake ups on the Race 11: Nasdaq Race leaderboard as teams complete their third full day of racing. Whilst the podium places have remained consistent for the second day in…
Atlantic Cup Leg 2 complete – Toothface 2 and Dragon round out the podium
Portland, ME (June 4, 2018) – All teams have now finished what many teams called a brutal Leg 2: NYC-Portland in the 2018 Atlantic Cup. Joining the French/Italian team, Eärendil, on the podium are Boston based Toothface 2 and Mystic, CT based Dragon Ocean…
Frantic takes line honours in Sydney Noumea Yacht Race
Michael Martin’s Newcastle TP52 Frantic is the line honours winner and new record holder of the PONANT Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, riding the sou’east tradewinds conveyor for most of the four days two hours 23 minutes they spent between the…
Lovely tradewind sailing for Sydney Noumea Yacht Race competitors
Four yachts have now past the halfway point and the prediction is for themajority of the 20-boat fleet racing to New Caledonia to beat the 25-yearold race record in the Sydney Noumea Yacht Race. While the Auckland Noumea fleet has…
Life on an angle as Clipper boats beat upwind
Life at an angle continues on Day 2 of Race 11: Nasdaq Race from Panama to New York, with the Clipper Race teams calculating their best approach to the first mandatory gate between Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The fleet…
Eärendil wins leg 2 and extends lead in Atlantic Cup standings
Portland, ME (June 4, 2018) – Eärendil skippered by Catherine Pourre of France and Pietro Luciani of Italy won leg two of the Atlantic Cup, a 360-nautical mile leg from New York to Portland. The win marks back to back offshore wins for the team,…
Volvo Ocean Summit a platform for innovation and change
Following a video address from Prince Charles, announcements from the Welsh Government, Iceland Foods and new microplastics data from the Volvo Ocean Race Science Programme all helped advance the growing movement to turn the tide on plastic. At the event,…
Final countdown to Falmouth celebrations and Golden Globe start in Les Sables d'Olonne
With less than month to the start of the Golden Globe Race from Les Sables d’Olonne on July 1st, skippers are working feverishly to complete their preparations ready to take part in the Suhaili 50 Falmouth Parade of Sail celebrations…
Atlantic Cup teams blasting to Portland
Portland, ME (June 4, 2018) – The 2018 Atlantic Cup fleet is steaming ahead for Portland, Maine after pounding upwind the past 48-hours. After suffering damage both #37 First Light and #81 Esprit Scout made the decision last night to retire from Leg 2 and seek refuge in Newport, Rhode Island in…
Early split as Clipper fleet races to New York
Although the Clipper Race fleet spent the majority of the race to Panama in close quarters, it only took minutes for a split to emerge in Race 11: Nasdaq Race to New York – the second stage of the USA…
Class40s lining up for Round Great Britain and Ireland Race
A record 10 Class40s have entered the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race and more are expected to take up the tough 1,800 nautical mile non-stop race. Starting and finishing from Cowes Isle of Wight, the course takes the fleet…
Sydney Noumea Yacht Race underway
Sydney Noumea Yacht Race crews left Sydney Harbour at 10am on Sunday June 3, 2018 against a backdrop of dark clouds, windy rain squalls, bursts of sunlight and a spectacular rainbow that bridged Sydney Harbour. Most of the 22 crews…
Atlantic Cup – brutal 24 hours for start of leg 2
NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 3, 2018) – Following a light downwind start to the second leg of the 2018 Atlantic Cup, the conditions have deteriorated making for a brutal first 24-hours for the teams. The crews are currently battling 30 knots of breeze…
The new IMOCA World Championship is launched
The Monaco Globe Series will start on Sunday (3rd June). This event is the first in the new IMOCA GLOBE SERIES world championship, which is the result of a shared desire and a lot of work done over the past…
Sydney Noumea Yacht Race frontrunners on record pace
The frontrunners in the Sydney Noumea Yacht Race are on record pace and the toughest conditions behind them with reports this morning from the fleet of manageable and warm 15 knot SSE winds and settling seas. Four hours after the…
Clipper Race: Upwind battle predicted for penultimate leg
After completing the 48 nautical mile (nm) passage of the Panama Canal, one of the most famous and impressive engineering feats in the world, watching out for basking American and Caiman Crocodiles in Gatun Lake along the way, the fleet…
Volvo Ocean Race: The Hague hoists all sails
The seven competing teams in the Volvo Ocean Race are on a fast track towards the finish in The Hague and in less than four weeks’ time, this legendary race will finish in The Netherlands for the very first time…
151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar race record goes in photo finish
Generally match races last around 20 minutes and there is a clear winner, but in the 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar 2018, there was a 10 hour long heavyweight maxi bout for line honours between Nicola Paoleschi's Laurie Davidson 69 Pendragon VI…
Next edition of the Volvo race planned for 2021 under new ownership
As the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 builds towards an exciting finish in June in The Hague, organisers can confirm the next edition of the race will start in 2021, under new ownership. Atlant Ocean Racing Spain, led by Richard Brisius,…
Maxis threaten 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar record
The Mediterranean’s largest medium distance offshore race set sail from Livorno, Italy this afternoon with a record-sized fleet. This year, the ninth edition of the 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar has attracted almost 200 boats, of which 20 are maxi boats of…
All Atlantic Cup boats now in New York after a light airs first leg
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (May 30, 2018) – With first (#145 Eärendil) and second (#127 Amhas) place of Leg One of the 2018 Atlantic Cup decided yesterday (May 29, 2018) afternoon it was the turn of the remaining competitors to cross the Angola Cables…
Auckland Noumea Race returns after a six year absence
The Auckland Noumea Yacht Race makes a welcome return this week after a six-year absence but it's hoped this year's edition isn't as dramatic as the last. The monohull Beau Geste sent out a distress call when it suffered major hull damage and…
Family affair in Sydney Noumea Yacht Race
The Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, Australia’s longest fully-crewed yacht race, begins at 1pm on Saturday June 2, 2018 on Sydney Harbour, and across the fleet several rare father-and-son bonding sessions will also commence. Marcus McKay and his son Jai, 18, Marcus’ brother…
Eärendil Wins Leg 1 Of The Atlantic Cup
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (May 29, 2018) – With a fleet of 11 Class40s competing in the Atlantic Cup, the French team #145 Eärendil skippered by Catherine Pourre and Pietro Luciani, crossed the Angola Cables finish line first at 17:02:46, with an…
SHK/Scallywag completes Volvo arrivals into Cardiff
The full fleet of seven Volvo Ocean Race boats has now arrived in Cardiff, Wales, with David Witt’s Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag the final team to cross the finish line in Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team finished…
Team Brunel on a charge with Leg 9 win
The top three teams in the Volvo Ocean Race are within three points after Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel won Leg 9 into Cardiff, Wales to vault into contention for the overall race win. The Leg 9 results also mean a…
Green Dragon is third Volvo Open 70 to join Legends Race
Gothenburg – 29 May 2018: Green Dragon, the first Chinese-backed entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, will join Volvo Open 70s Telefónica Blue and race winner Ericsson 4, plus a host of other historic boats from previous races on the…
