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Light winds on the sixth day of Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays Race mean that the fleet has converged and the heat is on, quite literally, as the teams battle it out for extra bonus points in the Elliot Brown…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was buoyed by the arrival of new breeze on Thursday, potentially spelling an end to several days of torment at the hands of the Doldrums. The seven teams hit the Doldrums – a fickle band…
After the Clipper Race fleet split into two packs, it has converged again over the last 24 hours as teams tackled stormy conditions, known locally as Southerly Busters, ahead of the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint. During the fifth day of…
When the Volvo Ocean Race fleet first encountered the notorious Doldrums as they raced through the Atlantic between Lisbon and Cape Town on Leg 2, they breezed through with minimal disruption. On the eighth day of Leg 4, it seemed…
Volvo Ocean Race skipper Dee Caffari, whose Turn the Tide on Plastic boat is collecting samples that are analysed for levels of microplastics, has welcomed the news that the UK Government has introduced legislation to ban the manufacture of plastic…
Sanya Serenity Coast retains its lead during the fourth day of Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays Race as mixed conditions splits the fleet into two, as it progresses up the coast of Australia. Racing remains close though with 32 nautical…
As Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race neared its halfway point on Tuesday, any memories of the freezing cold Southern Ocean had long been banished. With every mile that the fleet climbs further north through the South Pacific, so…
Yann Guichard has made the decision to return to Brest following analysis of this evening's weather files. The weather window, which mobilised Guichard and his eleven crew to leave Brest at 1800h did not materialise as expected. “The weather window…
The new week started with a reshuffle of the Leg 4 leaderboard as the seven-strong Volvo Ocean Race fleet eased into the Doldrums for the second time so far this race. After six days at sea, racing is so tight…
A gripping race to the Scoring Gate unfolded during the third day of Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays Race which ultimately saw Sanya Serenity Coast come out on top followed closely by Visit Seattle in second and Qingdao, which has…
Four boats are within just six miles as the leaders approach the Solomon Islands, the easternmost point of which is a mark of the race course for Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race. Dongfeng continues to lead over team…
A mixed bag of conditions has kept the fleet very busy during the second day of racing in Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays race but the main focus for each of the eleven teams is the closely matched race to…
After a testing first 24 hours beating upwind in Leg 6: the Wondrous Whitsundays Race, the Clipper Race fleet remains close together with just over one nautical mile (nm) being the difference between the first four boats on the leaderboard…
The leaders on Leg 4 are still making good progress, but only have about 200 miles to go until the wind starts to ease significantly on approach to the Solomon Islands. As at 1300 UTC on Saturday, the wind was…
Four days into Leg 4, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet was starting to compress again – with overall race leaders MAPFRE rapidly rising through the rankings and closing in on leaders. Skipper Xabi Fernandez spoke on Thursday about plenty of…
The Whitsundays leg may only be six hours into its journey but some divisive early navigational choices and tight racing means the leaderboard is already making for gripping viewing. In the past hour, PSP Logistics, which is the current race…
Dongfeng Race Team and team AkzoNobel claimed the first bragging rights of Leg 4 three days into the sprint to Hong Kong as their bid to punch further offshore paid dividends. Both teams, plus Turn the Tide on Plastic, opted…
Michael Martin’s TP 52, Frantic enjoyed sensational sailing up the NSW north coast to arrive at Southport Yacht Club under the light of a full moon and rising sun at 07:24 AEDT, taking line honours in the 2018 Club Marine…
Less than 48 hours into Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race, tactics are already starting to show among the seven-strong fleet as it does battle along Australia’s eastern coast. A west to east split of 80 miles has…
Overall Volvo Ocean Race leader MAPFRE was at the head of the fleet off the starting line as the boats raced up Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay immediately after the start for Leg 4 to Hong Kong. But it was a…
The leaders of the Volvo Ocean Race, MAPFRE, will make no changes to the crew that won Leg 3, as they prepare to race from Melbourne to Hong Kong when Leg 4 starts on Tuesday January 2. It’s a much…
When David Gotze/Michael Cranitch’s Triton docked in Hobart on finishing the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart, Tony ‘Ace’ or ‘Grumpy’ Ellis became only the second person to sail 50 of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s race – only Tony Cable…
HOBART, AUSTRALIA (January 1, 2018) — The 86-year-old Sparkman & Stephens classic yacht Dorade finished second place in two divisions (IRC Division 4/ORCi Div 4), in the formidable Rolex Sydney Hobart Race last week. The 628-mile race, which started December…
A new year begins, and with it a new leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. On Tuesday 2nd January 2018, the seven boats of the fleet will line up on the start line in Melbourne (Australia) for Leg four…
Matt Allen’s new TP52 Ichi Ban has been declared the overall winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2017 – and Allen, the president of Australian Sailing, can hardly believe it. “It hasn’t sunk…
If you had to pick an ideal race finish from a spectator’s point of view this was it. Just after 5.30am this morning the sun was rising on a warm balmy morning and turning the sky a crimson hue. On…
In an even fleet of 11 identical 70-footers in the Clipper Race fleet of the Rolex Sydney Hobart, Wendy Tuck is amazing – today she brought Sanya Serenity Coast and its huge crew of amateurs across the finish line at…
Some of the top names in sailing are joining the Volvo Ocean Race with teams beginning to announce crew changes ahead of Leg 4 from Melbourne to Hong Kong, starting on January 2, 2018. On Friday, Dongfeng Race Team announced…
The Fork in the Road has taken line honours in the Riversdale Estate WInes Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, crossing the finish just after six o’çlock this evening. This is the sixth line honours victory for skipper Gary Smith who,…
In 1971, American sailor Jim Kilroy sailed his 23-metre yawl Kialoa II to line honours victory in the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. For Hobartians, it added an exotic element to one of the key calendar events of their lives: an…
This morning at 7.00am, only 10 yachts remain at sea in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Rolex Sydney Hobart, with all expected ashore in time to ring in the New Year in what has been one of the fastest…
When he stepped aboard his new V70 Wizard with his brother Peter just days before the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart, American David Askew had never stepped onto one of these legendary ocean warhorses before. Now he has seen…
The weather was perfect for the start of the Pantaenius Newport to Coffs Coast Yacht Race 2017. A 15 knot east north easterly breeze, a clear sunny sky and a low swell greeted the fleet at the start line between…
All seven boats in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet have now finished in Melbourne, with team AkzoNobel ghosting through Port Phillip Bay in near calm conditions to cross the line just before 10:30am on Thursday morning (local time). It was…
Melbourne turned on ideal sailing conditions for the start – a warm sunny day with 15-20 Northerly winds at the race start time (2:30pm yesterday afternoon). A sea breeze was threatening to develop during the afternoon. Charles Meredith's Chris White…
Though overall honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race may have eluded them this time, there is a mutual respect among the skippers of the gun fleet of 50-footers for the battle in which they engaged. For it is in…
It was the decision that most sailors had been expecting, but it has left a bitter taste in the mouths of Mark Richards and his crew on Wild Oats XI. After crossing the finish line first in the 2017 Rolex…
Mark Richards has steered the Oatley family’s Wild Oats XI to her ninth Rolex Sydney Hobart line honours victory after a protracted battle with Jim Cooney’s LDV Comanche on Tasmania’s River Derwent this evening, reclaiming the race record Anthony Bell’s…
“We‘re the best light air boat and this race was anything but. We really needed a two-night race,” was how Black Jack skipper Mark Bradford summed up their race after finishing third across the line and an hour inside the…
Olympic sailor and world dinghy champion Gary Smith has steered race record holder The Fork in the Road to a commanding position in the Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart yacht race. The Bakewell-White 45 hit the front of the fleet…
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