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Already approaching Start Point this morning after a brisk, upwind first night of Stage 2 of the Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, the solo skippers are having to work hard because the gusty southwesterly breeze is so irregular, oscillating back and…
Just three days after reaching Cowes on the Isle of Wight after one of the toughest opening legs in the long history of the Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, the fleet set sail this afternoon on what promises to be another…
Having barely had time to recover from one of the hardest opening stages in the long history of La Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, the 39 skippers in this four-stage solo grand prix are now readying to leave on stage two….
A Clipper Round the World Yacht Race crew member has been successfully medevaced off a yacht in the North Atlantic Ocean with the help of ClipperTelemed+, the race’s Emergency Medical Support Partner, and the Canadian Defense Department, which carried out…
Nearly six days since the off, American businessman George David’s world-famous maxi yacht Rambler 88 has been officially declared the outright winner of the 2016 Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race. In what has been one of the toughest ever editions…
The top French sailors in the Figaro class dominated the first leg of this year’s Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, with Erwan Tabarly, nephew of the great Eric Tabarly, winning the stage on board Amor Lux. This was an incredibly tough…
Stage 1 of the 2016 Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro from Deauville to Cowes looks set to be one of the longest and most taxing of recent memory according to Yoann Richomme who is pacing Erwan Tabarly the stage leader. (See…
LA Times. By Hannah Fry. Three sailors delivering a 45-foot racing yacht from Hawaii to its new owner in Newport Beach had to be rescued 150 miles offshore when the boat began to sink. A 41-year-old man, a 56-year-old man…
The Atlantic Homecoming Leg is underway and after the first twelve hours, just five nautical miles currently separate the first eleven teams in the Clipper 2015-16 Race’s final ocean crossing. Following last night’s Le Mans start, the fleet is very…
For one tantalising hour this afternoon Britain’s Figaro solo skippers held five places among the top 12 in what is proving to be a painfully slow first stage of the Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro. As the fleet negotiated Lizard Point…
Hamilton, Bermuda: June 21, 2016 — High Noon has captured ‘traditional’ line honours in the combined St David’s & Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Divisions in the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race. This is an amazing accomplishment for the Young American Junior Big…
ALICANTE, Spain, June 21, 2016 – The Volvo Ocean Race has made key changes to its Leadership Team, including the appointment of race management expert Phil Lawrence as new Race Director. The re-shuffle, which follows Mark Turner’s appointment as CEO…
Aussie sailor Patrick Conway, sailing on Mini number 523 Matador, is currently competing in the Mini Fastnet race, from Douarnenez, France, with Italian co-skipper Alessandro Torresani. Pat and Ale are off the coast of England at the moment, coming up…
After a tough, physically and mentally demanding first 24 hours of Stage 1 of the Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, the solo skippers racing to Wolf Rock – to the southwest of Land’s End – will have given themselves a short…
Entries in the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race have topped 50 and officials from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) remind prospective competitors that entries close in 17 days’ time on Friday 8 July. This year’s fleet…
Newport RI: June 20, 2016— The 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race, has not been a dash. Following Comanche’s record-breaking run to Bermuda, chopping almost five hours off the 2012 numbers, the fleet stalled against…
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race teams have departed New York on the final leg of the circumnavigation, the ‘Atlantic Homecoming’. Following a Departure Ceremony and Parade of Sail in front of the New York skyline and Statue of Liberty,…
An historic new record for the fastest-ever sail around Ireland has been set. The Sultanate of Oman’s flagship trimaran Musandam-Oman Sail has completed the full 704-mile course in just 38 hours, 37 minutes and 7 secondssmashing their own2015 record by…
Patrick Conway has returned to the French short-handed sailing scene, this time on a smaller budget and therefore a smaller yacht. Pat is participating in this Sunday’s Mini Fastnet race out of Douarnenez, Brittany The Mini 6.50 class is extremely…
Less than 24 hours into the race, Comanche is already through the Gulf Steam and pressing to break Rambler’s elapsed time record from 2012. “We’re in Champagne conditions, making 20-25 knots,” said skipper Kenny Read. At press time 7:00PM in…
Hamilton, Bermuda: June 19, 2016— Comanche has set a Newport Bermuda Race record celebrating her line honours victory in the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, Newport Bermuda 2016. Jim and Kristy Hinze Clark’s 100 foot screamer, skippered by Ken…
I was told once that when two yachts are sailing in the same direction, then you have a race. Based on that solid theory, WE HAVE A RACE. Not long after posting the announcement that an Around Australia Yacht Race…
Lindsay Owen-Jones 100-ft Maxi Magic Carpet Cubed (GBR) has claimed line honours at the 2016 Giraglia Rolex Cup. Crossing the finish line in Genoa at 15:02:56 CEST today (Thursday), Magic Carpet Cubed completed the offshore race from Saint-Tropez, France in 26 hours, 48…
British sailors have made consistent, notable inroads into the highly charged world of La Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro, the solo multi stage offshore race, in recent years not least establishing a solid record in the challenge to be top ‘bizuth’…
Dateline Newport RI: June 16, 2016 — As nearly 1,700 sailors who will soon race to Bermuda make their preparations, loading food and gear into their boats and lining up to pre-clear Bermuda customs and immigration, all of them have…
The offshore race of the 64th Giraglia Rolex Cup got underway today at midday, with 268 yachts departing from Saint-Tropez for Genoa, via the Giraglia rock. Following three days of blissful warmth and generally clear skies, the Cote d’Azur went…
In 1988, the legendary Sir Peter Blake won the first and only Around Australia Yacht Race. Who will put their name on the trophy next to the legend in 2017? Ocean Crusaders Founder, and solo Around Australia Monohull Record holder,…
Morgan Lagravière finished ninth in the solo Transat New York – Vendée despite the damage that cost him 40 hours. That early blow did not shake the fighting spirit of the young skipper of Safran, who managed to climb back…
The decision by Craig Carter, owner of the Carkeek 47 Indian to contest the WA Blue Water Championship and the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in the same season presented a number of challenges and a huge logistical task….
PORTLAND, MAINE (June 11, 2016) – Spanish team #123 Tales II, skippered by Gonzalo Botín and Pablo Santurde, captured the 2016 Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing as they dominated the offshore legs and fared well in the…
The 635-mile biennial Newport Bermuda Race is the oldest regularly scheduled ocean race, one of very few international distance races, and (with the Transpac Race) one of just two of the world’s regularly scheduled races held almost entirely out of…
From the organisers of Sail Fiji: As many will have heard the yacht Platino who was entered in the cruising rally, but did not start, is in trouble 500 km north of North Cape. A sailor has died and a…
Vincent Riou fired a defiant broadside across the bows of the new foiling boats after finishing fifth this morning (Friday) in the inaugural 2016 New York – Vendee (Les Sables d'Olonne) race presented by Currency House and Spacecode. Faced with…
ClipperTelemed+ has won Race 11, The LMAX Exchange – RACE of THE AMERICAS, its first overall race win and second podium of the series. The team, skippered by Matt Mitchell, crossed the finish line at 1442 UTC today, 9 June…
Jérémie Beyou (Maître CoQ) has won the first edition of the New York – Vendée (Les Sables d'Olonne) race. This is his first major solo victory on an IMOCA60. The sailor from Western Brittany finished ahead of Sébastien Josse (Edmond…
The battle between Garmin and ClipperTelemed+ has intensified at the top of the leaderboard, with ClipperTelemed+ now ahead by less than 7 nautical miles. However, a shakeup of the leaderboard is on the cards as Tropical Storm Colin is due…
It's the final “sprint”, but it's being done at slow speed by the three frontrunners in the New York-Vendée Race. In the Bay of Biscay, just 200 miles from the finishing line, Jérémie Beyou (Maître Coq), Sébastien Josse (Edmond de…
PORTLAND, ME. (June 6, 2016) – Tales II skippered by Gonzalo Botín and Pablo Santurde won leg two of the The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing, a 360-nautical mile leg from Brooklyn to Portland. The win marks back to…
When it comes to offshore racing, there is the rest of the world and then there is France. In no other country are so many yachtsmen household names. With classes ranging from the 21ft Minis to the 100+ft multihulls that…
New Zealand winemaker Jim Delegat says the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race will be the first of many Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) races on the agenda for his V70, Giacomo, and he is ready to face…
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