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As the sea takes on the look of a millpond, the skippers competing in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère are getting increasingly worried. Between the latitude of Madeira and that of the Canaries, the wind is dying and the average speeds…
After an intense and action-packed few days since leaving Punta del Este, Uruguay, a high-pressure system has affected many of the teams in the fleet, frustrating their progress in the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms. Dare To Lead…
The Prologue Leg of the Volvo Ocean Race began on Sunday afternoon, after the start was delayed by just over 2 hours and moved nearly 20 miles south in order to find better racing conditions. The Prologue is a non-scoring…
The light airs are making the sailors’ nerves jangle. They’re all very much aware that it’s not far to the Canaries now and that today’s lucrative placement on the Atlantic roulette wheel may well set them up for big losses…
The 10th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 will start as scheduled in Antigua on 19th February 2018. Bolstered by a record entry for the RORC Transatlantic Race, a strong Racing Division for the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, and determined…
PSP Logistics safely arrived into Piriapolis, Uruguay, yesterday afternoon, local time, to repair rudder damage, as the rest of the fleet continued in a closely-fought contest towards Cape Town. Less than 10 nautical miles separate the top five teams, but…
On Sunday at 14:00hrs local time (13:00h UTC), the start of the Prologue Leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 will start from Lisbon when the fleet will sail from the Portuguese capital to the start port of the round-the-world…
In both prototype and production boat categories, the situation is becoming clearer at the head of the Mini Transat race, with Ian Lipinski (Griffon.fr) and Arthur Léopold-Léger (Antal XPO) going it alone at the front of the leading pack, whilst…
In cruising terms, conditions could best be described as relaxing – sunny climes, seas becoming increasingly calm, light to moderate breeze, perfect conditions for idling about, however, the distinctive feature of offshore racers is that they always want to go…
On Sunday afternoon at 1400 local time in Lisbon (1300 UTC), the seven Volvo Ocean Race skippers will lead their teams off the start line of the Prologue Leg, a non-scoring race to the host city and start port of…
It’s been an action-packed second day of Leg 2: The Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms – and in the past 24 hours one team was forced to suspend racing while the rest of the fleet continued its fast…
Whilst making the most of the last puffs of downwind breeze and continuing to make headway towards the goal without losing sight of the potential options to come, the solo sailors will now have to switch from intuitive to cerebral…
Turn the Tide on Plastic have added British offshore legend Brian Thompson and the renowned French solo sailor Nicolas Lunven to their roster ahead of the Prologue Leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, which starts on Sunday. Skipper Dee Caffari…
The Clipper Race fleet has enjoyed its first night of sailing in Race 2: The Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms, though the teams remain tightly bunched on the leader board after a windy and wild start to the…
Dateline: Les Sables d'Olonne, 4th October 2017. The 2018 Golden Globe Race, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the original event back in 1968/9 which led to the first solo non-stop circumnavigation, will now start from Les Sables d’Olonne France on Sunday…
The wind is gradually veering round to the north, but it’s still struggling to establish itself. In the light airs, some sailors are trying to hoist spinnakers, or even the code 5, which is flatter and easier to set. Failing…
Gothenburg – 3 October 2018: Tokio II will represent her sistership Tokio in the Legends Race, which starts from Gothenburg, Sweden on 21 June next year and finishes in The Hague, The Netherlands. Tokio will join Dutch yacht Flyer on…
The 2018 IMA Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge sets sail this month with the Rolex Middle Sea Race, starting from Valletta’s Grand Harbour, Malta, on 21 October. Comprising the region’s most prestigious offshore races, the five event Challenge aims to promote…
Fremantle Sailing Club’s annual Coventry Reef race was moved forward this year to accommodate a busy offshore calendar, but from a weather perspective, the race failed to live up to its usual breezy expectations. The gloomy weather forecast predicted light…
The new edition of the game, to be launched to coincide with the Prologue leg of the race on October 8, now features offshore and inshore racing, just like the real thing. The Volvo Ocean Race is sailing’s toughest challenge…
The first 24 hours of a race like the Mini-Transat La Boulangère are a funny old time. Whatever we say and whatever we do, it takes time to adapt before you can power along at your full potential and really…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Stone as the new Racing Manager from mid-November 2017. He will succeed Nick Elliott who has carried out an exemplary job over the past nine years for the…
The weather played a sly hand this Sunday morning in the Bassin des Chalutiers. Indeed, the persistent drizzle and low cloud did little to cheer those Mini sailors feeling the pressure as they cast off. Ultimately though, there was a…
With two days to go until the start of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère, the pressure is mounting considerably on the pontoons that line the Bassin des Chalutiers in the port of La Rochelle. Torn between media engagements and the arrival…
Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag has announced three new crew members for the 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, including Dutch Olympic medallist, Annemieke Bes. Skipper David Witt, who is leading Hong Kong's first ever entry in the Volvo Ocean…
It’s part of the Mini-Transat’s DNA that it has always been at the cutting edge of naval architecture. From the prototypes sailed by Casimir Jarkowski in 1997 and Norton Smith in 1979, to the latest works that include Lilienthal skippered…
Hang on to your hats – a jaw dropping giant trimaran will make its New Zealand race debut in the PIC Coastal Classic Auckland to Russell yacht race this Friday 20 October. The MOD70 – just one of seven built…
Gothenburg – 28 September 2018: The late Cornelis van Rietschoten still holds the record for winning two Whitbread races in a row and the first of his two Flyer yachts, now beautifully restored, will compete in the Legends Race from Gothenburg to…
As is the case with every edition, there will be seven support boats in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère. Seven crews distributed amongst the whole of the fleet to keep an eye open for trouble, supply news of the fleet to…
Forecasts are made to be challenged… or not. Nevertheless, just days before the start of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère, the feelings voiced in an informal survey of the fleet give us an initial picture of the opposing armies, be they…
Peter Harburg’s Black Jack marks the 50th entry received by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia for the 2017 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, adding to speculation that 73rd race will showcase the largest super maxi line-up in the history…
The fans and supporters in Punta del Este are now just waiting on one final arrival, with Nasdaq in the final stages of its 6,400 nautical mile race from Liverpool, UK to Uruguay. Nasdaq is currently 144.99 nautical miles from…
Greenings, the 11th team to cross the Clipper Round the World Race Leg 1 finish line in Punta del Este, has won the first race of 2017-18 edition, finishing at 18:03:55 UTC on Saturday 23 September in front of hundreds…
Cambridge, UK: With one month to go to the start of the Volvo Ocean Race, sailors filled the halls of the University of Cambridge in England, one of the world's oldest universities and leading academic centres. Crew members of Vestas…
Sanya Serenity Coast, skippered by Australia’s Wendy Tuck, has claimed line honours today into Punta del Este, Uruguay, in the longest ever individual race of the Clipper Race’s 11 edition history. The team crossed the finish line at 13:46:46 local…
Several teams continue to jostle for position after Sanya Serenity Coast claimed line honours yesterday afternoon, closely followed by PSP Logistics and GREAT Britain, which arrived second and third respectively, in to Punta del Este late at night. Qingdao and…
After a frustrating 24 hours languishing in a wind hole off the southern coast of Brazil, most of the Clipper Race fleet is on the move again. Sanya Serenity Coast remains in first place and whilst Skipper, Wendy Tuck, is…
Sanya Serenity Coast is on course to take line honours for the Atlantic Trade Winds Leg 1 as it is expected to be the first boat in to Punta del Este later today. Although it has a wind hole to…
As several teams have re-emerged from Stealth Mode, the leader board is looking a little clearer and Sanya Serenity Coast remains in the lead. More than half the teams in the fleet have now employed their ‘invisibility cloaks’ during Race…
Sweden’s Martin Strömberg, a three-time race veteran and winner from the 2011-12 edition, is joining skipper Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastic team for the Volvo Ocean Race. Strömberg, who will be a watch captain, helmsman and trimmer, adds…
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