Wide Open at the RC44 Valletta Cup
Valleta, Malta (November 26, 2016) – Tomorrow not only will the winner of the RC44 Valletta Cup be decided, but also 2016 RC44 Fleet Racing Champion. Three more races were held today and, with a...
View ArticleHydrofoil Pro Tour – Day 2 – Best conditions deliver the best racing
Whatever the breeze may have lacked for the opening clashes of the finale, it more than made up for it on the second day, which delivered unbeatable conditions and intense battles among the world’s...
View ArticleRORC Transatlantic Race Enters the Atlantic
(November 27, 2016; Day 2 – As dawn broke on the second day of the RORC Transatlantic Race, the majority of the fleet were still to round Tenerife, the last mark of the course before the international...
View ArticleVendée Globe – Broken satellite system a blow for Beyou
The fifth-placed French sailor was today powering east at more than 20 knots, riding on a fast-moving depression 500 nautical miles south of South Africa and 700nm behind the leading pair of Alex...
View ArticleJoyon Aborts Jules Verne Trophy Attempt
(November 27, 2016; Day 7) – After falling over 400 nm behind the necessary pace to win the Jules Verne Trophy, Francis Joyon, in full agreement with his crew on the maxi-trimaran IDEC SPORT and his...
View ArticleAll Good for Coville in Record Race
(November 27, 2016; Day 20, 20:53 UTC) – Thomas Coville (FRA) and his 31m maxi trimaran SODEBO ULTIM is flying along in the Indian Ocean as he increases his lead on the solo round the world record...
View ArticleRC44 Championship Tour Concludes in Malta
Valleta, Malta (November 27, 2016) – Chris Bake’s Team Aqua today won the RC44 Valletta Cup by a point from Igor Lah’s Team CEEREF, but with a two point advantage going into this final event, Team...
View ArticleVendee Globe – Wounded Hugo Boss loses race lead to Banque Populaire
The leader for most of the past 20 days of the 2016/17 Vendee Globe Race, Alex Thomson (GBR), sailing Hugo Boss has been overtaken. He now trails his former pursuer Armel Le Cleac’h (FRA) in Banque...
View ArticleFlight of the Pterodactyls
OK. Well that pretty much sets up a mindset from a time long, long ago. However, this is something from the here and now. And you can be sure that it is very much a product of, and absolutely going to...
View ArticleMelges 24 World Championship – Core of the class – Corinthian fleet
The Corinthian division has always been a key component in the Melges 24 fleet where the friendly spirit and pleasant environment has at all times attracted also many non-professional sailors, still...
View ArticleCQS skipper says radical supermaxi crew are on steep learning curve
Ludde Ingvall and his crew on CQS have taken line honours in the Royal Akarana Yacht Club’s Round White Island Race. The eye-catching super-maxi completed the 320 nautical mile race in a few seconds...
View ArticleRORC Transatlantic Race: Day 3
Mike Slade’s Maxi Leopard 3 completed 500 miles of the course this Monday morning, with a 45 mile lead on the IRC fleet… For the rest of the story from Sail Web CLICK HERE!
View ArticleMOD70s, RORC Transat 2016: Phaedo 3 vs Maserati
Photos: RORC 2016 / rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/ – MOD70s Phaedo 3 and Maserati going for the blue ribbon at the RORC Transat 2016. Maserati seems to be using standard MOD70 foil conf. Pity as it was a...
View ArticleMark Light appointed Race Director of Clipper Round the World Race
With four years’ experience assisting the race planning, he is now looking forward to stepping up to the lead role, one of the most challenging that exists in global sailing. For the rest of the story...
View ArticleVendée Globe: Le Cléac’h Extends Lead
Racing Banque Populaire’s Armel Le Cléac’h has taken advantage Hugo Boss’ port tack limp and extended his lead in perfect foiling conditions. For the rest of the story from sailingworld.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleAlonso Collantes of Peru wins Sunfish World Championship in Cartagena
What most of these champion sailors experienced in Cartagena was very different from anything they’ve ever sailed in before… For the rest of the story from sail-world.com CLICK HERE!
View ArticleLagravière reflects on first Vendee Globe adventure
Safely on the dock in Cape Town after pulling out of his first Vendée Globe with rudder damage, Morgan Lagravière has started to come to terms with his exit from the solo round the world race… For the...
View ArticleMalcolm Page to Lead US Sailing Team
Malcolm Page © Getty Images Portsmouth, RI (November 28, 2016) – US Sailing today announced the selection of two-time Olympic Champion and seven-time World Champion Malcolm Page (Sydney, Australia) as...
View ArticleA Q&A with Nick Bice about the recent changes for the 2017/2018 VOR
I recently had the pleasure of hearing Nick Bice, the Volvo Ocean Race’s director of boats and maintenance, deliver a keynote speech to an audience of marine-industry professionals and official Volvo...
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