It has been a year of expedited recovery and the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival hasn’t missed a beat. The stage is set for the 48th edition to begin on March 25-31, 2019. With slogans of “No Fear – ...
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Golden Globe Race
When Uku Randmaa set off from the BoatShed.com Film gate in Hobart in third place within the Golden Globe Race fleet last Saturday, he was not thinking about closing the gap between second placed Dutchman Mark Slats, but how to ...
Read More »ORC
Representatives of the RORC and ORC met at the Royal Malta Yacht Club before the start of the Rolex Middle Sea Race to discuss the continued cooperation between IRC and ORC on a technical level, and the future of a ...
Read More »Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cup
It’s a marathon, not a sprint. That’s the theory that San Diego Yacht Club skipper Tyler Sinks followed during this weekend’s twelve intense races that brought his team to win the 2018 Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cup for the second ...
Read More »Women in the Route du Rhum
The 2018 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe fleet consists of a record-breaking entry of 123 sailors, six of which are female with three each racing in the highly-competitive IMOCA and Class40 divisions. The organisers would be delighted to see more women ...
Read More »Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2018
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) is pleased to announce 92 yachts have entered the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, one of the nation’s greatest sporting events – and when the start cannon fires on Boxing Day, 26 December ...
Read More »18ft Skiff Club Championship Race
In a fading SSE breeze, the Finport Trade Finance team of Keagan York, Matt Stenta and Charlie Gundy hung on to win a heart-stopping Race 1 of the Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship on Sydney Harbour today. After leading ...
Read More »SailGP F50 sailing
50 remix – very short but spectacular video from SailGP of the first F50 sailing on Bream Bay, Northland. Unfortunately half of the 26sec video is taken up with a Sail GP logo. To make the most of the 13seconds of ...
Read More »America’s Cup
A second America’s Cup team have launched a Surrogate AC75 – this one appears to be closer to the maximum length allowed. The New York Yacht Club team American Magic have posted images on their Facebook page – dated October ...
Read More »Les Voiles de Saint-Barth Richard Mille
The Maxi 72, Bella Mente, and American owner Hap Fauth will stage a big return to Les Voiles de Saint-Barth Richard Mille in April. After a year’s absence, Fauth returns with a new boat, which was unveiled last July and ...
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