At the end of last week, just a matter of hours was all it took for the Gitana Team to go from the satisfaction of a record time for its descent of the Atlantic aboard its flying maxi-trimaran to the great disappointment of discovering damage on its rudder, which definitively put an end to its Jules Verne Trophy record attempt. ...
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44Cup 2021
After a rollercoaster year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 44Cup is ready to launch into 2021 with two new venues and a full fleet of nine boats. The 44Cup will debut in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, UK, over the 11 to 15 August for event three of the 2021 season followed by the Italian resort of Marina ...
Read More »Ocean Race Europe entries open
The Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team has become the first team to enter The Ocean Race Europe, following the opening of the entry period. The inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe is scheduled to take place in late spring this year and is open to VO65 and IMOCA 60 teams. The event will feature racing from the Atlantic coast of ...
Read More »Best race of the PRADA Cup
For those who got up early in the UK to watch the match-up between INEOS TEAM UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, it was nail-biting and agonising, with the anticipation only built by the repeated delays. On the shifty Course C, Race Officer Iain Murray was forced to reset the race track multiple times and then Ben Ainslie called for ...
Read More »Bayview Mackinac Race
With the New Year, I am pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2021 Bayview Mackinac Race. Please visit www.bycmack.com for more information and to begin your registration. We are all painfully aware that 2020 was perhaps the most unusual year any of us has experienced, yet Bayview Yacht Club still managed to conduct the Mackinac Race in fine fashion, ...
Read More »Prada Cup
For Day 4 of the Prada Cup, racing will revert to the expanded Course C area. As explained earlier on Sail-World, the change of course area comes following a review by teams and event management who feel that on Course A there is the potential for rough water (not from the direction of the breeze) which is safety issue for ...
Read More »49th BVI Spring Regatta
Sailing in the beautiful warm waters of the British Virgin Islands as part of the 49th BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (BVISR) is now possible in accordance with BVI Government protocols currently in place. Entry and travel details are listed on the BVI Gateway site. The BVISR is scheduled to take place on March 29- April 4, 2021, starting with the Sailing ...
Read More »West Marine US Open Sailing 2021
Biscayne Bay was gifted with a late afternoon breeze and four fleets got in some nice racing on day one of racing at 2021 West Marine US Open Sailing – Miami. The Nacra 17, 49er, 49erFX, and Mixed 470 fleets were fortunate to get in racing on a light wind day. The IQ Foil and Open Windsurf Foil fleets will ...
Read More »Vendée Globe Day 74
The race at the front of the Vendée Globe is electrifying. None of the eight previous editions has ever witnessed a race finish as open and intense. Right now the leading skippers are trying to get their heads around a do-or-die sprint to the finish line in Les Sables d’Olonne which has now less than one week to run. Even ...
Read More »Top-speed Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Jules Verne Trophy record attempt
For the past 24 hours, since they made a perfectly controlled turn to the east offshore of Brazil, the men of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild have clearly been lengthening their stride. Constantly making over 30 knots, often stretching to close to 35-40 knots, the six sailors are ticking off the miles at very high speed, increasing their lead over ...
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