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RORC Transatlantic Race

Oren Nataf's Multi50 Trimaran Rayon Vert, skippered by Alex Pella is halfway and leading the fleet in the RORC Caribbean 600 © James Mitchell / RORC

On the fifth day of the RORC Transatlantic Race all of the competing yachts are fully offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. Life on board will have found a rhythm to the corkscrew motion of surfing downwind for days on end. Oren Nataf’s Multi50 Trimaran Rayon Vert, skippered by Alex Pella is leading the fleet and they will be celebrating having ...

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Rolex Fastnet Race entry

Another bumper year looks set as entries opened and registrations hit record numbers for the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race. A massive fleet make their way out of the Solent in the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race. © Carlo Borlenghi / Rolex

Like tickets to Glastonbury, registration opened on the dot of 1000 UTC today for this summer’s Rolex Fastnet Race and speedily sold out. Within an hour an unprecedented 400 boats had entered the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, which this year will follow a route finishing for the first time in France. Bow to bow this line-up represents almost ...

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RORC Transatlantic Race update

IRC56 Black Pearl, sailed by Stefan Jentzsch retires from the RORC Transatlantic Race © James Mitchell / RORC

The IRC56 Black Pearl, sailed by Stefan Jentzsch, contacted the RORC Race Management Team at 11:30 UTC on 10th January to report that Black Pearl is retiring from the race and heading back to Lanzarote. All are well on board. Black Pearl was approximately 20 miles west of the island of El Hierro, some 250 miles from Lanzarote. The RORC ...

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Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta

Crankstar - IRC Division Winners at the 2021 Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta © Nic Douglass / www.AdventuresofaSailorGirl.com

The twelfth edition of the Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta concluded today in a strong and gusty southerly, with the sporty conditions testing the sailors who did take to the water to race. “It’s called Sail Paradise, not Survive Paradise” commented Race Officer, Southport Yacht Club’s own Mark Dingley at the skippers briefing ahead of racing, where the organisers opted to ...

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Plymouth Lonely Rock Race 2021

Plymouth Lonely Rock Race 2021 © RWYC

The Royal Western Yacht Club is delighted to launch the Plymouth Lonely Rock Race 2021. The Original Lonely Rock Race (OLR) 2020 successfully took place in the most adverse conditions. The Original Lonely Rock Race (OLR) 2020 successfully took place in the most adverse conditions. The race was put together to continue the legacy of the ‘Fastnet Race’ course, the ...

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New Solaris 60

The Solaris 60 can be a comfortable cruiser or an offshore racer in the Mini-Maxi class. High performance in both cases. © Solaris Yachts

Virtual visit of the new Solaris 60 There is a delicate balance between performance and pleasure. A fast line with a technical and empathetic trait represents the style of the boat: innate elegance. She is the result of an intensive and careful study of the real needs of those who know how to experience the emotion of sailing. This lets ...

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No Plastic Waste Voyage & Jon Sanders

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Jon Sanders departed Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron on the morning of 24th December 2020 on the last leg of his historic 11th circumnavigation. Dear Voyage Supporters After clearing Sydney Harbour Jon sailed further offshore into 13kt easterly winds before heading south. Jon will continue south through Christmas Day and Boxing Day when the southerly winds are predicted to abate and ...

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Vendée Globe Day 50

Romain Attanasio - Vendée Globe Day 48 ©Romain AttanasioAri Huusela, Stark - Vendée Globe Day 48 ©Ari Huusela / StarkKojiro Shiraishi, DMG Mori Global One - Vendée Globe Day 48 ©Kojiro Shiraishi / DMG Mori Global OneStéphane Le Diraison on Time for Oceans - Vendée Globe Day 47 ©Stephane Le DiraisonCharlie Dalin - Apivia - Vendée Globe ©Charlie Dalin / ApiviaIsabelle Joschke - Vendée Globe ©Isabelle Joschke / MACSFIsabelle Joschke - Vendée Globe ©Isabelle Joschke / MACSFIsabelle Joschke - Vendée Globe ©Isabelle Joschke / MACSFSeaexplorer - Yacht Club de Monaco - Vendée Globe ©Holly CovaVendée Globe Position Report 21H00 UTC 23/12/2020 ©#VG2020Isabelle Joschke (MACSF) during the Vendée Globe ©Isabelle Joschke #VG2020Maître Coq - Vendée Globe ©Jean-Marie LIOT / Maître CoqVendée Globe ©Jeremie Lecaudey / BPCEBenjamin Dutreux - Vendée Globe ©Benjamin DutreuxVendée Globe ©Ch BreshiVendée Globe ©Charles Drapeau ILP VisionYannick Bestaven leads the Vendée Globe ©Jean-Marie Liot / Matre Coq #VG2020Thomas Ruyant / LinkedOut - Vendée Globe ©Thomas Ruyant / LinkedOutVendée Globe Position Report 17H00 UTC 21/12/2020 ©#VG2020Maxime Sorel at Macquarie Island in the Vendée Globe ©Maxime Sorel / VandB - Mayenne #VG2020Pip Hare - Vendée Globe ©Pip Hare / MedalliaVendée Globe Position Report 17H00 UTC 20/12/2020 ©#VG2020Yannick Bestaven crosses the Antimeridian first in the Vendée Globe ©#VG2020Vendée Globe Position Report 04H00 UTC 20/12/2020 ©#VG2020Vendée Globe Day 42 ©Alexis CourcouxVendée Globe Position Report 21H00 UTC 18/12/2020 ©#VG2020Giancarlo Pedote, skipper Prysmian Group - Vendée Globe ©Martina OrsiniGiancarlo Pedote, skipper Prysmian Group - Vendée Globe ©Jean-Marie LiotGiancarlo Pedote, skipper Prysmian Group - Vendée Globe ©Jean-Marie LiotCharlie Dalin still in 1st place - Vendée Globe ©Charlie Dalin / ApiviaVendée Globe: Cape to Cape ©PlanetSailVendée Globe Position Report 17H00 UTC 17/12/2020 ©#VG2020Louis Burton on Bureau Vallée 2 during the Vendée Globe ©Stephane Maillard #VG2020Vendée Globe Position Report 21H00 UTC 16/12/2020 ©#VG2020LinkedOut - Vendée Globe ©Pierre Bouras / TR RacingVendée Globe Position Report 17H00 UTC 15/12/2020 ©#VG2020Thomas Ruyant on LinkedOut takes the lead in the Vendée Globe ©Pierre Bouras / TR Racing #VG2020Vendée Globe ©Yannick Bestaven / Maitre CoqVendée Globe Position Report 21H00 UTC 14/12/2020 ©#VG2020Two large tears in a headsail for Maxime Sorel aboard V&B Mayenne in the Vendée Globe ©Maxime Sorel / V And B Mayenne #VG2020LinkedOut - Vendée Globe ©Pierre Bouras / TR RacingSeaexplorer - Yacht Club de Monaco - Vendée Globe ©Holly CovaVendée Globe Position Report 17H00 UTC 13/12/2020 ©#VG2020Charlie Dalin on Apivia leads past Cape Leeuwin in the Vendée Globe ©Charlie Dalin / Apivia #VG2020Vendée Globe Position Report 17H00 UTC 08/12/2020 ©#VG2020Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq IV) - Vendée Globe Day 35 ©Yannick Bestaven / Maître Coq IVVendée Globe Position Report 17H00 UTC 11/12/2020 ©#VG2020Fabrice Amedeo on Newrest - Art & Fenêtres during the Vendée Globe ©Pierre Bouras #VG2020Vendée Globe Position Report 08H00 UTC 11/12/2020 ©#VG2020Boris Herrman on Seaexplorer - Yacht Club De Monaco during the Vendée Globe ©Jean-Marie Liot / #VG2020Vendée Globe Position Report 17H00 UTC 10/12/2020 ©#VG2020

At less than one day from Point Nemo, the most isolated point on earth, Yannick Bestaven still has company in the shape of Charlie Dalin who is less than 50 miles behind. But as Thomas Ruyant finally profits from his more northerly position of recent days and returns to third, the leading pair have their buffer of nearly 270 miles. ...

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Vendée Globe Day 49

Isabelle Joschke - Vendée Globe ©Isabelle Joschke / MACSF

Still racing upwind but having changed on to the ‘making’ port tack – the angle taking them closer to the mark than away from it – Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq) is back in the lead but only by a small handful of miles over Charlie Dalin (APIVIA). The seven strong peloton are now compacted into a postage stamp area some ...

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PalmaVela 2021

Sail Racing PalmaVela 2019 © María Muiña / PalmaVela

The two regattas of the Real Club Náutico de Palma will now span the period May 1 to 9 2021. The Organizing Committee also announces an Offshore race for big boats, IRC, ORC and shorthanded division (doublehanded). The new offshore race of the PalmaVela will follow a course of between 150 and 250 nm that will take place in the ...

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