Over 40 yachts have officially entered the 10th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, starting from Antigua on 19th February 2018. The entry list already boasts a huge variety of yachts from mighty maxis and multihulls, to a vast array ...
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Mini-Transat La Boulangère
Swiss sailor Simon Koster has just achieved one of the best recent performances of Swiss offshore sailing, finishing third of the Mini Transat La Boulangère (Atlantic crossing between La Rochelle and Le Marin (Martinique), in two legs. Sixth of leg ...
Read More »Volvo Ocean Race
The charge south continues at speed on Wednesday as the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race reached its approximate halfway mark… The seven international teams all now have less than 3,200 nautical miles left in the 7,000-mile stage from ...
Read More »Clipper Race
Day 15 of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race has seen mixed conditions for the Clipper Race fleet with fast downwind conditions being replaced by shifting winds and lighter airs for many teams. Sanya Serenity Coast remains in the ...
Read More »Busan Cup Women’s Match Race
Day two of the Busan Cup Women’s International Match Race, the third event of the 2017 WIM Series, brought some challenges to the teams as the breeze increased to and the conditions stayed consistent – consistently shifting and puffing! “Today ...
Read More »Melges 40 Grand Prix
Hosted by Real Club Nautico de Palma, the Melges 40 fleet is set, ready and fully prepared to race the final event of what has been an incredible, inaugural Grand Prix season. The 2017 Melges 40 Grand Prix circuit has ...
Read More »Transat Jacques Vabre
As with Sodebo Ultim’s victory yesterday, the Anglo-Spanish duo of Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde on Imerys Clean Energy are also showing in the Class40 that you do not need the biggest budget or the latest boat to be the ...
Read More »Volvo Ocean Race
With Monday’s Equator crossings already a fading memory for the Volvo Ocean Race crews, gone too is any respite, however brief, from the relentless action that’s characterising the second leg. Many sailors awoke on Tuesday sporting new haircuts or with ...
Read More »Transat Jacques Vabre
Having match raced each other down the Atlantic after leaving Le Havre last Sunday, Thomas Colville and Jean-Luc Nélias struck a blow for experience by holding off Sébastien Josse and Thomas Rouxel on their newly-launched Maxi Edmond de Rothschild to ...
Read More »Volvo Ocean Race
The Volvo Ocean Race frontrunners are into the Southern Hemisphere on Monday after crossing the Equator, the latest milestone in the drag race to Cape Town. Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng Race Team led the fleet over the famous line of latitude ...
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