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Gonet Monofoil

Gonet Monofoil © Loris Von Siebenthal

After a month of tests and tuning on Lake Lucerne, the Gonet Monofoil is now ready to race the Lake Geneva classics starting with the Geneva-Rolle-Geneva this weekend and followed by the Bol d’Or Mirabaud on the 9 June. “We ...

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Dielette Race

JOG C-Data Cowes Dielette Race - photo © Pandie Bronsdon

Seventeen yachts started the C-Data JOG Cowes Dielette via Guernsey race over the late May Bank Holiday, eager to visit a newish (to JOG) destination and take part in a slightly longer than usual Cat 3 race. </1> Unfortunately the ...

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Atlantic Cup 2018

Eärendil - 2018 Atlantic Cup - photo © Billy Black

With a fleet of 11 Class40s competing in the Atlantic Cup, the French team #145 Eärendil skippered by Catherine Pourre and Pietro Luciani, crossed the Angola Cables finish line first at 17:02:46, with an elapsed time of 77h 02m 46s, ...

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Volvo Ocean Legends Race

Green Dragon © Rick Tomlinson

Green Dragon, the first Chinese-backed entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, will join Volvo Open 70s Telefónica Blue and race winner Ericsson 4, plus a host of other historic boats from previous races on the start line of the Legends ...

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Normandy Channel Race

Lamotte Module Création (Berry-Le Vaillant) – Normandy Channel Race © Jean-Marie Liot / NCR

Dusk yesterday evening brought with it fresh deliverance and massive relief for more than half the Normandy Channel Race fleet, who’d spent the whole day becalmed to the East of the Isle of Wight. Indeed, the NE’ly breeze very quickly ...

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Atlantic Cup

Amhas - Atlantic Cup © Billy Black

A little under 40 nautical miles remain for the leading boats in the 2018 Atlantic Cup! #145 Eärendil, leads #127 Amhas by some six miles as they race north along the New Jersey coastline in search of favorable conditions. Overnight ...

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International Paint Poole Regatta

International Paint Poole Regatta 2018 day 2 - photo © Ian Roman / International Paint Poole Regatta

Whatever hotline the International Paint Poole Regatta organisers have to the weather gods, it’s a good one. Sunday morning’s news websites showed photos from the lightning storms in different parts of the country, including spectacular images from Bournemouth, and most ...

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Normandy Channel Race

Shortly after the start of the Normandy Channel Race 2018 - photo © Jean-Marie Liot

The boiling hot sunshine, which bathed the Baie de Seine off Ouistreham all day long seems to have inspired the Norman racers at the start of the 9th edition of the Normandy Channel Race today. Amidst perfectly summery conditions, smooth ...

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Clipper 2017-18 Race Panama Canal

The Panama Canal transit during the 2015-16 edition of the Clipper Race - photo © Clipper Race

As one of the engineering wonders of the modern world, the Panama Canal is considered by many Clipper Race Crew as one of the highlights of the entire circumnavigation. After crossing the finish line for Race 10: The Garmin American ...

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Atlantic Cup 2018

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The first 24 hours of the 2018 Atlantic Cup have been intense. Since leaving the maritime city of Charleston, South Carolina the 11 Class40s competing to cross the Angola Cables Finish Line in New York City have been positioning themselves ...

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