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44Cup 2021 Finale in Lanzarote

RC44 Calero Marinas Cup © Nico Martinez

The fifth and final event of the 2021 44Cup Championship Tour is to conclude next week in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote. The nine boats entered are lining up for an ultra-competitive conclusion. In true 44Cup style, the scoreboard remains impressively close ...

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Transat Jacques Vabre

The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild - Transat Jacques Vabre © B. Stichelbaut / Gitana S.A

Transat Jacques Vabre – The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild is first to Madeira There are no days off in the open ocean! For Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier, leaders of the Transat Jacques Vabre in the Ultime category, there is ...

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M32 World Championship 2021

M32s in action in February 2020, right before the world changed - photo © Felipe Juncadella / Up Top Media

An interview with Dave Doucett on the M32 World Championship 2021 When Göran Marström designed the lines for the M32 catamaran, he likely didn’t imagine that the 32-foot speedster would be used to win the Race to Alaska, but that’s ...

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23rd Mini Transat EuroChef Leg 2

Mini Transat EuroChef 2021 Leg 2 ©Vincent Olivaud

The final part of the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef is nigh, for the prototypes at least, who are expected to make landfall in Saint-François from tomorrow, Friday 12 November. With less than 15 hours to the finish, Pierre Le Roy ...

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Transat Jacques Vabre

11th Hour Racing Team Alaka'i abandons Transat Jacques Vabre following dismasting in Atlantic © Simon Fisher / 11th Hour Racing

11th Hour Racing Team Alaka’i abandons Transat Jacques Vabre following dismasting in Atlantic A bitterly disappointed Simon Fisher (GBR) and co-skipper Justine Mettraux (SUI) spent last night in a hotel in A Coruña, Spain, and not onboard their 60-foot race ...

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Ocean Globe Race Classic Challenge

Late Sir Peter Blake's 1989-90 Whitbread winning Steinlager II fully restored and now operated by NZ Sailing Trust for youth sailing and adventure programs. The Classic Challenge was a celebration of Whitbread 60's and maxis of past with A BIG RED trophy. © New Zealand Sailing Trust

Following the first announcement of the 2023 Ocean Globe Race in July 2019, owners of Whitbread 60’s and a few maxis lobbied the organisers for their own modern class to join this 50th anniversary celebration event of the very first ...

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Transat Jacques Vabre

The Transat Jacques Vabre © TJV media

Transat Jacques Vabre Day 3 morning update: A night of patience and nerves It’s like Russian roulette for the Transat Jacques Vabre fleet as all the competitors are stuck in a ridge of high pressure from Madeira to Dunkirk. As ...

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BWPS Flinders Islet Race

Wendy Tuck and Colin Geeves aboard the Beneteau 34.7 Speedwell - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Saturday’s Audi Centre Sydney BWPS Flinders Islet Race, run by the CYCA, laid on some great sailing conditions with a sunny day and a building nor’easter, giving the fleet a fine run south. The return trip had the fleet punching ...

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Mini Transat EuroChef

Mini Transat EuroChef 2021 Leg 2 ©Vincent Olivaud

This Saturday, after eight days of racing, the leaders in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef fleet are at the midway point in this second leg between Santa Cruz de La Palma and Saint-François. Though the remaining 1,350 miles are fortunately ...

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Rolex TP52 World Championship

ROLEX TP52 World Championship in Palma day 4 - photo © Max Ranchi / www.maxranchi.com

Sled pitching for double title win with a single point in hand Takashi Okura’s Sled team emerged from a dramatic penultimate day of the short, intense 2021 52 SUPER SERIES season carrying a lead of just one single point in ...

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