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Best race of the PRADA Cup

PRADA Cup Round Robin 3 - INEOS TEAM UK vs Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli - photo © COR36 / Studio Borlenghi

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 ...

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Bayview Mackinac Race

Racecourse action at the start of the 2019 Bayview Mackinac Race © Images courtesy of Martin Chumiecki/Element Photography

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 ...

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49th BVI Spring Regatta

49th BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival - 30 March - 5 April 2020 © Alastair Abrehart

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 ...

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West Marine US Open Sailing 2021

2021 West Marine US Open Sailing – Miami © US Sailing Team / Allison Chenard

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 ...

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Vendée Globe Day 74

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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 ...

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Top-speed Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Jules Verne Trophy record attempt

Maxi Edmond de Rothschild - Jules Verne Trophy record attempt ©Yann Riou / Polaryse / Gitana SAMaxi Edmond de Rothschild - Jules Verne Trophy record attempt © Yann Riou / Polaryse / Gitana SAMaxi Edmond de Rothschild - Jules Verne Trophy record attempt ©Yann Riou / Polaryse / Gitana SA previous

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 ...

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Energy Observer our Vessel

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At the outset, Energy Observer is the name of a boat, self-sufficient in energy, with zero emissions, zero fine particles, zero noise, as well as being a symbol of our awareness raising and our ambitions at the service of ecological ...

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RORC Transatlantic Race Multihull Line Honours for Rayon Vert

Oren Nataf's Multi50 Trimaran Rayon Vert, skippered by Alex Pella completing the RORC Transatlantic Race in an elapsed time of 9 days, 3 hours, 33 mins and 19 secs. - photo © RORC

Oren Nataf’s Multi50 Trimaran Rayon Vert, skippered by Alex Pella crossed the finish line of the seventh edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race at 13:33 UTC in an elapsed time of nine days, three hours, 33 mins and 19 secs. ...

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Prada Cup Review & Hutchinson’s Mission

NYYC American Magic's Patriot back ashore with a huge hole in the hull after their massive capsizes on day 3 of the PRADA Cup © COR36 / Studio Borlenghi

Patriot goes up at speed. Patriot comes down with force. Patriot almost sinks. In a true illustration of the sailing community, all teams, organisers and emergency personnel pitch in to the rescue effort. Patriot is rescued. Patriot should be back ...

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Vendée Globe Day 72

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With less than two weeks – perhaps even just ten days – until the finish of what is set to be the closest ever edition of the Vendée Globe it is still impossible to predict which three skippers will finish ...

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