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The teams have been paying tribute to lost crewmate Sarah Young, who was buried at sea at 1202 local time today after a ceremony on board IchorCoal. Whilst the ceremony was taking place on board, the other 11 teams held their…
There is a sombre mood across the Clipper Race fleet today with Skippers reflecting on the tragedy aboard IchorCoal in their reports as they head east to Seattle. Speaking on the loss of round the world crew member Sarah Young, Wendy Tuck,…
We are deeply saddened to report the death of crew member Sarah Young (40), a company owner from London. Sarah was one of the crew aboard the IchorCoal boat (CV21). Next of kin have been informed and all our thoughts…
The upcoming Scoring Gate is on the minds of the Skippers as they debate weather options and the routing implications for the next four days on the Seattle Pacific Challenge. With another low forecast further north, the teams must decide whether…
After a day of strong headwinds and breaking seas, the fleet has been heading east to try and stay in the wind as long as possible while a high pressure ridge chases it down from the west. Whilst the winds…
In the early hours of Wednesday, March 30, under some rain but with an obliging tide, Safran was launched back into the water in Port-la-Forêt. Soon after, the team set about stepping the wing mast, a tricky phase followed by…
ALICANTE, Spain, March 31 – Mark Turner, one of the most respected figures in professional sailing, has been appointed Volvo Ocean Race CEO, stepping down after 23 years at the helm of global sports marketing company OC Sport. The Briton,…
The low pressure system has shown the fleet what the mighty North Pacific is capable of, with the wind veering almost 180 degrees to the north and quickly picking up after a day of gentle conditions. After quickly changing from…
It has been another 24 hours of frustrating weather, with wind coming from all directions on the compass due to the low pressure that has formed over a small area in the North Pacific Ocean. This has meant that the teams…
Black Jack was officially confirmed as the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race 2016 line honours winner and winner on corrected time on Easter Monday. The team achieved the same feat in last year’s race and now enter the record books…
In the former years of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, the Mayors of Redcliffe and Gladstone would send letters of greeting to each other via the yachts racing in the event. Whilst the tradition ceased over time, as a…
Unicef is the new race leader today having faced some very tricky conditions in the night following a new small low pressure system formed further south than forecast and left the teams with headwinds and a “diabolical” sea state. The unforecast,…
Black Jack completed the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race at 4:13.50pm on Easter Saturday afternoon and in the process recorded her third consecutive line honours win in the Easter event. Frustratingly for the crew, despite consistent sailing in tricky conditions,…
With 18 boats finished and four retired thus far in the 2016 Rolex China Sea Race, provisional results show Anthony Root and Steve Manning’s Ker42 Black Baza lifting the China Sea Race Trophy for corrected time on IRC handicap, with…
The wind has been inconsistent and shifty, with a lot of trimming and sail changes taking place on day 6 of the Seattle Pacific Challenge. With the speed varying between 6 and 15 knots and shifting 40 degrees, many teams…
The 11am start of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race was won this morning by Kerumba who lead the pack over the line. However, moments later the heavily tipped line honours winner, Black Jack, took the lead as the yacht…
The wind has eased off substantially after an exhilarating night of sailing with a steady 30 knots, and gusts of 50 knots as the teams had their first experience of the might of the North Pacific Ocean. The wind has…
The yachts have passed the first waypoint off the southern tip of Japan, and are now headed upwind north towards the Great Circle route in stronger northerly, north-north-easterly winds that will continue to build. The sea state has also built,…
The 28th edition of the China Sea Race has the potential to rewrite the record books for not just one, but two records, as the progress of both RP66 Alive and Banuls 60 Catamaran MACH2 suggest that both monohull and…
In line with Hong Kong Observatory predictions, the 2016 Rolex China Sea Race started today with more of a whimper than a bang, with thick fog, rain and barely any breeze in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. After a significant proportion…
The wind and sea state has increased as the teams near the southern tip of Japan on day 3 of the Seattle Pacific Challenge. Over the last 24 hours, there were confusing, frustrating wind shifts before the wind backed round,…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 23 – The Hague, scene of an enormously successful pit-stop last year, has been chosen to host the finale of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. The Dutch stopover will be preceded by a midsummer stopover in…
Newport RI- March 23, 2016: The June 17, 2016 Newport Bermuda Race, the 50th Thrash to the Onion Patch, is shaping up to be the largest since the 2006 Centennial celebration. The call for Applications for Entry (AFE’s) in the…
The uninspiring conditions of the Rolex China Sea Race start have given way to the strong monsoon forecast by Hong Kong Observatory at Tuesday’s Skippers’ Briefing; offering the front runners 28kts of north easterly breeze on a lumpy sea. Doing…
The fleet has had a frustrating 24 hours of light winds and trouble negotiating huge fishing nets in the Yellow Sea on day 2 of the Seattle Pacific Challenge. The front group is still closely packed together as it heads…
Lloyd Thornburg's American MOD70 Phaedo3 will be attempting a record run from Antigua to Bermuda this April with a view to joining the Antigua Bermuda Race next year. Phaedo3 has set multiple world records over the past 12 months, including…
Adventurer Martin Frey has set off on the Mighty Pacific leg of the Clipper Race on the final stage of his quest to become the first person ever to climb the Seven Summits and sail the Seven Seas. On…
The 2016 Rolex China Sea Race will start on Wednesday 23 March in Hong Kong’s iconic Victoria Harbour and will finish 565nm later in Subic Bay in the Philippines. This year marks the 28th edition of this biennial Offshore Category…
Ed Psaltis and his Midnight Rambler crew have broken the spell cast by defending champion, Julian Farren-Price (About Time), beating him by one point to claim the major trophy in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted Ocean Pointscore series…
At 0100 UTC on 21 March, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet began the ninth of 14 races as it heads across the Pacific Ocean to Seattle, USA from Qingdao, China. The Seattle Pacific Challenge will push the twelve teams to…
For the Vendée Globe 2016, the monohull Safran has been fitted with a wing mast supported by outriggers. These carbon spars recall the poles of the old tuna fishing boats from the 1930s, hence the name: “tuna-boat rigging”. Inspired by…
The RORC Easter Challenge is the opening event for a long season of offshore racing. Designed as a 'training whilst racing' regatta, the RORC Easter Challenge is a great way to blow away the winter cobwebs and get world class…
Ian Guanaria sailed his Beneteau First 35, One More-No More to its first double win of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Grant Thornton Short Haul Series on the weekend, leaving it until the final race to win decisively, while…
Race 9, the last of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore series, was sailed in Sydney on the weekend, with Khaleesi coming out on top in Division 1 and the Jutson 31 Outlandish finishing first…
The Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race will set sail for the 68th time on Good Friday, March 24. With the reported chance of a cyclone forming around the Queensland coast this week the organisers, Queensland Cruising Yacht Club, and competitors…
The two teams still at sea, ClipperTelemed+ and Unicef, are enjoying more favourable winds as they make their way to the finish line of Race 8: The Sailing City • Qingdao Cup. Yesterday and the previous day had seen very light winds following the…
Today, China’s Sailing City of Qingdao put on a spectacular display for the arrivals of the first four of twelve teams taking part in the world-famous Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Delegates from the city joined them on stage…
It has been a tumultuous night, with the fleet experiencing a violent storm which delivered some of the worst conditions of the entire circumnavigation. Gusting winds of 70 to 80 knots tested the teams’ will, with extended periods at 55 to…
A front is moving over the fleet, with north-easterly wind between 30 to 40 knots and a swell of three to four metres as the teams beat upwind in the final 400 nautical miles to China. With shifty conditions over…
A model boat of Team SCA, made entirely of 100,000 LEGO® pieces, will be exhibited in the Volvo Ocean Race museum from today. The launch of the Volvo Ocean 65 replica boat, which safely delivered the all-female crew of Team…
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