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For the Vendée Globe leaders, this eighth edition of the solo round the world race is increasingly feeling like a game of two very distinct, contrasting halves. From the start on Sunday 6th November in Les Sables d'Olonne the pace…
The Idec Sport maxi-trimaran has completed the first half of the round the world voyage. It will be around 1800hrs UTC that they will have sailed the 11,160 theoretical miles representing half of the total distance between Ushant and Ushant…
Doug Coulter’s Shakti from the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club steamed their way up the New South Wales coast to set the record for the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s first ever Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race with an…
The IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran is continuing to extend her lead over the Jules Verne Trophy title-holder. At the end of the eighteenth day of racing, Francis Joyon, Alex Pella, Clément Surtel, Gwénolé Gahinet, Bernard Stamm and Sébastien Audigane now have…
The ability to repair at sea is absolutely fundamental to completing the Vendée Globe solo round the world race. Michel Desjoyeaux, the only skipper to twice win the legendary singlehanded race, which forbids any kind of outside assistance, often speaks…
True to the forecast, a 15 knot southerly breeze had built to 20 knots by the time the Club Marine Pittwater to Southport fleet set off at 1pm on Monday January 2, 2017 from a long start line to the…
Emotional Rescue (Michael Hutchinson) and Mr Burger (Wings Three) have been declared joint overall winners of the National Pies 10th Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. In a decision that must reflect the Wisdom of Solomon, the racing rules jury have…
Like the Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet’s quick push south in record time, the Club Marine Pittwater to Southport line-up is set to also enjoy tailwinds after taking a left hand turn out of Broken Bay tomorrow. The Royal Prince Alfred…
Dismasted in the Southern Ocean, French solo sailor Stéphane Le Diraison has made it to Port Phillip under jury rig. Using his boom as a mast, he has managed to make the journey to a safe port under his own…
Team ORCV has been very busy putting the Cock of the Bay to bed and preparing for today's Wyndham Harbour Melbourne to Hobart and Devonport races. We had a lack of wind for the start, just off Portsea Pier…
Being second across the finish line has its advantages. You have your handicap time posted and the boats behind have to beat you. However it usually means up to two days of nervousness, ticking off the smaller boats when it…
Beau Geste’s sprint south in the annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race finished with a slow crawl up Hobart’s sometimes-cruel Derwent River in an early morning breeze too trifling to combat an outgoing tide and help them fight off a…
As dawn broke on the second day of the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, eight-time line honours winner Wild Oats XI had stolen a march on the rest of the fleet. Crossing ahead of nearest rival Pepetual Loyal during…
After a night of high speed sailing in the 72nd Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Karl Kwok’s Botin 80 Beau Geste was sitting fourth ahead of Scallywag and Black Jack and 10th overall on corrected time, the handicap rating that…
When Jim Cooney bought Maserati for the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart, it became a family project with his daughter Julia, 19, and son James, 18, joining the crew for the great race south. After a quick turn around, they were…
Just after 2:30am on December 28, Anthony Bell's 100ft super maxi Perpetual Loyal was first across the finish line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, smashing Wild Oats XI's race record by nearly five hours. It was the second…
There were smiles on the faces of the super maxi skippers and navigators after the race morning briefing by BOM meteorologist Jane Golding. The cold front that is expected to hit the fleet tonight has weakened and the big boats…
In passing the finish line of his solo world circumnavigation at 17 h57 (French time) on Christmas Day, Thomas Coville set a new record. The skipper and his 31 metre trimaran Sodebo circled the globe in 49 days 3 hours…
Boxing Day 2016 at the CYCA in Rushcutters Bay. Situation normal. The four fingers of the marina were alive with humanity as the 88 remaining entrants in the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart finalised their preparations. (Jason Bond's Beneteau 47.7 Enigma…
This year Brad Kellett will set a record no-one will ever beat when he becomes the youngest sailor ever to sail 25 consecutive Sydney Hobart Yacht Races. “Twenty five races was a milestone I always wanted to achieve when I…
If you want to lose some money, you can always bet on the favourite in the Melbourne Cup, but if you want to maximise your chances of losing money, bet on a yacht to win the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht…
At 08:19:00 UTC* in the first glimmer of light this Friday, IDEC SPORT crossed the start line off Ushant at more than twenty knots in her dash to grab the outright round the world record. The six men on board…
Campagne de France has taken Line Honours for the first Class40 Division and is the first two-handed team to complete the 2016 RORC Transatlantic Race. Swan 82, Stay Calm and Baltic 112, Path finished within three hours of each other after 2,865nm….
For Alex Thomson and Armel Le Cléach'h the leaders of the Vendée Globe, Sunday morning should provide some time to regroup mentally, to snatch some rest, to thoroughly check their boats and to somehow prepare for the next battering. Their…
There seems to be no immediate respite for the two skippers leading the Vendée Globe, Alex Thomson and Armel Le Cléac'h as they cross the Tasman Sea and approach the longitude of the south of New Zealand in the clutches…
Ludde Ingvall has announced a very strong international, provisional crew to sail CQS in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, starting on Boxing Day, 26th December. In addition to the three New Zealand watch captains already announced, Chris Dickson, Rodney Keenan…
Lloyd Thornburg's American MOD70 Phaedo3 has taken Multihull Line Honours in the RORC Transatlantic Race for the second year running. The American MOD70 completed the course in 6 days 13 hours 39 minutes and 55 seconds. Although the team was…
Lloyd Thornburg's American MOD70 Phaedo3 is flying towards Grenada's Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina and expected to touch down in about 24 hours. Mike Slade's Maxi 100 Leopard 3 is racing against the clock in an assault on the…
The 3rd edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race started without a hitch in ideal conditions outside Marina Lanzarote. With a gentle breeze and slight sea state, it was a comfortable start to the 2,865 nautical mile ocean race to Camper…
At the 0800 UTC position update Le Cléac'h moved into first place for the first time since losing the lead to Thomson two weeks ago. The change in frontrunner came almost three weeks into the solo round the world race…
The sole British skipper in the solo round the world race has made impressive speeds since breaking the appendage on November 19, not only holding off the attack from second-placed Armel Le Cléac'h but also setting a new race record…
Yesterday evening, at 21:00 GMT, the final ranking of the day reinforced Sébastien Josse in second place. At that time, the solo sailor was 96 miles behind leader Alex Thomson and had a few miles on third placed Armel Le…
Alex Thomson was expected to lead the Vendée Globe across the Equator during the early evening UTC, the first British skipper ever to lead the solo non-stop around the world race into the Southern Hemisphere. The last British skipper to…
The Royal Prince Alfred Yachts Club is pleased to announce the opening of their new offshore yacht race which will finish at Southport Yacht Club on Queensland’s Gold Coast for 2017. The new race to Southport presents a warm water…
British skipper Alex Thomson is up to second place in the Vendée Globe, the speed advantage of his Hugo Boss is telling in the NE'ly trade winds. But the coming hours will be fascinating, as the leaders of the 29…
The duel between Vincent Riou and Armel Le Cléac'h at the head of the Vendée Globe fleet has swung in favour of the foiling Banque Populaire VIII skipper Le Cléac'h as the NE Trade Winds strengthened this afternoon 280 miles…
Perhaps it will be a question asked for years to come. ‘Where were you when you heard the 2016 US Election result?' Twenty eight solo ocean racers might reply with their specific memories of being all at sea, between the…
Tauranga, New Zealand: 7 November 2016: Ludde Ingvall unveiled major modifications to his former 90 foot yacht when it emerged from the boatbuilder’s shed in Tauranga, New Zealand today. The work has been undertaken with backing from Sir Michael Hintze. Ingvall,…
After the arrival of Scallywag at 12:51:52 yesterday and their record breaking sail and Line Honours win of 23h 31m 52s, the next boat to arrive was Sam Chan’s TP52 FreeFire. She sailed across the line at 20:19:54 cementing her…
The month long spell of unseasonable benevolent, summer-like weather is set to hold through Sunday, giving the 29 solo skippers who will start the Vendée Globe solo non stop race around the world the most favourable starting conditions for many…
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