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At 14.30pm on Monday 2nd May, the late Eric Tabarly’s wife, Jacqueline Tabarly, will fire the start gun from aboard Navy frigate HMS Kent and send 25 of the world’s best and bravest ocean racers on their solo passage, 3050nm…
Day 3 of Race 10 and the PSP Logistics Panama Cup has seen a continuation of great downwind racing although conditions are starting to become lighter this morning (UTC) produced by an approaching weak front. The fleet has made good…
It remains a valid question some 24 hours before the start of The Transat bakerly. The weather appears to be somewhat clearer now, but the latest forecasts, analysed this morning, are complicating matters. The fleet is due to set sail…
The public was out in force today as Plymouth locals and visitors soaked up the sun and entertainment programme laid on as part of The Transat bakerly festivities. All along Plymouth waterfront to the end of the Barbican, the crowds…
The PSP Logistics Panama Cup got underway in the early hours of this morning, with the teams reinvigorated after a successful stopover in Seattle and filled with renewed enthusiasm for this tenth race of the global series. At 0320 UTC…
The latest in technology and classic yachts are among early entries for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s (CYCA) Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which starts at 1300 hours on Saturday 30 July. Love & War, one of…
Close finishes to marathon ocean yachts races are becoming standard fare these days and the Transat AG2R La Mondiale proved it was no exception with an incredibly dramatic finish at the Caribbean island of St Barts today. After completing a…
A fleet of 20 racing yachts and their skippers, plus guest crew, set sail from the French Brittany port of Saint-Malo this evening bound for Plymouth and the official start village for The Transat bakerly 2016. This non-timed Warm-Up is…
The crowds have gathered in the French Brittany port of Saint-Malo to welcome the skippers and boats who will contest this year’s Transat bakerly solo transatlantic race from Plymouth to New York. For the first time in the history of…
Adventurer Martin Frey has made history by becoming the first person to have scaled the seven summits and sailed the seven seas, arriving in after a month at sea battling some of Mother Nature’s worst conditions in the Clipper Round…
As the five teams still racing in the Seattle Pacific Challenge tick off the miles to the Emerald City, more moderate weather is allowing them to catch their breath for a rare time in this challenging race. Qingdao is currently…
The podium positions for Race 9, The Seattle Pacific Challenge are now confirmed. However this race is far from over for the remaining eight contenders who have plenty left to race for while Mother Nature continues to exercise her might,…
Seattle may be drawing ever closer but the Pacific Ocean’s power is unrelenting, making the final miles to the west coast of the USA an incredible final test of seamanship for the hardy Clipper Race Skippers and crew. Following the…
The MOD 70s, Musandam – OmanSail and Concise 10 have registered as entrants to the 2016 Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race. Ned Collier-Wakefield will bring Concise 10 to Wicklow in June after having picked up his weight in rum as…
With four teams having completed the Ocean Sprint, it is Unicef that has recorded the fastest time so far in a day of high winds and strong seas which proved costly to some of the yachts. None more so than…
HONG KONG, April 13 – Hong Kong will host the Volvo Ocean Race for the first time when the event visits in February 2018 during the 13th edition. In a press conference today, Volvo Ocean Race organisers announced a collaboration…
With an average speed of just over 10.6 knots over the 245 nautical mile course, Craig Carter’s Carkeek47 Indian finished well clear of the fleet to record line honours and first place on IRC in Royal Perth Yacht Club’s Naturaliste…
The frontal weather system currently passing over the fleet has not been as strong as the last, but has provided another day of excellent mileage in the final push to Seattle. Following seas, good kite runs, and winds gusting 40…
The latest depression has the most westerly boats in its grip and is moving steadily east this morning in the closing week of the Seattle Pacific Challenge. The Race Office estimates that leader Derry~Londonderry~Doire is around four days from the…
The Clipper Race fleet is experiencing the ‘North Pacific Railway’ right now, according to race Meteorologist Simon Rowell, with a regular timetable of low/ridge/low coming through. A ridge of high pressure is whipping through the fleet from west to east…
Damp and gusty downwind conditions, with up to 50 knot peaks, are continuing to push the teams forward in the race to Seattle. With boat speeds in the high teens, and surfs well into the 20 knot range, impressive 24…
Derry~Londonderry~Doire continues to lead the way in the Seattle Pacific Challenge, with an 87 nautical mile lead over second placed Unicef. However the chasing pack hasn’t given up the fight, with approximately 1700nM remaining to the Race 9 finish line,…
The big anticipated front expected yesterday failed to materialise, but the next storm is now moving over the Clipper 70 fleet in the Seattle Pacific Challenge. Today’s front should have gusting winds of around 40 knots, increasing to 50-60 knots…
Newport RI- April 6, 2016: As of April 5, 195 boats have been sanctioned by the Newport Bermuda Race Organizing committee as qualified entries in the 50th Bermuda Race. Since another 14 boats are expected to be sanctioned soon, this…
The teams have been crossing the International Date Line and travelling back in time a day in the North Pacific Ocean. The Skippers have written about the significant milestone in their blogs today as they head east at just over…
Strong squalls have kept the teams busy in the cold temperatures as they change sail plans often to deal with the range of wind speeds. The wind has ranged between 10 and 30 knots, with powerful squalls delivering 40 knot…
Online entry into the 31st running of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, to start on Sydney Harbour on Saturday 30 July, is open. The 384 nautical mile race also signifies the start…
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,…
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