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The New Moon signifies a new beginning and for many cultures, today represents a New Year. For some teams, turning the most southerly waypoint in the extended route of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race will be symbolic…
The Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race has continued at a fast pace. Derry~Londonderry~Doire maintains the fastest time across the Ocean Sprint, with eight teams now having completed the time trial, and it continues to lead this race by…
Teams have been facing blustery conditions more reminiscent of the tough Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as winds hit 50 knots gusting and high surf speeds are reached on route to Da Nang, Vietnam. IchorCoal Skipper Darren Ladd, in seventh but…
As the fleet heads south for the first time this year the broad reaching champagne sailing experience enjoyed for much of the past two weeks is over. Winds died off overnight and have now built back strongly, shifting to a…
A swift turn around Amianan Island has seen half of the Clipper Race fleet gybe to the south-west as the teams head for the Ocean Sprint course and next waypoint off the south coast of Vietnam. Spinnakers are down and…
ALICANTE, Spain, February 4 – At a time when rival global sports events are struggling to contain spiralling costs, a report by independent auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has praised sailing’s premier round-the-world event, the Volvo Ocean Race, for halving the price…
“The RORC Caribbean 600 is attracting some of the world's best yachts. Top professionals who have done the race before have often found it a tougher race than they had anticipated,” comments Mike Broughton, navigator for the 8th edition of…
A top class sporting line-up with no fewer than nine nations taking part, Race HQ based at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, multi-screen international TV broadcasts, innovative digital and media arrangements… The eighth Vendée Globe already looks like being…
Passing to the north-east of the Philippines, the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race leader Derry~Londonderry~Doire is within 160 nautical miles of the next waypoint between the island of Itbayat and Taiwan, with the front eight boats all expected to round…
ALICANTE, Spain, February 2 – A spectacular photographic exhibition, ‘Zoom In’, depicting the contrast between aerial and onboard images shot by the professional photographers working on the last Volvo Ocean Race was launched today at the event’s museum. Some of…
For the first time since escaping the Solomon Sea Doldrums, the Clipper Race fleet is experiencing much drier conditions and smoother sailing, as it continues to head north-west towards the next waypoint off the south coast of Taiwan. The battle…
The Trade Winds ride continues to provide great mileage for the Clipper Race fleet as constant wind angles and speeds result in 10 to 12 knots boat speed under heavyweight spinnakers. The race lead remains unchanged with Derry~Londonderry~Doire maintaining its…
Day 12 has provided “stupendously stonking spinnaker runs” of up to 305 nautical miles covered in 24 hours, as the fleet powers on in the North Pacific Trade Winds. However, it is not all champagne and roses as large gusty…
As a low pressure front continues to develop over the fleet, the circulatory winds are increasing with gusts of up to 50 knots, as the front runners approach the halfway mark in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race….
With less than month to go until the entry deadline for this year’s Rolex China Sea Race, the entry list already features 30 boats committed to this 565nm Category 1 Offshore race which will start on 23 March in Hong…
The Clipper Race crew is getting used to life at an angle again as steady winds and mixed weather fronts keep the teams on their toes with the need for constant sail changes in the Da Nang New Discovery of…
Preparations are gathering pace for the fourth edition of the Barcelona World Race. The FNOB (the Barcelona Foundation for Ocean Sailing) is studying the most suitable date for the start of the race, which will be between 20th December 2018…
After days of taking a northerly route through Papua New Guinea, the fleet has finally reached a point where it can pick up the north-easterly Trade Winds which will ease the passage to Vietnam. Currently leading the Da Nang New…
In just under 100 days time, a growing fleet of first-class ocean racers and fearless adventurers will set sail on the world’s oldest solo transatlantic race from Plymouth to New York – The Transat. This year’s race has attracted a…
The chase is on in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race, with the Scoring Gate behind them, the next big focus for the teams is crossing the Equator and getting themselves positioned to pick up the Trade Winds,…
Beginning in 1948, the first race started in Fremantle and finished in Bunbury. “To the small band of competitors it was a daring new enterprise. Most had never sailed that far let alone raced”. This year, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht…
“When I set foot on dry land, I'm always surprised by the silence around me…” For Morgan Lagravière, to sail on a new generation IMOCA 60 is to be willing to endure an incessant din from which he needs…
As the fleet passes New Ireland in Papua New Guinea, the leading four boats are within 80 nautical miles of the Scoring Gate and the chance to win the first points on offer in the Da Nang New Discovery of…
A significant wind-shift from south to north, bringing with it decent breeze, has helped get the fleet moving again on a beat after progress came to a standstill yesterday for some teams. The fleet is now well into the ITCZ…
The teams are trying everything to keep their boats moving as they negotiate the light, shifty winds of the Doldrums and its associated rain squalls in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race. Westerly team Derry~Londonderry~Doire is now in…
GREAT Britain has taken the lead, making up ground on familiar rival Garmin in second position* after it had to carry out a repair to its spinnaker and peel to its medium-weight kite. The wind has lightened further in the…
Bridgetown, Barbados (21 January, 2016): Big winds, big speeds and the fastest ever times ever recorded made the 80th anniversary Mount Gay Round Barbados Race, one of the most spectacular in history with a total of five records broken, and…
The teams have been contending with tropical squalls and patchy wind as they close in on the Doldrums in the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race. And the next crucial tactical decision soon awaits, with the teams needing to decide…
The first 24 hours of the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race 7 has seen the teams split as they navigate the tactics of the Lihou Reef, with the option of going to seaward of it, or between two…
Newport RI, January 19, 2016: By mid-morning Tuesday, only one week after the entry system opened for the 50th running of the Bermuda Race,107 yachts have started the entry process online to qualify for a place on the starting line…
Team Phaedo has announced its intention of entering the MOD 70, Phaedo 3 in the 2016 Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race. The boat is currently in Barbados for the Mount Gay Round Barbados Race. Lloyd Thornburg has been campaigning his…
The Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race bid a fond farewell to Australia today as the seventh race of its 14-stage global series, The Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race, starts for Vietnam. The 4,310 nautical mile race…
The tightest, most thrilling battle of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race so far came right down to the final seconds as LMAX Exchange claimed an incredibly narrow victory over constant rival GREAT Britain in the Henri Lloyd…
IDEC SPORT crossed the finishing line off Ushant at 1650hrs UTC on Friday 8th January. Francis Joyon and his crew of five took 47 days 14 hours and 47 minutes to sail around the world. This was the third best…
The sailors on Spindrift 2 crossed the finish line of the Jules Verne Trophy off Ushant at 15:01 UTC on Friday, after 47 days 10 hours 59 minutes and 02 seconds at sea. After nearly 29,000 miles travelled at an…
With over a third of the Bartercard Coffs to Paradise Yacht Race covered it is still anybody’s race. As the fleet pass Yamba, all of the entrants are within eyeshot of each other. The three favourites, Drew Carruthers RUNAWAY, David…
The Henri Lloyd Hobart to Whitsundays Race is shaping up to a tense and dramatic finish, as once again in the last 24 hours, the lead has changed hands, and as the teams yoyo up and down the leaderboard, two…
Mission Performance may have started the Ocean Sprint much later than anticipated after going to the aid of another vessel in distress, but the team has made up for lost time by recording the fastest time of the fleet through the…
With a postponed Bartercard Coffs to Paradise Yacht Race, Drew Carruthers Sayer 11, Runaway was eager for today’s lighter weather conditions. Runaway is light and fast and particular favourable for light winds. Originally built by yacht designer John Sayer, Runaway…
With eleven of the twelve strong Clipper Race fleet making the tactical decision to sail close to the eastern Australian coast,Derry~Londonderry~Doire’s plan to remain further offshore has seen the team take the lead in the Henri Lloyd Hobart to Whitsundays Race…
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