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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…
With the closing date for entries to the 2016 edition of The Transat fast approaching, three new skippers have added their names to the starting roster. In the competitive Class40 fleet, French skipper Vincent Lantin will take part on board…
JANUARY 6, 2016 – Newport, RI – Charlie Enright and Mark Towill announced today the formation of their new racing team, 55 South. Enright and Towill will train and race under 55 South as they work toward their ultimate goal of returning to…
Severe weather warnings for gale force winds in the waters from Smokey Cape to Point Danger with predictions of up to 40 knot wind gusts have caused the postponement of the 2016 Bartercard Coffs to Paradise Yacht Race. With the…
The last 24 hours in the Henri Lloyd Hobart to Whitsundays Race have seen the fleet getting a bit of a battering from a developing low with unstable and unpredictable conditions. LMAX Exchange has repositioned after tackling the Scoring Gate and is…
From the bulk of white coloured yachts contesting the 35th edition of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s key offshore event, the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs yacht race, the charcoal coloured Beau Geste won the monohull line honours contest…
Situated just 2,600 nautical miles away from the finish line off Ushant and about to start her 43rd day at sea, Spindrift 2 is now only 266 miles off the pace, but will no longer be able to improve on…
The New Year has brought a new determination to the Clipper Race fleet which, after a short stopover in Hobart, is back racing and charging across the Bass Strait in the sixth of this fourteen race series. The Henri Lloyd…
A straightforward final night at sea for the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race fleet brought the last boat, Out of Sight, from 42 starters to the finish line at 0632hours this morning, Monday January 4, 2016. All boats…
The sixth stage of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race got underway today following the fleet's successful Sydney-Hobart campaign. The Henri Lloyd Hobart to Whitsundays Race is the sixth of 14 races which make up the 11-month global…
Maxi yacht Beau Geste was 33 miles from the finish line at 0600hrs this morning, day two of the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race, with a calculated ETA of 0800hrs, just half an hour outside the longstanding race…
Paul Einoder’s Beneteau Oceanis 34 Off-Piste has dominated handicap results in the 2015 National Pies Launceston to Hobart Yacht, today being named Overall winner, including taking first place on corrected time in both the AMS and IRC handicap divisions. The…
Corrected time results for handicap honours in the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race seem certain to favour smaller boats after the slowest elapsed time in the nine editions of the race since 2007. For the first time, the line honours…
With the Equator still 24 hours on the horizon, Spindrift 2 is more than a day behind the Jules Verne Trophy holder. But if the last five days have been particularly difficult on board and unproductive in terms of their…
After a long wait of almost exactly a day and a half, Paul Clitheroe and his crew on the TP52 Balance could finally celebrate. When it became obvious that the S&S34 Quickpoint Azzurro had fallen victim to the calm that…
The Clipper Race fleet has arrived into Hobart after finishing famous Australian offshore classic the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR). Wendy ‘Wendo’ Tuck, the first female Australian skipper in the history of the Clipper Race, clinched first place in…
Shane Kearns was in the front seat to win the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race all throughout yesterday and late in the evening, sailing the smallest and second oldest boat in the fleet. But Mother Nature intervened and Quikpoint Azzurro…
A snap decision made two months prior to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has resulted in a brilliant second place overall and Division 4 win for Gery Trentesaux and his crew, four months after the Frenchman won the Rolex…
For 27 hours, Paul Clitheroe and his Balance crew have been the clubhouse leaders in the race for the Tattersall's Cup, the prized trophy for first on handicap in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. One by one they have…
Two Rolex Sydney Hobart retirees are the latest Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race additions bringing the fleet to 42 boats as close to 450 sailors set up for the favourable forecast suggesting a quick trip north after the 1pm start…
Former Olympic sailor Gary Smith yesterday skilfully steered The Fork in the Road to a fourth consecutive and fifth total line honours in the ninth Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race, describing it as ‘a real boat race.’ The Fork in…
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