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NEWPORT, R.I. (July 5, 2015) – With 2,800 miles to sail and just two boats on the starting line, a conservative start would seem like the smart play. But for the 63-foot trimaran Paradox, owned by Peter Aschenbrenner and skippered…
(Saturday, July 4, 2015) – Independence Day is bringing mixed reactions from the crew of Nomad IV. The 100-footft maxi is currently lying second in the battle for line honors in the Transatlantic Race 2015 behind Bryon Ehrhart's Reichel-Pugh 63…
It was a baptism of fire for the only Australian team competing in the Tour de France offshore series on day one. The team, headed by Brett Dryland and Rod Waterhouse are in second-last place in the 28 boat fleet….
(Friday, July 3, 2015) –This morning at 03:46 EDT (07:46 UTC), Mariette of 1915 was first yacht in the 2015 Transatlantic Race fleet to pass the southeastern limit of the Ice Exclusion Zone surrounding the Grand Banks, south of Newfoundland….
Tomorrow the twenty-eight Diam 24 fleet will start the first race of the Tour de France à la Voile 2015. They will be launched from 7am on the beach of Malo-les-Bains for the start of a 45 nautical mile long…
(Thursday, July 2, 2015) – Yesterday’s second wave of starters in the Transatlantic Race 2015 have been enjoying substantially better conditions for their get-away from the US, compared to the first group that set sail last Sunday. While the latter…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 2, 2015) – With two staggered starts down, there is just one to go for the 2,800 Transatlantic Race 2015, and it is for the largest and fastest boats: the monohulls Comanche and Rambler 88, at 100 feet and…
(Wednesday, July 1, 2015) – Among the first starters of the Transatlantic Race 2015, waterline length is prevailing. The 138’ Mariette of 1915 was first to reach the strong southwesterlies yesterday and is now thundering east, in a rich get…
This year´s åF Offshore Race – round Gotland is over. Bugia Bianca from Västerås won the big championship class (ORCi) and Pac-Man from Stockholm won the Swedish measurement system class (SRS). The classical regatta around Gotland in the Baltic sea…
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 1, 2015) – The majority of the 37 boats competing in the Transatlantic Race 2015 launched off the starting line into a brisk southwesterly breeze just after 2 p.m. local time. A line of thunderstorms, which had…
St Katharine Docks, Tower Bridge, London, 1 July 2015: At 60 days before the start of the tenth edition of the biennial classic Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, details have been revealed of the spectacular departure planned from St…
Since passing the exclusion zones yesterday – around Nantucket Shoals and, further to the east, the Northern Right Whale Critical habitat – the 13-strong first wave of boats competing in the Transatlantic Race has entered the Atlantic proper now, where…
With the July 10 Close of Entry deadline approaching, yachts representing a wide spectrum of eras are among the most recent signed on for the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, bringing participants to 60 for the race…
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 28, 2015) – An intense low-pressure system rolling up the Atlantic Coast put competitors and race officials on edge for the 48 hours leading up to the first start of the Transatlantic Race 2015, from Newport, R.I.,…
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 27 – Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) emerged victorious in the final act of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 today in the Inmarsat In-Port Race Gothenburg. Behind him there was major drama in a race for connoisseurs of…
Leg 1: Alicante (Spain) to Cape Town (South Africa) Winner: Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) Highlights: It was a tactical and long race, passing Gibraltar, Cape Verde, and negotiating the Doldrums and the St Helena High. After breaking a…
RHADC, Bermuda- June 24, 2015: ‘TI’ skippered by Greg Marston can now be confirmed as the overall winner of the 2015 Marion Bermuda Race Founders Division. As expected yesterday, the leader for the overall corrected time trophy— The Founders Trophy—…
‘Mischievous’ grabbed the line honors in the 2015 Marion Bermuda Race with a splendid performance. She crossed the finish line at St. David’s Lighthouse Bermuda during the twilight Lighthouse committee cocktail party at the finish tower on Monday evening at…
Team Alvimedica’s skipper Charlie Enright (USA) won the final offshore battle of the Volvo Ocean Race here today, but the overall glory and trophy belonged firmly with his rival from Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, Ian Walker (GBR). The Turkish/American boat…
The pro Sailor and sports journalist Sébastien Destremau, is entering into the next Vendée Globe with FaceOcean’s project. After the race, one of his supporters will have the opportunity to win his boat for free. “As far as I know…
As of 1300hrs EDT on Monday June 22 ‘Mischievous’, the scratch (fastest) boat in the fleet was still leading the fleet. As she rockets down the rhumb line to Bermuda at 10-11kts, she keeps clicking minutes off of her ETA…
The measurement data is in and ratings calculated for most entries in the 48th biennial Transpac, and so Division splits have been made and the start dates determined for the 61 boats in this 2015 fleet. All starts will be…
En Route to Bermuda- June 21, 2015: Happy Fathers Day to the Fathers in the race and Sweet Solstice Sailing to all. Marion Bermuda 2015… what could be better, as John Masefield wrote, than “a tall ship and a star…
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 21 – The Volvo Ocean Race fleet were facing one last roll of the dice later tonight before nearly nine months of fluctuating offshore fortunes come to a fitting climax here tomorrow. Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) were…
Hamilton, Bermuda— June 21, 2015: With great regret, the trustees of the Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race Association are sad to announce that one of the sailors on the 2015 race now in progress has died of natural causes. On Saturday…
En Route from Marion MA to Bermuda- June 20, 2015: The 45-boat Marion Bermuda Fleet is out of sight, but not out of mind. By following the fleet on Yellow Brick Tracking, spectators on shore will be able to track…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 20 – Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) led the Volvo Ocean Race fleet out on the final ‘sprint’ to Gothenburg today, as the seven teams bade farewell to The Hague after a hugely successful pit-stop in the…
Marion, Massachusetts- June 19, 2015: Forty-five boats are all on their way to Bermuda in the 2015 Marion to Bermuda Race. Two boats were over the starting line early in their class starts, Michael Wierman’s ‘Legacy V’ in B and…
ALICANTE, Spain, June 19 – The Volvo Ocean Race Museum in Alicante registered 61,310 visits in its third year – an increase of more than 75% on the previous 12 months. With 39% of those visits coming from international visitors,…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 18 – The chase to The Hague is gathering momentum as the Volvo Ocean Race Leg 9 fleet split north and south this morning, in search of the best coastal breezes to take them to the…
Marion, Massachusetts- June 18, 2015: This is a busy day for all competitors who are harried by last minute safety drills, provisioning and fine tuning their yachts. Skippers must all do a final check-in at Beverly Yacht Club to make…
18 June 2015 – The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race today announced that Unicef, the world’s leading children’s organisation, will have a yacht entry in the tenth edition of the world’s longest ocean race. The cost of the team…
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 18, 2015) – One of the greatest rewards of participating in the sport of sailing is becoming part of the larger sailing community: a group united by a shared love of the sea and the varied forms…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, June 19 – Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA) made a triumphant entry into The Hague at 0134 local time/2334 UTC this morning and put themselves in pole position to win Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The…
Fifty entries have been received to-date for the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, some of which are novices to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s annual 384 nautical mile pilgrimage north. Rupert Henry sold his TP52 Fomo to…
It was slow going for the Volvo Ocean Race fleet after leaving Lorient, France yesterday, as the teams fought strong tides on this sprint leg to the pit-stop in The Hague, Netherlands. Light northerly winds and strong currents early today…
Marion, Massachusetts- June 17, 2015: Skippers in the 20th Marion to Bermuda Race have two more planning days before the start of their 645-mile 2015 version of the “Thrash to the Onion Patch”. They have some big choices to make…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet set off for Gothenburg, 960 nautical miles away from Lorient, via The Hague, in perfect sailing conditions today with Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) leading the chase to reach the Dutch pit stop first. There was…
Who should win the Inmarsat Onboard Reporter (OBR) Award for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 for the ‘toughest job in the media’? That is the challenge for a top panel of leading industry experts that has been announced today (June…
There’s a lot going on this week as more than 45 cruising yachts prepare for the 20th Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race which takes off from the starting line off Centerboard Shoals outside Sippican Harbor in Marion Friday. Tonight the 'Spirit…
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