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A little over a week remains before the eagerly anticipated start of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race. A veritable international armada will contest the 46th edition of the race, commencing from Cowes on Sunday 16 August. Around 390 yachts from…
The Telegraph. By Gregory Walton. A renowned yachtsman and British sailing champion has died after being found in distress off the Cornwall coast when his ‘back to basics’ bid to cross the Atlantic in a boat designed in 1908 ran into…
The recent Transpac Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu was the last for record-breaking Australian supermaxi, Wild Oats XI, as we know her. She will never look the same again. The 30.5 metre long sloop, recognised as the most successful…
Ocean racing debutant Zack Austin from Rockhampton appreciates he had the perfect entrée with this year’s Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race. Austin, who turned 15 the day the race began on Thursday July 30, and his dad…
On day four the remaining eight boats racing in the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race are on approach to the finish and making quick time in an 8kt southerly, a welcome change from the previous 60 or…
Under a bright blue moon and still with wind on their side, Philip Turner’s 66-footer Alive claimed an unopposed line honours victory and may have also cleaned out the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race trophy cabinet. The…
Overnight in the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race the fleet fanned out and race leader Alive added more distance to the separation between them and Peter Harburg’s Juan K 70 Black Jack which is in pursuit. At…
The 9th Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race is underway and front runners Alive and Black Jack have broken away from the bulk of the fleet in the light easterly breeze and headed close to shore at Bribie…
Honolulu, Hawaii – Boats from the two classes that symbolize Transpac more than any other have taken the top of the leaderboard in the 48th edition of this biennial ocean racing classic. Local-based James McDowell on his Santa Cruz 70…
Sailors with disABILITIES participated and completed the 2015 LandRover Sydney to Gold Coast Yacht Race with a crew of fifteen on board Kayle, a 52ft Lyons grand prix offshore racing yacht purpose-built for disabled people. According to the CYCA, “The 384…
What was promisingly looking like a fast run up the coast in tomorrow’s Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race has been scratched by a high pressure system hovering over the race course. Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson forecasts a light…
Monday, 27 July 2015: A special contract signing ceremony today has finalised a sponsorship agreement for the Vietnamese city of Da Nang to be a Team Sponsor and the official South East Asia Host Port of the 2015-16 edition of…
Black Jack, the V70 owned by Queensland yachtsman Peter Harburg, has been declared overall winner of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 384 nautical mile 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race. In a David and Goliath battle to…
An error in recording the finishing time has meant Peter Harburg and his V70 Black Jack, have not won the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 384 nautical mile 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race – instead Shane Kearns’…
Anthony Bell’s Perpetual Loyal has taken line honours in the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race late this evening, crossing the Main Beach finish line of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 384 nautical mile race overall at…
Honolulu, Hawaii – At just about two weeks from the first start of the 48th Transpac, more than half the fleet will by midnight local time tonight be still at sea making their way to the finish of this biennial…
Peter Harburg’s V70, Black Jack, has taken pole position in the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, but with most of the fleet still racing, Harburg, his skipper Mark Bradford and the crew of the Queensland entry will…
With a chance of a race record time in the Transpac race from Los Angeles to Hawaii having been snuffed out by an uncooperative tradewind, Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI was charging towards the finish late today with the fastest…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race got away on time at 1pm today, but instead of the predicted 10 to 15 knot north-westerly, the 62-boat fleet had to grapple with conditions similar…
She came like a ghost ship out of the night. The first hint of her approach was the sighting of the green starboard navigation light, then, minutes later, her black carbon fibre sails were barely illuminated by the loom of…
While Anthony Bell (Perpetual Loyal) continues to lead Peter Harburg’s Black Jack a merry dance for line and overall honours in the 2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race this afternoon, most, if not all of the 62-boat fleet,…
The final completion of entries and registration to compete in the Mini Transat îles de Guadeloupe took place on Sunday 19th July, exactly two months before the start of the race. Whilst not completely oversubscribed, entries for this edition are…
A fast and fairly comfortable race lies ahead for the 62 yachts taking part in the2015 Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s Michael Logan, who briefed crews at the Cruising Yacht Club of…
“We’ve got only a Sydney Hobart race to go – 630 nautical miles,” said an obviously relieved Mark Richards, skipper of the 100ft long Australian supermaxi, Wild Oats XI. He was referring to the distance remaining to the finish in…
By the time the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race fleet of 30 yachts mount their charge from Moreton Bay on Thursday morning, July 30, 2015, weather models indicate 15-20 knot sou’easters sweeping away the preceding light winds….
It was a much relieved crew aboard the supermaxi, Wild Oats XI, in the Transpac race from Los Angeles to Honolulu early today. Overnight they had completed two successful missions: they had threaded their way through a constantly changing weather…
San Pedro, CA – The three fleets defined by their start days started to converge into two over the past two days in the 48th running of the LA-Honolulu Transpac. This biennial 2225-mile classic ocean race is organized by the…
The bets are in place and the dice is about to be rolled for the big boats in the 2225 nautical mile Transpac race from Los Angeles to Honolulu… and it’s anyone’s guess who will win. However, if you were…
The crew of the Australian supermaxi, Wild Oats XI, is hanging on to hope as much as conviction in the 2225 nautical mile Transpac Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii as the majority of the fleet continues to be dogged…
Two Australian supermaxi yachts, Wild Oats XI and Ragamuffin, were fighting for the lead in their division following the start in the Transpac Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii today. Only boat lengths separated the pair as they rounded the…
After a challenging and slow first night at sea, where squalls and near calms associated with thunderstorms had a significant influence on progress, Australian supermaxi, Wild Oats XI, was back to full flight today in the Transpac Race 2015. “Right…
San Pedro, CA – As the lead group that started nearly a week ago continue their speedy progress towards Hawaii, the influence of the tropical depression Delores is being felt by the trailing two groups that started on Thursday and…
Approaching the end of the third week of the Transatlantic Race 2015 and following the arrival at The Lizard this morning at 09:06:37 EDT (13:06:37 UTC) of Constantin Claviez’s Swan 441 Charisma, the tally now stands at 28 finishers, two still…
These five teams are in competition for a place on the 2015 Tour de France à la Voile podium. Groupama, CombiWest, Spindrift, Grandeur Nature and Vannes Agglo have substantial point margins between them, but with seven days of racing still…
(Thursday, July 16, 2015) – Bryon Ehrhart’s Reichel/Pugh 63 Lucky has been confirmed as the winner of the Transatlantic Race 2015 by the event’s four organizers: the Royal Yacht Squadron, the New York Yacht Club, the Royal Ocean Racing Club and…
San Pedro, CA – A second wave of 18 entries in Divisions 4, 5 and 6 are now on their way west towards the finish at Diamond Head, 2225 miles away in the 48th edition of the LA-Honolulu Transpac. This…
Photographer Daniel Forster was onboard on Comanche before the transatlantic start. Read his impressions. I was invited by COMANCHE to do some onboard photography two days before the Transatlantic Start inNewport. It was quite an experience to walk the 30.5…
Record breaking Australian supermaxi yacht, Wild Oats XI, will be hunting for a hurricane and dodging debris after she starts in the 2225 nautical mile Transpac Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii on Saturday. The sleek, 100ft long sloop, which…
San Pedro, CA – The first wave of 22 entries in Divisions 7 and 8 have had a great 48 hour start to their race from LA to Honolulu in the 48th edition of the Transpac. The class leaders have…
(Tuesday, July 14, 2015) – 20 boats, or just over half the fleet, have now finished the Transatlantic Race 2015. George David’s Rambler 88 was roughly 120 miles astern when her rival, Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark’s 100’ Comanche, crossed the…
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