Atlantic Cup is Portland Bound!
It was another stunner of a day to start the second leg of the Atlantic Cup – Newport to Portland! In a first for the Atlantic Cup, teams will race to Portland. Although the race has visited the historic maritime…
Offshore
News, race results plus editorial coverage from the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Vendée Globe, The Ocean Race, ARC, Fastnet, Transpac, Ocean Globe Race, Global Solo Challenge and Offshore Yachting from around the world.
Honours for Atalanta 2 and ARCA SGR in shortened 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar
After last year’s ultra-light 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar, this year’s race from Livorno to Punta Ala saw the organisers – Yacht Club Repubblica Marinara di Pisa, Yacht Club Punta Ala and Yacht Club Livorno – forced to make not one but…
Fresh Faces and Initiatives at the Rolex Middle Sea Race
Traditionally the last offshore of the Mediterranean season, with a date chosen for its varied and testing conditions, the Rolex Middle Sea Race has garnered a deserved reputation for always delivering. For this reason, yachts are attracted from near and…
Vigo will be host city for the 2027-2028 GSC
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeVigo, Galicia, Spain – The Global Solo Challenge (GSC) is excited to announce that the vibrant city of Vigo and its prestigious Real Club Náutico de Vigo will be the starting and finishing port…
First month of entries for the 2024 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
Entries for the 38th Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), opened one month ago. With the entries of highly competitive yachts including a handfull of mini maxis the race is shaping…
Acrobatica arrives first into Newport on the first leg of the Atlantic Cup!
The first finishers crossed the Newport finish line, just off Fort Adams in the morning hours on Tuesday, May 28th. After a back and forth battle throughout the race with Everial, Acrobatica managed to hold on for line honors crossing at 07:46:16 a.m. EST enveloped in…
It’s a battle to the Newport finish line!
Update: At the time of writing, Acrobatica was only 41.8 nautical miles from the finish. Wow what a battle so far! The racing has been extremely close in the first two days of the Charleston-Newport leg of the Atlantic Cup. Until 9pm…
Brisbane to Keppel welcomes Hobart winner Alive
The two-time overall Rolex Sydney Hobart winner Alive, skippered by Duncan Hine has entered the Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race. This year marks the 16th edition of the fun-focused 343 nautical mile Go Troppo race to Keppel Bay Marina…
Eight Atlantic Cup Teams are Newport Bound!
May 25, 2024 – Charleston, S.C. – Eight teams representing four countries started the 2024 Atlantic Cup at 12:00 ET today in sunny skies, with an initial 3-5 knot north breeze, that soon after switched to southeast. The start cannon was fired off the Spirit of South Carolina with spectators looking…
Lisa Blair has set a new record for sailing around New Zealand
Australian solo sailing adventurer and environmental campaigner Lisa Blair has set a new mono hull solo sailing course establishing the record for Auckland to Auckland around New Zealand in 16 days and 23 hrs in her yacht Climate Action Now….
Killer whales accompany solo sailor Lisa Blair into new record home leg
Solo sailor Lisa Blair is on the home straight of her newest sailing record, briefly accompanied by intrigued Orcas after she rounded the southern tip of New Zealand off Stewart Island and is now crossing Cook Strait to the North Island and…
GSC Route for 2027-2028
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeLouis Robein, the last competitor still at sea in the Global Solo Challenge 2023-2024, has reached the latitude of Rio De Janeiro but most notably, today, has crossed the Tropic of Capricorn. The cold…
Oliver Heer finishes 25th IMOCA in the Transat CIC “I went through a nightmare”
It was with a huge measure of relief that the Swiss German solo skipper Oliver Heer brought his Transat CIC solo race across the North Atlantic from Lorient to New York to a satisfactory conclusion today at 22:19:32hrs UTC (18:19:32hrs…
CYCA Postpones Sydney Noumea Yacht Race
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), race organiser of the Ponant Sydney Noumea Yacht Race, has, today, made an official statement regarding the upcoming race, which was scheduled to start on Saturday 25 May 2024. With New Caledonia having been…
Clarisse Crémer’s perseverance
After a reassuring start to the race, the L’Occitane en Provence sailor had to deal with damage to her J3 bulkhead, which forced her to stop in the Azores. After five days of repairs with her technical team, Clarisse is back at sea and is now almost 660 miles…
Transat CIC Prizegiving
Competitors and invited guests honoured the IMOCA and Class40 podiums of the 15th edition of The Transat CIC at the prizegiving Sunday in New York. The awards ceremony took place in line with the annual Fête de la Bretagne on board the 1885 wrought iron tall ship Wavertree at the South Street Seaport NYC in the presence…
Ambrogio Beccaria wins The Transat CIC in Class40
Italy’s Ambrogio Beccaria on his all Italian designed and built Musa 40 Alla Grande Pirelli added the hugely prestigious Transat CIC Class 40 title to his steadily growing collection of solo and short handed ocean racing honours yesterday morning when…
Half the IMOCA fleet have now finished
The top 13 finishers – that is to say half the IMCOA class on the Transat CIC solo race across the North Atlantic – are now either in New York or en route from the finish line which is 110 miles offshore. And in an intensehead to head at the top of…
Yoann Richomme wins The Transat CIC! on PAPREC ARKÉA
French skipper Yoann Richomme made it two back-to-back solo Transatlantic wins today when he brought his PAPREC ARKÉA across the finish line first on the historic Transat CIC race across the North Atlantic from Lorient in Brittany to New York….
Solo sailor Lisa Blair to set off on new World Record attempt
Australian record-breaking solo sailor Lisa Blair will embark on a new World Record sailing attempt on April 7th at 8am (NZST) to establish an Auckland to Auckland, New Zealand, sailing record over more than 2,200 nm on a circumnavigation not…
Incoming high pressure zone ramps up stress for Transat CIC IMOCA leaders
While the IMOCA race leader Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) was still making more than 20 kts this afternoon, a nerve racking slow down is still expected for the final miles to the finish of the Transat CIC solo race from Lorient to New York. The winner of last Autumn’s solo race in the opposite direction,…
OGR – Translated 9 Finally Home
Translated 9 defeat the odds to finish McIntyre Ocean Globe Race. The Italians prove anything is possible They just kept coming! Nothing could, or would stop them. The McIntyre Ocean Globe has truly shown the depth of human stories over…
Richomme takes the lead in the IMOCAs
The legendary Transat CIC, originally known as the Ostar, is living up to its reputation. The skippers have been facing tough conditions since the start and fatigue, the chilling temperatures on board, the lack of sleep, as well as the inevitable technical problems and breakages, are putting sailors…
Close duels at the top of both the IMOCAs and Class40s fleet in Transat CIC
On The Transat CIC solo race across the North Atlantic from Lorient to New York, there are close duels at the top of both the IMOCAs and Class40s. Racing at just over six miles apart Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé et Prévoyance) and Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) continue to lead the Transat CIC as the IMOCA peloton emerge from…
Transat CIC bracing for low pressure system
After passing through an earlier front yesterday with winds in excess of 30 knots and heavy seas, the fleet, which has left the south coast of Ireland behind and is now sailing on the open ocean, is gearing up for the second complex weather situation. Although…
Leading Transat CIC contender out with forestay damage
Jérémie Beyou, one of the top hopes for the Transat CIC solo race from Lorient to New York is returning to Lorient after damage to his J2 forestay. The skipper of Charal made the decision to turn around after discussions…
The Queen to Host ‘Maiden’ Yacht Crew
The Queen will host the ‘Maiden’ yachting crew at Clarence House to congratulate them on their unprecedented win of the Ocean Globe Race, becoming the first ever all-female crew to win an around-the-world yacht race. The 2023-24 Ocean Globe Race…
The Transat CIC is off to a spectacular start!
Brittany turned on its best Spring sailing weather – sunshine, puffy cumulus clouds and a decent 10-15kts of Westerly wind – to send the 48 strong Transat CIC fleet on its way from Lorient towards New York for the start of the legendary solo race across the North Atlantic. The first edition of the…
Sterna Piped Home in OGR
The McIntyre Ocean Globe Race is full of human stories and this one is about the smallest boat, Beanies, Bums, Bagpipes and Biltong! Sterna SA (42) Allspice Yachting raced across the Royal Yacht Squadron finish line to the cheers and…
Galiana WithSecure & Evrika finally finish OGR
Cannon Fire And Flares for Galiana WithSecure and Evrika as they finish their sail around the World in the OGR. It was a long, painfully slow final two days to complete their circumnavigation. But, finally, Galiana WithSecure and Evrika crossed…
The Must-Do Rolex Middle Sea Race
The start of must-do 45th Rolex Middle Sea Race is six months away. Starting from Grand Harbour, Valletta, on Saturday, 19 October 2024, the Mediterranean’s premier 600-mile classic promises much and always over delivers for participants and spectators alike. Two…
The Transat CIC starts on Sunday
The start gun of the 15th edition of The Transat CIC, the legendary solo race across the North Atlantic from Lorient to New York, will sound on Sunday sending a fleet of 48 skippers – 33 IMOCAs, 13 Class 40s…
Triana and White Shadow finish the Ocean Globe Race
Triana and White Shadow finish McIntyre Ocean Globe Race an hour apart. Emotions and champagne flood Trinity Landing Pontoon. Trinity Landing pontoon in Cowes was a busy spot Tuesday afternoon with Triana FR (66) SWAN 53 and White Shadow ESP…
David Linger finishes in 6th place
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeSunday April 21st, at 2:03 pm local time, after 175 days, David Linger crossed the finish line of the Global Solo Challenge taking 6th place on his Owen Clarke designed Class40 #15 Koloa Maoli. It…
Maiden wins Ocean Globe Race
Maiden UK (03) has won the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race taking first in IRC rankings and the first ever all-women crew to win an around the world yacht race! The international all-female crew crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes finish…
OGR – First six finishers are all Whitbread veterans
It was all smiles and cheers from the crew of Outlaw AU (08) as they completed their circumnavigation at 13:39 UTC, 18th April ranking 6th in line honours and provisional 6th in IRC for Leg 4 of the McIntyre Ocean…
The GLOBE40 bound for Valparaiso
After several months of exchanges and a recent week on site, the GLOBE40 is thrilled to add a stopover in VALPARAISO in Chile to its provisional schedule. With an ETA of February 2026, it will round off course 4, which…
GSC – David Linger nearing A Coruña and more!
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeDavid Linger is less than 600 miles away from A Coruna, the weather forecast shows he will be facing headwinds all the way to the finish. We have seen with previous competitors that the…
OGR – Maiden does it again
Whitbread History Comes Full Circle with Maiden’s Triumphant Return Home to UK!Hours Seperate Maiden UK and Triana FR for IRC Gold. Whitbread history was reinvented today in Cowes, UK as Maiden UK (03) crossed the finish line of the McIntyre…
OGR – 2 more finishers
Spirit of Helsinki – FINLAND – and Neptune – FRANCE – across the Line in McIntyre Ocean GlobeMaiden ETA 17:00 16th April – Can they grab Overall Race IRC Gold!! The crew of the former Whitbread yacht, Spirit of Helsinki…
