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With the next Vendée Globe taking place next year, so the IMOCA turn-out for this year’s special 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race featured an impressive 29 boats, including much new hardware. These included reigning IMOCA class champion Charlie…
Having been so dramatically pipped at the post by Maxi Groupe Edmond de Rothschild in the last breath of the 2019 race, François Gabart and his team, this time racing the giant 32m long flying trimaran SVR Lazartigue, rectified this…
CHERBOURG, Sunday 23 July 2023: After a tough first 24 hours in this 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race, conditions have abated in the English Channel and Celtic Sea. This afternoon the Seven Stones lightvessel between Land’s End and…
COWES, UK, Sunday 23 July 2023: A brutal first night at sea in this 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race has seen numerous retirements and many others seeking temporary shelter from the gale force conditions in the English Channel….
Saturday 22 July- The Solent shoreline was packed deep with spectators braving the conditions to witness the greatest assortment of offshore yacht racing hardware ever assembled. The special 50th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Rolex Fastnet Race set…
COWES, UK, 21 JULY 2023: Momentum is building towards tomorrow afternoon’s start of the 50th Rolex Fastnet Race. More and more boats are arriving in Cowes and to moorings and berths across the Solent. Meanwhile an armada has left from…
COWES, UK, 20 JULY 2023: 2023 and 2025 will be landmark years for the Royal Ocean Racing Club, with this year seeing the celebrations for the 50th edition of its premier event, the Rolex Fastnet Race. This sets sail from…
The Ocean Race 2022-23 featured the most ambitious sustainability programme in the Race’s 50 year history, including initiatives that were firsts in the event industry and sports’ world, from efforts to influence global ocean policy to pioneering ways to reduce…
COWES, UK, 18 JULY 2023: As competitors in this special anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 50th Rolex Fastnet Race arrive in the Solent, or Cherbourg in preparation for Saturday’s start from Cowes, focus is turning to the…
COWES, UK, Saturday 15 JULY 2023: Seven days until the sails rise, hearts race, and dreams chase the horizon at the 50th Edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. Undoubtedly among the crown jewels of offshore sailing, the Rolex Fastnet Race…
COWES, UK, 13 JULY 2023: France traditionally dominates the non-IRC classes which compete in the Rolex Fastnet Race, both in numbers and results. This comes as no surprise since they created classes such as the Ultim and IMOCA. This has…
Press release issued by the International Maxi Association on 12/07/2023 Thanks to its famous Meltemi, the third edition of the Aegean 600 this week galvanised its reputation as one of the windiest of the world’s 600 mile offshore races. Particularly…
50th Edition – Saturday 22nd July 2023 – Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin via the Fastnet Rock COWES, UK, 11 JULY 2023: Nearly half of the impressive fleet of nearly 90 boats in IRC Three come from the drawing board of three…
At some four months before the start of the biggest, most competitive ocean race of the year, the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre reveals a comprehensive start list of all the boats and skippers entered to date. Over 100…
Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron is putting a call out for last minute entries for the Yacht Sales Co. Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race before entries close on Sunday, 22 July 2023. This year marks the 3rd edition of the…
10 July 2023 – Lavrion, GRE – With the help of a solid Meltemi wind throughout the race area, and reaching and running angles in the first few legs of the course, the fleet of yesterday’s 44 starters has had…
July 9, 2023 — Honolulu, Hawaii — With the finish of 19 out of 52 boats in the fleet this afternoon and no potential rivals on the eastern horizon, the fastest monohulls in elapsed and corrected time have been provisionally…
Lavrion, GRE – With picture-prefect conditions of clear skies, azure seas and 12-15 knots of northeast wind, the 3rd edition of the AEGEAN 600 is off to a spectacular start. This offshore classic race is organized by the Hellenic Offshore…
July 8, 2023 — Honolulu, Hawaii — The first of the waves of monohulls from multiple divisions have crossed the Transpac finish line at Diamond Head and are now tied up safe and sound in their slips at the Ala…
Lavrion, GRE – Activities over the last few days have helped prime the fleet of 45 entries from 16 countries for their start on Sunday of the 3rd annual edition of the AEGEAN 600. Besides the normal formalities of Registration…
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) is pleased to welcome entries for eligible yachts for the 2023 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The 78th edition of the historic 628 nautical mile classic will start on Sydney Harbour at 1pm…
July 6, 2023 — Honolulu, Hawaii — This morning at 02:48 Hawaii Standard Time Justin Shaffer’s MOD70 ORION crossed the finish line at Diamond Head as the first finisher in the 2023 Transpac. Their elapsed time of 4 days 17…
July 3, 2023 — Los Angeles, CA — With the exception of five entries that have dropped from the race and have returned to the coast, the entire Transpac fleet is now finally making good progress down the racecourse towards…
50th Edition – Saturday 22nd July 2023 – Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin via the Fastnet Rock COWES, UK, 4 JULY 2023: Watch out IRC One competitors, because this year you have to contend with Tom Kneen and his crew on Sunrise…
Ocean Racing Club of Victoria awards long time member Paul Buchholz the 2023 Ocean Racer of the Year award. Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) Vice Commodore and Honorary life member Paul Buchholz has been awarded the 2023 Ocean Racing Club…
“The Yacht Sales Co.” has established itself as a prominent name in the sailing industry, known for their expertise and passion for yachting, dealing with the sales of quality new and pre-owned sailing and motor yachts. As event support sponsors,…
July 2, 2023 — Los Angeles, CA — After yesterday’s third and final start of the 2023 Transpac, the fortunes of the fleet of 57 entries can be ascertained from the PASHA HAWAII YB tracker system and reports coming in…
July 1, 2023 — Los Angeles, CA — Today off Point Fermin not only did the fastest group of 20 boats arrive for the third and final start of Transpac, so did the westerly sea breeze to get them off…
The WeBuild In-Port Race in Genova sees the last starts and finishes in the VO65 Sprint and an epic the around the world race for the IMOCAs The last day of racing in this 14th edition of The Ocean Race…
The Ocean Race 2022-23 featured more female sailors than in any of the previous events in the Race’s 50 year history. Overall, across the five IMOCAs taking part in the round-the-world Race and the six VO65s taking part in the…
June 29, 2023 — Los Angeles, CA — Under sunny skies and a light westerly breeze, the second group of entries has started their 2225-mile journey to Honolulu in the 2023 Transpac. Nineteen boats divided in three classes – Ocean…
This one was a long time coming. Two days after the IMOCA fleet arrived in Genova, Italy, 11th Hour Racing Team arrived at the Grand Finale venue as worthy champions of The Ocean Race. It is the first time in…
World Sailing International Jury will now hold two hearings on Thursday Team Holcim-PRB files protest against 11th Hour Racing Team Jury receives protest about start line incident from The Hague On Wednesday 28 June, Team Holcim-PRB filed a protest against…
June 27, 2023 — Los Angeles, CA — Under clear Southern California skies, 6-10 knots of wind, and just a hint of fog out on the western horizon, the first wave of the 2023 Transpac fleet is on their way…
It was a Grand Finale day of arrivals on Tuesday in Genova with 7 boats across two classes pushing towards the Grand Finale Team Malizia found a way to grab a last-minute win in leg 7 of The Ocean Race,…
WindWhisper Racing Team won the final leg of The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint into Genova, beating the rest of the fleet by a massive margin. The Polish boat crossed the finish line in just six knots of breeze at 10:27:52…
Fleets making steady, if slower than desired, progress towards Genova If there wasn’t already enough urgency to get to Genova quickly, Ambrogio Beccaria is more desperate than ever. Not only is the Italian crewman on Team Holcim-PRB keen to reach…
Five decades of around-the-world racing yachts and sailors will be part of the Grand Finale… A fleet of ocean thoroughbred yachts which have previously taken part in past editions of the Whitbread Round The World Race, the Volvo Ocean Race,…
Race boats bumped by orcas in approach to Gibraltar Strait Two of the VO65 boats racing in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint have had direct encounters with orcas – killer whales – in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of…
It’s great to see a few Australian entries in the upcoming Fastnet Race, including Sean Langman’s little boat that could – the 9m long Maluka, the Broughton brothers with their 60-year-old legendary S&S 73’ yawl Kialoa II and Disko Trooper-Contender…
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