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Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe leaders, Charles Caudrelier (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild) and François Gabart (SVR Lazartigue), are less than 15 miles apart and on converging tracks as they negotiate the Azores islands, looking to get through the next cold front…
Belgian Class40 skipper, Jonas Gerckens, has been forced to retire from the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe this Friday evening local time due to a combination of technical problems which are exacerbated by his poor state of health. The 42-year-old solo…
The title favourite, Charlie Dalin (APIVIA) has been enjoying something of a rich-get-richer scenario at the front of the 36 strong Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe IMOCA fleet, his lead of 60 miles ahead of Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOUt) increasing by the…
Since Wednesday at 14:15 hours, Charles Caudrelier, deemed to have crossed the start line of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe too early, was the subject of a procedure, but the latter was lifted last night. In the Sailing…
Damien Seguin’s IMOCA Groupe APICIL was hit by a cargo ship and dismasted around 0330hrs (French time) this morning. The French skipper is racing on the Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic and was lying in…
10 NOVEMBER 2022With the first 24 hours of racing completed and the record sized fleet of solo racers settling into their ocean racing rhythm, the biggest threat to the lead of Charles Caudrelier and the Ultim 32/23 pacemaker Maxi Edmond…
STOP PRESS:Pat Lawless (IRL) – ” GREEN REBEL ” has decided to retire from the Golden Globe Race 2022, due to windvane issue. More details shortly… Dateline: Cape Town, Wednesday, 9th of November 2022 Dreams shattered for a $20 part,…
09 NOVEMBER 2022Editor update: At the time of writing this post, Rupert Henry’s Eora was in 7th place in the Class40 Division. Postponed for three days due to stormy conditions in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay today’s…
Paralympic sailor Xu Jingkun has entered the history books as China’s first competitor in the solo transatlantic race Route Du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe. Jingkun, 33, who lost his left forearm aged 12, will race against the elements, the clock…
With the rescheduled start of the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination now confirmed as on Wednesday 9th November at 1415hrs local time, the 138 skippers in six classes, have been able to relax today, Sunday. The release of the mental pressure…
Sunday 6 November 2022 ARC+ 2022, World Cruising Club’s two-stage transatlantic rally to Grenada, set sail today, 6 November, from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with 90 boats spirited away by the gentle tradewinds bound for Mindelo Marina, Cape Verde…
Ian Snape’s Cookson 12, Sailient, had a stellar day in her last hit out before next Friday’s TasPorts Maria Island Race, winning Group 1 PHS, finishing runner up to the Don Calvert-sailed Intrigue in IRC and third behind Intrigue and…
The 3542 miles Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe, due start on Sunday at 1302hrs local time, has been postponed due to forecast storms which would have hit the 138-boat fleet during…
The Notice of Race is out and sailors now have the opportunity to be a part of Australian sailing history by entering the Gladstone Ports Corporation’s Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, which celebrates 75 years when it sets sail on…
For Boris Herrmann, the popular 41-year-old German solo ocean racer who took fifth on the last Vendée Globe, managing the expectations of the hundreds of thousands of fans he has at home now and a big media following, is all…
Dateline: Les Sables-d’Olonne, Wednesday, 2nd of November 2022 GGR fleet on the way to Cape Town, last call before the Southern Ocean, battling High Pressure Systems and barnacles (again), and a local hero making a big bet!Cape Town is a…
The Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe which starts on Sunday from Saint Malo is set to see a record 138 boats spread across six classes, Ultim 32/23, IMOCA, Ocean Fifty, Class40, Rhum Multi, Rhum Mono. They will set off on Sunday…
Approaching her first Route du Rhum-Destination Pip Hare is taking a necessarily cautious approach, especially for the first 24-36 hours. The British skipper lit up the last Vendée Globe with her effervescent joie-de-vie during her first adventures in the Southern…
Entries are ramping up for the ninth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, promising thrilling battles right through the fleet. Twenty one teams from nine nations have so far expressed their intention to race 3,000-miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Organised…
Written by Dave Proctor from the Global Solo Challenge. In this article, I will examine some of the safety telecommunication systems and requirements which will be available to the skippers of the 2023/2024 Global Solo Challenge (GSC). Before the mid-nineteenth…
Open to all boats with no size limit when it was created in 1978, the most legendary of the transatlantic races still retains its original spirit through the Rhum class. On November 6, 17 competitors will start in Rhum Multi,…
During its first weekend, the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe village has clearly been a huge success with the crowds turning up, while out on the water, the Rhum mono and multi boats took advantage of ideal weather for…
Multiple past winners, international entrants and a record number of two-handed competitors headline a strong contingent of 120 boats entered for the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Entries closed on Friday 28 October for the 77th edition of the…
The skippers competing in the fourth leg of the Globe40 set sail today at 12:00 hours local time just off the famous Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and stretching some 2,300 nautical miles, the first leg should take crews 12…
Year on year, the Rolex Middle Sea Race features myriad skirmishes right through the fleet and if you dream of winning one of the classic 600 nautical mile offshore races overall, you must have the determination and commitment to first…
With 14 nationalities represented, the transatlantic Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe has never been so cosmopolitan – there will in fact be 25 skippers coming from outside of France setting off on 6th November local time. Originating from all the continents,…
Rome: Translated 9, the Swan 65 now completely refitted, has set sail for the Southern Ocean to finish selecting its crew (70 percent non-professionals) and start training for the Ocean Globe Race 2023. The process of refitting the yacht took…
A change of start date and the large numbers taking part in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race (Westcoaster) has prompted record numbers for the Club’s annual Melbourne to Devonport Race – or…
With a few exceptions, all the of the solo skippers who are set to take part in the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe will have arrived safely in Saint-Malo by the end this Wednesday evening….
At 1600 CEST on Wednesday, 26 October, the winner of the 43rd edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race was announced as Eric de Turckheim’s French NMYD 54 Teasing Machine. The Royal Malta Yacht Club has confirmed that none of…
The Farr designed 30.48 metre/100 foot maxi, Leopard 3 (NED), skippered by Chris Sherlock, crossed the finish line of the 2022 Rolex Middle Sea Race at 10:54:29 CEST to take Monohull Line Honours in an elapsed time of 70 hours…
The 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race came alive today, for some at least. It really is a race of two halves, as those crews to the west stretch their legs metaphorically in a stiff southerly, and those still to the…
This time last year the Rolex Middle Sea Race reporting was struggling to keep up with the pace of the frontrunners, as the Maxi Multihulls had scorched 450 nautical miles of the 606nm course. What a difference a year makes:…
Malta: Grand Harbour performed some magic today, as an assembled 118 yachts set off on the 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race, behind them the ancient limestone walls of Valletta seemed to come alive in bright sunshine, duly offering the gathered…
Three days before the opening of the village in Saint-Malo on Tuesday, Race Direction have released the final list of ratified entries for the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, with 138 solo skippers setting off on Sunday November 6…
There are now less than 100 days until the start of The Ocean Race, 85 to be precise, and our team is in full training mode. Based out of our second home in Concarneau, Brittany, France, the shore crew is…
From Tuesday, the historic start town of Saint Malo, in the heart of the Brittany region, will welcome more than 138 boats that are set to compete on the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe. This…
For only the second time since 2009, a monohull keelboat has won the PIC Coastal Classic when V5, an Alan Andrews TP52 skippered by Brian Peterson of the RNZYS, crossed the line at 23:46:23. It was a race with many…
A global fleet has once again answered the call of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, with the 43rd edition, which starts at 1100 CEST, tomorrow Saturday, 22nd October, attracting a fleet of 120 yachts from 25 countries, including Australia, New…
Simon Curwen’s close call stuck up the mast and Damien Guillou breaks his windvane. Tapio in the lead, but is he really? Next gate favours eastern positioned yachts. South Atlantic high reshuffles cards for the leaders, northern yachts with less…
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