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The last time we saw the VO65 fleet in The Ocean Race was in January and the teams had just completed the opening stage of the VO65 Sprint, from Alicante, Spain to Cabo Verde. The Polish-flagged WindWhisper Racing Team won…
The team at the top of the overall race leaderboard has set a new monohull record Skipper Kevin Escoffier and his Team Holcim-PRB have shattered the existing 24-hour distance records in the monohull class. First to fall was The Ocean…
At 1541 UTC on Thursday, May 25, while racing in Leg 5 of The Ocean Race, 11th Hour Racing Team activated its Hazard Button to alert Race Control and the wider fleet they had hit something, suspected to be a…
Cap pour Elles, Ireland’s Pam Lee prepares for first big racing challenge on course to autumn’s Transatlantic Jacques Vabre Less than three months after being selected for the “Cap sur Elles” initiative – which provides support for a pair of…
The leaders are approaching the middle of the low pressure system that has them racing north at a 500-mile day pace… It’s been a bumpy ride for the past two days of The Ocean Race as winds in the 25-30…
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia to adopt single rating rule for the 2023/24 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore Over the years, IRC and ORCi rating rules have diverged. The complexity and workload for owners and crews in maintaining adherence…
The 50th anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, the Rolex Fastnet Race will set sail in just under two months’ time on Saturday, 22nd July from Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in northern France via the Fastnet Rock….
The boats are taking advantage of favourable conditions to leave Newport behind, with Aarhus in their sights It’s been a fast 24 hours in The Ocean Race, with teams making around 500 miles towards the target of the finish line…
As interest builds in the inaugural Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race, to start Saturday 7 October 2023 on Sydney Harbour, talk has turned to likely weather patterns, so organisers at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) naturally turned to world-renowned…
The IMOCA fleet moves east into the open ocean It’s 11th Hour Racing Team at the head of the fleet on Monday as the four racing IMOCAs push east into the Atlantic Ocean. After being squeezed between two Marine Mammal…
It was a picture-perfect day in Newport for the start of leg 5 across the Atlantic Ocean to Aarhus, Denmark Newport, Rhode Island earned its title as one of the great homes of sailing on Sunday providing beautiful conditions for…
A shortened course, racers just a minute apart, and a second victory for Erwan Le Roux and Keosio — the challenging second stage of the Pro Sailing Tour has set the scene for Sunday’s dramatic finale. The five Ocean Fifty…
Due to deteriorating weather, Saturday’s In Port Race in Newport has been postponed and will now be incorporated into the start of Leg 5. Safety is a top priority for The Ocean Race. With a forecast for increasing winds, deteriorating…
The 2nd edition of the Plymouth Fastnet 500 takes place on Sunday 13th August. Starting on and finishing from Plymouth Sound, this is a great option to see the Fastnet rock in all its splendour without the logistical headaches before…
Three teams are within one point at the top of the leaderboard… Four IMOCA teams will compete in the Newport In Port Race on Saturday before heading off across the Atlantic as The Ocean Race leaves the Americas and returns…
The first leg of the 2023 Pro Sailing Tour concluded in dramatic fashion on Sunday with the leading two trimarans separated by less than one minute after 42 hours of high-intensity racing. Erwan Le Roux on Koesio – racing with…
The 2023 edition of the Pro Sailing Tour got off to a flying start today as a quintet of high-performance foiling trimarans were launched from La Seyne-sur-Mer in southeastern France on what promised to be a frenetic first leg across…
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Friday, 12th of May, 2023 Michael Guggenberger (AUT) started the race with a few impediments compared to other entrants in the GGR. First, he is coming from land-locked Austria when most of the other entrants grew…
While the top prize in the Rolex Fastnet Race is the Fastnet Challenge Cup for the winner of IRC Overall, considerable kudos comes with finishing first on the water. This will be especially true for the monohull line honours winner…
With Leg 4 now finished, three teams are within one point on the overall leaderboard… Skipper Paul Meilhat and his Biotherm team had a long wait to get to the finish on Thursday morning in Newport, Rhode Island. With an…
Leg 4 results mean the leaderboard is close heading into the transatlantic leg 11th Hour Racing Team won Leg 4 of The Ocean Race, leading the fleet into their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on a spectacular spring afternoon in…
The leaders are within sight of each of other, racing in very light winds on the final morning of Leg 4 Wednesday has dawned with a beautiful morning in Newport, Rhode Island. It’s a cool, crisp, spring day, with bright…
Capt Gugg Set for GGR Podium Tomorrow, Last of Three from 16 Starters! Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Wednesday, 10th of May, 2023 With just under 200 miles to the finish in Les Sables d’Olonne and nearly 30,000 miles sailed over…
All safe on board GUYOT environnement – Team Europe as the fleet emerges from a heinous North Atlantic storm The GUYOT environnement – Team Europe crew is safe and working on a jury rig after dismasting in a fierce north…
GUYOT environnement – Team Europe has dismasted in the north Atlantic, just over 600 miles east of Newport, Rhode Island. The team on board reports all crew are safe and are working to secure the boat. The team has been…
The forecast is for winds gusting near 50 knots as the leaders approach their penultimate night at sea on Leg 4… As the leading boats get within 600 miles of the finishing line off Newport, Rhode Island, the crews are…
11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia continue their cat and mouse duel towards a Wednesday morning finish… The competition level is high as 11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia duel towards the finish. “11th Hour Racing Team is…
A gap between the forecast and the reality brings challenges to the IMOCA fleet While the IMOCA fleet is making progress towards the finishing line at Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday, it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. 11th Hour Racing…
Host Cities are invited to express interest in hosting the event scheduled to take place across Europe during the summer of 2025. As the current edition of The Ocean Race heads back into the northern hemisphere, race organisers are already…
Will Harris and his Malizians have edged in front of 11th Hour Racing Team as teams push towards speed records The German-flagged Team Malizia has moved into the lead on leg 4 of The Ocean Race as skipper Will Harris…
Tropical squalls keep teams on their toes as they leave the doldrums behind and push into the tradewinds On the race course on Wednesday, the top three teams are clustered together within 50 miles on the leaderboard, with 11th Hour…
11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia are joined by Biotherm on the push north as the race closes up On Monday evening (UTC) Team Malizia led 11th Hour Racing Team across the equator, as The Ocean Race returned to…
“The GLOBE40 is reminiscent of the Mini spirit – albeit on Class40s – and the Tour du Finistère course – albeit on a planetary scale! In reality though, it’s a race like no other, whilst being technical and demanding in…
Brazil is in the rear view mirror for the four IMOCA teams racing to Newport, with a benign doldrims ahead… The USA lies to the north and Brazil is now in the wake of the four teams racing towards Newport,…
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Sunday, 30th of April, 2023 Retired Navy commander, 43 year old Abhilash Tomy, the renowned sailor and first Indian to complete a solo non stop voyage around the world in 2013, made history on Saturday by…
Moderate trade winds have the teams speeding north Moderate easterly tradewinds have provided a speedy 24 hours of racing for the four IMOCAs charging north towards the doldrums. 24 hour distance runs have nearly doubled (although are still far off…
The fleet is slow and the only relief will come from stronger tradewinds ahead of the doldrums early next week The four boats racing north are in a challenging position. The wind is very light and unstable. The result? 24…
Charlie Enright’s team is heading the fleet, while Kevin Escoffier is under jury rig to Rio and a race to rejoin It’s been a long speed contest for the four IMOCA racing to the northeast, away from the Brazilian coast….
Dateline: Les Sables d’Olonne, Friday, 28th of April, 2023 It’s been a long time in the making for Kirsten Neuschäfer who got becalmed just hours before going through the finish line, off the coast on the world’s solo sailing capital…
Kevin Escoffier’s team is down but not out after dismasting while leading Leg 4… Near 0500 UTC, while the boat was racing east in moderate northerly winds and sea state, the mast on Team Holcim-PRB came crashing down. Skipper Kevin…
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