The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint Cup
A new trophy is announced for the VO65 one design class in The Ocean Race 2022-23. Along with five confirmed IMOCA teams racing around the world, up to five VO65 teams will be on the starting line in Alicante, Spain…
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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.
Final IMOCA crosses line in Route Du Rhum
Switzerland’s 32nd placed IMOCA Oliver Heer: “I had my doubts I would make it back into the race” Swiss skipper Oliver Heer (Oliver Heer Ocean Racing) crossed the finish line of the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe at 01:37:55hrs TU…
Chabaud celebrates second place in Route du Rhum Mono class
On the eve of her 60th birthday, sailing the famous ‘Cigar Rouge’ – the boat on which she became the first woman to complete the Vendée Globe in 1996/7 – Catherine Chabaud completed a successful, popular return to ocean racing…
Marina Lanzarote readies for the RORC Transatlantic Race
With just over one month to go until the start of the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race, Marina Lanzarote is ready to receive the international fleet which will set off on Sunday 8th of January for the 3,000-mile race across the…
Two Capes Race review
Advantedge (Andrew Jones) may have taken line honours with a new Two Capes Race record of 11hrs 8mins, but it was a clean podium sweep by the smaller teams for the overall IRC win, ORC and PHS handicaps after a…
Globe40: Challenge of Cape Horn
Today at 15:00 hours local time (01:00 UTC Sunday), the Gobe40 crews set sail on Leg 5 in Matavai Bay to the north of Tahiti, bound for the Argentinean stopover of Ushuaia via the legendary yet feared Cape Horn. A…
Route du Rhum Mono and Multi classes decided
Friday night into Saturday’s early hours The Memorial ACTe, Pointe-à-Pitre’s giant structure, dedicated to the history, heritage and memories of the Caribbean slave trade, watched on as the busiest spell of finishers completed the 12th edition of the Route du…
Jourdain penalty means Escoffier wins Route du Rhum Multi class
Loïc Escoffier (Lodigroup) who crossed the finish line second in the Multihull division has been declared winner of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe after initial winner, Roland Jourdain was penalised. Escoffier crossed the line at Pointe-à-Pitre line at…
Route du Rhum: Roland Jourdain wins Rhum Multi class
French skipper Roland Jourdain (We Explore) has won the Rhum Multihull class in the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe when he crossed the finish line at 19:06:00hrs UTC (Friday). Jourdain’s elapsed time for the 3542 nautical mile solo course from…
Ambrogio Beccaria (Alla Grande-Pirelli) second in Class40
23 November 2022Italian skipper Ambrogio Beccaria brought his 100% Italian made Alla Grande-Pirelli across the finish line of the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe at 2038hrs UTC to take a hard earned second place in the highly competitive 55 boat…
Rhum Multi Class leader Gilles Buekenhout (JESS) capsizes
23 November 2022Rhum Multi Class Leader Gilles Buekenhout (JESS) has capsized but is safe on board At 1920hrs this Wednesday, November 23, the race management of the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe received a message…
Two Capes Race preview
This Saturday will see a bumper fleet hit the start line for the Derwent Sailing Squadron’s novel short ocean race, the Two Capes Race. Sponsored by the Hobart law firm, Wallace Wilkinson and Webster, the race will start off Wrest…
Yoann Richomme wins Class40 for a second time
23 November 2022French skipper Yoann Richomme joined the very elite group of solo ocean racers to have twice won their class on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe today, when he brought the new build Lombard Lift 40 V2 Paprec-Arkea through…
International fleet set for 2022 Sydney Hobart
A strong fleet with an international flavour and multiple former winners and record holders is preparing to take on the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. 118 boats are entered for the 77th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of…
International skippers in Route du Rhum IMOCA class
23 November 2022-Britain’s Pip Hare 12th, rising Star Rookie Haryada 14th, and Italy’s Giancarlo Pedote in 16th in the IMOCA class -Yoann Richomme looks set to take Class40 title this afternoon, as battle for seconds rages between Italy’s Ambrogio Beccaria…
Record breaking win for Thomas Ruyant in Route du Rhum IMOCA
21 NOVEMBER 2022Thomas Ruyant, solo skipper of LinkedOut, was unofficially crowned ‘King of the Transats’ when he won the 38 boat IMOCA class on the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. Hollow eyed, wobbly legged and exhausted this morning after setting…
Classic trades with a lively start for ARC 2022
37th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers Sets Sail FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESunday 20 November 2022It was an exciting start to the 37th edition of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) today, Sunday 20 November, from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, as a…
Last night moves may decide thrilling IMOCA victory on Route du Rhum
20 NOVEMBER 2022A record sized entry of 38 boats at the start line in Saint Malo on Wednesday 9th November looks set to produce the closest and most exciting finish to an IMOCA race in the 44-year history of the…
Le Roux (Koesio) wins nail biting Ocean 50 showdown
In the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe French solo skipper Erwan Le Roux sailed Koesio across the finish line first in the OCEAN FIFTY fleet this morning at 10:50:52 UTC (06:50:52 local time) narrowly beating second placed Quentin Vlamynck (Arkema)…
Golden Globe Race: Tapio Lehtinen safe and sound
Les Sables d’Olonne: A successful rescue operation for Tapio Lehtinen took place in the Southern Indian Ocean, with Kirsten Neuschäfer the first to reach his position and take him to safety aboard her racing yacht, Minnehaha, before transferring him onto…
Route du Rhum: Le Vaillant finishes before gold rush
Arthur Le Vaillant brought his 21-year-old Ultim, Mieux, through the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe finish line in sixth place this afternoon. From fourth in Class40 in 2018, it is something of a step up for the 34-year-old skipper from La…
Golden Globe Race: Tapio Lehtinen Distress activation
Les Sables d’Olonne: Tapio Lehtinen was sailing toward Australia in the Southern Ocean, when at 0654 UTC, he activated Asteria’s EPIRB, 460 nautical miles south-east from Port Elizabeth in South Africa, while racing in the solo Golden Globe Race. The…
Route du Rhum: IMOCA title in the balance
With 1,000 miles to go on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, the IMOCA title is in the balance, as leader since the start and outstanding pre-race favourite, Charlie Dalin (Apivia, was passed this morning by Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOut). Ruyant seems…
Fourth place for Francis Joyon in Route du Rhum
Legendary French skipper, Francis Joyon, sailed to fourth place in the 12th edition of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe when he crossed the finish line off Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe this Friday morning at 02:56:40hrs UTC (22:56hrs Thursday local time)….
Route du Rhum: Ultim podium complete
The Ultim 32/23 podium for the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe was completed yesterday (Wednesday) when Thomas Coville brought the Sodebo Ultim 3 through the finish line off Pointe-a-Pitre at 1952hrs UTC (1542hrs local time) 10 hours and fifty minutes…
Jules Verne Trophy: Sails of Change maxi trimaran on the move
Yann Guichard, Dona Bertarelli and nine other sailors will make up thecrew of ‘Sails of Change’ for their next attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy,an award for the fastest non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of theworld. Several years of hard work…
Golden Globe: Half of fleet in Southern Ocean – Lawless and Guillou out
Dateline: Cape Town, Tuesday, 15th of November 2022 Two front runners of the Golden Globe Race have retired into Cape Town with wind vane failures. Damien Guillou arrived in Cape Town this monday having lost his windvane rudder. Pat Lawless…
Preparations in full swing for 50th Melbourne to Hobart
Preparations are in full swing for the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 50th Melbourne to Hobart, as entrants make their final preparations for the ‘Westcoaster’ as it is colloquially known, which starts on 27 December at 12pm from Portsea…
Route du Rhum: Deaths after motor boat capsize
This Wednesday morning, November 16, as the first boat was finishing the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe in Guadeloupe’s bay of Pointe-à-Pitre, a motor boat which was carrying 11 people capsized. The circumstances surrounding the accident are still undetermined, but…
Charles Caudrelier breaks course record to win Route du Rhum
In the dark of a Caribbean night to a typically rapturous welcome, French solo skipper Charles Caudrelier on the Ultim 32/32 Maxi Edmond de Rothschild crossed the line off Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe at 05:02:05hrs local time (09:02:05 UTC) this morning. His…
Ivica Kostelic retires from Route du Rhum
Croatian sailor, Ivica Kostelic (ACI), who was racing in the Class40 division in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe transatlantic race, is heading for Cascais in Portugal, suffering from many technical problems, including the loss of his wind gear. After a…
Australian Rupert Henry retires from Route du Rhum
Australian Class 40 sailor, Rupert Henry, reported today that he has structural failure of one of the frames in the front of his yacht, Eora, so has decided to withdraw from the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe for safety…
Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe: A sprint finish after all?
14 NOVEMBER 2022 After five days and nights of tough, physical, racing which has taken them to the edge of exhaustion, there are just 1100 nautical miles of direct runway left to sail to the Pointe-à-Pitre finish line for the…
Fire aboard IMOCA Nexans – Art & Fenêtres: Fabrice Amedeo recovered by a cargo ship
14 NOVEMBER 2022At 1132hrs UTC this morning, while French skipper Fabrice Amedeo was en route to Cascais in Portugal after suffering damage during the Route du Rhum-Destination Gudeloupe solo Transatlantic race, there was an explosion aboard his Imoca, Nexans –…
Black Jack claims clean sweep of Bird Island Race
Skipper Mark Bradford says Black Jack reached its peak performance to win both line and overall honours in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2022 Bird Island Race. The 83nm race around Bird Island – approximately 3nm north east of…
Thibault rescued after capsize in Route du Rhum
After capsizing around 2000hrs yesterday evening while leading the Ocean Fifty class of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race, French skipper Thibaut Vauchel-Camus was rescued this morning from the upturned Solidaires En Peloton – ARSEP some 240 miles north…
Route du Rhum: ARSEP capsized – skipper safe
Ocean Fifty Class leader, ARSEP has capsized in rough weather between Portugal and the Azores, her solo skipper, Frenchman, Thibaut Vauchel-Camus is not injured and is sheltering in the central hull of his trimaran. Vauchel-Camus, 43, who had taken the…
Bureau Vallée dismasted in Route du Rhum
French skipper Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée) has dismasted on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe while lying in ninth place on the solo race from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe which started on Wednesday at 1415hrs. Burton reported the accident at 1700hrs…
Route du Rhum: Gabart leads Azores face off in Ultims
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…
Class40 skipper Gerckens abandons Route du Rhum
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…
