Globe40 Leg 2 – arrival of Whiskey Jack in Mauritius
Have a look in video the emotional arrival of Melodie Schaffer and Mikael Ryking in Mauritius after an epic second leg!
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Bar Talk – Bellino & Mzungu! – Round Britain & Ireland Race
In the 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race the battle to be the first Two-Handed team to finish was extraordinary, with two teams in sight of each other for 15 days of match racing. Rob Craigie & Deb Fish…
Figaro course is shortened
With the course now shortened by 85 miles to 559 nautical miles because of intermittent periods of light winds, the leaders on Stage 1 of the 2002 La Solitaire du Figaro should round a virtual waypoint at the mouth of…
GLOBE40 – Arrival of Amhas – Leg 2
After 35 days 10 hours 42 minutes and 42 seconds of racing, Craig Horsfield and Oliver Bond aboard Amhas took line honours in Mauritius in this the second and longest leg of the GLOBE40 round the world race. Crossing the…
Video of Monday’s arrivals in Round Britain & Ireland Race
The Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race came to a thrilling climax on the 16th day of the 1,805 nautical mile race. In a 14-hour flurry, 10 boats finished the race and a passionate dock party on Trinity Landing was…
Thrilling climax for Round Britain & Ireland Race
Monday 22 August, 2022: Cowes – The Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race came to a thrilling climax on the 16th day of the 1,805 nautical mile race. In a 14-hour flurry, 10 boats finished the race and a passionate…
French Tom v Irish Tom duel at front of La Solitaire du Figaro Stage 1
Pre-race favourite Tom Laperche (Région Bretagne-CMB Performance) and Ireland’s Tom Dolan (Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan) are leading the 644 nautical miles Stage 1 of the 2022 La Solitaire du Figaro into the second day of racing since leaving Sunday afternoon’s start off…
Stage 1 of 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro Under Way
In light drizzle and a gentle southerly breeze Corentin Horeau (Mutuelle Bleue) made the best start to lead the 34 strong 2022 La Solitaire du Figaro fleet away from the mouth of the Loire estuary, opening a 648 nautical miles…
Tquila first Class40 to finish Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race
James McHugh’s Tquila is the first Class40 to complete the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Rac, finishing on Saturday 20 August at 14:06:47 BST in an elapsed time of 13 days 2 hrs six mins and 47 secs. The crew…
Light winds promised for La Solitaire du Figaro start
The 34 skippers of the 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro and their Figaro Beneteau 3s left Nantes on Saturday at lunch time local time to sail down to Saint-Nazaire at the mouth of the Loire, where they will dock for…
Young talent and top internationals for La Solitaire du Figaro
Nantes, France: The 53rd edition of La Solitaire du Figaro is set to start off Saint Michel Chef Chef, at the entrance to the Loire, on Sunday August 21 at 1540hrs local time, with 34 yachts taking part following a…
Round Britain & Ireland Race – Medallia Takes Line Honours
Day 12 Race Report: Thursday 18 August IMOCA Medallia, skippered by Pip Hare, took Line Honours in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race in an elapsed time of 10 days 13 hours 23 minutes and 22 seconds. High pressure…
Round Britain & Ireland Race – Day 11
At 1000 BST on Day 11, sixteen teams have rounded Muckle Flugga and turned their bows south into the North Sea. Finally the majority of the fleet are enjoying fast downwind conditions. Four teams are still to round the lighthouse…
Ant Arctic Lab – circumnavigation has begun
Les Sables d’Olonne, 15th August 2022 Skipper Norbert Sedlacek Koch has set sails to accomplish his ANT ARCTIC LAB record challenge, to sail around the world nonstop, single-handed, without assistance through all five oceans including the most dangerous oceans on…
Round Britain & Ireland Race – Joy & pain on assent to Muckle Flugga
Monday 15 August, 2022: After nine days of racing 21 teams are still competing in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race. All bar three of those teams have rounded St Kilda, the isolated Scottish archipelago in the North Atlantic….
What is the most dangerous sector in low pressure system?
The Global Solo Challenge starts in September. This will be a non-stop, single-handed race around the world. Boats will be starting based on handicap, with the first starters off on 2nd September and the last ones on 28th October. First…
Gold Coast Race 2022. A thinker’s game!
By Jules Hall – Owner of J/99 Disko Trooper After two years of COVID cancellations it was very special to have the Noakes Sydney to Gold Coast race back in action, and the inaugural running of the two handed division….
Pip Hare’s tour of her IMOCA 60 Medallia 2
Pip Hare gives us a tour of her exciting new foiling IMOCA and explains how she handles this beast of a boat singlehanded. It’s the fastest boat ever in the Vendee Globe solo round the world race, and Pip will…
Round Britain & Ireland Race – Day 5
Day Five, 11 August 2022: All of the fleet in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race are now racing along the West Coast of Ireland. Progress continues to be slow but the beautiful, rugged coast is providing stunning vistas….
Round Britain & Ireland Race – Day 3
The international fleet in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race is now in the Celtic Sea heading for the West Coast of Ireland. Pip Hare’s IMOCA Medallia has raced 217 miles in the last 24 hours and is just…
Leaders past The Lizard in Round Britain & Ireland Race
The boat speed has ramped up in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race with the two IMOCAs in the race wicked up and closing in on The Isles of Scilly. The Class40s are yet to taste full downwind conditions…
The Marathon Has Begun – Round Britain & Ireland Race
The 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race started on time from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line in Cowes at midday on Sunday 7th August. The international fleet got away for the non-stop 1,805-mile race without incident. The infamous Solent…
Round Britain & Ireland Race has begun
Cowes, UK: 7 August, 2022: The 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race started on time from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line in Cowes at midday on Sunday 7th August. The international fleet got away for the non-stop 1,805-mile race…
All set for Round Britain & Ireland Race
The Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race starts Sunday local time and all 30 teams attended the Skippers Briefing, held at the RORC Clubhouse in Cowes, with RORC CEO Jeremy Wilton welcoming all competitors to the race. “This is the…
Sedlacek Koch on for world extreme sailing record attempt
In just 10 days from now, Norbert Sedlacek Koch will depart for his Ant Arctic Lab challenge, to sail around the world nonstop, single-handed, without assistance through all five oceans including the most dangerous oceans on the planet; the Arctic…
Sailor Survives Overnight in an Air Pocket in Capsized Yacht
Against all odds, a French sailor in his 60s survived inside of a capsized sailing yacht off the coast of Galicia, Spain overnight Monday, breathing from an air pocket until Spanish rescue divers reached him the following afternoon. At about…
Double-handers targeting 50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race glory
Amid the double-handed entries already received for the 2022 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, there are some serious contenders for the Heemskerk Trophy, awarded to the overall winner of the race each year. Being the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s…
Halfway point in the Globe40’s longest leg
On Wednesday (3rd August), the front runners in the GLOBE40 round the world yacht race reached the halfway point in this second leg having covered 3,600 miles since setting sail from Cape Verde on Sunday 17 July, which equates to…
Black Jack leads Sydney Gold Coast fleet – Gweilo overall leader
At 4am and after 15 hours on the water in the Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, Peter Harburg’s super maxi Black Jack had just passed Forster and retained the race lead on water, just 3.3 nautical miles ahead of John…
Light breeze frustrates fleet at Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race start
The 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race got underway on Sydney Harbour at 1300hrs today in extremely light conditions. A fickle 2-3 knot sou’easter, which disappeared at times, kept tacticians and navigators on their toes as the fleet of…
La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe
Today Friday July 29 at 1302hrs CEST marks exactly 100 days before the start of the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, a symbolic point in time for sailors who are set to compete, for the…
Light winds to provide tactical challenge in Sydney Gold Coast race
Light winds look set to challenge the tactical nous of competitors in the 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which begins Saturday at 1pm. The 384 nautical mile race, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, is the…
And the Clipper 2019-20 Race winner is…
After over 40,000nm sailed, six oceans crossed and eight legs completed, the Clipper Race has announced its champion – the Clipper 2019-20 Race winner is Qingdao. Skippered by Chris Brooks, Qingdao had been the team to beat from early on…
53rd La Solitaire du Figaro
The starting gun for the first stage of the 53rd edition of La Solitaire du Figaro will sound on August 21, off Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef in the Loire-Atlantique after the fleet has paraded up the Loire from Nantes. And this year’s edition…
Thrilling times as the breeze kicks in at Baltic Sea Race
By the morning of the third day of the Roschier Baltic Sea Race, the new 635 nautical mile event is producing thrilling competition, for both line honours and those in contention for overall wins. The race for line honours has…
Special 50th edition Fastnet Race for 2023
A year from now the start gun will fire on what will be the most significant, historic edition of the world’s largest offshore yacht race, setting sail from Cowes on Saturday 22nd July 2023 will be the 50th edition of…
Loic Escoffier rescued after capsizing 70 miles south of Fastnet Rock
Loic Escoffier has been rescued off the coast of Ireland after capsizing in his ORC 50 while racing solo in the Drheam Cup. Loic Escoffier, who is the brother of Vendée Globe skipper Kevin Escoffier , was competing in the…
Fleet locked in for 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
A fleet of 70 boats has been locked in for the 2022 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, which returns on Saturday 30 July. Three 100-foot maxis will lead the charge for Line Honours. John Winning Jr will skipper Andoo…
South Aussies add weight to 50th Melbourne to Hobart
Twelve years ago, John Willoughby scored a clean sweep of wins in the testing Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race with his striking red yacht ‘Enchantress’ – and the memory of that race – and its outcome, lingers, bringing the South…
Skipper “well-being”, the new frontier in racing performance
Adding foils to offshore racing yachts has resulted in greater performance, but has also made conditions aboard just that much harder to bear. And to such a degree that the skipper’s ability to exploit these powerful designs has become a…
