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Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and their nine crew will begin a fresh Jules Verne Trophy record attempt this Thursday. Early in the morning, the maxi-trimaran Sails of Change will cast off from her port of registry in La Trinité-Sur-Mer (Morbihan)…
The Ultime podium for the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre is complete. Late last night SVR-Lazartigue took second place ahead of Banque Populaire XI. The leading IMOCAs are due in Martinique on Thursday as the Class 40 make good progress across…
The start date for leg one of The Ocean Race 2022-23 has been confirmed with both IMOCA and VO65 fleets scheduled to burst from the starting blocks on Sunday, 15 January 2023 from Alicante on Spain’s Mediterranean coast. There will…
A diverse and competitive fleet will chase history in the 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, headlined by the battle for the Tattersall Cup and the introduction of the Two-Handed Division. Six Australian states and territories are represented in the…
They waited for the sun to shine over Martinique before lining the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild up with Diamond Rock, taking full advantage of their crushing victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre. At 10 hours 16 minutes et 16 seconds locale (14…
Primonial has taken line honours and the Ocean Fifty multihull title in the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre race. French pair Sébastien Rogues and Matthieu Souben crossed the line in Martinique ahead of Koesio in second. Britain’s Sam Goodchild was third…
The first boats competing in the Transat Jacques Vabre are expected to arrive in Martinique overnight. The three fastest classes are slipping slowly through an area of light winds whilst the Class 40s are loving the trade winds. Ultimes –…
What goes down must come up; and the boats that race to the Onion Patch next June in the 2022 Newport Bermuda Race—the vast majority of them, at least—must make their way back home to the Eastern Seaboard of the…
All four classes are on a direct route to the finish of the Transat Jacques Vabre in Martinique. The Ocean Fifty multihulls lead the race with just 645 miles to the finish line but the doldrums await them for a second time as…
The hoped-for grandstand finish of the Transat Jacques Vabre in Martinique is beginning to look likely as the Ultimes and Ocean Fiftys begin their approaches to the line, as the IMOCA leaders continue their high-speed cat and mouse chase whilst…
A group of four Spanish boat builders planned a trip to Lanzarote to surprise the Globe 5.80 Transat entrants before their Atlantic crossing, only to find out the start was moved forward before their landing time! Just as they decided…
Whilst one Ocean Fifty celebrates a birthday, another suffers the huge frustrations of a blown spinnaker, just when it’s most needed in the final stages of the Transat Jacques Vabre. As the fleet speeds towards Martinique, Solidaires En Peloton-ARSEP has…
This morning, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild rounded the rocks of São Pedro and São Paulo; this final course mark of the Transat Jacques Vabre was first negotiated on the outward leg early afternoon on 15 November by the Cammas-Caudrelier…
A breakage aboard HBF-Reforest’Action forces her to become the first Class 40 boat to abandon the race. Sam Davies chases the IMOCA leaders whilst Leyton wins a night-time duel in the Ocean Fifty. Class 40 – down to 44 The…
The next two days could be crucial in deciding the winners of the Transat Jacques Vabre. Lead changes are expected across three of the four classes today as the weather roles the dice. Ocean Fifty – searching for a way out…
After nine days of racing in the Transat Jacques Vabre, the monohulls are still bunched together in cat and mouse battle in which any mistake will prove costly. Maxi Edmond de Rothschild keeps getting faster at the front of the Ultimes…
Due to a weak weather forecast for the scheduled start on November 18th, the Race Director and the five remaining entrants of the inaugural Globe 5.80 Transat agreed to move the start date forward to Wednesday 17 November at 10:00 am…
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has announced it will be resuming its 2019-20 edition in March next year after receiving a Special Event Permit from the Philippines. After sailing halfway around the world, the sailing event was suspended…
Over a week in the Transat Jacques Vabre and the Doldrums are reducing Maxi Edmond de Rothschild’s lead in the Ultime class, whilst Primonial is extending her lead over the other Ocean Fifty boats. Meanwhile the monohulls are feeling the…
Rarely in the history of the Mini Transat has it been so tight among the production boats. Indeed, right to the last minute, a large proportion of the fleet were embroiled in a close-contact race and (virtually) all the way…
We’re exactly one week into the 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre race. Overall the racing is close, with many of the leading boats bunched together across the four classes. The fleet of 79 boats has been reduced to…
The first three boats in the TasPorts Maria Island Race crossed the finishing line at Castray Esplanade soon after midnight on Sunday morning within half an hour after a shade over 29 hours of close racing. Brent McKay’s Jazz Player…
Strong winds sparked an exciting sprint in the 2021/22 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore’s Bird Island Race, with Ichi Ban, Disko Trooper_Contender Sailcloth and URM all taking away wins. A blustery 12-25 knot westerly provided an entertaining start to…
After six days of racing, the first signs of wear and tear are appearing on board the boats and fatigue is putting the sailors to the test in the Transat Jacques Vabre. Imoca: decisionsIt’s bombing southwards and it’s the new…
With a lead of more than 142 nautical miles over their closest pursuer, and 256 miles over the third boat at 2pm Saturday local time, Charles Caudrelier and Franck Cammas have increased their lead at the head of the race…
While Pierre Le Roy (1019 – TeamWork) has taken the outright win (prior to the jury’s decision) in Saint-François, the fight continues at every stage of the fleet in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef. In the prototype category, Fabio Muzzolini…
There was a lead change in the IMOCAs this morning, but as the Ultimes power south to Cape Verde, many of the Class 40 contesting the Transat Jacques Vabre are stuck again without wind. “I feel a bit like a…
A fleet of 50 boats will take on the 83 nautical mile Bird Island Race on Saturday 13 November, the second race of the 2021/22 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore. Much of the fleet from last week’s Flinders Islet…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club, in association with the International Maxi Association (IMA) and the Yacht Club de France, expect a record entry for the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race. From the mighty Comanche to the miniscule Jangada, 29 teams from all over the…
Sodebo Ultim 3 is being assessed following last night’s collision with an unidentified floating object. Meanwhile, 11th Hour Racing Team – Alaka’i have officially abandoned the 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre after yesterday’s dismasting. The rest of the fleet…
Translated, one of the world’s leading translation companies, has partnered with legendary skipper Paul Cayard to select and train its amateur sailors aboard the Swan 65 Translated 9 for the Ocean Globe Race 2023 (OGR23). Cayard, seven-time world champion, seven-time…
A second 60-footer dismasted on Wednesday after Bureau Vallee suffered this misfortune earlier in the week. The 11th Hour Racing Team Alaka’i of Justine Mettraux and Simon Fisher was thus forced to retire from the 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre. The…
With late starter Jim Schofield from Ireland arriving safely in Marina Rubicon Lanzarote on November 10, all entrants of this eventful inaugural qualifier are now gathered in Lanzarote (Spain), including Class Globe 5.80 Class founder Don McIntyre. All are celebrating…
With the front runners now less than 500 miles from the finish and expected into the port of Saint-François this Friday, the battle is becoming more and more fierce within the fleet in this 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef. In the…
As announced yesterday, the trade winds are now sharing out breeze pretty fairly across the whole of the race zone in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef. As a result, the competitors furthest north are now benefiting from similar conditions to…
All of the competitors racing in the 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre fleet are currently stuck in a ridge of high pressure from Madeira to Dunkirk. As most head south across the Bay of Biscay, the race is on to be…
Following the first announcement of the 2023 Ocean Globe Race in July 2019, owners of Whitbread 60’s and a few maxis lobbied the organisers for their own modern class to join this 50th anniversary celebration event of the very first…
As the leaders of the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef fleet pass the ‘1,000-miles to go’ mark in their race to Saint-Francois, the trade winds is finally making its presence felt out on the racetrack. The latter remains fairly wheezy at…
Australian sailor Michael Davey has been forced to withdraw from the 2022 Golden Globe Race after his yacht was washed onto the cliffs in Tasman Bay. In a Facebook post, the sailor recapped the unfortunate event. After having completed a…
Louis Burton and co-skipper Davy Beaudart reached the port of St Malo tonight with their damaged boat Bureau Vallée. They are the first boat forced to abandon this 15th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre race following a dramatic dismasting…
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