How to be debris free in the Rolex Sydney Hobart
Can you be debris free when you go yacht racing? Well of course you can, however the aim of this article to is give you ideas on how to reduce your debris when you go racing or even cruising. Plastic…
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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.
Sydney Harbour prepares for SOLAS Big Boat Challenge spectacular
Four of the world’s top maxi yachts will race in Tuesday’s Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour, the last big hit-out before the Rolex Sydney Hobart. Wild Oats XI, Black Jack, SHK Scallywag and InfoTrack, plus Naval…
Hallucine leads the ARC fleet into Saint Lucia
At 00:52:47 on Friday, Rodney Bay welcomed the first arrival of ARC 2019; French flagged Hallucine, led by experienced ocean sailor Régis Guillemot, had a great blast across the Atlantic, clocking up a record day of 385nm at an average…
RORC Transatlantic Race: Dark Shadow shines in Grenada
French Wally 100, Dark Shadow, sailed by Andre Auberton-Herve (FRA) and Yerin Hobson (AUS), finished the 2019 RORC Transatlantic Race on Friday in an elapsed time of 13 days 9 hours 11 mins and 3 secs. “I did the Transat…
MACIF and Actual Leader complete the Brest Atlantiques podium
After 31 days, 20 hours 43 minutes 50 seconds at sea, François Gabart and Gwénolé Gahinet (MACIF) took second place in the Brest Atlantiques crossing the finish line on Saturday at 07:43:50; 2d 21h 19m 4s after the winner, Maxi…
All calm on the Launceston to Hobart ‘Frontline’
Professor Ian Snape and his co-owner Gary Kuehn bought their 10.6m Elan S4, Frontline, in 2016 and will be on the start line of this year’s Riversdale Estate Wines Launceston to Hobart (L2H) race; Tasmania’s longest offshore race. Offshore racing…
Brest Atlantiques: MACIF and Actual Leader expected in early hours
Less than three days after Maxi Edmond de Rothschild crossed the line in first place, Brest is now preparing to welcome the two remaining trimarans to complete the Brest Atlantiques podium. Since MACIF’s pit stop in Cape Town, it Actual…
RORC Transatlantic Race: Childhood 1 wins the International Maxi Association (IMA) Trophy
Swedish VO65 Childhood 1, skippered by Bouwe Bekking, has taken Line Honours in the 2019 RORC Transatlantic Race. Childhood 1 crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada in an elapsed time of 11 days 11…
Rolex Sydney Hobart finishes to be broadcast live
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia will bring sports fans from across Australia and around the world closer to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race finish line than ever before thanks to support from the Tasmanian Government. Hobart and Tasmania…
The Ocean Race confirms its return to Auckland
The Ocean Race will come to Auckland, New Zealand, during the 2021-22 edition of the fully-crewed, round the world race. As The Ocean Race approaches its 50th anniversary, the event will be returning to New Zealand for the 12th time….
IDEC SPORT arrives in Vietnam
Francis Joyon left Mauritius on 21st November accompanied by Christophe Houdet, Bertrand Delesne, Antoine Blouet and his son, Corentin, to set a new reference time on a highly unusual route for modern ocean racers taking them from Mauritius to Ho…
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild wins Brest Atlantiques
They’ve done it! After 28 days, 23 hours, 24 minutes and 46 seconds at sea, Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier, accompanied by their media man Yann Riou, are the winners of Brest Atlantiques. Having crossed the finish line this morning…
Spindrift 2 abandons Jules Verne attempt after rudder failure
At 20h UTC, Yann Guichard, Spindrift 2’s skipper, made the decision to turn around and end the current Jules Verne Trophy record attempt. A difficult decision following a sudden loss of control, which required the intervention of two sailors at…
Franck Cammas, Charles Caudrelier and media man Yann Riou are expected to be crowned the winners of Brest Atlantiques on Wednesday morning
After little under 29 days at sea, Franck Cammas, Charles Caudrelier and media man Yann Riou are expected to be crowned the winners of Brest Atlantiques on Wednesday morning. Following 24 hours going at very high speeds off the Bay…
RORC Transatlantic Race: Full pelt in the Atlantic
Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina in Grenada is all set to welcome the early finishers in the RORC Transatlantic Race. VO65 Childhood 1 is expected to finish on Wednesday 4th December and will win the IMA Trophy for Monohull…
Sailing heavyweights named as ambassadors for Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2021
The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) in Sydney and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) in Auckland, have named Australia’s most famous sailor, James ‘Jimmy’ Spithill and one of New Zealand’s rising stars, Bianca Cook, as ambassadors for…
Spindrift starts Jules Verne attempt
Spindrift 2 crossed the start line of the Jules Verne Trophy on Tuesday 3 December 2019 at 20h 55' 54″ UTC to begin their 21,600 miles around the world record attempt. The objective is to beat the existing record of…
73rd Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race Now Open for Entry
Newport Beach, CA – The Notice of Race and Registration pages for entry are now available for the 73rd edition of the 2020 Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race. These can be found on the event’s new website at nosa.org,…
Tough conditions for IDEC SPORT before the finish in Vietnam
Rarely during his career as a high-speed ocean racer has Francis Joyon experienced such a long period of light airs and reduced speed. Since they approached the Indonesian coast last Friday, the crew of IDEC SPORT has only managed to…
Jules Verne Trophy – Tuesday night departure for Spindrift 2
Spindrift 2 is preparing for a new attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy, the round the world record that starts and finishes in Ushant, leaving the three capes (Good Hope, Leeuwin, Horn) to port. The reference time is the current…
Brest is now in sight for Maxi Edmond de Rothschild.
The finish line is fast approaching for Maxi Edmond de Rothschild. Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier are now heading straight towards Brest, where they are expected to arrive any time from Tuesday night to Wednesday. Behind them, MACIF and Actual…
The gap tightens between MACIF and Actual Leader
While Maxi Edmond de Rothschild is now on track to reach Brest next Wednesday, the battle for second place is well and truly on between MACIF and Actual Leader. With only around thirty miles separating them, it looks like it…
RORC Transatlantic Race: The north south divide
Day 9 Update – 0800 UTC 1 December: Whilst all of the competing yachts are south of the rhumb line in the RORC Transatlantic Race, there is over 900nm of latitudinal separation in the fleet. Jangada is furthest north and…
Flying start to Bird Island Race
A blustery 25-knot southerly greeted the competitors for the 10am start of the Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore Bird Island Race, making for a spectacular downwind start on Sydney Harbour on Saturday. Colourful spinnakers and code zeros made a…
Brest Atlantique: Maxi Edmond de Rothschild shooting for the finish
With less than 2000 miles to go before the finish of the Brest Atlantiques, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild is now racing against the clock to reach the Azores as quickly as possible and then head straight for Brest. Meanwhile, for…
Quest wins while Black Jack takes Bird Island Race line honours
Barring any protests, Bob Steel and Craig Neil’s two-time Sydney Hobart winner, Quest, has won the Bird Island Race from Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban and Julian Farren-Price’s About Time, while Peter Harburg’s Black Jack took line honours from InfoTrack by…
Brest Atlantiques: Fleet under surveillance
At 10:02am today, Actual Leader crossed the equator, which means that all three boats racing on the Brest Atlantiques are now sailing in the northern hemisphere, with maxi Edmond de Rothschild more than a day ahead of its two rivals….
IDEC SPORT in Indonesia
Eight days after setting sail from Mauritius, Francis Joyon, Christophe Houdet, Bertrand Delesne, Antoine Blouet and Corentin Joyon have reached the Sunda Strait, which is the gateway to the Karimata Strait, that narrow stretch of water between the Java Sea…
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild in the Doldrums, MACIF going at full speed
After crossing the equator last night, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild is now making its way across the Doldrums, with a comfortable lead over its competitors. Meanwhile, MACIF’s decision to head west has proved to be a very good strategy, and…
2019 set the tone: the 2020 IMOCA season looks like being exceptional
A lot happened in the 2019 season to the sailors in the IMOCA class. There were three events on the calendar in the Globe Series: the Bermudes 1000 Race (solo), the Rolex Fastnet Race (double-handed) and more recently the Transat…
Penultimate race likely to shift leaderboard in CYCA's Blue Water Pointscore
The front-runners in the CYCA's Blue Water Pointscore have had their ups and downs throughout the series, and this Saturday’s Bird Island Race – a crucial lead-up to the Rolex Sydney Hobart – will be sure to see further changes…
RORC Transatlantic Race: Picking the layline 2,500 miles out
Day 5 Update: 0800 UTC, 27 November, 2019: Five days into the RORC Transatlantic Race, the international fleet is experiencing shifty conditions with a light to moderate wind oscillating between nor' east and east. All of the teams are south of…
Brest Atlantiques: The trimarans make their own way
All three trimarans racing on the Brest Atlantiques are continuing today to head towards the west, with Maxi Edmond de Rothschild, in first position, expected very soon to cross the equator and arrive in the Northern Hemisphere. Even though Brest…
IDEC SPORT in a wild desert
That is how Christophe Houdet, Francis Joyon’s faithful friend and one of the crew of four aboard IDEC SPORT for the ASIAN TOUR, described the situation. Slowed down to horribly low speeds yesterday and completely stopped for around seven hours…
Royal Ocean Racing Club to finish the Rolex Fastnet Race in Cherbourg
LONDON, 26 NOVEMBER 2019 – The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), organisers of the Rolex Fastnet Race, announced at a press conference today that the City of Cherbourg will host the finish of the Rolex Fastnet Race for the 2021…
The Atlantic stretch continues for Brest Atlantique competitors
After three weeks racing on the Brest Atlantiques, the two leading trimarans, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild and Actual Leader, are now following a similar route and heading towards the equator at a moderate pace. Meanwhile MACIF, which headed west on…
2019 Rolex Sydney Hobart: Fourth-largest fleet to celebrate 75 years
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) is pleased to announce that the fourth-largest fleet in the history of the race will take part in the 75th running of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race; owners and crews coming from far…
Cape Town will host The Ocean Race for 12th time
The Ocean Race will return to Cape Town for the 12th time as the most challenging offshore race in the sport comes to South Africa in the 2021-22 edition. Cape Town has been an iconic stop in the race since…
OGR opens a CLASSIC Challenge to Whitbread Maxis and W60’s
Bilbao, November 25, 2019: Don McIntyre, Chairman of the Ocean Globe Race, announced at the Yacht Racing Forum today the addition of a “CLASSIC Challenge”. This new class will open another eight entries to former Whitbread Maxis over 71 feet and…
Brest Atlantiques: MACIF takes an alternative route
After almost three weeks at sea, the three trimarans still racing on Brest Atlantiques are continuing towards the equator, which they should cross on Thursday. While all the teams have followed a fairly similar route until now, MACIF yesterday decided…
