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The 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 kicked off in spectacular conditions off the south coast of Antigua with the magnificent fleet starting the 600 mile non-stop offshore race in bright sunshine, full-on gusting tradewinds and two-metre high waves. The 11th edition…
He was one of the stand-out figures in the 2016 Vendée Globe, and the first Asian competitor to take part in the headline event on the IMOCA circuit, but Kojiro Shiraishi was forced to retire after dismasting. The Japanese sailor…
Australia's most in-form racing yacht has ticked another offshore win off the list with a line honours, and expected overall handicap win, in this year's Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race. Matt Allen and his team on Ichi…
'A little bit crazy' is the Spanish translation for Poco Loco, the name of Dan Haynes' 30-foot racing yacht that neatly describes him and his crew. Skipper Haynes and his seven crew are getting set for the boat's first offshore…
There has been good and bad news from Golden Globe Race's third-placed Uku Randmaa and his Rustler 36 One and All. Now within 2,500 miles of the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line, the Estonian skipper has solved his immediate hunger…
Seventy-eight yachts have entered the eleventh edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, where in excess of 700 sailors from six continents and yachts from over 20 nations will compete in the thrilling race around 11 Caribbean islands starting on Monday…
Two of keel boat sailing’s biggest names are set for one of the most anticipated Teakle Classic Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Races in recent memory, as the nation’s two best yachts get set to cross the St Vincent and…
LOS ANGELES, CA – In a record year of interest, it's perhaps fitting that the 100th entry to the 50th edition of the Transpacific Yacht Club's biennial 2225-mile Transpac race from LA to Honolulu is at 55-years-old one of the…
The Round Martinique Regatta Crédit Mutuel AG long round the island coastal race got off in the early hours of Saturday. The Racing and Surprise fleets set off from the Fort de France Bay at 0400 hrs under the cover…
Tasmania’s (possibly Australia’s) oldest ocean yacht race, the Bruny Island Race, is never without its challenges and this weekend’s 93rd event run by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania proved no exception to the rule. In the 93 races run…
Following three days of intense racing, the Round Martinique Crédit Mutuel AG concluded on Sunday with four class winners being crowned champions. The racing was close and the finishes tight, evidenced by the narrow margins seen at the conclusion of…
Tasmania’s fastest ocean racing yacht, Oskana, has taken line honours for the second consecutive year in Tasmania’s oldest inshore/offshore yacht race, the 89 nautical mile JJ Richards Bruny Island Race. The Cookson 50, owned and skippered by prominent Targa Tasmania…
Los Angeles, California: The Transpacific Yacht Club and Archipelagoes Tahiti are pleased to announce their plans to organise the 16th edition of the Transpac Tahiti Race in late May 2020. This is one of the world's longest classic ocean races,…
While mixed two-handed offshore racing is set to be a new Olympic discipline for Paris 2024, closer to home and more immediately, the Royal Ocean Racing Club continues to see a surge in double-handed participation in its events. Last month,…
Shortly after arriving into Fremantle on Wednesday morning (French time) Yann Guichard, the skipper of Spindrift 2, spoke about the situation that led to the team’s retirement from their Jules Verne Trophy record attempt, following the breakage of the boat’s…
With the announcement that Banque Populaire is working alongside Clarisse Crémer, there are now five women hoping to take part in the next Vendée Globe, as she will be joining Sam Davies, Isabelle Joschke, Alexia Barrier and the British sailor,…
Crews practice sail changes and gybes often before competing in an offshore race but very rarely practice what to do in a medical emergency. It's something Dr Dave Austin is trying to change. The medical practitioner and keen sailor put…
As Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and Mark Slats struggle to come to terms with life ashore, a race is developing for the final podium position between Estonian Uku Randmaa and the US/Hungarian Istvan Kopar. While Randmaa and his Rustler 36…
Jamaica: Lindsay Duda's Santa Cruz 52, Sin Duda!, crossed the finish line in Montego Bay at 12:03:39 ET this afternoon to capture line honors in the PHRF fleet of the 34th Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race. Two hours 20…
France: Dutch sailor Mark Slats and his Rustler 36 Ophen Maverick took second place in the Golden Globe Race last night, and despite the late hour, received a rousing welcome from Dutch, French and British supporters there to applaud his…
At 19h UTC, Yann Guichard, the skipper of Spindrift 2, contacted his technical team ashore to report damage to the structure of the starboard rudder on the way to challenging for the Jules Verne Trophy. Having made a full assessment…
Roland Jourdain, twice winner of the Route du Rhum in the IMOCA category and third placed skipper in the 2000-2001 Vendée Globe, is certainly being kept busy. Based in Concarneau, his firm, Kaïros using its refit yards and coaching services,…
JANUARY 30, 2019 – Montego Bay, Jamaica – Jason Carroll's Argo crossed the finish line in Montego Bay at 14:12:44 ET this afternoon to capture line honors and a new course record in the 34th Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race. Argo's elapsed time…
The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron has announced that the inaugural Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race for Super-Maxi, Multihull, Shorthanded, and Cruising Division fleets will be set sail from Moreton Bay on Friday, August 2, 2019. Entries are now open…
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede wrote his name into the record books by not only winning the 2018 Golden Globe solo non-stop round the world race today, but becoming the oldest in history to complete such a race. The 73-year old…
Young up-and-coming sailors will be racing alongside and against some of the world's best professionals in next month's RORC Caribbean 600. The race is a huge opportunity for their growth, to learn and master the sport. “Any young sailor who…
After 12 days, 14 hours, 58 minutes, Spindrift 2 reached the longitude of Cape Agulhas on Tuesday at 0240 UTC (0340 French Time), sailing from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Whilst maintaining the lead on Francis Joyon and his…
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede endured another tough night with 45 knot winds and 6-7m seas but his Rustler 36 Matmut is now within 100 miles of the finish line at Les Sables d'Olonne and the 73-year old Frenchman is expected…
Second placed Golden Globe Race skipper Mark Slats tonight is facing a time penalty for a breach of satellite communication rules, and direct outside assistance from his Dutch team manager Dick Koopmans. Slats is facing a dilemma: To run ahead…
Miami, Florida (January 27, 2019) – Under sunny skies, an 18 knot northwesterly and 10 foot swells it was the IRC and Multihull fleets turn to start the 811 nautical mile Pineapple Cup – Montego Bay Race. At 2:05 ET…
Miami, Florida: Six teams started the Pineapple Cup–Montego Bay Race at 11:05 ET today under cloudy skies in a 20 knot southerly with 5-7 foot swells, with the Class40 Dragon first across the line, followed closely by Senara and Sin…
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede is now within 450 nautical miles of the Golden Globe Race finish line and expected to receive a huge welcome home in Les Sables d’Olonne on Monday 28th January. The 73-year old Frenchman and his Rustler…
The elastic between Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and Mark Slats has stretched in the Frenchman’s favour over the weekend allowing him to open up a 215-mile lead over his Dutch rival. A week ago, the difference in terms of distance…
With just two weeks to go until the Round Martinique Regatta begins, preparations are well underway to welcome participants and spectators, with 28 boats now registered for this 33rd edition of the regatta. The official village, the race’s focal point,…
Montego Bay, Jamaica: With an outright speed record of 2 days, 10 hours, 24 minutes and 42 seconds, set by Tom Hill’s Titan 12 in 2005, it could fall in 2019, as the crew of one of the fastest boats…
The Antigua Bermuda Race, organised by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in association with Antigua Sailing Week, will start from Fort Charlotte Antigua, just after Antigua Sailing Week on Wednesday 8th May. The 2019 Antigua Bermuda Race will be the…
The seven boats in the Volvo Ocean Race collected new scientific data during the nine-month fully-crewed, round the world yacht race. This helped increase scientific understanding of the impacts plastic pollution and other human activity are having on ocean health….
CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week is the biggest regatta of its kind in New Zealand and is regarded as one of the Southern Hemisphere's premier yachting events. Held over three days in the spectacular setting of the Bay of…
On Monday 21 January at 07h45 UTC, Spindrift 2 broke her own record by just over an hour, by crossing the Equator in 4 days 19 hours 57 minutes – and this also gave the black and gold team an…
The elastic between Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and Mark Slats has stretched in the Frenchman’s favour over the weekend, allowing him to open up a 215-mile lead over his Dutch rival. A week ago, the difference in terms of distance…
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