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A strong 55-yacht fleet is preparing for the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, an annual winter dash north and principal feeder to the Queensland regatta events. Entries for the opening race of the CYCA’s 2018-19…
A half a world away from the sandy shores of Newcastle, Australia, Peter Hartigan and Louise Costello are celebrating after crossing the mighty North Atlantic Ocean as part of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. The couple has just…
The first days of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta's final leg were truly breathtaking: After Line Honours favourite Rambler 88 had to retire from the race due to a rudder issue, Varuna and Malizia – Yacht Club Monaco rose up to the challenge of…
He is still in first place, but French Golden Globe Race leader Philippe Péché threw away a hard-fought 3½ hour lead at the first gate in this 30,000 mile solo non-stop round the world race today after mistaking the lighthouse…
With just one month to go before the start of the 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, a record 37 teams have taken up the challenge of one of the world's toughest offshore races. Many of this year's entries…
With the retirement of Line Honours favourite Rambler 88 from the transatlantic Atlantic Anniversary Regatta, the cards have been shuffled for the remaining 15 racing yachts. Whilst Rambler is on her way to Newport, RI at the nearby US East…
The penultimate stage of the Clipper 2017-18 Race is ongoing this morning for almost half the fleet, and some impressive battles are taking place as teams strive to join the celebrations in Derry-Londonderry. PSP Logistics crossed the finish line at…
Within hours of online entries opening for the 2018 Pantaenius Newport Coffs Coast Yacht Race, the event had its first registration. And fittingly, it came from the first-placed IRC and ORCi yacht in 2017. Anger Management, representing Newcastle Cruising Yacht…
Whilst the battle for the Race 12 podium was settled during the early hours today by victorious Visit Seattle, which crossed the finish line at 00:21UTC, followed by Unicef (04:32UTC) and Garmin (05:13UTC), the pressure remains on for the rest…
Day 9: French skipper Philippe Péché and his Rustler 36 PRB have opened up a 45 mile lead over fellow Frenchman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (Rustler 36 Matmut) over the weekend after enjoying a fast run down the Portuguese coast….
With just over 100 nautical miles remaining for the leaders, Race 12: The Legenderry Finale is playing out for the podium and certainly living up to its name as a tense battle, which could finish today. Visit Seattle, leading the…
Blessed with superb conditions, the international fleet contesting the Arlantic Anniversary Regatta enjoyed 15 knots of SSE breeze, with warm air and ocean swell. Two miles east of Bermuda's St. David's Lighthouse, the intrepid fleet of sailors, from 14 different…
After an intense 11 days of racing across the North Atlantic Ocean, the mood across the fleet is that the sprint is very much on for both the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint, and the finish line in Derry-Londonderry. Whilst teams…
The first few teams have commenced the Elliot Brown Ocean Sprint but with two boats in Stealth Mode and some tricky weather conditions, it’s an edge-of-the-seat kind of sprint for Race Viewer fans. Clipper Race Meteorologist Simon Rowell has advised…
It's full steam ahead for the fleet on the ninth day of racing. Boat speeds are back in double figures after a frustrating day and night moving from one high pressure system to another. After this transitional weather passed, the…
The first four days of light, variable winds appear to have played into the hands of Golden Globe Race leader Mark Slats, the Dutch transatlantic rowing record-holder and his secret weapon – a pair of giant sculling oars. Slats overtook…
It may be the 4th of July but it's not so much independence day for the Clipper Race fleet as they are still racing in two fairly tight packs. Five teams went for the Scoring Gate but with only points…
The Hague, Netherlands – With the final deadline now passed for committed entries to submit their measurement and certificate data, The Hague Offshore Sailing World Championship is in final preparation for the fleet of 90 yachts from 15 nations to…
A split is starting to divide the fleet as teams make their Scoring Gate decisions, but with only 20 nautical miles (nm) separating first and fifth, it's still anyone's race. Unicef Skipper Bob Beggs, whose team has slipped from first…
A partnership agreement has been made with the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA), which provides the exclusivity to use the IMOCA 60 for crewed round the world yacht races. Last week, during the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race…
After nearly a week at sea racing around the clock in Race 12: The LegenDerry Race, the majority of the Clipper Race fleet is separated by just 55 nautical miles (nm) which will make the upcoming Scoring Gate tactics interesting…
A record four 100-foot yachts are preparing to take on the Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, now sponsored by The Noakes Group, on Saturday 28 July. The race currently has 54 yachts entered. The headline of the 384-nautical-mile race, part…
They have 30,000 miles to sail over the next 9-10 months, but judging from the start today of the 2018 Golden Globe solo non-stop around the world yacht race from Les Sables d’Olonne, the leaders will be fighting over every…
Heavy fog is making visibility tough for the Clipper Race teams in the middle of the North Atlantic, but the racing remains close as the majority of the teams continue to hug the Northerly Ice Limit on Day 5 of…
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released its report into the grounding of the Clipper yacht CV24 on Cape Peninsula in South Africa on October 31, 2017. The full report is available here. Summary On the first night of…
It took until the final In-Port Race, but Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastic moved off the bottom of the race leaderboard on Saturday, after securing sixth place in the Volvo Ocean Race. The day started with SHK/Scallywag and…
The Golden Globe led to Britain’s Sir Robin Knox-Johnston becoming the first man to sail solo nonstop around the globe – and had French sailing icon Bernard Moitessier continue east after rounding Cape Horn to make a second loop around…
It’s been a bumpy time for many of the Clipper Race teams as they braced themselves for a second day on the ‘roller coaster’ Gulf Stream. The competition remains tight on day four of Race 12: The LegenDerry Race with…
Liverpool 2018 is diverting to St. Johns in Newfoundland in order to medevac crew member Dominic Littlewood. He is a type 1 diabetic who has been suffering with sea sickness, which has affected his management of blood glucose levels. After…
With three days and hundreds of nautical miles already under their belts in Race 12: The LegenDerry Race, conditions out on the North Atlantic have picked up, bringing the gentle introduction to Leg 8 to an end as teams begin…
The Hague – 28 June 2018 – Twelve former Whitbread Round the World Race and Volvo Ocean Race yachts gathered to compete in the Legends Race from Gothenburg to The Hague. It was the first time that legendary yachts from the…
There's been plenty of movement on the leaderboard, but none of the Clipper Race teams are yet to break away amid the tight racing conditions on Day 2 of Race 12 from New York to Derry-Londonderry. The split that appeared…
Organisers of the reborn Newport Coffs Coast Yacht Race are looking to double their fleet size this year, with the event now tagged “the right race, to the right place, at the right time”. At its official launch today in…
The Clipper Race fleet has officially begun the penultimate race of the 40,000 nautical mile, eleven month circumnavigation – a two week race across the North Atlantic to Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The Le Mans style start for Race 12 began…
With five days to the start, the Golden Globe Race Village in Les Sables d’Olonne is buzzing with activity as 18 skippers and their teams from 13 countries work feverishly to be ready for the Noon start on Sunday. The…
Dongfeng Race Team has won the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 in the closest finish in race history. Skipper Charles Caudrelier led his team to victory on the final leg of the race, a 970-mile sprint from Gothenburg, Sweden to The…
Hamilton, Bermuda: The division winners of the 2018 Newport Bermuda Race were finalized today with the arrival of the remainder of the fleet, after a slow but strategically challenging race. Of the 169 boats that started the 51st edition in…
A brief split opened up in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet on Saturday afternoon local time as team AkzoNobel and Team Brunel were pushed by an unexpected wind shift to pass north and west of a commercial Traffic Separation Scheme…
Dongfeng Race Team holds a narrow lead over MAPFRE after one day of racing in the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. Team Brunel is in fourth place. Arch rivals Dongfeng Race Team and MAPFRE were locked in a…
Three teams started the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race on Thursday afternoon in an unprecedented dead-heat on the overall leaderboard. And in the winner-take-all sprint from Gothenburg to The Hague, it was Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng Race Team taking…
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