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There’s been little separating the majority of the Clipper Race teams for much of Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge and its finish was no exception with some positions decided by just seconds. After spending 18 days in close company,…
Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel sailed a perfect race on Saturday afternoon, winning the start, edging into a lead and extending away for a convincing victory in the Gurney’s Resorts In Port Race Newport. “We knew the start was going to…
After returning to the northern hemisphere with nearly 40,000 nautical miles in their wake, the sailors in the Volvo Ocean Race will shift gears to inshore racing with a focus on Saturday’s Gurney’s Resorts In Port Race Newport. In contrast…
One of the closest races so far in the Clipper 2017-18 Race has ended in a surprise win for Dare To Lead, after the team pulled off an eleventh hour victory in Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle,…
Jens Kellinghusen's German Ker 56 Varuna VI is the overall winner of 2018 Antigua Bermuda Race and so Kellinghusen was presented with a sketch of the newly commissioned bronze sculpture, The Warrior Perpetual Trophy. “In dreamlike conditions of 18 to…
On day 17 of Race 10 from Seattle to Panama the leaderboard has seen almost a complete transformation. With Stealth Mode being used to shield tactical moves or favourable wind shifts, Dare To Lead has reappeared to take the lead…
Writing in Newport, Rhode Island's Daily News, staff reporter Matt Shelley broke the story of sailors behaving badly. Seven people “connected to” the Volvo Ocean Race were arrested after a confrontation with local police, which began when a fire alarm…
After two years of construction time the Innovation Yachts prototype Open60AAL, the worlds first racing yacht built out of 100% recyclable volcanic fibre, was launched successfully on 16th May in Les Sables d'Olonne, France. Finally the procedure was working very…
Entries for the 2018 Ponant Sydney Noumea Yacht Race have closed and on Saturday June 2, following a 25-year hiatus, a multi-state Australian and New Caledonian fleet of 24 boats will bring life back to one of Australia’s oldest ocean…
The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama is shaping up as one of the most exciting finishes of the Clipper 2017-18 Race so far, with the teams closer than ever off the coast of Mexico. Though Qingdao and Dare…
The margin between the first seven teams in Leg 10 of the Clipper round the world race tightened considerably overnight, almost halving to just 18 nautical miles (nm). Qingdao remains in the lead for a tenth consecutive day, but Skipper…
After days of speculation and carefully monitoring the looming wind hole off the coast of Mexico, it seems the Clipper Race fleet was let off lightly by the wind gods, with many teams experiencing a shorter time than first predicted…
The Clipper Race fleet has spent much of the 12th day of Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge either desperately holding onto leaderboard positions or making gains on race leaders as the giant wind hole slows progress, compressing the fleet…
The American modified Volvo 70, Warrior, sailed by Stephen Murray Jnr., has taken line honours in the 2018 Antigua Bermuda Race, crossing the finish line at 7:57:48 local time local time on Saturday 12 May 2018. Warrior has set a…
The looming wind hole off the coast of Mexico has so far been relatively kind to the Clipper Race fleet during Day 11 of Race 10; The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama, with teams opting for the inshore…
The turbo-charged Volvo 70 Warrior, sailed by Stephen Murray Jr., has set a blistering pace in the 2018 Antigua to Bermuda Race, covering 770 miles in 45 hours of high speed racing in the Atlantic Ocean, and is due to…
Light wind tactics remain the central theme on the tenth day of Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge as teams seek to maintain the best possible course ahead of an upcoming wind hole off the coast of Mexico. At what…
After the first night at sea for the international fleet in the Antigua Bermuda Race the pace is relentless. The leading teams Warrior and Varuna are now over 300 miles offshore, blast reaching through two metre swell in the Atlantic…
The sixth day of Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge has featured champagne sailing conditions, as the fleet marks another milestone – crossing from Californian to Mexican latitudes. After a run of steady breeze, the only change to the leaderboard…
The Volvo Ocean Race teams were preparing to gybe on Sunday and begin the final run into the Leg 8 finish in Newport, USA. Team Brunel continue to hold the lead although Bouwe Bekking’s team have an advantage of less…
On Friday at noon UTC, Brunel had a 12-mile lead over Dongfeng. 24 hours later the advantage is less than three miles, with the red boat in sight and sailing directly behind Bouwe Bekking, making up distance slowly but surely….
The wind has returned on Day 5 of Race 10 – the Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama, but yesterday's wind hole off the Californian coast has made a big impact, with the Clipper Race fleet more compressed than…
The forecasted light wind has arrived and is slowing the progress of the Clipper Race fleet as it races past San Francisco on Day 4 of the 4,100 nautical mile Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama….
Twelve days into the 5,600-mile sprint from Itajaí in Brazil, the quick sailing through the trade winds was continuing Friday – although lighter winds lay in wait further down the track, meaning Brunel's lead of seven miles is far from…
It has been a day of learning for the Clipper Race crews, with the majority of teams dealing with a series of 'kitemares' as the fleet entered the waters off California on day three of Race 10: The Garmin American…
Gothenburg – May 3 2018: Telefónica Blue will join former race winner Ericsson 4 on the startline of the Legends Race this summer. She is the second Volvo Open 70 to confirm her entry in a fleet which will consist of…
At 1300 UTC every team apart from Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag had broken the magical mark of sailing 500 miles in 24 hours, lapping up the fast sailing that the stable north easterly breeze has granted them. Dutch-flagged Team Brunel continued…
There's been an early win for the Clipper Race teams that opted to stay inshore after yesterday's Le Mans start to the 4,100 nautical mile Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge from Seattle to Panama. After choosing to head south…
Stage leaders Team Brunel continue to set the pace as they blast along at more than 22 knots, matching the wind for speed, and holding a narrow 15-mile jump on second-placed Dongfeng Race Team. The top trio, which also includes…
Yesterday, the goal for the leading group was to be the first to pick up the northeast trade winds and Brunel has done just that. “Not very stable trade winds, very shifty and cloudy,” skipper Bouwe Bekking reported on Tuesday…
The preliminary results of the Volvo Ocean Race Science Program found 360 particles of microplastics per cubic metre in the sample from the South China Sea, an area that feeds into the Great Pacific Ocean Gyre. The Great Pacific Ocean…
The Clipper Race fleet is making good progress towards the start line of Race 10: The Garmin American Challenge to Panama, after bidding Seattle a fond farewell. Visit Seattle gave its home port one last show by winning the short course…
Just over a week into Leg 8 from Itajaí, Brazil, to Newport, USA, Charlie Enright’s American crew crossed into the northern hemisphere at 10:39:40 UTC followed closely by Team Brunel and Turn the Tide on Plastic. MAPFRE, Dongfeng Race Team…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing has had a productive 24 hours on Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race, cutting its deficit to leader Turn the Tide on Plastic in half. Now trailing by just 5 miles, and sailing in more…
Dee Caffari’s crew set themselves up as the most easterly boat as the seven-strong fleet climb up the coast of Brazil bound for the finish in Newport, USA, some 4,000 miles away. Caffari and Turn the Tide on Plastic navigator…
Over the past 48 hours each team has thrown their cards on the table, lining up west to east and committing to the routing they think will best fire them towards the steady, favourable breeze the trade winds offer. Team…
Simon Walker has sailed around the world the ‘wrong way’ twice and was skipper of the Toshiba Wave Warrior in the 1996/7 BT Global Challenge, where he was the youngest skipper in the fleet and finished 2nd. He won the…
The leading pair were the most easterly boats as the seven-strong fleet approached an oil field exclusion zone 100 miles off Rio’s coast, enabling them to continue make headway north for longer while their rivals were forced to tack. At…
The famed anticyclone is renowned for dominating the South Atlantic and making tricky sailing for Volvo Ocean Race teams heading north or south. Constantly expanding and contracting, the St Helena High – also known as the South Atlantic High Pressure…
Following a big send-off from Itajai, Brazil, on Sunday, the seven-strong fleet – back up to full complement with the welcome return of Vestas 11th Hour Racing and Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag – faced a tricky opening night of unpredictable weather. There…
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