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The final days of Leg 7 for Turn the Tide on Plastic and MAPFRE are proving long, slow and painful. But the reality is, nothing can be done. A high-pressure ridge over the south Atlantic means the wind is very…
Yachts competing in the Sundance Marine Melbourne Osaka Cup ocean race that were forced to shelter in Queensland ports from Cyclone Iris early this week re-started their 5,500 nautical mile voyage to Japan today. They headed out to sea from…
With just 3 months to the June 1st start from Les Sables d’Olonne, it is now a race against time for some of the 19 sailors left in the Golden Globe fleet to complete their boats, jury rig tests, and…
Speed records for Race 9 tumbled for a second successive day as the Clipper Race fleet made fantastic progress over the last 24 hours in the Race to the Emerald City. With the next course target being the Scoring Gate,…
Gothenburg – 5 April 2018: L4, formerly known as Ericsson 4, the winner of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 will enter the Legends Race, which will start from Gothenburg on June 21 this year. Ericsson 4, now named…
The Galway Advertiser. By Linley MacKenzie. Well-known Galway sailor, Enda O’Coineen has completed his solo circumnavigation of the world some 17 months after starting. O’Coineen arrived on Sunday afternoon off the west coast of France, crossing the finishing line of…
After careful review of the weather situation, and conditions relating to safe exit from refuges, the Race Director Simon Dryden is pleased to announce plans for competitors who suspended racing due to Cyclone Iris. All options were considered including suggestions…
The crew of Scallywag, the yacht that lost a crew member, John Fisher, overboard during the Southern Ocean leg from Auckland to Itajai, has announced that they will continue in the race. In a Facebook announcement, they said that a…
With only two Volvo boats still racing towards the finish in Itajai, Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastic opened up a lead of more than 270 miles on rivals MAPFRE on Thursday as they continue to post better speeds….
Team AkzoNobel have nearly closed to within 100 miles of Itajaí, Brazil, and the Leg 7 finish line on Wednesday, on course for a third place podium finish behind winners Team Brunel and second-placed Dongfeng Race Team. Simeon Tienpont’s AkzoNobel…
They will probably finish in first and second in the 1380 nautical mile race in what is a small fleet of only six boats. But it will be only one small achievement for the pair in what has been a…
Entries for the New Caledonia Groupama Race close April 17 and a cross-section of monohulls and multihull owners have signed-up for a very different kind of South Pacific adventure. Most visitors to the French territory travel for the water sports, beaches, ethnic fusion…
It was easily the most difficult stage of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, and the sailors will almost certainly rank it as one of the hardest in the history of the race. But Bouwe Bekking used his veteran nous to…
Almost half the fleet in the 5,500 nautical mile yacht race from Melbourne to Osaka in Japan tonight have sought shelter in ports along the south Queensland coast as reformed Cyclone Iris moves south. Iris has become a Category 3,…
Volvo Ocean Race veteran Bouwe Bekking is predicting a photo finish to Leg 7 as his Team Brunel leads Dongfeng Race Team into the final 36 hours of what has been a massively challenging leg. Less than six miles separate…
The tenth day of the Race to the Emerald City saw the fleet compress yet again in what felt like the third on-the-water race restart for the eleven Skippers and their teams as they converged on the final mandatory gate…
Following the Notice to Competitors yesterday regarding concerns over cyclone Iris there have been some decisions made by skippers overnight and courses in some cases altered accordingly. Some competitors such as Allegro have decided to head further east, keeping an…
The QantasLink 70th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, organised by the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club, was one to remember for many reasons other than just the historic landmark it reached. The race started in near perfect conditions in Moreton Bay…
he final yachts arrived in Subic Bay this morning, wrapping up the 2018 Rolex China Sea Race. 29 boats took part in the 2018 edition with 265 competitors hailing from 22 territories. The 18 year-old multihull record was broken by…
Team Brunel has hung on to the Leg 7 lead following an attack on the top spot by Dongfeng Race Team as the leaders get within 1,000 nautical miles of the finish line in Itajaí, Brazil. Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng actually…
The Mandatory Gate Haller lies between the Japanese islands of Hachijo and Aogashima and for the Clipper Race fleet it marks the edge of the open Pacific Ocean and as the teams converge again, on what is the last compulsory…
The Clipper Race fleet remains compressed as the teams attempt to position themselves ahead of another ridge of high-pressure. The challenging sea state has eased as the teams choose their routes to Virtual Mark 'Haller' ahead of the North Pacific…
The battle for victory in Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race took a new twist on Friday as Dongfeng Race Team moved to within striking distance of long-term stage leaders Team Brunel. Bouwe Bekking’s Brunel crew have seen their…
The overall race leader, MAPFRE, resumed racing on Friday morning (UTC) following a Cape Horn pit-stop to make repairs to a torn mainsail, as well as a damaged mast track and boom. The move, which cost MAPFRE nearly 13-hours when…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing has dismasted while racing in Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team is safe and reports there is no immediate danger to the crew. The team reported that the mast broke at 15:59 UTC…
It might have taken the entire first week of the race but the requests for reliable wind have finally been answered, resulting in teams recording their best 24 hour runs, and the North Pacific Ocean is now under 300nm ahead….
MAPFRE, the overall leader in the Volvo Ocean Race, has suspended racing to attend to damage to their mast track. A section of the mast track came unglued from the mast five days ago, but until now the team has…
Taking into account the political and administrative situation in Catalonia, the organiser of the Barcelona World Race (the FNOB) has taken the decision to cancel the fourth edition of the double-handed round the world race on IMOCAs, which was due…
The following story has been issued on behalf of Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag: On Monday 26 March, Team Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag lost John Fisher overboard in the Southern Ocean, approximately 1,400 nautical miles west of Cape Horn. Despite conducting…
Team Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag is heading towards the coast of the Chile, as the team attempt to recover from the devastating loss overboard of John Fisher on Monday. At this point, the team has not confirmed its plans,…
Progress in the race to Seattle has continued to be hampered over the past 24 hours by the high-pressure system which has kept teams in very close proximity of each other. However, the light at the end of the windless…
The main fleet started their run to Osaka in the Sundance Marine Melbourne Osaka Cup on Monday March 26th. Since then, quite a number of the fleet have been in touch. Not long after clearing the Heads on Monday, Grant…
The 2018 edition of the Rolex China Sea Race got underway at 1120hrs today with blue skies and an easterly breeze of 8kts. The start line, located in front of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Kellett Island Clubhouse, was a…
An update on Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag crew member John Fisher, from Richard Brisius, the President of the Volvo Ocean Race: This morning I am extremely sad to inform you that one of our sailors, John Fisher, from Team…
Six crews in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet are facing challenging conditions as they race towards Cape Horn, still 900 miles and two days away. The seventh team, Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag, is working to recover from the tragic loss of…
Day 4 of Race 9 has been a case of 'Groundhog Day' as the light winds that had been a feature of the previous 24 hours continue to frustrate the teams. Despite not making much progress towards the southern tip…
With just over four months to go before the second edition of LA DRHEAM CUP-Destination Cotentin (21-29 July) and with the Notice of race published, the fleet is growing: already over 60 boats entered, a 40% increase compared to the…
Tortola, British Virgin Islands – March 27, 2018 – “We looked behind us and didn't see anyone at all, we were pretty far ahead of the fleet,” said David Liddell, co-owner of WOW, the Stealth 14GT catamaran and the first…
The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) is continuing to lead efforts to recover Volvo Ocean Race sailor John Fisher (UK), who was reported overboard off Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag early on Monday afternoon UTC. The Scallywag team, assisted by…
Weather has played a major role in the Sundance Marine Melbourne Osaka Cup this time around. Two out of three starts so far have had to be postponed until the following day because of strong wind. Having had a day…
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