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Skipper Simeon Tienpont’s team AkzoNobel led the Volvo Ocean Race fleet away from the Hong Kong start line on Monday morning as Leg 6 got underway. Racing started in a light, 8-10 knot easterly with AkzoNobel, SHK/Scallywag, and Team Brunel…
The coming weekend’s JJ Richards Bruny Island Yacht Race has attracted a classy fleet of 16 yachts for the 89-nautical mile circumnavigation of the elongated island south of Hobart. The race starts at 9.30am on Saturday, 10 February, from a…
The Clipper Race fleet has begun to spread out after a full week of racing in Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race with 167 nautical miles (nm) now separating first and eleventh place as teams prepare to head back…
Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race has served up some of the most unexpected conditions of the 2017-18 edition so far and unforecasted weather conditions have continued to challenge the fleet during the sixth day of racing. After PSP…
5 February 2018 (Hong Kong) – Vestas 11th Hour Racing has undertaken steps to repair their Volvo Ocean 65 yacht, which was involved in a collision with a non-racing vessel at the end of Leg 4 near Hong Kong. The time…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet slipped lines at the Nansha Marina in Guangzhou, China on Monday morning in preparation for Leg 6 to Auckland, New Zealand, which will start this Wednesday following a short stop in Hong Kong. For Liu…
Modena 5 February 2018 – Maserati Multi70 rounded the Cape of Good Hope on Saturday 3 February at 12:20 UTC after 16 days, 1 hour and 37 minutes of navigation. The arrival in South Africa happened a few hours earlier,…
The smallest boat in the Pot of Gold weekend of offshore racing in Perth also turned out to be a giant killer when Ryan Binedell’s little S97, Low Flying Duck, sailing in the double-handed division, set the standard with a…
Key tactical decisions have been made during day five of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race as more predictable Doldrums Corridor conditions of light airs and rain squalls return. On the fifth day of racing, PSP Logistics heads up…
And they’re off – much to the delight of the majority of Clipper Race skippers and their crews, the fourth day of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya, China, has brought about some long-awaited breeze which has…
After 16 days, 1 hour and 37 minutes of navigation, Maserati, Multi 70 skippered by Giovanni Soldini, rounded Cape of Good Hope at 12.20 UTC. After a night spent fighting with light winds, the arrival in South Africa occurred a…
The third day of Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya was meant to bring high winds from a low-pressure system but instead, the Clipper Race fleet has seen the return of the dreaded Pre-Doldrums, Doldrums. This is…
The slow start to Race 7: The Forever Tropical Paradise Race to Sanya in China has continued over the last 24 hours with no change to the top of the leaderboard – Wendy Tuck’s Sanya Serenity Coast remains in the…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet was treated to a warm welcome in Guangzhou, China on Thursday afternoon, after arriving 70 miles up the Pearl River Delta from Hong Kong. The Chinese Dongfeng Race Team was in the spotlight for the…
A testing first 24 hours of Race 7 as the Clipper Race fleet makes slow progress whilst at the mercy of a light wind lottery, soaring temperatures to contend with and only a light breeze to fill the sails, teams…
At plus 521 miles at 8:21 UTC this morning, Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi 70‘s advantage has grown again (120 miles earned in the last 12 hours) on Lionel Lemonchois, holder of the Hong Kong-London record. The trimaran is still rushing…
At 21 UTC Maserati Multi70 is at 37 degrees South and 49 degrees East as Giovanni Soldini’s trimaran travels at 23 knots towards Cape Town, which is around 1500 miles away. Soldini’s advantage over Lionel Lemonchois’ record rises to 400…
The Forever Tropical Paradise Race may only be in its opening hours, Dare To Lead has managed to pull away and currently has a two nautical mile advantage on the pack which, after the first Le Mans start of the…
Dartmouth, Devon, UK: Ocean Cruising Club members Ed and Sue Kelly have completed exploration of America’s connecting inland waterways via the American Great Loop in 329 days – their Angel Louise is the first boat known to complete both American…
The Royal Ocean Racing Club's, RORC Caribbean 600 has once again surpassed expectation, with 80 boats from around the world signing up to race in the 10th edition starting on Monday 19th February 2018 from Antigua. Entries from 15 countries…
The Whitsundays was picture-perfect today for the Clipper Race fleet’s departure, with its blue skies, azure waters and steady winds providing the ideal scene as it bid farewell and headed off for the Le Mans start for Race 7: The…
It was a challenging day for the Volvo Ocean Race teams as they tackled the Around Hong Kong Island Race on Sunday with a generously sized spectator fleet on hand to cheer them on. Light and variable wind shortly after…
Bridgetown, Barbados: While the lively conditions in big seas proved too much for many of the 34 entries in the 60 nautical mile sprint around the Island of Barbados, for others it couldn’t have been more thrilling – in total…
When South Australians Daniel Turner and Tom Crabb race Runaway in the upcoming Sundance Marine Melbourne Osaka Cup, starting in March, a fellow competitor will be taking more interest than is usual. Keeping an eye on proceedings from Sibby Ilzhofer’s…
British sailor David Hartshorn, 53, from Chepstow, is to take over as GREAT Britain skipper for the remainder of the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race, replacing Andy Burns who has made the difficult personal decision to step down…
MAPFRE crossed the Hong Kong finish line at 09:51 local time (02:51 h in Spain) after 17 days 22 hours 36 minutes and 10 seconds. Xabi Fernandez's team maintain their lead of the round-the-world race with four points’ advantage over…
Shortly after sunset in China, under a cloudy sky and with light winds, the trimaran Maserati Multi 70 left Hong Kong in search of the famous record set by Gitana 13 in 2008. An official from the World Sail Speed…
The David Witt skippered Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag has won Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Melbourne, Australia to her home port of Hong Kong. It’s an historic win for Australian David Witt and his team who had to…
At 1300 UTC Scallywag were 37 miles ahead of Dongfeng, but both teams – and race fans – were left guessing as to where Vestas 11th Hour Racing and Akzonobel were. If we assume the Vestas team remains ahead of…
The Australia National Maritime Museum is delighted to be offering visitors the opportunity to climb on board legendary maxi yacht Wild Oats XI as it visits the museum this Australia Day weekend. From 26 – 28 January visitors can discover…
Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag skipper Dave Witt says the next 24 hours are the most vital of Leg 4 as they close in on an historic victory in their home town of Hong Kong. Witt’s crew were sitting almost 100…
Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag were showing no signs of relinquishing their grip on the Leg 4 lead on Tuesday as they geared up to break the 1,000-miles-to-go barrier. Hell-bent on arriving in their home port of Hong Kong as heroes,…
TVNZ News Just over a year ago Enda O'Coineen was forced to abandon the Vendee Globe around the world yacht race. The Irish solo sailor limped into Dunedin with no mast, but now he's back to finish what he started….
After one of the most challenging races so far in the Clipper 2017-18 Race, Visit Seattle has held off a strong challenge from three other teams to chalk up a thrilling maiden victory in Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays Race….
As the giant trimaran made its way to the Créac'h lighthouse (Isle of Ouessant) for a second attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy, Spindrift 2 dismasted at about 1615h today (Monday 15 January 2018), south of Pointe Saint-Mathieu in a…
Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag increased their lead in Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race on Monday as the sprint for the Hong Kong finish line moved inside 1,500 nautical miles. Dave Witt’s team shot to the front of the…
Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag retains the lead in Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race, despite a dramatic man overboard scenario on Sunday. Crew member Alex Gough was washed overboard by a wave during a sail change, near midday local time…
Teams have been continuing their upwind slog as they tack up the Queensland coast, and positive thinking finally looks set to pay off as the latest weather forecast predicts a front will shortly pass over which should leave behind Southerly…
Jan 15, 2018. Ray Roberts' Farr 55 Hollywood Boulevard sank in icy waters 150km east of Flinders Island on Sunday night. She was being delivered back to NSW by a crew of six after the 2017 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race….
Following one of the longest and most painful doldrums crossings in memory, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet is now in the north-east trade winds and speeding towards the finish line in Hong Kong, some 2,700 nautical miles to the north-west….
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