OGR – 2 more finishers
Spirit of Helsinki – FINLAND – and Neptune – FRANCE – across the Line in McIntyre Ocean GlobeMaiden ETA 17:00 16th April – Can they grab Overall Race IRC Gold!! The crew of the former Whitbread yacht, Spirit of Helsinki…
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OGR – Pen Duick VI Triumphs
First in Line Honours & IRC Leg Four and still possible for OVERALL RACE IRCFrench Dominate the Leaderboard!! The French legend Pen Duick VI FR (14), skippered by the indomitable Marie Tabarly, has taken provisional line honours in the final…
The latest edition of the Cap-Martinique, sets sail on 14 April from La Trinité-sur-Mer
– Edition two of the Cap-Martinique leaves Brittany on Sunday 14 April– It links La Trinité sur Mer (Morbihan) and Fort de France (Martinique)– The event is open to amateur single-handed and double-handed sailors– 60 boats, 100 sailors registered The…
Lisa Blair achieves two new records
Australian record-breaking solo sailor Lisa Blair has set two new World Sailing Speed Records (to be ratified by WSSRC) for the fastest time Sydney to Auckland and first woman, solo monohull record slicing an incredible more than 4 days off…
GSC – Louis Robein assisted by Argentinian Navy
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeYesterday Louis Robein arrived safely in Ushuaia after his unfortunate ordeal, running aground in Bahia Aguirre, in the southeastern peninsula of Mitre in the Tierra del Fuego. He was very fatigued when the incident…
The Ocean Race gathers critical polar ocean data from Antarctica and the Northwest Passage
The science programme, initiated during racing periods, now includes major polar expeditions. The Ocean Race is providing critical data to international scientists studying the impact of climate change and plastic pollution on ocean health. Following the 2022-23 edition of the around…
OGR – French sailors making history
Pen Duick VI set for LINE HONOURS LEG 4 McIntyre OGR Finish Line Friday.OGR 2027 Entries Open – NOTICE OF RACE surprises for next Round the World Adventure. As the end of the 2023 McIntyre Ocean Globe Race draws closer,…
Lisa Blair set to wipe 4 days off record now just hours from finish in Auckland
The World Sailing Speed Record for Sydney to Auckland is set to be smashed by acclaimed Australian Solo Sailor Lisa Blair who is due to arrive across the finish line between North Head and Rangitoto Island between 3pm to 4pm…
OGR – Translated 9 out with Hull Damage
Translated 9 ITL (09) has retired from the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race with hull damage. The current IRC leader of Leg four has been forced to divert to Portugal after a heavy broach in 50 knot gusts slammed them down,…
GSC – François Gouin takes 5th place
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeA Coruña – Thursday April 4th. At 11:09 am local time, after 158 days and 44 minutes at sea, François Gouin crossed the finish line of the Global Solo Challenge claiming 5th place with…
OGR – PEN DUICK VI takes off
All Up For Grabs – Thanks To Weak Azores High In McIntyre Ocean Globe Race Continuing the theme of crazy, unusual weather all around the world during the 2023 McIntyre OCEAN GLOBE – a weak convoluted AZORES HIGH is handing…
GSC – Riccardo Tosetto finishes 4th
Riccardo Tosetto makes sailing history: the 6th Italian ever to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeRiccardo Tosetto made history today as the sixth Italian to have completed a solo and non-stop around-the-world sailing circumnavigation….
Lisa Blair World Record attempt starts Monday, April 1
Crossing the Ditch for Climate Action Now Acclaimed Australian Solo Sailor Lisa Blair is set to depart from Sydney on Monday 1st April to attempt the World Sailing Speed Record as the fastest person and first woman to sail solo,…
GSC – Riccardo Tosetto’s dream is in sight
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeRiccardo Tosetto is less than a day of sailing away from making a lifelong dream come true. Just over 30 miles (at time of this post) separate the young Italian skipper from completing his…
The CIC Normandy Channel Race – A cardinal event on the Class40 circuit
With the growing competitive appeal of the CIC NORMANDY CHANNEL RACE 2024, the deadline for registration has been extended to 1 April to ensure that everyone has a chance to secure a golden ticket for this star event. Indeed, thirty…
Iconic Cape to St Helena Yacht Race Returns – Entries now open
JAMESTOWN, ST HELENA (March 27, 2024) – Just nine months remain until the starting gun fires for the iconic Cape to St Helena Yacht Race. Competitors have until 1 November to enter the challenging 1,700 nautical mile (3,060km) journey across…
OGR – Finally NE Trades toward home
Fleet Crossing Equator Fight for Every Mile in Leg 4 McIntyre OGR. Sweltering Doldrums Sun Scorches Sailors. It proved another ‘challenging’ week for the McIntyre Ocean Globe crews as they navigated their way through the potholed doldrums, crossing the Equator…
GSC – Last week at sea for Riccardo Tosetto
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeRiccardo Tosetto has put the foot on the gas and must certainly feel a sense of anticipation for his imminent arrival. He has finally found the following winds he had been looking for by…
Pittwater to Coffs – Line honours to XS Moment – Jupiter wins overall
Fortune favoured the sticklers in the 2024 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race; just three entries hung on in the light to non-existent breezes, Ray Hudson’s XS Moment taking line honours just after midnight last night, while the two-handed crew…
Four yachts in race for Pittwater to Coffs honours
In extraordinary circumstances, just four boats are left racing for line and overall honours in the 2024 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race this morning, extreme conditions of up to only 5 knots and mostly no wind, have forced the…
GSC – Four skippers still battling to finish
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeWith Andrea Mura completing the Global Solo Challenge podium on Sunday certainly the focus of many of those following the event has drifted away towards other ongoing events and others about to start. However,…
Slow start Pittwater to Coffs as skipper recalls honeymoon race!
It was an extremely slow start to the Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race at 1pm, with the fleet still bobbing around the Barrenjoey Headland start line at Pittwater as spectators left the course and Mako’s skipper, Paul O’Rourke, recalled…
OGR – Winners and Losers on Leg 4
Former Whitbread Round the World Race winner L’Esprit d’équipe FR (85) takes first in IRC in Leg 4 of the Ocean Globe Race. The three-time Whitbread entrant, skippered by Lionel Regnier, and supported by LES SABLES D’OLONNE his home town…
GSC – Andrea Mura reclaims joy on podium
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeIt was Sunday 17th March at 13:44 UTC that Andrea Mura crossed the finish line of the Global Solo Challenge on Vento di Sardegna in A Coruna, 120 days and 44 minutes after he…
Race is on to win 2024 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race
Over 30 boats will be on the start line for the 2024 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race this Friday when monohulls, a multihull and two-handed entries will share the start line off Barrenjoey Headland for the 1pm start. Respected…
Oyster World Rally fleet transits the Panama Canal and gets ready for Galapagos
Thursday 14 March 2024: With over two years in the planning, the Oyster World Rally fleet 2024-25 has now transited from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans via the Panama Canal. However, what is normally a relatively simple procedure, with timings known well…
Transatlantic Race 2025 to Allow Autopilots Throughout the Fleet
NEWPORT, R.I. — It’s the middle of a foggy night in the North Atlantic. The breeze is fickle and there is nary a star or landsight by which to guide the yacht. It’s the sort of weather than drives helmspeople…
Ultims – Éric Péron finishes fifth and completes the circle
13 MARCH 2024 – Éric Péron sailing ULTIM ADAGIO crossed the finish line of the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Brest at 14 h 44 27″ to finish in fifth position, the final skipper to complete the 22, 460 nautical miles…
GSC – Andrea Mura to join circumnavigators elite with a smile
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo Challenge After the emotional arrivals of Philippe Delamare and Cole Brauer in A Coruna, 5 competitors are still at sea in the Global Solo Challenge. Of the initial 16 starters more than half have…
OGR – Fickle First Week for Leg 4
Crews Facing Reality of Long Hard Slog North After what could only be described as a hectic start to Leg 4 of the McIntyre Ocean Globe in Punta del Este on March 5th, things haven’t gotten any easier for the…
Ultims – Anthony Marchand – “It took longer than expected but for me it was 64 days of training for the next one.”
French solo skipper Anthony Marchand took fourth place on the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Brest this afternoon when he sailed the ULTIM Actual Ultim 3 across the finish line off Brest at 14:08:21hrs UTC. You have just completed a…
King Island Trophy – Ginan wins
Turquoise blue skies and seas, local cheeses, freshly caught crayfish and sizzling rib-eye steak greeted the nearly 200 sun-drenched yachties when they finished the 2024 Melbourne to King Island Ocean Yacht Race over the weekend. The fleet sailed the 114nm…
GSC – An insight into Cole Brauer’s future
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeWhere to begin to tell you about the fantastic, emotional, monumental day that it was yesterday as we witness Cole Brauer make history sailing her aptly named Class40 “First Light” into A Coruna just…
Ultims – Éric Péron (ULTIM ADAGIO) – “I’m proud to be among those who dared”
A round the world race is a concentrated package of everything – doubts, moments of great joy, damage and small victories. After days on end in light airs, Éric Péron, 5th in the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Brest, is back…
OGR – Pen Duick VI man overboard crew recovered at start of Ocean Race
At 17:17UTC, March 5th 2024, sailing vessel Maiden UK (03) made a radio call to the Ocean Globe Race control, reporting a Man Overboard from sailing vessel Pen Duick VI FR (14). Just 17 minutes prior to the call both…
Ultims – Charles Caudrelier and Gitana Team – from one challenge to another
By Gitana Team Wednesday 6 march, 2024 – On Sunday 3 March, the complete podium for the Arkea Ultim Challenge was decided in Brest. Behind Charles Caudrelier, Thomas Coville and Armel Le Cléac’h have shared their own stories about the planetary…
OGR – Dramatic start to Leg 4 of Ocean Race in Punta del Este
Spirit of Helsinki First Across The Start Line It was a thrilling start to Leg 4 of the McIntyre Ocean Globe Race in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. Just seconds after the 14:00, local time start, Spirit of Helsinki FI (71)…
Ultims – Anthony Marchand – “It’s not been easy!”
Fourth placed ARKÉA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest skipper Anthony Marchand has really been feeling the fatigue recently. His last few days have been especially trying. In light airs for a week he has constantly been on the alert working what little breezes…
OGR – Prizegiving and Final Farewell ahead of Leg 4
It was a perfect night for raising a toast to epic achievements and adventure at the McIntyre Ocean Globe prize-giving ceremony. The crews of the 13 classic yachts racing around the world in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the…
GSC – More than half the starters have retired
By Marco Nannini / Global Solo ChallengeTrepidation mounts in A Coruna for the imminent arrival of Cole Brauer. The young talented American sailor is getting plenty of attention from US media as she’s poised to become the first American female…
