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Day 3: Full Sail and Full Send at the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
The third day of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta was the breeziest day yet, with force 6 winds experienced through most of the day. But as the teams began running sequence, not a single reefed main was spotted amongst the fleet – signaling the teams were committed to full sail and full send!
Third big breeze day and third bullet for Team NIKA at the 44CUP Calero Marinas
After Friday’s brutal conditions, the forecast indicated a slightly lighter day three of the 44Cup Calero Marinas. However the Lanzarote wind gods felt differently and with 30 knots blowing late morning, the call was made initially to postpone ashore, the day’s first race finally getting underway at 1430 UTC.
First eight cities unveiled in an expanded SailGP Season 3
London, ENGLAND – December 7, 2021 – SailGP returns in its third season with additional new teams, more iconic cities and thrilling racing as it reaffirms its status as the
Dubarry Aquatech Women’s Open Keelboat Championships 2021
The twelfth Dubarry Women’s Open Keelboat Championship was held by the Royal Southern Yacht on the 5th and 6th June 2021 after being cancelled due to Covid-19 in 2020. This
Mana and Leopard 3: Forces of Nature
Just after midnight this morning, Tuesday 25 October, the 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race reached its first crescendo as Mana ghosted across the finish line to beat a charging Zoulou by a mere 56 seconds at the mouth of Marsamxett Harbour.
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild establishes new Rolex Fastnet Race record
The extraordinary 32m long Ultime Maxi Edmond de Rothschild showed a clean pair of heels to the rest of the fleet in the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race arriving this evening
Lumpy Solent takes its toll as 49th Rolex Fastnet Race sets sail
The Rolex Fastnet Race has a reputation for the severe weather that it can throw at its competitors. Still strongly remembered is the 1979 race that cost 19 lives. Today
Breaking records and unlucky breaks
The Portuguese islands of Madeira will be passed later today by the leaders of the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe but while the top boats are looking to stay clear and avoid the substantial lee of the island group, the windbreak effect of the high jagged Picos is set to be used by several skippers who need to try and effect repairs to keep their solo non-stop round the world race on track.
Keeping the pressure on….Gladiator win
Tony Langley’s Gladiator team won the one and only race to be sailed at the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week to keep the pressure on the event leaders Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon Aviation who maintained their high level of consistency with a third to remain nine points clear as the regatta passed its midpoint today. Doug DeVos’s Quantum Racing powered by American Magic took third.
Less than 24hrs to finish: Break Point at Columbier Point
With just over 100 miles to the Transat Paprec off Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy the top three mixed- doubles duos are still less than two and a half miles apart as they head into what narrow leader Lois Berrëhar calls a ‘totally crazy’ final night at sea.
Matt Wearn wins Gold at Olympic Test Event
Matt Wearn OAM has secured Gold in the Men’s ILCA 7 dinghy at the Paris 2024 Olympic Test Event in Marseille. An emphatic win in the crucial, double points medal race had him seven points clear of his nearest rival in this highly competitive class.
Carisma wins RC44 World Championship with a race to spare
The Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes and the Solent laid on a World Championship worthy of the leading owner-driver one design class, the RC44. Over four days, the nine teams enjoyed top of the range conditions, plus the usual complexities of British tides and fast moving weather systems.
Hannah Mills – I Hope SailGP Will Evolve into a 50/50 Mixed Male and Female League
Great Britain strategist Hannah Mills has called for SailGP’s Women’s Pathway Program to evolve into a mixed gender league with a 50/50 split between male and female athletes.
Opportunity Knocks for the IAKA Youth Team at Cowes Week
A new initiative to encourage youth sailors will be taking place at Cowes Week 31 July – 06 August. This has been made possible by the collaboration of the Ian
Course shortened for decisive Stage 3
After what, for many of the 32 solo skippers, proved to a be a painfully frustrating, slow finish into Roscoff on the Bay of Morlaix Thursday night into Friday Stage 3 of the 54th La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec has already been shortened due to the forecast for continued very light winds.
Moth sailors prayers are answered: Finally enough wind to race!
It took a very early start, but racing is finally underway at the Wetsuit Outlet and Zhik International Moth World Championship! Sailors were already busy in the dinghy park at 6am, getting ready for an 8am start, with Yellow fleet the first to hit the water.
A Brutally Slow Finish to the Second Stage of La Solitaire du Figaro
A brutal shut down in the already light breeze off Roscoff last night proved extremely painful for 29 of the 32 solo skippers at the conclusion of the 570 miles Stage 2 of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, creating huge gaps in the General Classification.
Light to moderate conditions forecast raise no major fears for Sunday’s Transat CIC start
As all of the Transat CIC skippers convened this morning at Lorient’s La Base for the main briefing before Sunday’s start of the 3,500 miles solo race across the North Atlantic to New York, ideas about the weather which will prevail on start day are the main topic of discussion.
Thomas Ruyant (LInkedOut) is king of the Transats after record breaking Route du Rhum IMOCA win
Thomas Ruyant, solo skipper of LinkedOut, was unofficially crowned ‘King of the Transats’ when he won the 38 boat IMOCA class on the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.
Fast and Furious Start to the AEGEAN 600
Spectacular 15-25 knot conditions today helped get this year’s fleet of the AEGEAN 600 off to a fast and furious start to their 605-mile tour of the beautiful Aegean islands. These perfect conditions in this 4th edition of the race organized by the Hellenic Ocean Racing Club (HORC) are suitable to threaten course records in both the Monohull and Multihull divisions.
