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Who is likely to Qualify for Paris at the Worlds in the 49er/FX and Nacra Fleets?
All 10 Olympic Classes are set to begin the 2023 World Championship. The 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 begin on the 11th of August, with the Nacra 17 Medal race on the 17th and the skiff medal races on the 18th.
Team Lenny Wins wet & wild Cascais J70 Winter Series Stage 5
The team from the Madeira Islands dominated the 1st stage of the Melges 15 Cascais Winter Series setting the tone from day one where they scored a second place and two bullets, and after a cancelled second day, wrapped it up with another two bullets on the third day, that secured them the win without having to sail the last race.
Italians favourite for Rolex Fastnet Race’s Class40 honours
France traditionally dominates the non-IRC classes which compete in the Rolex Fastnet Race, both in numbers and results. This comes as no surprise since they created classes such as the Ultim and IMOCA. This has been the case too in the Class40 for most of its 20 year existence, up until this season.
XIX Copa del Rey Repsol de Barcos de Época – Vela Clásica Menorca
From 29th August to 3rd September, the port of Mahón once again became a floating museum and a unique setting for the XIX Copa del Rey Repsol de Barcos de Época – Vela Clásica Menorca, organised by the Club Marítimo de Mahón, a sporting and social entity in Menorca.
Rhum Multi Class Leader Gilles Buekenhout (JESS) has capsized and is safe on board
At 1920hrs this Wednesday, November 23, the race management of the 12th edition of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe received a message from CROSS Antilles to tell them that Gilles Buekenhout (JESS) had triggered his distress beacon.
Roschier Baltic Sea Race – I Love Poland takes Line Honours
Volvo Open 70 I Love Poland, owned by the Polish National Foundation and skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski crossed the finish line in Helsinki to take Line Honours for the Roschier Baltic Sea Race at 19:27:35 EEST on Sunday 24th July 2022.
Rookie Pirouelle can make history, Ireland’s Dolan in the frame
The third and final stage of the 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro starts tomorrow (Sunday) at midday local time. And for the third successive stage it promises to be a race of two distinct halves.
NEWS – Lucky Retired from Rolex Middle Sea Race After Dismasting
At around 0800 CEST this morning, the Race Committee received a report from Lucky to say it had lost its mast just south of Favignana. All crew are safe and well, and Lucky will return to Malta under engine. We will update you with more information as and when it is available.
It’s a fab four in a row for Beckett but Saturday is Medal Day at Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels
Sofía as the first major Olympic sailing regatta of the Los Angeles 2028 cycle, the Balearics’ giant 54 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels rolls into Saturday’s big finalé, the Medal races, there may be four of the 10 classes with the mathematical odds heavily stacked in the favour of the respective event leaders but only one event has already been won with a day to spare.
Ready to race for the Royal Cup in Menorca
The Club Náutico de Mahón hosted the official presentation of the Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup in beautiful sunshine this evening. Nine boats flying the flags of seven nationalities will comete at this third event of the 2023 season. It is this the fifth visit of the 52 SUPER SERIES in 11 years.
Newsflash: Croatian skipper Ivica Kostelic (ACI) retires from Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
Croatian sailor, Ivica Kostelic (ACI), who was racing in the Class40 division in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe transatlantic race, is heading for Cascais in Portugal, suffering from many technical problems, including the loss of his wind gear.
Nacra 17, 49erFX and 49er Worlds – Fresh Faces and Medalists Mix atop Standings
Mussanah, OMAN – A mere three months since the closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics and less than three years from the Paris 2024 opening ceremonies, new teams are grasping
The summer that just keeps on giving!
At the suggestion of Pierre Roinson, President of the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez, the magnificent Club 55 Cup duel, traditionally staged on the first Thursday of Les Voiles for the Classic and Modern yachts, was repeated today within the context of the Maxi Yacht week.
Teams arriving at speed at the AEGEAN 600
With the main axis of the windy Meltemi shifting west to buffet the shores of Attica now with 20-30 knot winds, almost all entries have made it across the finish and are safely ashore at Olympic Marine after this second edition of the AEGEAN 600.
Charisma defends her 44Cup Marstand Title
With rollmops unfurling in the big breeze, the decision was made to cancel the final day of racing at the 44Cup Marstrand. Despite this, over the last four days eight races were held and a worthy winner found in Nico Poons’ Charisma, defending champion of the 44Cup’s Swedish stopover as well as being 2022’s 44Cup overall winner.
Belgian Class40 skipper Jonas Gerckens abandons the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
Belgian Class40 skipper Jonas Gerckens has been forced to retire from the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe this Friday evening due to a combination of technical problems which are exacerbated by his poor state of health.
Three teams finish on day 18 Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race
Day 18 of the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race, 19 teams have now finished the 1,805nm race with just one team still racing; Kuba Szymanski & Adrian Kucmin on the First 40.7 Polished Manx II.
The 2022 edition of the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy delivers two days of intensely close racing in Cascais
The 107-foot superyacht Green Eyes and the professional sailing team on board the VO65 Racing for the Planet walked away with line honours after two days and closely fought racing in the bay of Cascais.
“The Mast Imploded” – Bureau Vallée out of Race on Difficult Day for the Fleet
A dismasting, spring tides and light winds have made the first 36 hours of the Transat Jacques Vabre very tricky for the fleet of 79 boats. The mast ‘imploded’! Louis
Filipe Silva takes lead at Finn World Masters after Day 2
Filipe Silva, from Portugal, has taken the lead at the 2023 Finn World Masters at Nea Iraklitsa, Kavala, Greece after one more race was sailed on Tuesday. Winner of the only race on Tuesday, David Terol from Spain, moves up to second with Italy’s Marco Buglielli up to third.
