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Canadian duo ready to set sail from Brest for the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race
Canada Ocean Racing is ready to start the highly anticipated Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race, set to take place from May 7, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. The course is 1200-mile loop in the Atlantic via the Fastnet at the southwestern tip of Ireland and a Gallimard Waypoint located northwest of Cape Finisterre.
Mini/Figarist youngsters are Rolex Fastnet Race Class40 worthy winners
While there was some serious 40ft competition and much new hardware in IRC Zero, some of the most impressive offshore racers of this size were competing in the Class40. Remarkably after 20 years of existence, boats still come from a variety of different designers and builders and it produces some of the tightest racing outside of the Rolex Fastnet Race’s IRC fleet.
Hannah Mills MBE and Eilidh McIntyre Female 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year
Hannah Mills MBE and Eilidh McIntyre were voted female 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year off the back of their Olympic gold medal in the 470 in the Tokyo
52 Super Series: Tiebreak separates Quantum Racing and Sled after two races in Tuscany
The Quantum Racing powered by American Magic team may have missed tactician John Kostecki – who had to step aside at the last second at the weekend with a medical issue – but they still managed to compose a solid opening day to the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week and lead on countback from Takashi Okura’s Sled.
Rolex TP52 World Championship – Battle Lines Drawn
When the Rolex TP52 World Championship Barcelona 2023 opens next week on the 37th America’s Cup waters off Barcelona, Spain next week there will be no clear favourite. And as Cup teams ramp up their training and testing off Barcelona, eyes will inevitably focus on the white hot TP52 fleet with which many sailors have personal history, a national allegiance, or are just interested, discerning fans.
Mini Transat – A Story of a Hold-Up!
Expected in the middle of Thursday night, the conclusion of the first leg of the 24th edition of La Boulangère Mini Transat (1,350 miles from Les Sables d’Olonne to Santa Cruz de La Palma) for the Proto category ultimately took place after 9 hours, on Thursday morning. The doldrums, with no wind, made their appearance on the final fifteen miles of the course, significantly reshuffling the deck.
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez – Sheer Madness…
Thursday at Les Voiles has the spirit of the Nioulargue and the breeze at its centre, wrapped up in the sheer madness of sailors on a quest for fun and friendly nautical challenges, all of them imbued with the sense of fair play so cherished by the teams at the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez
Fresh upwind start forecast for 50th Rolex Fastnet Race
As competitors in this special anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 50th Rolex Fastnet Race arrive in the Solent, or Cherbourg in preparation for Saturday’s start from Cowes, focus is turning to the weather forecast. Forecasts get increasingly accurate the more short term they are, but five days out from departure days, a few tentative observations can be made already.
Berrehar and Yven win Transat Paprec
Even in the the inky darkness there was no mistaking the exuberant mix of sheer joy, relief and final deliverance for Skipper MACIF duo Charlotte Yven and Loïs Berrehar when they crossed the finish line off Gustavia, Saint Barths in the small hours of this Friday morning to end a prolonged, intense three-cornered battle with victory in the Transat Paprec double handed race from Concarneau.
The Swiss team wins the first of the two events in Puerto Portals
Gran Prix 4.1 of the Persico 69F Cup has just finished in Puerto Portals, Mallorca, after a week of training and racing in the world-famous Bay of Palma. Two bullets out of 11 races were enough to claim victory in the Persico 69F Cup GP 4.1 for SDS Racing.
Rolex Middle Sea Race – Multi Layers of Movement
The 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race came alive today, for some at least. It really is a race of two halves, as those crews to the west stretch their legs metaphorically in a stiff southerly, and those still to the east stretch their actual legs lying on deck waiting for the wind.
Lorient Central to the 2nd Edition of the Globe40
Today also sees the publication of the Notice of Race, which completes the pre-race document published in May, and registration is open. With 2 years to go till the start, the setting for the 6-leg course is steadily taking shape and the skippers of ten or so projects have already expressed a serious interest in taking part.LORIENT CENTRAL TO THE 2ND EDITION OF THE GLOBE40
All and Then Nothing on Day 2 of the TF35 Malcesine Cup
Storm clouds continued to postpone racing on day two of the TF35 Malcesine Cup. At the morning skipper’s briefing, the seven TF35s were instructed to stay tied up at the dock to wait for the forecasted strong northerly Pelèr wind to abate in the afternoon, allowing the southerly Ora wind to kick in.
Four J Class Rivals Set for Class Racing at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
When four J Class yachts, Ranger, Svea, Topaz and Velsheda line up next week on the beautiful waters of the Costa Smeralda at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, it will be the first time that there has been stand-alone J Class racing at the annual pinnacle event since 2014.
The curtain closes on an absolutely spellbinding Voiles de Saint-Tropez 2022!
What a cracking fortnight! Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez has simply lit up the gulf in France’s Var region and with it the whole of the yachting planet. Sailing in all its competitive, aesthetic or historic guises, has sparkled in all its glory against the stunning backdrop of Saint Tropez
Cape 31 Flying Jenny Takes First in Class and Wins the Nanny Cay Cup
Tortola, BVI – March 28, 2023 – Under BVI blue skies and warm trade winds, the Cape 31 Flying Jenny won class in today’s race around Tortola, also taking home the Nanny Cay Cup for fastest corrected time (4:19:17) – the first time that the race has been sailed in the BVI Spring Regatta since 2019.
RORC IRC National Championships – Day Two: Bazball Saturday
Light to medium conditions was one of the factors resulting in a number of different teams notching up race wins on the second day of the IRC National Championships. Racing today in the Solent was nothing short of spectacular; Race Officer Paul Jackson reported seeing the entire IRC 4 class running abreast towards the leeward mark. Three races were held for all classes. Congratulations to all race
GGR NEWS – Kirsten likely to break all records. ETA Les Sables d’Olonne Friday 28th
The trio of Simon, Kirsten and Abhilash are close now sailing within 170 miles of each other as they approach the Bay of Biscay and the final run toward Les Sables d’Olonne. But the Race is on for Kirsten Neuschäfer (ZAF) who is leading by 90 miles on her runner up
Women Get Hands-on IMOCA60 Team Experience at Route du Rhum
In a special race-prep experience collaboration programme, the IMOCA60 class and The Magenta Project – an equity and inclusion in sailing charity – have created an exclusive opportunity for women to work with IMOCA60 teams preparing for the Route du Rhum Race, departing St Malo 6 November 2022.
200 Days Until The First Solo Round-the-World Race Aboard an Ultim 32/23.
Wednesday June 21 is an important milestone at less than eight months before the start of the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Brest. At 200 days before the start gun which will sound on Sunday January 7, 2024, the first ever solo round-the-world race race for the Ultim 32/23 welcomes the Swiss fine watchmaking manufacturer Alpina as Official Timekeeper.
