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Quantum Racing hold lead into final day as Vayu push hard in second
A three race day in a good nine to 11kts of breeze on Tuscany’s scenic Gulf of Follonica brought the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week back on schedule after missing one race Thursday due to the threat of thunderstorms. Quantum Racing powered by American Magic now lead into the final Saturday showdown with a slender two points lead.
SailGP Spotlight: Quentin Delapierre Reveals How Key Team Changes are Boosting France’s Season 3 Perormance
Fresh from securing his first podium finish, French driver Quentin Delapierre is readying himself for his first home event in Saint-Tropez on September 10-11. Ahead of the event, SailGP.com catches up with Delapierre to discuss how his key changes are resulting in the team’s rising trajectory.
Record Breaking IMOCA Entries in La Route du Rhum
There have never been so many IMOCA class entries in the La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe in the IMOCA class. With 37 boats set to take the start line, there are certainly more contenders for the podium than in any previous edition and there is strength and depth all the way through the field.
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Nioulargue Nostalgia!
No two days are ever the same at Les Voiles. Enjoying a thundering start to the week, with each of the three large groups of Maxi, Modern and Classic yachts validating races every day, the wonderful week of competition in Saint Tropez is catching its breath in the happy nostalgia of its past. Indeed, Challenge Day offers sailors the opportunity to relive what proved to be the catalyst for Les Voil
New French Team Experiences the Heat of 44Cup Competition
The 44Cup’s trial boat, which teams can use to gain first-hand experience racing the high performance, owner-driver RC44 one design, has had a busy 2023 season. This started in Muscat driven by an Oman Sail crew, then had Louise Morton’s all-female Bullet team competed on her at the 44 Cup Cowes World Championship in August and Luis Cabiedes’ Noticia team from Spain at last month’s 44Cup Alcaidesa
Thrilling Climax for Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race
The Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race came to a thrilling climax on the 16th day of the 1,805 nautical mile race. In a 14-hour flurry, 10 boats finished the race and a passionate dock party on Trinity Landing was followed by a hearty meal at the RORC Clubhouse in Cowes.
Pacific Yankees Take the Victory at the Melges 24 Pre-Worlds in Middelfart
Champagne sailing – that’s how the participants were describing the Melges 24 Pre-Worlds in Middelfart, Denmark over two days this weekend! A high-quality field of 15 competitors with many championship wins and podium places between them met in Middelfart, which led to competition between the Pro teams Pacific Yankee, Nefeli, Panjic, Stig, Melgina and the Corinthian teams of Gill Race Team, Helly
Charlie Cumbley lifts 2022 OK Dinghy World title in Marstrand after windless final day
Charlie Cumbley from Britain has won the 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship after a stressful final day in Marstrand, Sweden. Niklas Edler from Sweden takes the silver with Lars Johan Brodtkorb from Norway wins the bronze. No more races were possible on the final day with a very light wind all day
Jean Genie wins 2023 edition of the Scandinavian Gold Cup
The Scandinavian Gold Cup, an event organised by the YCCS together with the International 5.5 Metre Class, came to a conclusion today. After three days of racing and four races held in total, the British team on Jean Genie (GBR 43, Peter Morton, Andrew Palfrey, Ruairidh Scott) claimed the prestigious trophy at the end of a hard-fought final clash with New Moon III (BAH 25, Mark Holowesko, Christop
Final four line up in Marstrand
Day 3 of the 2023 GKSS Match Cup Sweden wrapped up the quarter-final stage of the event to advance the top four teams to the semi-final. Five-time winner of the event Björn Hansen/ Extend Commerce Sailing Team and fellow Swede Johnie Berntsson/ Berntsson Sailing Team join USA’s Chris Poole/Riptide Racing and Estonia’s Mati Sepp/ Clean Energy Sailing Team in the semi-final line-up. This year marks
The Atlas 2 is now shipping!
Even better than devices leaving the factory; we now have the first boxes of brand new Atlas 2 devices here in the USA at our technical facility! We’ll be taking them out of the shipping crate, running a quick set of tests, updating the firmware and getting them ready to go out the door.
Rolex Middle Sea Race – Light on Wind, Large on Spectacle
Grand Harbour performed some magic today, as an assembled 118 yachts set off on the 43rd Rolex Middle Sea Race. The ancient limestone walls of Valletta seem to come alive in bright sunshine, and they duly offered the gathered spectators, high up on the bastions, a perfect setting to send off the intrepid fleet.
First day of racing in the bag at the ILCA 6 Youth & Men’s World Championships
Today was the first day of racing at the 2023 ILCA 6 Youth & Men’s World Championships, hosted by the Gdmina Dziwonow. 373 sailors representing 48 countries are enjoying perfect conditions to start the weeklong event. Two races were completed in W–SW wind, averaging 17–20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots and clear skies over the waters of Dziwnow.
Rolex Fastnet Race: IRC Zero Preview – Battle of the Commodores
Teasing Machine is a strong tip for success in IRC Zero, and arguably for an overall win in this 50th edition Rolex Fastnet Race. RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim always ensures his NMYD 54 is immaculately prepared in every respect. Teasing Machine has shown great consistency in the past year so far this season to find herself leading the RORC Season’s Points Championship, thanks to overall I
69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup – Act 4 in Torbole, Lake Garda
A never-seen-before 16-team fleet has opened today, August 21st, for Act 4 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup in Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy. What was supposed to be a warm-up day turned out to be a brilliant racing one, with eight races finished! The entire first flight is completed in the classical thermic wind from the South – the Ora – ranging from 12 to 14 knots.
Sails of Change Look to New Horizons, Calling Off Their Record Attempt for the Jules Verne Trophy
Sails of Change will not cast off this year to challenge the round the world Jules Verne Trophy record and is calling a halt to the stand-by period that has kept the team in Brest, France, for several months during the autumn and winter waiting for a weather window that has remained elusive.
Rolex Fastnet Race MOCRA class – Rise of the 50 footers
Much of the media oxygen in this year’s special 50th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Rolex Fastnet Race will again be on the battle at the front of the fleet between the two 30m Ultime trimarans, Banque Populaire XI and SVR-Lazartigue, skippered respectively by Vendée Globe winners Armel le Cléac’h and François Gabart, or the close competition between the Ocean Fifty trimarans.
Perfect conditions on Day 4 at ORC Worlds
Sunny skies and 12-18 knots of wind were a welcome respite for the 111 teams competing here in Kiel on Day 4 of the 2023 ORC World Championship after three consecutive days of blustery west winds. Two windward-leeward races were conducted for each of the three classes competing on their own course areas, with the challenge not being the wind speed but the wind shifts that kept race managers from K
INEOS Britannia wins Louis Vuitton Cup and ends Britain’s 60-year wait for place in America’s Cup Match
INEOS Britannia, the British Challenger of Record competing for the Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd, has won the Louis Vuitton Cup and a place in the 37th America’s Cup Match against Defender’s Emirates Team New Zealand. Ben Ainslie’s crew is the first British team in 60 years to secure a spot in the match, after beating Italian team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli 7-4 in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final, a first-to
Superb day of racing kicks off 2023 TF35 Season
A superb opening day for the 2023 TF35 season, hosted this week by the esteemed Société Nautique de Genève, saw different teams come to the fore, with Bertrand Demole’s Ylliam XII – Comptoir Immobilier winning the day with an impressive 1-3 scoreline, and Nathalie Brugger at the helm of the all-new youth crew onboard Alinghi Red Bull Racing paving their way to potentially becoming this year’s unde
