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Rolex Fastnet Race Feature: The Two-Handed Revolution
Offshore yacht racing’s greatest evolution recently has been the rise of doublehanding. No better demonstration of this is there than the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 50th Rolex Fastnet Race, which sets sail from Cowes bound for Cherbourg on 22 July: Of the present record-sized IRC fleet (currently exceeding 400 entries) more than one quarter will be racing in the IRC Two-Handed class for the Brunski
Logan Dunning Beck & Oscar Gunn lead 49er fleet in Hyères
The pair, who won 49er gold on a dramatic final day at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma just over a fortnight ago, have been finetuning their go-karting skills in the lead-up to the Hyères event – and they seem to be on the right track, winning two of their three 49er races in the qualifying heats overnight to lead the fleet.
La Solitaire du Figaro: Dice Are Rolling Into The Final Night Of Stage 2
With just over 100 nautical miles to the finish line of the 655 miles Stage 2 of La Solitaire du Figaro at 17.00hrs French time this late afternoon the leading group are tightly packed, the solo skippers doing all they can to sniff out the best of the breeze.
Team Holcim – PRB: A New IMOCA Look and A New Entry for The Ocean Race
You may have seen Kevin and his team sailing around in his new IMOCA PRB earlier this year that was bright orange, but with the new launch of their GO CIRCULAR campaign, you will see the team in a new shade! Launched in Lorient, France.
Talisman Terry Hutchinson will sail 2023 Rolex TP52 World Championship with Quantum Racing powered by American Magic
When they seek to defend their world title in Barcelona in two weeks time at the Rolex TP52 World Championship in Barcelona, Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing powered by American Magic will have their five times 52 SUPER SERIES title winner Terry Hutchinson on board as tactician, substituting for John Kostecki who is still recovering from a medical procedure which he underwent in late May.
La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec: 33 Skippers Take Part in the 1900-Mile Race
The 54th edition of the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec will kick off on August 27 from Caen (Calvados) for the 33 sailors competing this year. On the menu for the premier race of the French Elite Ocean Racing Championship, of which Paprec has become the Title Partner: three committed legs leading from Caen to Piriac-sur-Mer (Loire-Atlantique), via Kinsale (Ireland) and Roscoff in Morlaix Bay (Finistèr
Boris Herrmann: “This time we are not in it to win it.”
For Boris Herrmann, the popular 41 year old German solo ocean racer who took fifth on the last Vendée Globe, managing the expectations of the hundreds of thousands of fans he has at home now, and a big media following, is all part and parcel of this, his second Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.
Cowes Week Finishes on a High Note
Cowes Week 2023 finished on a high note today with a northwesterly breeze between 7-12kts allowing all classes to enjoy a glorious day of tactical racing. With so much to play for in what turned out to be a no-discard series (as a result of two days of abandoned racing due to high winds), not only was there plenty of inter-class rivalry, with results going down to the wire, but also with the Black
Double advantage to Quantum Racing as light winds Saturday showdown beckons
The penultimate day of the 2021 season proved a painful one for the Plattner family’s Phoenix team and so it is was again today as the five regatta 2022 52 SUPER SERIES season tapers down to the final races tomorrow. Last year a broken spinnaker when leading robbed them of their chance to win the championship, today it was a premature start.
Provezza on top after champagne racing day on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez
After a day on which the Gulf of Saint-Tropez offered up a strengthening sea breeze and beautiful spring sunshine, Ergin Imre’s Turkish flagged Provezza team lead the 52 SUPER SERIES Saint Tropez Sailing Week by one single point ahead of Andy Soriano’s almost equally consistent Alegre. Defending champions Quantum Racing powered by American Magic are up to third on the general classification.
Final dress rehearsals done, time for action at the 52 Super Series Saint-Tropez Sailing Week
As if to prove how open this 11th season of the 52 SUPER SERIES is shaping up to be, the two short, sharp single lap practice races on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez today were won by different boats, Thailand’s Vayu and last year’s runners up, Hasso and Tina Plattner’s Phoenix team which has a new tactician in Argentinian Santi Lange.
Last night, all the boats in the 53rd edition of the Solitaire du Figaro arrived safely in Royan
The 32 sailors have finished this 635 mile leg from Port-La-Forêt to Charente Maritime; once again an incredible leg, full of twists and turns: upwind, downwind, strong or light winds, the skippers will have experienced it all, tried out all the onboard wardrobe…
Beyou-Cammas – The Power Duo Continue to Push Charal Sailing Team to the Top
On this Valentine’s Day, often synonymous with announcements, the Charal Sailing Team thought it was the ideal moment to present its duo of the year! Franck Cammas, associated with the design and development of Charal 2, will continue the adventure with Jérémie Beyou by being his co-skipper until the Transat Jacques Vabre, the highlight of this season.
Royal Cup leaders Quantum Racing are back on form in Scarlino
After two races in winds which topped 27kts in the gusts Quantum Racing lead the Royal Cup Scarlino 52 SUPER SERIES regatta. With American owner driver Doug DeVos back as helmsman after missing the last event in July in Mallorca, the 2022 World Champions posted two second places in challenging, shifting breezes to finish the day on top of the leaderboard.
Plattners’ Phoenix keep the pressure on
After a challenging three race day at the 52 SUPER SERIES Barcelona Sailing Week which saw the Tina Plattner steered South African flagged Phoenix score a third, first and a second while the American Quantum Racing netted 14pts, Doug DeVos’ world champions crew have seen their lead on the season standings now cut to only three slender points by title rivals Phoenix with only two days of the season
Justine Mettraux (Teamwork.net) Finishes Seventh and First Non-French Skipper
Swiss skipper Justine Mettraux (Teamwork.net) took seventh place in the IMOCA class when she crossed the finish line of the 12th Route du Rhum at 02:41:35 UTC/Local time. Racing on her first ever Route du Rhum, Mettraux, 35, is the first non-French skipper to finish in the IMOCA class and the first woman.
Severe opening night impacts on Rolex Fastnet Race fleet
A brutal first night at sea in this 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race has seen numerous retirements and many others seeking temporary shelter from the gale force conditions in the English Channel. For example, wind data from Hurst Castle at 20:10 BST last night recorded 38 knots, gusting 43. Yesterday evening off St Alban’s Point, the crew on Stuart Lawrence’s J/120 Scream II reported 46 knot
Victory for the Pole Maciek Rutkowski and the French Justine Lemeteuyer
Nago-Torbole (Lake Garda, Italy) – Magic Sunday for the Circolo Surf Torbole: Garda Trentino redeemed itself on the last day of the Torbole PWA World Cup Windsurfing Slalom and, despite the always very cloudy weather alternating with some rain, the wind was the protagonist, allowing racing both in the morning with a northerly wind, and in the afternoon with a southerly wind that had risen in the l
DutchSail Wins Puerto Portals Persico 69F Cup 2022
Puerto Portals, Mallorca, was the venue where 69F crowned the Persico 69F Cup 2022 champions, after a fierce battle on the water among the top three. The light wind with mostly marginal foiling conditions added suspense to the final event of the season, in which Fin1Racing and Groupe Atlantic were left alone to battle it out as SDS Swiss Dental Solutions had left the island after winning the GP 4.
Rolex Middle Sea Race: A Majestic Finale Steeped in History
Malta’s past and present combined today at the Rolex Middle Sea Race final prize giving. Held, as is now tradition, in the 16th century former-Sacra Infermeria overlooking Grand Harbour, scene of the start one week ago, the story of the event was all but completed, just as the finishers conclude their own story as the cross the finish line.
