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The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) today announced its 2023 world championship season with a fifteen-event schedule across ten countries, including the return of founding Tour events – the Congressional Cup/USA, Match Cup Sweden and Bermuda Gold Cup.
Cape Horn is part of international folklore. Most know of its fearsome reputation for ships and lives lost and the emotional relief of finally sailing past. It has been like that for 100’s of years. For solo sailors it is the biggest single objective of any planned circumnavigation and it is not gained easily.
After over 30 hours of racing at speeds approaching 40 knots, MOD70 Zoulou sailed by Erik Maris (FRA) won Multihull Line Honours in the 2023 RORC Caribbean 600 by just 11 seconds.
Today the 2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championships continued the second day of sailing at the Royal Varuna Yacht Club. Another beautiful day where competitors completed two races in a lighter breeze of 6–12 knots.
At the break of dawn on the second day of the RORC Caribbean 600, Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi70 (ITA) was in pole position, an hour inside race record pace for the 600 mile race. Video footage from on board Maserati reveals hellish conditions on deck at over 30 knots of boat speed
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club and supported by Antigua Yacht Club, the 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 started on time at 11:00 AST on Monday 20th February.
Today was the first day of racing at the 2023 ILCA 7 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club. A total of 85 sailors representing 22 countries are enjoying perfect conditions to start the weeklong event. Two races were completed in NNW wind, averaging 12–15 knots, and clear skies over the Gulf of Thailand.
The 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 starts on 20th February at 11:00 AST (UTC-4). Seventy boats from all over the world are ready in Antigua for the non-stop 600nm race around 11 Caribbean islands.
With over 90 teams representing more than 25 nations from as far afield as Australia, Norway and Sweden, Canada, Poland and Greece, competitors and their yachts are starting to congregate now in the crystal clear waters around St.Maarten. The 43rd edition of this not-to-be-missed regatta takes place from March 2-5, 2023.
The Magenta Project connects with key stakeholders, Clarisse Crémer, Sam Davies and IMOCA class President Antoine Mermod to drive policy change
Banque Populaire considers today that the conditions are no longer met to be able to tackle the Vendée Globe with serenity and announces its withdrawal from the 2024 edition.
Two races were completed on the final day of the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, bringing the event to a close.
No races were completed at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, due to lack of wind.
Express Victory in the Grenade for Melodie Schaffer and Tom Pierce
Racing resumed at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, after a well-deserved rest day for the sailors. Two races were completed in about 6–10 knots of breeze and clear blue skies over the Gulf of Thailand.
Anton Dahlberg & Lovisa Karlsson (SWE) extended their lead in the 470 after winning another big wave, big wind race on day three of the Lanzarote International Regatta. It proved to be the only race of the day, with no competition for the 49er or 49erFX fleets.
Most sailors know the story of Jessica Watson very well. She is the Australian sailor who, back in 2009 at the age of 16, set the world record for the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world.
Setting out from Ushant early this Sunday afternoon for a new attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy, the round the world sailing record, the crew of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild announced this evening that they would be turning back and returning to their home port of Lorient to repair damage to a component of their generator (engine).
At the helm of the 32-metre giant, Charles Caudrelier, Franck Cammas and their four crew are taking on the prestigious round the world race against the clock. The aim: to beat the record of 40 days, 23 hours and 30 minutes set in 2017 by Francis Joyon and the men of IDEC. To achieve this, Gitana Team will have to make it back to Brest and the Le Créac’h lighthouse before 25 March 2023 at 12h 38min
Two more races were completed today at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, which marks the halfway point of the event.
Charles Caudrelier and Franck Cammas, two of the most experienced sailors in the discipline, together with their four crew, are preparing to make a bid for the Jules Verne Trophy, the outright record for circumnavigating the globe under sail, unassisted and without stopovers.
Two races were completed today at the 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, in a steady breeze of 12 knots and with a strong current in the Gulf of Thailand. Because four races have been sailed, the sailors now have a dropped race from their scores, which has stirred up the leaderboards in some divisions.
The 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, kicked off with two races in beautiful champagne sailing conditions. The Gulf of Thailand provided sunny skies, warm seas, and 12–14 knots of breeze for the first day of racing at the event.
The heavy air and racy, wet ice contributed to the majority decision to call the 2023 GM complete after two racing days. We gathered in an area sheltered from the wind for the award ceremony, a very Swedish affair with coffee and Semla, traditional Swedish cream buns served until Lent. Hal Bowman US1277 was recognized as a top competitor in his age group.
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