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The J Class fleet resumes for the first time since 2019, naturally taking centre stage with two key yachts coming back to top level competition for the first time since 2017.
The main hull is coming home in April! It’s the first part of the boat to be delivered to our workshop in Switzerland and it’s a huge step for the team.
The constant human research towards new technologies and the confrontation of man with nature have given rise, over the years, to unique enterprises, which have now become real stories.
It’s International Women’s Day and there has never been a more exciting time for women in sailing.
As we get further and further along the pathway to Paris, all of the teams are ramping up their campaigns. One team in particular, Will Mckenzie and Isaac Mchardie, have been locking down some fantastic results at recent regattas and are at the tip of everyone’s tongues as we look to see who will be Peter Burlings and Blair Tukes successors.
The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) welcomes KVH Industries, Inc., of Middletown, RI, as Official Connectivity Sponsor of the 635-mile Newport Bermuda Race.
With one month to go until the start of the event, 711 crews representing 58 nationalities have now registered to compete in the 51 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca Hempel World Cup Series.
Monte-Carlo, Nembro, March 2nd, 2022 – Pierre Casiraghi, Yacht Club de Monaco Vice-President, and YCM member Peter Harrison, CEO of Richard Mille EMEA, have decided to take on a new challenge to acquire the first Persico Fly40, the one design monohull foiler inspired by the America’s Cup AC75
Today World Sailing joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and global sports organisations in taking the decision to suspend participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in World Sailing owned and sanctioned competitions and events until further notice.
Cowes, 1 March 2022: The 13th RORC Caribbean 600 attracted 74 teams with 738 sailors from 32 different nations to race around 11 Caribbean islands over 600 nm in 1 great race! Watch the full wrap-up documentary of this exciting race. It was great to be back in Antigua with such a superb fleet.
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) discussed again today the dilemma the Olympic Movement is currently facing after the breach of the Olympic Truce by the Russian government and the government of Belarus through its support in this.
World Sailing is very concerned about the situation in Ukraine and we are troubled about the safety of our friends in the Ukrainian sailing community.
Following the Tokyo Olympics, an updated elevator and an adjustable rudder rake system were approved by class membership for onward use. Heading toward Palma 2022, teams competing will now be using these updated systems.
Antigua, 26 February: The 2022 RORC Caribbean 600 attracted 74 teams with 738 sailors from 32 different nations. The Caribbean classic is back with the most impressive fleet in the 14-year history of the race
Antigua, 25 February: Close finishes have been a feature of this year’s RORC Caribbean 600 and that trait continued in IRC One with a rematch between two British JPK 1180s. Sunrise and Dawn Treader last met in the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race and Sunrise won the world’s biggest offshore race overall.
Antigua, 24 February: The overall winner of the 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is Christopher Sheahan’s Pac52 Warrior One (USA). None of the teams still racing under IRC has any realistic chance of beating Warrior Won after time correction.
Antigua, 24 February: On the fourth day of the RORC Caribbean 600, 23 teams had completed the race and were enjoying the hospitality of Antigua Yacht Club, with an army of volunteers providing a warm welcome and cold Carib beers dockside.
Antigua, Tuesday 22 February 2022: Jason Carroll’s MOD 70 Argo (USA) crossed the finish line of the RORC Caribbean 600 to take Multihull Line Honours and set a new Multihull Race Record of 29 hours, 38 mins, 44 secs.
La Spezia, Italy, was the host of the first of three winter training sessions for the European M32 fleet. 4 boats took to the water, both established teams and new skippers testing the boat. “Getting a full run down with a coach on board is the best way to quickly get comfortable with the boat and this type of racing” says Jakob Wilson, M32 Product Manager, being on site with teams considering to
Antigua, 21 February 2022: The 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 started on time from Antigua on Monday 21 February. The IRC Super Zero start was nothing short of hell-raising, with Comanche reaching at full speed towards the Pillars of Hercules, then hardening up to take the inside line perilously close to the cliffs. VO65 Groovederci Racing – Sailing Poland, sailed by Deneen Demourkas was i
The months’ wait ends next week: indeed, on Thursday, 24 February, a full-scale model of the Persico Fly40 will be unveiled to its first owners. Persico Marine’s new one design foiler, currently in production in its Nembro boatyard, will count on a design partner of the highest renown: Pininfarina
Seventy-five boats are entered for the RORC Caribbean 600 which starts on Monday 21 February in Antigua. The bulk of the astonishing fleet will be racing under IRC for overall victory and the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy.
The RORC Caribbean 600 is a very different race to the RORC Transatlantic. We will have more crew because of the many manoeuvres around the course,” commented Maserati’s Giovanni Soldini. “For sure Maserati is a faster boat than our record race in 2019, but to break it will depend on the conditions.
Strong winds, high swell, and spectacular racing at the finals of the IQFOiL International Games Act 1 in Lanzarote, Spain. After a stunning knock-out final it is Spanish Pilar La Madrid bringing home her first international victory.
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