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The PredictWind Moth World Championships at Manly Sailing Club on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, north of Auckland, is set to deliver high-octane racing action after the last world’s frustrating non-event in Weymouth, UK, where light winds kept the fleet ashore.
It seems like for every time the two Vendée Globe leaders believe they are getting into the South Easterly trade winds they have been disappointed, served up another helping of light and unsettled winds. Whilst they made better progress this morning by this afternoon they are back to single figure speeds.
Sunshine, smooth seas, worries solved, and the whole world lights up! After a ‘dark week’, the end of the year and the start of the new one finally seem to be spoiling Clarisse, who has found her smile again, along with her computer tools. Sun, wind, dolphins and albatrosses to boot, as well as rounding Cape Horn. It was as if the Pacific Ocean wanted to make amends…
The International 29er Class is not just about high-performance racing; it’s also a leader in promoting sustainability on and off the water.
As detailed yesterday Wednesday, January 1, icebergs have been confirmed by CLS – the organisation retained by the Vendée Globe to monitor ice which uses satellites and teams of experts to monitor the ice from space. In recent day the the isolated ice has been seen north of the Antarctic Exclusion Zone on the Vendée Globe course.
The two leaders of the Vendée Globe may finally have extricated themselves from cold front off Cabo Frio by Rio but both Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) and Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) still have some light winds to break through before reaching the southeasterly tradewinds which will allow them to accelerate more directly north towards the equator and home.
Mother and daughter, Annette Hesselmans and Sophie Snijders, crossed the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race finish line late last evening on Fika, the only one of the three female double handed crews to finish the tough 628 nautical mile race.
In the light winds off the Brazilian coast whilst the rest of the world wait to welcome in the New Year and say goodbye to 2024, the leading duo would dearly like to welcome in a fresh new wind for their start of 2025 and rid themselves of the very complicated conditions caused as the Saint Helena high pressure expands whilst being bisected by the cold front at Cabo Frio.
Kings Pier overflowed with spectators on Monday, all vying to get a prime view of the latest finishers in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and among the arrivals was Double Handed entry Disko Trooper_Contender Sailcloth.
A crew member with mountaineering skills came to the rescue of Tasmanian boat Tilting at Windmills as it approached the finish line of the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on Monday.
On the 50th day of the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe Yannick Bestaven, the winner of the 2020-2021 race is trying to get used to the harsh reality that his race is over.
After announcing a major breakdown to the steering system of the IMOCA Maître CoQ V’s on Friday 27 December, damage which us impossible to repair at sea, Yannick Bestaven, in consultation with his technical team, has taken the decision to stopover in Ushuaïa to repair the various breakdowns suffered in recent days.
Three generations of the Kurts family have now skippered the almost legendary Love & War (NSW) in the Sydney Hobart, after Phil Kurts completed the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race today.
A small flotilla of yachts staged some last-minute duels up the Derwent River and the Tasmanian coast as they closed out their time in the 2004 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
He has 15 Sydney Hobarts with four Line Honours and an Overall win, multiple America’s, Admiral and Clipper/Kenwood Cups, round the World races, Transpacs, Fastnets, and a record-breaking Transatlantic crossing on his vast resume, so Justin ‘Juggy’ Clougher, a Tasmanian native, knows what he’s talking about when it comes to ocean racing.
Rupert Henry and his French co-skipper, Corentin Douguet, sailed Henry’s Lombard 34, Mistral (NSW), across the Rolex Sydney Hobart finish line at 07.16.04 this evening, the first double-handed entry to finish
There’s no stopping the thrills at the 2024 Moth Worlds even on registration day, January 3 rd, 2025.
After rounding Cape Horn in quick succession yesterday the second group in the Vendée Globe, the peloton, have broken up slightly as they negotiate an upwind phase in light winds caused by a cell of high pressure. From deep ocean racing mode, dealing with the constant stress of the Southern Ocean, this group are suddenly into regatta mode, racing almost boat on boat as they try to climb out of the
Just about everyone is saying it’s “anyone’s guess” when it comes to predicting a clear favourite for the 2024-25 The Boat Club Australian 16ft Skiff Championships, set to be sailed at Queensland’s Hervey Bay from January 4-11.
Finishing ahead of yachts twice its size, the 49 footer Happy Wanderer has placed 12th on Line Honours in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart.
The French yacht Cocody, owned and skippered by Richard Fromentin, pushed its way across the line today to finish 16th over the line and are provisionally eighth Overall in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
Bruce Taylor lived up to the name of his 40-footer Chutzpah after he crossed the line in 11th place on Sunday in the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
It’s not the end to the race she wanted, but Pip Hare was relieved to step off her stricken yacht Medallia after breaking the mast 800 nautical miles from Australia.
Sam Haynes, announced the provisional Overall winner of the 2024 Rolex Sydney Hobart, never dreamed he would hold the Tattersall Cup in his hands again, after selling his TP52 Celestial late this year.
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