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Entries are now open for the 2025 edition of the Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race. Known as the Transpac and held biennially since 1906, this classic 2,225-mile ocean race is a bucket list event for many sailors and skippers, several of whom have signaled their commitment by registering early.
During the event held on board EXPLORA I in the port of Barcelona, Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman, Cruise Division of MSC Group and Grant Dalton, CEO of the America’s Cup Events unveiled Explora Journey’s sponsorship of Emirates Team New Zealand
Racing sets sail tomorrow in Marstrand, Sweden on the third event of the 2024 44Cup following on from Puerto Calero, Lanzarote and Baiona in northwest Spain. With support from Artemis Technologies and Marstrands Segelsällskap, racing for the high performance owner-driver one designs will take place over 20-23 June.
Good start! Here we go for the first day of racing at the 12mR World Championship in Porquerolles. At 10.05am, the race committee gave the first start to the only race of the day.
Over the weekend, the beautiful coastal town of Imperia hosted Round Five of the Cape 31 Race Circuit in the Med June 14th to 16th.
Lake Lipno in the Czech Republic provided an unforgettable week of sailing as the best young sailors representing Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia gathered to compete for medals at the Czech 29er Eurocup. A wide variety of wind conditions and sunny weather ensured exciting racing and great experiences on and off the water.
No racing this Tuesday in Porquerolles. With a strong wind (22 knots from the east with gusts to 28), chaotic seas bleached by the sheep and waves between 80 centimeters and one meter, the race committee for the 12mR World Championship took the wise decision at 12:00 to cancel the scheduled races.
The Global Solo Challenge (GSC) is proud to announce the 6th official entry for the 2027-2028 edition: Belgian sailor Jérôme Delire. With over 100,000 nautical miles sailed and a deep-seated passion for the ocean, Jérôme brings a wealth of experience and a profound love for solo sailing to the event.
Nine course races, a slalom, and a long distance race decreed the category and discipline podiums
Last Thursday evening, after 14 days of intense and sometimes frustrating sailing across the Atlantic, Clarisse Crémer crossed the finish line of the New York Vendée, the final transatlantic race required for her to be in the ‘safe zone’ for final selection for the 2024 Vendée Globe.
There’s a real America’s Cup atmosphere in Porquerolles, since this morning, around the 12mR boats that took part in the Cup from 1958 to 1987. Sixteen 12mRs are present for this major international event. A first for the Porquerolles Yacht Club, which organizes this World Championship.
Members of the St Edmundsbury Sailing & Canoeing Association, based at Lackford Lake near Bury St Edmunds, enjoyed champagne conditions for their 11 th Antigua Sailing Day Regatta on Sunday.
As SailGP heads into the penultimate event of Season 4, Canadian driver Phil Robertson fires shots at US driver Taylor Canfield and team CEO Mike Buckley claps back
Sails of Change has taken the team’s fifth win in one of the most exciting recent editions of the iconic Bol d’Or Mirabaud on Lake Geneva.
The EUROSAF 69F Youth European Championship 2024 will be organized by Acquafresca Sport Center and will be held in Acquafresca between July 15-21.
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has released the Notice of Race and opened online entry for the 2024 Volvo Hong Kong to Hainan Race, set to start on 14 November.
On a light-air, four-race day, the final standings in a top-flight competitive fleet are as likely to come down to the mistakes you avoid as the things you do right. That was the case in ORC B at the 170th Annual Regatta. David Team’s Vesper squad fought all day with rival Fox, skippered by Victor Wild, doing most everything as right as can be expected on a very challenging day.
Team Vayu, the Whitcraft family crew from Thailand, kept their nerves and seized every opportunity they could, to win the XS 52 SUPER SERIES Newport Trophy today at the end of two dramatic last races contested in light winds off Newport, Rhode Island.
The Italian Navy’s La Superba and the Hungarian J.Bond take second and third place respectively
Sails of Change 8 have proved themselves as masters of the long-distance race in a TF35, today winning the 85th Bol d’Or Mirabaud in 6h22m24s after winning the Geneve-Rolle-Geneve last weekend.
After no racing was possible today at the XS 52 SUPER SERIES Newport Trophy due to insufficient wind Quantum Racing powered by American Magic will go afloat Sunday carrying a three points lead, looking to close out their first regatta victory since rebranding last year as they joined forces with the New York Yacht Club’s American Magic America’s Cup program.
Sails of Change has taken the team’s fifth win in one of the most exciting recent editions of the iconic Bol d’Or Mirabaud on Lake Geneva.
Low cloud and a touch of drizzle made for a very atmospheric day in Silvaplana. With the wind not filling in until 14:00, there was sadly no time to run the highly anticipated Golden Ticket long distance race.
After yesterday’s 4 races in a Mistral wind, today the J/24 fleet sailed a further 3 races in a Scirocco breeze that built from an initial 12 knots to reach 20-22 knots. Steep waves of over a metre high made for challenging conditions for the fleet, which demonstrated impressive technical ability on the race course.
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