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It’s race week for the eight Cape 31’s as they prepare for an exhilarating week of racing against the backdrop of the stunning Island of Porquerolles in the Côte d’Azur, set to kick off this Thursday, preceded by practice racing on Wednesday.
Today is the day and we are excited for an exhilarating start to the Dutch Youth Regatta 2024!
PalmaVela has gathered nearly 150 boats over 10 days in the bay of Palma, distributed across various classes including Maxi, ORC, ORC A2, J70, J80, Dragon, 6M, Classics, and TP52, competing in the three main events: La Larga (The Long Race), 52 SUPER SERIES PalmaVela Sailing, and the classic PalmaVela.
The top 13 finishers – that is to say half the IMOCA class on the Transat CIC solo race across the North Atlantic – are now either in New York or en route from the finish line which is 110 miles offshore.
Big breeze and massive wind shifts of day two of the Nacra 17 World Championship delivered plenty of drama in La Grande Motte, the South of France.
Racing sets sail tomorrow for four days at the 44Cup Baiona, the first time the high performance owner-driver one design class has visited this northwest region of Spain.
It has taken just 1hour for the 8.2m section of the Foiling Week WASZP8.2m fleet to sell out! This is the 2nd major event that has sold out in the space of months.
The Transat CIC IMOCA winner Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa), Germany’s second placed Boris Herrmann (Malizia – Seaexplorer) and Briton Sam Davies (Initiatives Coeur) who finished third, all enjoyed a beautiful, sunny arrival in New York City.
What a day for New York Yacht Club American Magic who called for all-hands on deck at the base super-early this morning, ahead of rolling out their new AC75 at 5.45am with the first set of slightly asymmetric race foils, rudder and rig all in place and revealing an interesting deck layout putting the helms and trimmers side by side and well forward.
With three Olympic class championships taking place alongside each other in La Grande Motte in the South of France, day one on the Mediterranean Sea hurled some difficult but exhilarating conditions at the 144 international teams.
Charters are available for several regattas this season, providing an affordable way to participate in Class events.
Louis Robein is the last competitor in the Global Solo Challenge 2023-2024 who is still at sea, we have all followed his resilience and determination as he faced trials and tribulations in his epic voyage.
Day two at the Swedish EuroCup and the morning started with no wind (0 m/s!) and an AP on land – the sailors enjoying mingling in the sun for some time waiting for breeze.
Germany’s Boris Herrmann sailed to the best result of his 14 year IMOCA ocean racing career so far when he finished in second place on The Transat CIC today, the famous solo race across the North Atlantic from Lorient to New York which has its origins back in 1960 as the Observer Transatlantic Race.
An exhausted but delighted Sam Davies sailed her Initiatives Coeur across the finish line of the Transat CIC at 20:11:37hrs local time NYC (00:11:37 hrs UTC) to take a well earned third place on the legendary solo race across the North Atlantic.
The 49er and 49erFX European Championships, along with the Nacra 17 World Championship, are about to begin here in La Grande Motte, South of France!
French skipper Yoann Richomme made it two back-to-back solo Transatlantic wins today when he brought his PAPREC ARKÉA across the finish line first on the historic Transat CIC race across the North Atlantic from Lorient in Brittany to New York.
A precious cargo of ten 52 SUPER SERIES representing seven different nations left Palma today (May, 05th 2024) heading across the Atlantic bound for the USA’s sailing epicentre, Newport, Rhode Island
The young Spanish team takes on two of the league’s titans – New Zealand and Australia – to secure second event win of Season 4
The event saw 553 sailors from 29 different nations lining the shores of Maremma, predominantly young athletes aged 14 and up, all eager to launch their ILCA class boats into the beautiful Tuscan sea of the Gulf of Follonica.
The 2nd edition of the annual ORC DH European Championship crowned three new champions among 29 entries from four nations today after a 195-mile offshore race completed in the northern Adriatic Sea.
Los Gallos have claimed their second-ever SailGP event win in Bermuda, with the Black Foils hot on their heels in second. New Zealand has widened its overall season lead, now 10 points ahead of Australia, who finished third in the event.
While the IMOCA race leader Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) was still making more than 20 kts this afternoon, a nerve racking slow down is still expected for the final miles to the finish of the Transat CIC solo race from Lorient to New York.
The first day of the GKSS OCR Regatta offered spectacular sun and somewhat weak and shifty winds, challenging the race organisation and keeping the IQFoils on shore.
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