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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Neville Crichton takes the lead from Sydney
Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo took round one of the battle of the maxis at the head of the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with smart downwind tactics in Sydney Harbour. After a two nautical-mile spinnaker run from the start off Shark Island, before a 10-knot south-southwesterly breeze, Alfa Romeo rounded the first clearing mark at (...) -
Rolex Middle Sea Race
Mike Slade first to be back to Marsamxett Harbour
ICAP Leopard (GBR) was first home at the 2009 Rolex Middle Sea Race taking the award for line honours. Try as they might, Mike Slade’s all-star crew were unable to crack the nut that is Rambler’s course record Record #sailingrecord . Arriving just before midday at the Royal Malta Yacht Club line in Marsamxett Harbour, the (...) -
Rolex Fastnet Race
ICAP Leopard takes line honours in Fastnet Race
At 01:09:36 BST ICAP Leopard crossed the finish line to take line honours in the Rolex Fastnet race for the second consecutive time. The 100ft super-maxi racing yacht, owned by Helical Bar PLC Chief Executive Mike Slade, completed the 608 mile course in an elapsed time of 2 days, 11 hours, 9 minutes and 36 (...) -
Rolex Fastnet Race
ICAP Leopard first to round the Fastnet Rock
At 00:26 GMT this morning Mike Slade’s 100ft supermaxi ICAP Leopard was the first boat in the 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race to round the Fastnet Rock off the coast of southwestern Ireland. In a 10-15 knot westerly breeze, Karl Kwok’s Farr 80 Beau Geste passed at approximately 04:44 GMT, followed by the IRC Class SZ leader on handicap, (...) -
Rolex Fastnet Race
300 strong fleet westwards down the Solent
Morning dockside rumours of delays and divisions of boats having to kedge on the start line were roundly proven wrong as the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet, as well as spectators along the Cowes shoreline, enjoyed a magnificent, colourful spinnaker start. Thankfully the unfavourable forecast for the start - no wind followed by a south westerly (...) -
28 Copa del Rey
Neville Crichton’s white 70 footer has confirmed
"Bella Mente" has tried, but "Alfa Romeo" was the fastest boat of the Mini Maxi fleet of the Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre. Neville Crichton’s white and majestic 70 footer has confirmed, in case anyone doubted it, that he is the fastest one of the Mini Maxi fleet registered at the Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre. In 8 to 14 knots of wind with a (...) -
Fort Lauderdale to Charleston Race
Rosebud/Team DYT sets new record
In a fitting re-birth of the venerable Fort Lauderdale to Charleston Race, Roger Sturgeon’s STP65 Rosebud/Team DYT (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) crossed the finish line just before 10 p.m. on April 10, to break the 35-year-old race record Record #sailingrecord set in 1974 by Ralph Ryder’s C&C 66 Phantom and set a new standard for (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Fourth consecutive line honours victory for Wild Oats
Wild Oats XI strode majestically up the Derwent River this morning to beat Skandia by one hour seven minutes and score a record Record #sailingrecord fourth consecutive line honours victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart after one of the best tactical battles seen at the head of the fleet in the race’s 64-year (...) -
Virgin Money Transatlantic Challenge
Branson’s family, Sanderson and Ainslie on track
The 99ft monohull maxi-yacht Virgin Money (ex-Speedboat owned by Alex Jackson, USA) set sail this morning on its Cross-Atlantic Challenge. Richard Branson, his children Holly (26) and Sam (23) and the TEAMORIGIN crew, which includes Mike Sanderson as co-skipper and triple Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie, aim to break the world record (...) -
Giraglia Rolex Cup
Alfa Romeo smashes the Giraglia Race record
Neville Crichton has smashed his own course record Record #sailingrecord in the Giraglia Race, after steering Alfa Romeo across the finish line at Genoa at 0803 hours this morning. This means the 100-footer completed the 243-mile course in just over 18 hours, a massive improvement on the record Record #sailingrecord set by (...)