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#VolvoOceanRace
Volvo Ocean Race : Mark Turner appointed CEO
Mark Turner, one of the most respected figures in professional sailing, has been appointed Volvo Ocean Race CEO, stepping down after 23 years at the helm of global sports marketing company OC Sport. -
#FoilingWeek
The Foiling Week : An additional event in USA in 2016
The Foiling Week™ is the first and only series of global events dedicated to the amazingly fast foiling boats, their sailors, designers and builders Builders #Builders . After two successful editions in 2014 and 2015 held at Fraglia Vela Malcesine on Lake Garda in Italy, Foiling Week™ is happy to announce that in 2016 the Foiling (...) -
#VG2016
Vendée Globe 2016 : 27 skippers officially registered
A top class sporting line-up with no fewer than nine nations taking part, Race HQ based at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, multi-screen international TV broadcasts, innovative digital and media Media #media arrangements... The eighth Vendée Globe already looks like being an exceptional vintage and confirms its place as the world’s (...) -
#AmericasCup
Toulon to host Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in September
France will host the fifth Louis Vuitton America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup World Series event of 2016 in September when racing comes to the Mediterranean city of Toulon. Located between Marseille and St Tropez, Toulon will host the best sailors in the world, racing foiling, wing-sailed catamarans, on September 10-11, (...) -
#TheTransat
The Transat 2016 : Loïck Peyron to take part onboard Pen Duick II
The 2016 edition of The Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar , the 3,000-mile solo transatlantic classic from Plymouth in the UK to New York City, will feature some of the top names in world professional solo ocean racing. -
#LaSolitaire
The 47th edition of the Solitaire du Figaro will start from Deauville, France on 19th June 2016
At 1300 CET on Sunday 19th June, Leg 1 of the 2016 Solitaire du Figaro Solitaire du Figaro #LaSolitaire will kick off from the historic French town of Deauville. As many as 40 brave skippers are expected on the Solitaire start line next year, as a fleet formed of the world’s best ocean racers and ambitious young Rookies prepares to (...) -
#WMRT #M32
World Match Racing Tour : The M32 catamaran will be the featured boat
The M32 high-performance catamaran will be the featured boat on the World Match Racing Tour World Match Racing Tour #WMRT (WMRT) next year. The next Tour season will run from February to July and will conclude in Marstrand, Sweden. It will feature as many as six (...) -
#VolvoOceanRace
Frostad steps down as Volvo Ocean Race CEO
Knut Frostad, CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race, is stepping down at the end of 2015 after eight years at the helm for family reasons. The 48-year-old Norwegian has guided the event over three editions in 2008-09, 2011-12 and 2014-15 after taking over as chief executive in March (...) -
#ESS2015 #GC32
Extreme Sailing Series™ : GC32s to replace Extreme 40s
Extreme Sailing Series Extreme Sailing Series #extremesailing ™ owners and organisers OC Sport, who recently announced a switch of racing platform to a foiling yacht, can now confirm that the Series will fast track to the GC32 GC32 #GC32 catamaran to replace the existing Extreme 40 fleet in time for the 2016 season, as part of a (...) -
#TourVoile
Tour Voile : Spindrift wins the Tour tied in points with Groupama
The leaderboard top 5 has been totally shaken up today after the last coastal race that took the fleet on a 20 mile long course in the Bay of Angels in Nice. The wind did not exceed 6 knots all day and got even lighter at the finish. Groupama and CombiWest who have been fighting for first place for the last three weeks are now threatened by (...)