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Alex Thomson Racing launches road to Vendee Campaign
On Sunday 6th November 2016, British yachtsman, Alex Thomson, will embark upon one of the toughest sporting challenges on the planet, the Vendée Globe. A gruelling single-handed, non-stop, unassisted race around the world, the Vendée Globe – the pinnacle event in the Ocean Masters World championship- takes place every four years and (...) -
#WMRT
World Match Racing Tour 2015 : Ian Williams Dominates Monsoon Cup To Win 6th World Title
Ian Williams (GBR) dominated Taylor Canfield (ISV) to win the Final of the Monsoon Cup 3-0, sweeping the GAC Pindar skipper to his sixth World Championship title on the World Match Racing Tour World Match Racing Tour #WMRT . Williams has extended his record Record #sailingrecord as the most successful match racing skipper in the history (...) -
#BringTheCupHome
Photo : BAR’s T2 capsized off of Ryde, Isle of Wight
Whilst out training on the Solent today, the team’s test boat T2 capsized off of Ryde, Isle of Wight. The boat was righted quickly and no team members were injured. Damage was sustained to a section of the wing, which the team is currently assessing, but plan to be back on the water in the New (...) -
#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 (...) -
#Imoca
Alex Thomson : "We are all very excited about the new Hugo Boss"
Alex Thomson Racing have today launched their new HUGO BOSS racing yacht, as they, and British sailor Thomson, start to build momentum in the run up to one of sport’s greatest challenges; the solo, unassisted, round-the-world yacht race, the Vendée Globe, which forms part of the Ocean Masters World (...) -
#ESS2015
Extreme Sailing Series • Act 8 : Leigh McMillan crowned the most successful skipper after clinching his third championship title
British multihull racer Leigh McMillan was officially crowned the most successful skipper in the nine-year history of the Extreme Sailing Series Extreme Sailing Series #extremesailing ™ in Sydney today when he clinched an unprecedented third championship (...) -
#RorcFR #IRC
Rolex Fastnet Race : Géry Trentesaux and his JPK 10.80 Courrier Du Leon confirmed as winners
Géry Trentesaux and his JPK 10.80 Courrier Du Leon have been confirmed by the Royal Ocean Racing Club as winner of the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race. For this the team will receive the Fastnet Challenge Trophy at tonight’s prizegiving, an event doubling as the 90th anniversary celebrations of the RORC’s flagship offshore (...) -
#RorcFR
2015 Rolex Fastnet Race : Jim Clark’s 100-ft Maxi yacht Comanche has claimed line honours
Arriving in Plymouth at 05:22 BST on Wednesday morning, Comanche crawled towards the line as George David’s 88-ft Rambler, who earlier in the race had led the Ken Read-skippered Comanche, made a late surge for the line. Only four minutes ended up separating the two yachts. Comanche completed the 603-nm course in an elapsed time of 2 (...) -
#RorcFR #Spindrift
Rolex Fastnet Race 2015 : Spindrift 2 finishes first in a time of 2d, 10h, 57m, 41s
On August 18th at 23:57:41 (CET), the maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 was the first boat across the finish line in Plymouth in the 46th Rolex Fastnet Race after a thrilling tactical race in an unusually calm Celtic Sea. For 58 hours, Dona Bertarelli’s and Yann Guichard’s crew raced through erratic winds within sight of their closest (...)
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