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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Wild Oats wins match race out of Sydney Harbour
Wild Oats XI won the race out of Sydney Heads this afternoon, in a picture-perfect start to the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Skipper Mark Richards is known for his strong starting and match race abilities, and crossed the pin end of the line slightly earlier than the bookies’ favourite for line honours, Neville Crichton’s Alfa (...) -
Rolex Trophy
Neville Crichton wins before Rolex Sydney Hobart
Of the three divisions in the Rolex Trophy Ratings Series in Sydney, two of them were settled by tiebreak with only Ray Roberts’s DK46 Quantum Racing the clear winner. Recently returned to Sydney as the victor of the King’s Cup in Malaysia, Roberts won Division 2 with a string of 1st and 2nd places, scoring 8 points overall to (...) -
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Maximus dismasted es
The memory of yesterday’s sunshine and perfect summer conditions was short lived for the crews competing in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, as heavy showers, thunder and lightning rolled in 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the second race of the series. Many boats in the fleet experienced major damage. But it was Maximus, co-owned by (...) -
Rolex Fastnet Race
Line honours for ICAP Maximus
ICAP Maximus has won line honours in the Rolex Fastnet Race, after crossing the Plymouth finish line at 0822 hours this morning. The 98-foot New Zealand Maxi led the race from start to finish, never seriously threatened by her Australian rival Skandia Wild Thing. -
Rolex Fastnet Race
Area wins Needles match out of the Solent
Many top-rated boats fell foul of a tricky game of snakes and ladders with the fickle breeze in the Solent, at the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race today. With the tide just on the turn as the seven divisions of the 285-boat fleet departed the Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes, it was a tough call knowing whether to aim for the mainland or the (...) -
Rolex Transatlantic Challenge
Mari Cha IV and Maximus winners
Having established a new transatlantic race record Record #sailingrecord between New York and the Lizard, UK, yesterday morning, the afternoon saw Robert Miller’s Mari-Cha IV making an unexpected 20 knots up the English Channel towards the Needles and the finish line of the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge (...) -
Rolex Transatlantic Challenge
Historic Race Underway from New York
This afternoon, 20 of the world’s largest yachts set sail from New York on the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge, a 3,000 mile ride across the North Atlantic bound for England’s Lizard point in southern Cornwall and ultimately the Needles, Isle of Wight. The Rolex Transatlantic Challenge is the 100th anniversary of the New York Yacht (...)
