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JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race
Ellen MacArthur takes overall line honours in Cowes
Hitting speeds of close to 30 knots the Extreme 40 JPMorgan Asset Management helmed by Ellen MacArthur took line honours in the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race today after 4 hours and 6 minutes of full-on racing. Fifty seconds, at 0916 BST later, the Extreme 40 ABN AMRO slipped across the line making it a one, two for this 40-ft (…) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart
Another "Classic" lives up to its tough reputation
With winds of no more than 20 knots forecast just prior to the start, this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart was lining up to be a relatively benign event. But despite a moderate forecast, the world’s toughest ’classic 600 mile’ offshore race did not fail to live up to its reputation, with competitors not only having to survive, but race through one (…) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart
Wild Oats XI wins again in Hobart
To the relief of her 23 exhausted crew and owner Bob Oatley, this evening Wild Oats XI gybed her way under spinnaker in the dark up Hobart’s Derwent River to secure her second consecutive line honours win in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the first back-to-back win in the race since Peter Warner’s Fife-designed Astor, in 1963-4. The sleek (…) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart
Wild Oats leads 78-strong fleet after spectacular start
As a spectacle to prise Sydney residents and visitors away from their Boxing Day BBQs, today’s start of the 62nd Rolex Sydney Hobart could not have been better: a scorching sun, a respectable if chilly breeze, Sydney Harbour with its intricate topography and familiar landmarks such as the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge as a backdrop and a (…) -
BARCOLANA 38
Smashing victory for Neville Crichton
101st victory for Neville Crichton, who has won today in the 38th Barcolana regatta in Trieste at the helm of his Alfa Romeo 2. 1788 boats at the starting line: this is the great traditional festival that every year Trieste dedicates to sailing. -
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Neville Crichton wins the Racing division
The fifth and final day of racing in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, brought sunshine and slightly stronger breezes which accompanied the 46 competing maxi yachts on courses off the Costa Smeralda. Today brought to an end a week of light winds which made racing technical and demanding for these giants of (…) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Wild Oats limps home to line honours and a new record
Wild Oats XI has set a new course record on the way to winning line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Helmsman Mark Richards raised his fist aloft in victory as he helmed the Reichel/Pugh 98-foot maxi across the Hobart finish line to the chime of 8 o’clock this morning, setting a new time for the 628-mile race of 1 day, 18 hours (…) -
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 Romeo. These (…) -
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 runner-up (…) -
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 the two (…)
