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RORC | Imoca, Class40, IRC
Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race : Leaders Past The Lizard
The boat speed Speed #speedsailing has ramped up in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race with the two IMOCAs in the race wicked up and closing in on The Isles of Scilly. The Class40s are yet to taste full downwind conditions but are expected to round The Lizard early this afternoon. The fully crewed boats in IRC One are following (...) -
AC37 | AC75
37th America’s Cup: all of the bases located within the Port Vell area in Barcelona
“Like a jewel in the sun” was how Montserrat Caballé and Freddy Mercury described Barcelona in their famous song about the Catalan capital and the city is starting to shine as preparations are well underway to welcome the teams to their new bases. Base allocation is coming together, just four months after the venue announcement, (...) -
Racing | RC 44
44Cup : the 2021 title to Chris Bake’s Team Aqua
Over four of the most difficult days of racing in 44Cup history, an impressive seven races were still held at the 44Cup Calero Marinas Lanzarote frequently in 5-6 knots wind, conditions, frankly, in which most other yachts would have been unable to race. Nonetheless it produced two worthy winners with Team Aleph winning the event and Team Aqua (...) -
Imoca Hugo Boss
Alex Thomson: "This is the start of a new chapter, with a new skipper"
British sailor Alex Thomson has announced he won’t compete as a skipper in the 2024 Vendée Globe, the solo, non-stop race around-the-world, but doesn’t rule out returning to the race in 2028. Thomson has competed in the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA circuit for 19 years including five successive Vendée Globe’s with two podium (...) -
Racing | Windsurfing
2021 Slalom Worlds : Great Britain’s Jenna Gibson and the Croatian Enrico Marotti crowned in Paros
With almost no slalom events this season and the not so easy traveling circumstances, Paros has now made its stamp as a world class slalom destination after producing outstanding racing conditions throughout the entire event from light to medium to strong and super strong winds. All of this with thanks to the great sponsors such as to Excelon, (...) -
36th America’s Cup
PRADA Cup • Day 4 • ITA 7 : 1 GBR : Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli move onto the America’s Cup Match
The G.H. Mumm Champagne was flowing for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli who sailed to victory today in the PRADA Cup Final. The Italians winning the Series 7-1 over INEOS TEAM UK, now move onto the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup Match, the ultimate goal four years in the making, starting in 12 days (...) -
Imoca Medallia
Vendée Globe 2020: Pip Hare first British skipper crossed the line in 19th place
British solo skipper Pip Hare, 47, fulfilled the dream that she has held since she was a teenage sailor in her native East Anglia, England when she crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race at 00:57:30 hrs UTC on the 12th February, emerging from a bitterly cold Bay of Biscay night off Les Sables (...) -
Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition: Mixed Kiteboarding and Mixed 470 confirmed
World Sailing has received confirmation from the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Executive Board, on the event programme and athlete quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. -
#RolexFastnetRace
Rolex Fastnet Race 2019: Victory in IRC Three and in the Two Handed class for Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert on JPK 10.30 Léon
One hundred and seventy one teams in the Rolex Fastnet Race were taking part in IRC Three and IRC Four, close to half of the record Record #sailingrecord -breaking fleet. For these smaller/slower boats endurance is key as they spend four days or more days at sea. The passionate, international collective who complete the arduous task can (...) -
#GoldenGlobeRace
2018 Golden Globe Race: Jean-Luc Van Den Heede crowned winner of the 2018 race
Exactly 50 years to the day that Sir Robin Knox-Johnston returned to Falmouth UJK after 312 days at sea to become the first man to sail solo non-stop around the Globe, 73-year old Frenchman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede was crowned winner of the second Golden Globe Race Golden Globe Race Golden Globe in Les Sables d’Olonne, (...)
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