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#VendéeGlobe #VG2020
2020 Vendée Globe : Alex Thomson heads to Cape Town after rudder damage, his race is over
The hopes of British skipper Alex Thomson of winning the Vendée Globe were dashed by damage to the starboard rudder of his IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA HUGO BOSS on Friday evening. This insurmountable problem occurred almost exactly one week after Thomson discovered extensive cracking to the longitudinal framing towards the bow of his boat which he (...) -
Emirates Team New Zealand
Peter Burling: "The boat felt really nice. We’re happy with day one"
A first sail is not usually a year in the planning, but when Te Rehutai hit the water for her first outing today, that was exactly the case with many areas of her new design having been locked in over nine months or more ago, meaning today was a chance to finally validate what the simulations had been predicting. The result? An adequate first (...) -
Imoca Hugo Boss
Alex Thomson: "I find myself in the lead which is exactly where I like to be"
Alex Thomson today successfully crossed the equator into the southern hemisphere, as he maintains his lead in the Vendée Globe round-the-world yacht race. The HUGO BOSS skipper crossed the equator at 13:19 UTC today (Wednesday 18th November) after 9 days, 23 hours and 59 minutes at sea. Thomson now finds himself ahead of his nearest rival by (...) -
Governing body for the sport of sailing
World Sailing : Quanhai Li (CHN) elected as President
Quanhai Li (CHN) has been elected as World Sailing President, announced today at World Sailing’s Virtual General Assembly. -
70th Bermuda Gold Cup
Menninger, Buckley, Diaz de Leon, Shampain and Canfied win the 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship
Skipper Taylor Canfield and Team Stars+Stripes – Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, Mike Menninger and Eric Shampain – won the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship with a penalty-marred victory over Ian Williams’s Team GAC (...) -
Lake Garda, Italy
Sebastian Koerdel and Noy Drihan win the iQFoil International Games
A drizzly and slow wake up on the last morning of the IQFOiL International Games in Campione, Lake Garda, organised by Univela sailing, Società Canottieri Garda Salò and the iQ FOiL Foil #foil Class; but the sun, just like the excitement, was just behind a thin layer of clouds, as the knock-out Medal Series were in (...) -
Royal Malta Yacht Club
Rolex Middle Sea Race : Close finishes for line honours in the 2020 edition
The Rolex Middle Sea Race always demands the highest standards in sailors of all generations, both professional and Corinthian. This year, the 41st edition, demonstrated profoundly the human endeavour required to succeed. Great resilience was shown by all involved. Supported by Rolex since 2002, the organizers, the Royal Malta Yacht Club, (...) -
#MULTI70 #Maserati
Maserati Multi 70 and Giovanni Soldini cross the finish line of the Rolex Middle Sea Race in first place
At 20.36 27” on Monday October 19th local time (18.36 27” UTC), Maserati Multi 70 crossed in first place the finish line of the 41st edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, organized by the Royal Malta Yacht Club, off Valletta, Malta. Giovanni Soldini and his Team finished the race with an elapsed time of 2 days, 8 hours, 26 minutes (...) -
Yacht Design
Thomas Tison said: "I am super happy to see this project foiling"
The Mini 6.50 has finally touched the water and is foiling. The boat is currently undergoing testing conducted by the yard Knierim Yachtbau in Kiel, Germany. -
New York Yacht Club American Magic
Terry Hutchinson: "We had a great nosedive, and that was exciting"
New York Yacht Club American Magic, the U.S. Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup , completed its first sailing session onboard the newly-launched AC75 AC75 #AC75 PATRIOT in Auckland’s Waitematā Harbor.
