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Windsurfing
Pilar Lamadrid (ESP) and Pawel Tarnowski (POL) are the champions of the Lanzarote iQFOil Games
The first major Olympic windsurfing event of the year which attracted with 150 participants from 35 countries the Lanzarote iQFOil Games came to an exciting conclusion today in the Canary Islands. Spain’s Pilar Lamadrid, number 1 in the world ranking, claimed her first victory of the season and her second Lanzarote title in a row in the (...) -
Montego Bay Yacht Club
Pyewacket70 captures line honors in the 35th Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race
Pyewacket70, the modified Volvo70 owned by Roy P. Disney crossed the Appleton Estate finish line of the 35th Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race this morning at 08:20:19 to capture line honors. Pyewacket70 sailed the course in an elapsed time of 2 days 18 hours 20 minutes and 19 seconds. The winner of the Pineapple Cup is awarded to the team (...) -
Imoca OceansLab
World first hydrogen IMOCA yacht construction announced by Phil Sharp
Phil Sharp, one of Britain’s most competitive and successful ocean racers, has today announced the build of a new zero emission IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA ahead of the 2024 Vendée Globe. This new monohull designed by Manuard is currently under construction at Black Pepper Yachts, a specialist in the construction of high-performance boats. The (...) -
Transat Lanzarote - Grenada
RORC Transatlantic Race : Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi70 sets a new Multihull Race Record of 05 days 05 hours 46 mins 26 secs
On Friday 13th January 2023 at 19:46:26 UTC, Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi70 Multi70 #multi70 took Multihull Line Honours in the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race. Maserati’s elapsed time sets a new Multihull Race Record Record #sailingrecord for the RORC Transatlantic Race of 5 days 5 hours 46 mins 26 secs, smashing the (...) -
AC37 | AC75
37th America’s Cup: Société nautique de Saint-Tropez and team K-Challenge Racing confirmed as challenger
The organisers of the 37th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup welcome the Société nautique de Saint-Tropez and their representative team K-Challenge Racing as a challenger for the 37th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup in Barcelona in 2024 and led by Stephane Kandler and Bruno (...) -
Offshore racing | Australia
2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race : Line honours for the 100 foot Andoo Comanche
Andoo Comanche, skippered by John Winning Jr, has taken Line Honours in the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Crossing the finish line off Hobart at 00:57 on Wednesday, 28 December, the 100 foot (30.5 metre) maxi completed the 628nm course in a time of one day 11 hours 56 minutes 48 (...) -
World Match Racing Tour
Nick Egnot-Johnson won the 2022 Open Match Racing World Champions
Nick Egnot-Johnson, Sam Barnett, Zak Merton & Bradley McLaughlin, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron have been crowned 2022 Open Match Racing World Champions after an epic five days of racing on Sydney Harbour in strong conditions. USA’s Chris Poole, Joachim Aschenbrenner, Malcolm Parker & Graeme Spence finished in (...) -
Land Speed Record
222.4km/h on Lake Gairdner in South Australia • Glenn Ashby : "there is a cause for a celebration"
Emirates Team New Zealand and Land speed Speed #speedsailing pilot Glenn Ashby have sailed ‘Horonuku’, their wind powered land speed Speed #speedsailing world record Record #sailingrecord craft, faster than any previous records. ‘Horonuku’ named by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei meaning ‘gliding (...) -
RC44
44Cup: After the World Championship title, Nico Poons’ Charisma dominated the 2022 season
On the concluding day of the 2022 44Cup’s final event, the 44Cup Oman, PRO Maria Torrijo defied the odds and was able to stage three races. As is usual with this fleet of high performance owner-driver one designs, the results were close going into the final day with Team Aqua, Team Nika and Aleph Racing separated by just one point for (...) -
AC40 Class
An internal structure upgrade package will be rolled into all AC40 yachts
Just days ago, Emirates Team New Zealand buried the bow of their AC40 while testing in waves on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, which resulted in damage to the forward sections of the hull and deck structure. While the on-water team was recovering the yacht and returning to dock, the team’s engineers immediately began reviewing onboard (...)
