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…
A total of 29 mixed RS Class boats including visitors from Shimizu and an RS100 who sailed over from Enoshima! This year saw a good increase in the number of youths and females in both pairs and single-handers. Twelve RS Aeros gathered this year, the largest fleets with six RS Aero 7s and six RS…
Typhoon, one of the world’s leading drysuit and wetsuit manufacturers, is thrilled to announce its support of the 29er UK Class Association as Official Technical Clothing Class Sponsor for 2021. Andrew Richards, MD of Typhoon, comments: “Following the disappointment caused by the cancellation of major 29er Class events including the National Championships this season, we…
A sea mist shrouding the start zone off Les Sables d’Olonne held up the start of the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe solo non stop round the world race for nearly one hour and 20 minutes. But for their patience the record-sized 33 boat fleet was rewarded by late Autumn sunshine, a near…
Clubs running yacht racing using the International Rating Certificate (IRC) rating rule can find a myriad of useful resources on the IRC website, including the Race Management Guidelines which have recently been updated with some useful tips picked up from clubs running racing during the Coronavirus pandemic. These updates include ideas for reducing crew numbers…
The inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Europe, scheduled to start late in the spring of 2021, will bring international top-flight, competitive ocean racing to up to five European cities. The Ocean Race Europe will engage with European citizens to enhance the ambitious green transition and showcase the power of Digital Transformation. The Ocean Race…
Hamble River Sailing Club, ‘HRSC’ to sailors around the globe, launched its second century this year after a remarkable Centenary of celebrations in 2019 that culminated in a 100-boat sail-past on the Club’s ‘birthday’, August 6th. On that date in 1919 nine Hamble men had gathered to form the club, full of optimism after the…
Following the excitement of the eSailing National Championships, a team of highly skilled and talented eSailors have been selected to represent GBR in the eSailing Nations Cup. The inaugural event organised by World Sailing, will see national teams of ten compete on virtual waters in a bid to be crowned the best eSailing country in…
It is with great regret that the Montego Bay Yacht Club and Manuka Sports Event Management announce the unavoidable postponement of the 2021 Pineapple Cup-Montego Bay Race. The race was scheduled to take place January 23-30, 2021. The new race dates will be January 22-29, 2022. Montego Bay Yacht Club Rear Commodore Nigel Knowles, “As we all continue to watch…
A gusty north easterly breeze kept all the competitors on their toes for the first day of racing at the Land Union September Regatta. Up to three races for all classes were held in the Central and Eastern Solent. Today’s winners in the Black Group were; Alex Locke’s Toucan, David Bartholomew’s Tokoloshe 3, Christopher Daniel’s…
