Niklas Zennstrom’s Swedish Carkeek designed Rán has won Round Two of the FAST40+ Circuit, coming out on top by just three points in a thrilling series of six races in Poole Bay. Rán won just two of the six races, held as part of the International Paint Poole Regatta. Stewart Whitehead’s Carkeek MkIII Rebellion was…
The first 24 hours of the 2018 Atlantic Cup have been intense. Since leaving the maritime city of Charleston, South Carolina the 11 Class40s competing to cross the Angola Cables Finish Line in New York City have been positioning themselves throughout the racecourse. Shortly after the start three groups formed with #145 Eärendil, #81 Esprit…
DATE: Saturday 26th May. First start 10:30. COURSE: Cowes – Eddystone Lighthouse – Solent finish DISTANCE (nm): 230 – 256 The race around Eddystone Lighthouse is one of the longest in the 2018 RORC Season’s Points Championship. The course mirrors the first 130 miles of the Rolex Fastnet Race, as far as the famous lighthouse,…
Team AkzoNobel set a new record for the greatest distance sailed in 24 hours in the history of the Volvo Ocean Race on Friday, eclipsing the previous mark and smashing past the 600-mile barrier as they rocketed through the North Atlantic. Dutch skipper Simeon Tienpont’s crew bested the existing record for a yacht competing in…
Team Brunel accomplished its first goal on Sunday afternoon, taking the early lead on Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Newport, Rhode Island to Cardiff, Wales. The Dutch team, led by eight-time race veteran Bouwe Bekking, has been on a tear over the last two months of the race and is attempting to…
Rooster RS Vareo National Tour event number two The South Cerney Sailing Club (SCSC) holds an annual Asymmetric Open Meeting which doubles up as one of the RS Vareo Rooster National Tours. There are a huge number of RS Vareos located at SCSC but sadly few are seen on the water. This year’s event was…
Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel sailed a perfect race on Saturday afternoon, winning the start, edging into a lead and extending away for a convincing victory in the Gurney’s Resorts In Port Race Newport. “We knew the start was going to be critical,” said Brunel’s helmsman Peter Burling after the race. “We came off the line…
After returning to the northern hemisphere with nearly 40,000 nautical miles in their wake, the sailors in the Volvo Ocean Race will shift gears to inshore racing with a focus on Saturday’s Gurney’s Resorts In Port Race Newport. In contrast to the long offshore ocean legs, the In Port Race Series features short course racing,…
On the fifth day of the 2018 Antigua Bermuda Race, the vast majority of the international fleet had safely arrived in Bermuda. After passing St.David’s Lighthouse, the yachts make their way through The Cut to St. George’s Harbor, clear customs at Ordnance Island and go on to the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in Hamilton, where…
It is only 62 days left until the start of The Hague Offshore Sailing World Championship, and the approved entries in Class C are now confirmed for this first-ever regatta using both IRC and ORC scoring to crown three new World Champions of offshore sailing. These Class C entries include 56 boats that are among…
