Alex Thomson backs new Canadian offshore sailing team - seeking to make history in the Vendée Globe.

Alex Thomson backs new Canadian offshore sailing team – seeking to make history in the Vendée Globe.

The newly formed Canada Ocean Racing Team,  will compete in the solo, non-stop round the world race, the Vendée Globe, with Scott Shawyer at the helm. With the ambition to become the first Canadian to complete the pinnacle event in offshore sailing, with Alex’s backing, Shawyer aims to make history. Alex said, “When I met…

Cowes Week 2022 Day 7 Round Up

Cowes Week 2022 Day 7 Round Up

The last day of Cowes Week featured short, action-packed races in a solid north-westerly gradient wind, culminating in a spectacularly busy finish line at the Royal Yacht Squadron. A risk of the wind dying in advance of an afternoon sea breeze prompted a change to the race schedule, with three committee boats used, in addition…

Cowes Week 2022 Day 6 Round Up

Cowes Week 2022 Day 6 Round Up

A thrilling finish for the Grand Prix yachts competing for the New York Yacht Club Challenge Cup, one of sailing’s most coveted prizes, saw Christian Zugel’s GP42 Tschuss lead three boats across the Royal Yacht Squadron line just 30 seconds apart. Places four and five on the water were also very tightly fought, with two…

Cowes Week 2022 Day 5 Round Up

Cowes Week 2022 Day 5 Round Up

Lighter winds this morning increased to give competitors another great day on the water, predominately in breezes of 10-18 knots. In the HP30 class Alain Waha’s Far East 28R Gowest-Cogital is defending the Musto Young Skipper’s Trophy he won last year. Today he judged the approach to the downwind, down tide start very nicely, as…

Cowes Week 2022 Day 3 Round Up

Cowes Week 2022 Day 3 Round Up

After a relaxed morning waiting for wind, Cowes Week competitors enjoyed a third successive day of glorious sailing and close racing in ideal conditions. Highlights included the Quarter Ton class, where the top two boats finished in a dead heat, and the XOD fleet in which more than 20 XODs crossed the line overlapped. The…

Cowes Week 2022 Day 4 Round Up

Cowes Week 2022 Day 4 Round Up

More brisk winds and warm weather provided a further day of excitement for the fourth day of Cowes Week. Sir Ben Ainslie, the most successful Olympic sailor ever, was racing today, helming Bertie Bicket’s IC37 Fargo in IRC Class Zero, demonstrating just how seriously the top teams take their racing. At the end of an…

Cowes Week 2022 Day 2 Round Up

Cowes Week 2022 Day 2 Round Up

Warm weather, combined with winds gusting above 25 knots, provided lashings of excitement, thrills, spills and adrenaline for competitors across all fleets at Cowes Week today. Long downwind legs for many classes ensured competitors came ashore with big grins. It was also Family Day at the Regatta, which celebrates the many family teams that sail…

Cowes Week Daily Round Up Day 1

Cowes Week Daily Round Up Day 1

The Solent delivered a sparkling and action-packed day for the start of Cowes Week, with plenty of sun and west-south-westerly breeze that built from 10 to 15 knots to give maximum gusts in the low 20s by early afternoon. It was a day of challenging starts, extremely tight finishes and close boat-on-boat action. Starts for…