Cowes Week Ltd, the organisers of Lendy Cowes Week, the world’s largest regatta, is delighted to announce that in a new and exciting development the 2018 regatta will see the introduction of a new Double-handed class. Double-handed racing has recently become incredibly successful worldwide, both inshore and offshore and this new class reflects the demand…
The race is on to slip around Cape Reinga and North Point, the northern tip of New Zealand, ahead of the dash down the east coast of the North Island and into the finish of Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race. On Sunday afternoon at 1300 UTC, it was team AkzoNobel as the pacesetters,…
Well done to all the hardy RS Sailors who braved the elements to compete at the Emergence of Seasons Championship this weekend at Queen Mary Sailing Club. Congratulations to RS700 Inland Champion Richard Wadsworth! Well done to Emergence of Seasons RS100 Champion Simon Geyman, RS200 Champions Maria Stanley and Rob Henderson, RS400 Champions Jon Heissig…
Team AkzoNobel has emerged as clear leaders of Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race on Friday with the top three crews lining up south of New Caledonia for the crucial last phase. Skipper Simeon Tienpont’s team made the most of slightly better wind and angle as they sailed round the outside of previous frontrunners…
Shaun Carroll’s Australian modified Sea Cart 30 Morticia is the smallest yacht to finish the tough 2018 RORC Caribbean 600. The team of four Aussies from North Queensland and New South Wales came a long way to Antigua, with one intention – to finish the race. Last year, gear failure stopped them from competing. Looking…
British yachtswoman Dee Caffari was preparing to lead her Volvo Ocean Race team through the middle of the world’s second-largest barrier reef on Thursday in a bid to defend first place in Leg 6 as the finish line draws nearer. Caffari said she will thread her Turn the Tide on Plastic crew through the Grand…
Paradox, Peter Aschenbrenner’s American 63′ Trimaran crossed the finish line in Antigua at: 00:55:16 AST on Wednesday 21st February 2018 in an elapsed time of 1 day, 13 hours 5 minutes and 16 seconds taking Multihull Line Honours in the 10th edition of the race. Website: For more information and to follow the race, please…
George David’s American Maxi Rambler 88 crossed the finish line in Antigua on Wednesday 21st February at 01:21:45 AST in an elapsed time of 1 day 13 hours 41 minutes and 45 seconds, setting a new monohull race record. Website: For more information and to follow the race, please go to: http://caribbean600.rorc.org Tracker: http://caribbean600.rorc.org/Race-Information/Tracking/
Balmoral was the first Club in NSW to adopt the RS Aero and is now up to 10 boats. As the Class is so new in Australia the NSW Distributor and event sponsor, The Life Aquatic, hired Michael ‘Fletch’ Fletcher as the coach for the weekend to provide support and guidance to all competitors. Fletches…
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is facing another 48 hours of excruciating sailing as the teams plugged deeper into a massive expanse of windless ocean on Tuesday. Lying ahead of them is a 400-mile gulf that stretches as far south as New Caledonia, severely hampering progress towards New Zealand as Leg 6 enters its 14th…
