The Vendée Globe is going down to the wire with the leading pair of Armel Le Cléac’h and Alex Thomson split by just 78 miles as they enter the final 1,000 miles to the finish. Thomson has been playing catch-up since Le Cléac’h took the lead on December 2 but as the race enters its…
A scant three days remain to the start of the 30th anniversary Quantum Key West Race Week and the long range weather forecast looks juicy. Key West Race Week’s reputation is built on close racing amid great sailing conditions, and this year looks to live up to that billing. According to Commanders’ Weather, the…
After the flurry of Christmas and New Year events the RS Aero UK Winter Series is now three events in, each of those part of the GJW SailJuice series. This winter the Aero series visits 10 locations, spread over the length and breadth of the UK. With only 3 events required to qualify most sailors…
The next 12 hours could prove crucial to the outcome of the 2016-17 Vendée Globe, according to British sailing star Ian Walker. Walker, the reigning champion of the Volvo Ocean Race, has been glued to his computer following the exploits of fellow countryman Alex Thomson, currently locked in an epic battle for first place with…
Conrad Colman is in recovery mode. The Kiwi skipper in ninth place in the Vendée Globe is recovering physically after three epic days battling to keep alive his ten year dream to complete the famous solo round the world race. Rest is the best medicine for his cut hands, his strained and bruised limbs and…
With just 10 days to go before the start of the 2017 Mount Gay Round Barbados Race Series (16-24 January), the festival atmosphere in Barbados is starting to rumble writes Sue Pelling. Overseas entries, including Tony Lawson’s record-breaking MOD70 – MS Barbados Concise 10, skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield is already in Bridgetown preparing to…
After Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss appears to have completed one of the biggest comebacks ever in the history of the Vendée Globe, reducing his delta to 28 miles this Friday morning from over 800 miles last Friday, his rival Armel Le Cléac’h has found a light easterly breeze and is now moving away from…
Alex Thomson rounded Cape Horn at 1142hrs UTC this morning describing his successful passage of the Vendée Globe solo round the world race’s most notorious landmark as ‘the best Christmas present ever.’ Since the solo non stop race was first raced in 1989, Thomson becomes the first skipper across all eight successive editions, to round…
Ten keen dinghies pitched up for Lymington Town Sailing Club’s pre Christmas Hot Toddy race. The traditional format is for one all in PY race off the river line with a festive hot drink to greet competitors on their return. With little sign of any breeze early on a club elder wisely summed up the…
After just over 18 days at sea, James Heald’s Swan 45, Nemesis crossed the finish line in Grenada of the 2016 RORC Transatlantic Race in the very early hours of Thursday morning, 15 December. Racing among a fleet of boats from around the world, the Lymington-based duo have won the IRC Two Handed division, were…
