Cream of the IRC fleet, from both the UK and abroad, will include several brand new race boats going head to head over 24-26th June at the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s IRC National Championship. The three day long regatta will include a mix of windward-leeward and round the cans courses on the Solent to determine…
With a northwesterly 7-10 knot breeze, a total of three races were held in the third and final leg of the inshore Series in the The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing. Seven teams battled for additional points in picturesque Casco Bay just off of Fort Allen Park in Portland, Maine. Boston based Toothface II had a strong performance, which helped them edge into…
The New York – Vendée (Les Sables d’Olonne) Race was the final solo battle before the Vendée Globe and was one the 14 competitors and the spectators were looking forward to. This was particularly the case, as it allowed us to compare the new generation IMOCAs fitted with foils and the leading boats with straight…
The second leg of this year’s Magic Marine RS700 circuit was held at Hayling Island Sailing Club 28-29 May 16. Throughout the preceding week, the weather forecasters had been unsure how many rainstorms the sailors would endure, but consistently predicted light Easterly winds on the Saturday and a stronger Northerly wind on the Sunday. Whilst…
The third and final leg, the inshore Series in the The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing, got underway yesterday in Portland, Maine. Teams will add four additional crew to compete in a total of five races over the two-day inshore series with each race worth 9 points. Currently Spanish Team Tales II sits on top of the…
Come one, come all to the Pre-Race Ruckus! Let loose like you’re about to set sail for Alaska…with people who actually are about to set sail for Alaska. Help us give the racers a night to remember before their long, wet journey while you put faces (and hulls) to those blips on the tracker screen. See…
Tales II skippered by Gonzalo Botín and Pablo Santurde won leg two of the The Atlantic Cup presented by 11th Hour Racing, a 360-nautical mile leg from Brooklyn to Portland. The win marks back to back offshore wins for the team, which puts them on top of the leaderboard heading into the third and final leg a…
Royal Torbay Yacht Club played host to the 2016 RS Aero UK Nationals sponsored by Magic Marine with 70 entries set for a long weekend on the English Riviera. Competitors travelled from as far afield as France and Holland to compete on the Olympic racecourse of Torbay. The Championship opened with a coaching with a…
By choosing to get close to the Ice Exclusion Zone a couple days ago, the British sailor, Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) made his break and is now in the most favourable position to get away from the Azores low, which will be sweeping across the north of the islands tonight. Alex is expected to gybe…
The recent announcement of the 2017 Western Caribbean Series reinforces the position of the International IRC rating rule in the Caribbean and southern USA. With the easing of travel restrictions to Cuba for American sailors in December 2014 after 50 years, clubs in the area are welcoming the new opportunities for offshore races. IRC…
