The Atlantic Cup Announces Three New Race Partners: United Airlines Mileage Plus Exclusives, Hyatt Place Charleston and CODE-ZERO Plus first two teams announced: Dragon Ocean Racing and Oakcliff Racing With preparations underway for the 2018 Atlantic Cup, Manuka Sports Event Management, organizers of the USA’s toughest offshore race, are pleased to announce three new commercial partners, two…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing crossed the finish line in Lisbon at 1408 UTC ahead of their competitors by a few hours earning 8 points and are now the leaders of the Volvo Ocean Race. They led the 7-day race since the first night staying ahead of the other seven boats through the Strait of Gibraltar,…
“The anticipation had been building since we finished the last edition and the start is finally here,” said Mark Towill (USA), Team Director of Vestas 11th Hour Racing. The first ocean leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Alicante, Spain, to Lisbon, Portugal started on Sunday. The 1450nm course will take the seven competing teams…
Following extensive discussions, we are pleased to announce that team AkzoNobel will be starting the Volvo Ocean Race today under skipper Simeon Tienpont. Team AkzoNobel’s crew list for Leg 1 is: Simeon Tienpont (NED) – skipper, watch captain Brad Farrand (NZL) Antonio Fontes (POR) Martine Grael (BRA) Luke Molloy (AUS) Ross Monson (GBR) – navigator…
Setting off on 25th November from Marina Lanzarote, the Atlantic-bound fleet hosted by Calero Marinas forms the first leg of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta (AAR) held in celebration of Hamburg-based Norddeutscher Regatta Verein’s (NRV) 150th anniversary in 2018 and the 50th year for the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS). The joint jubilee celebration, in partnership…
“It’s the first day of the action. Points count,” Mark Towill, Team Director, told the Vestas 11th Hour Racing team at the morning meeting in Alicante. And count they did as the sailors finished third in the first In-Port Race of the 2017-2018 Volvo Ocean Race earning 5 points in the cumulative series. “How you…
Sir Keith Mills’ Ker40+ Invictus, is the 2017 FAST40+ Champion, after winning the last race of the season, taking second place in Round 5, to clinch the overall title. Sir Keith Mills lifted the FAST40+ Trophy, and the Cloudy Bay Bowl, as winner for the 2017 FAST40+ Race Circuit. “It is nice to end the…
The Notice of Race for the 2018 IRC European Championship, incorporating the Commodores’ Cup, is now available HERE. The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) welcomes expressions of interest for the event, and online entry will be open from Monday 8th January 2018. As announced earlier this year, the Cowes-based championship will be held from 8-16th…
The 10th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 will start as scheduled in Antigua on 19th February 2018. Bolstered by a record entry for the RORC Transatlantic Race, a strong Racing Division for the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, and determined competitors from all over the Caribbean, the 10th edition of the highly acclaimed 600-mile offshore…
Three races on Premier Composite Technologies Race Day, produced a nerve jangling finish to the HYS One Ton Cup. Bright sunshine and a shifting southerly breeze produced a highly strategic finale, before Peter Morton’s CF40+ Girls on Film, retained the HYS One Ton Cup, the first team to do so since 1993. Girls on Film:…
