High speed, adrenalin pumping, ultra-competitive racing came to the Solent today in what many agree is the most exciting development to have taken place in big boat keel boat racing in the UK for decades. The long-awaited advent of competition for the new FAST40+s, the big boat class at the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Easter…
Lloyd Thornburg’s American MOD70 Phaedo3 will be attempting a record run from Antigua to Bermuda this April with a view to joining the Antigua Bermuda Race next year. Phaedo3 has set multiple world records over the past 12 months, including the Antigua to Newport passage, taking just 3 days, 5 hours, 55 minutes and 12…
This Friday’s opening regatta of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s domestic calendar, the RORC Easter Challenge, provides an opportunity for the 50 or so crews to ramp up their programs for the 2016 season. To help, for the three day duration of the regatta the RORC lays on free coaching, led by the eminent Jim…
For three days over the bank holiday weekend, the yachting world’s eyes will be glued to the Solent as the Fast 40+ class makes its debut en masse at the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s domestic season opener, the RORC Easter Challenge. Between eight and 10 Fast 40+s will be competing and with the fleet expected…
Gill is proud to continue its technical clothing partnership with the French premier sailing regatta, Spi Ouest-France,held in the iconic venue of La Trinite sure Mer, for the second year running. To celebrate the partnership with this great event, which runs from 24th–28th March, Gill will launch a line of bespoke regatta merchandise, which…
Following recent media reports about the finding of deceased German sailor Manfred Fritz Bajorat in the Philippines last week, and subsequent misleading speculation regarding the involvement of the LMAX Exchange in this discovery, we would like to make the following clarification: At 0624 UTC on 31 January, the LMAX Exchange team ceased competition during Race 7, from Airlie Beach,…
Take a look at the glorious 2016 RORC Caribbean 600 Race. 70 Boats from 30 different countries, 600 nautical miles, 11 Caribbean Islands. 1 Amazing Race Records set in the 2016 race. Spectacular aerial footage from the start and from around the course. On board footage from some of the competitors. Phaedo3 arrival, Comanche and…
On the fifth day of the RORC Caribbean 600 three yachts were still racing: RORC member, Peter Hopps, skipper of British Sigma 38, Sam was just five miles from completing his eighth RORC Caribbean 600. Aleksandra Jankowska’s Polish team racing Dufour 40, Porfavor was 15miles from the finish and Girls For Sail’s British First 40.7,…
George Sakellaris’ Maxi72, Proteus (USA) has been declared the overall winner of the 2016 RORC Caribbean 600. Whilst several yachts are still racing, by the afternoon of Thursday 25 February the remaining teams will be unable to better Proteus’ corrected time under IRC. Sakellaris was awarded the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy for the best corrected time…
Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70 Phaedo3 Breaks RORC Caribbean 600 Multihull Record Hurtling around the Caribbean at speeds in excess of 30 knots and topping out nearer 40, often barely a boat length apart, the epic duel between MOD70s Concise 10 and Phaedo3 came to a conclusion after 32 hours of hot racing. Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70 Phaedo3,…
