Day 1 of the 2016 St Barths Bucket saw the field take on a 20+ nm course around the island. Our friends at Breed Media is on the ground this week, and sent us these exclusive images. In Class A it was Vitter’s brand new Unfurled that took the honours, outrunning Visione and Nilaya with mere seconds separating the top three. Rosehearty once again proved to be the faste...
South Bank Sailing Club is running a special Tideway Race on the Thames for the Enterprise Class on Saturday 11 June. The race will start on the Thames at Putney – where the first Enterprise was built 60 years ago by designer Jack Holt – to a finish line set down the river. A second race sees the fleet race back to Putney, passing under many of the river’s famous bridges...
Team Brunel, a Volvo Ocean race yacht has arrived in Saint Lucia in an elapse time of 8d 7h 39m 30s. This is the third consecutive year that the course record has been beaten. Last year Mike Slade’s super-maxi Farr 100 Leopard by Finland took over two days off the previous record set by Caro, a Knierim 65 in 2013. ‘Near-perfect’ conditions for this year’s crossing have s...
The 39th edition of the Three Peaks Yacht Race on 11 June 2016 is open for entries. The Three Peaks Yacht Race is one of the oldest and multi-sport endurance races in the world. It is a unique event combining sailing, running and a little cycling, with the quirky feature that rowing is allowed in moments of calm. It takes competitors through some of the most spectacular ...
Earlier this week saw yachts engaging in a friendly pre-race warm up battle in anticipation of the big race commencing on Boxing day at 13:00 local time. Yachts such as the hometown favourite and recently redeveloped Wild Oats XI, the new silver bullet Rambler 88, Ragamuffin 100 and Perpetual Loyal participated to refine their tactical skills over the 14 nm course. Livin...
An impressive total of 31 yachts out of the 108 participating vessels fell victim to various issues in the first two days alone, ranging from broken steering systems to torn sails and even structural damage from the sheer force of the rough ocean waves. Two noted favourites of the race were noted as casualties in the first two days, Wild Oats XI and Perpetual Loyal. Tak...
A total of 110 yachts hailing from 20 different nations will be participating in the 628 nautical mile race, and though the strong winds will favour the largest yachts in the fleet, due to the fact the event is a handicap race, the race could be anyone’s to win. Roger Hickman, owner of Wild Rose, was crowned last year’s overall winner. Commenting on their odds to take...
Offshore racing fans who can’t get enough will love the fact that three days after the SBI racers are done, the New Jersey-based Offshore Powerboat Association held its own world championships only a couple of hours northwest of Key West in Englewood, Florida, from November 18 through November 22. The first day of competition was Friday with the first race at noon, follo...
Superboat International (SBI) hosted the 35th Annual Key West World Championships in the sanctioning body’s hometown the week of November 9. Participants in SBI’s seven classes competed in three races on November 11, 13 and 15, and those who accumulated the most points over the trio of races were crowned 2015 world champions. As in the past, the Sunday race was double po...
For the seventh straight year, Clearwater, Florida, hosted the season finale for powerboat racers vying for national championships in seven classes that make up the Super Boat International fleet. A total of 37 boats representing 36 teams competed at the Brighthouse Clearwater Super Boat National Championship on Sept. 27 off Clearwater Beach, and in a number of classes ...
"We were so disappointed last year when our broken boom made us retire, but this year has been really special. We have had very few problems, so it's a different story. Nomad IV crew is a combination of five regular crew, five French TP52 sailors and five Russian guests and we have had such an incredible time together,” said French skipper Jean-Paul Riviere. Still follo...
It takes competitors through some spectacular scenery and challenges sailors’ navigational skills. The 39th edition will start on the 11 June 2016. The race draws competitors from a wide variety of sporting backgrounds and sailing experience, ranging from offshore cruising to round-the-world racing. Sailing and sports clubs, military, corporate and charity teams al...
The ISAF-recognised event is hosted and run by students for students and this year four UK university teams are entered, with each one either skippered or crewed by a Royal Southern Academy member. The Oxford University team is skippered by 19 year-old Lulu Wallis; Cambridge is sailed by Damien Arnol, 25 and 21 year-old Annabel Vose is heading up the Southampton Unive...
LMAX Exchange and Qingdao started Race 2, the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms, in a Le Mans start off the Brazilian coast at 0510 on Sunday (10 October), following successful completion of repairs to both yachts. The two teams will be racing to Cape Town, South Africa, on an elapsed time basis. The ten other boats in the fleet departed Rio on Wednesday at the sch...
Sailor Thomson and his design team have been working for two years on the new Hugo Boss yacht, which is 5% lighter than the previous version. The 60 foot IMOCA racing yachts are one of the world’s fastest modern racing monohulls. They are built using composite materials, keeping the IMOCA 60 as light as possible whilst still ensuring they are able to withstand the har...
This is the first time in the history of the 55-year Endeavour Championship event that anyone has managed to achieve such an incredible result. The super-fast duo annihilated the rest of the 23-boat Endeavour fleet in the fresh conditions yesterday (11 October) to add another four wins to their already impressive run of four wins on Saturday (10 October). Despite m...
This means building a racing team to suit the client’s individual needs, set the budget, liaise with the organisers over the events social scene, and, when it comes to chartering, organising the best yacht for the race. Tony Rey, founder of Cloud10 Racing, comments: “We can handle sailors of any level. You don't have to be an old salt; you only need to bring your desi...
The Dragon Boat festival was originally scheduled for May, but was postponed after an unusually warm April resulted in blue-green algae on the festival’s lake. This weekend, with the weather forecast looking good, the team organisers are hoping for a successful event. Carol Jenkinson, a member of the festival’s organising committee, said: “Everything’s definitely g...
The 49-year-old from Orpington, Kent was aboard of the IchorCoal boat when he was knocked unconscious by a sail as he was adjusting the mainsheet. The accident happened on Friday night, 120 nautical miles off the coast of Portugal, en route to Brazil, in the first leg of the race, which started on Sunday 30 August. In a statement, race founder Sir Robin Knox-Johnst...
Land Rover BAR won the opening regatta in Portsmouth in July, but Emirates Team New Zealand were the winners in Gothenburg, followed by Team Oracle USA in second spot. The third race in the World Series regattas – which count towards the seedings for the America’s Cup qualifying races – takes place in Bermuda, which is hosting the 2017 America’s Cup, in October. Ai...
More than 700 international crew members and Clipper Race supporters will be encouraged to fundraise for Unicef, the world’s leading children’s organisation, during the Clipper 2017-18 Race. This will be the second consecutive partnership between the world’s longest ocean race and Unicef, who are already working together to help make a safer world for children. Clippe...
It’s time. The Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup starts today and runs through to Saturday 19 September. The action takes place in Narragansett Bay, north of Gould Island, or on Rhode Island Sound, south of Brenton Point Park. The racing location will be chosen each day. The Rolex Cup differs from standard events as identical sails and equipment are provid...
Preparations are hotting up for the 27th Littlecup in Port Noir, Geneva which runs from 12 – 20th September. And, for the first time in the 44 year history of the Little America’s Cup, it’s being held on a lake. Seven international teams specialising in flying boats are taking part, including the Canadian Rafale – ETS, the first student team to take part in the Li...
Out in front of the five racing divisions was Comanche, owned by Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze, with the 30.48 metre sloop the first back to Porto Cervo after completing the 38 nm course in 2 hours, 34 minutes and 27 seconds. In the Maxi 72 class Bella Mente pulled into the lead by the second turning mark after a strong breeze of 16 to 22 knots arrived. “We had a jib top...
In the Wally Class - comprised of 13 superyachts - Open Season was the clear winner of the day, with Magic Carpet Cubed coming in second overall. The Maxi 72s saw fortunes ebb and flow, with no clear team dominating the events of the day, whilst in the Super Maxi class, Inoui took first place. Owner of the Wally Cento Magic Carpet Cubed, Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, commen...
The event is well-known to blend the action packed on-water activities with elegant and tasteful social evening events, and the opening night was no exception. The gala night saw members of the Perini Navi shipyard, Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and race crew enjoy themselves ahead of the first day of racing with a special appearance by America’s Cup sailing legend Russel Co...
The event, which officially ends tomorrow, saw light wind conditions prevail throughout the best part of the race. Conditions improved slightly on Tuesday night, allowing the 40m trimaran Spindrift 2 to pull away from her closest rival, the Multi 80 Prince de Bretagne, to finish with an elapsed time of 2 days 10 hours 57 minutes and 41 seconds. This performance was over ...
The fleet this year consists of over 13 Perini Navi yachts, including the new 60m Perseus 3, 2013 regatta’s star, Seahawk, as well as familiar sights such as the iconic 88m Maltese Falcon, the 2007 Helios and the 2008-built Baysian (ex. Salute). The special Picchiotti Vitruvius 50m motor yacht Exuma will also be making an appearance, upon returning to the Med after recen...
The 2015 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout will be another display of serious speed. The weeklong event starts on Aug. 15 with the seventh annual PWC Dam Run. The serious hardware rolls into town on Thursday, Aug. 27, when the Racer Village is set up. Boaters can register for the Shootout Poker Run that day, and the evening caps off with a meet-and-greet with the shootout race...
Three J-class yachts have confirmed their attendance, with Valsheda, Ranger and Lionheart once again meeting to see who’s top of the J’s. Class Zero racer yachts will follow close on their heels after the gun has sounded, with the likes of Bella Mente, Leopard and Rambler sure to put up a show for the hardcore racing fans ashore. A special Race Around the Island will occ...
J Class racing in Falmouth YM photographer and cruising yachtsman Bob Aylott is down in Falmouth to shoot the J Class regatta, in which Velsheda, Lionheart and Ranger are competing. Light winds have made for some fairly leisurely competition so far but with over 700 square metres (7,500 square feet) of sail area, it would need to be a ghostly flat calm to stop them ra...
The 2015 Round the Island Race is offering more opportunities for first time racers to get afloat and experience the excitment of the world’s largest yacht race. Anyone looking for crew or interested in competing on someone else’s boat in this year’s Race should go to the official race website. It has a very useful Crew Search Forum. The Start times and Fleet flags in...
A formal head-to-head challenge from the Dutch Marines to beat its entries in The Great River Race on September 12 has been accepted by the Royal Navy which has confirmed that at least one of its own fleet will be crewed by Royal Marines. However, by the time the Dutch reach the Start on the Thames at Millwall, they will just have completed a charity row of over 220 mile...
For four days between 23 and 26 July 2015 and again in 2016, Portsmouth will be hosting the fastest racing fleet on the planet in front of the largest sail-racing audience since the 2012 Olympic Games in Weymouth. Six wing-sailed foiling multihulls – AC45s – will race each other at over 40 knots on a compact windward-leeward course in the opening round of the ACWS (Am...
