Big Breeze For Big Boat Series Opener

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The weather gods delivered plenty of get-up-and-go on the first day of racing at the 2022 Rolex Big Boat Series, running September 14-18 at St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California. Morning conditions were moderate for the 76 boats gathered for the West Coast’s most competitive regatta, pressing their sails in 8-12 knots of breeze and flat seas. Conditions built to 20-22 knots raising white caps against the flood tide for the day’s second race,...

Epic day 2
2022-09-14
European Championships – Day two




Sometimes, you just get truly memorable sailing days. Epic can be an over used word, but this for the Open fleet, was one such day out on the azure waters of Lake Garda. Bright sun, the usual southerly 14-18 kts, a day set up for Champaign sailing, This was the second day of the European Championships and in the Open foiling fleet, Mischa Heemskerk NED 7 had won the first two races in convincing...

An impressive run of form gave the race 2 win to Jorgen Schonherr (DEN) and Markus Koy (GER) who controlled the fleet from start to finish and end the day in 4th overall.

Headlining the leader board though are Italy’s Diego Negri/Sergio Lambertenghi, who now count two second places, to lead over Paul Cayard (USA)/Frithjof Kleen (GER), with Croatia’s Tonci Stipanovic/Tudor Bilic in third.

A postponed start, followed by a general recall saw racing get underway...

Auckland - 13th September 2022

The first AC40 off the production line was unloaded from its ship and transported into the Emirates Team New Zealand base in a typically understated fashion last week.

The boat represents a number of things for the Team and the Event. It will be centre stage for the Women and Youth America’s Cups in 2024, but prior to that it will be the first boat that Emirates Team New Zealand has sailed since race 9 of the 36th...

Charal 2 Launches Into The Great Beyond!





Having started four Vendee Globes and finished two of them, once on the podium in third place, once after starting a second time nine days late, you would think that Jeremie Beyou had done enough. But not so.

The 46-year-old skipper from Finistere in northwest France is certainly nowhere near finished with the IMOCA class and nor with the Vendee Globe, and gets out of bed every morning driven by the goal...

New faces winning races at the Maxi Yacht Rolex




After a lighter third day of competition between the 46 yachts, the dominant are now emerging across most of the seven classes going into the final phase of the International Maxi Association’s pinnacle event, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, run by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.

With a light forecast, racing was delayed by an hour. Today was the turn of the 13-strong Maxi class to sail two windward-leewards....

A 29 metre classic yacht named Halcyon has caught fire in Marina Gouvia, in Corfu.

According to local reports, the fire broke out around 4pm local time on board a 20 metre sailing yacht and then spread to several other yachts in the vicinity. Halycon was then towed out of the marina but the damage to the hull and weight of the water required to extinguish the flames caused her to sink.

Other yachts involved in the fire included a sailing catamaran and a speedboat....

After a month of summer construction, Sodebo Ultim 3 is back on the water





A site that has been marked by a major modification: a new drift bearing plan allowing for better stability during flight, but also the solo trimaran setup :
The last straight line to the Route_du_Rhum is now launched for Thomas Coville who will resume sailing tomorrow









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A British Man Will Attempt to Cross the Atlantic in This Suitcase-Sized Sailboat
Andrew Bedwell knows big dreams can come in tiny packages. He plans an Atlantic crossing in the 3'3" "Big C," spending 60 days alone at sea.
By HOWARD WALKER
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Next spring, British sailor Andrew Bedwell will attempt to break the record for sailing across the Atlantic, in a boat that’s just 39 inches long. That’s...

Five of The Ocean Race’s IMOCA teams set to race in Lorient at Defi Azimut



Lorient La Base, where the 12th edition of the Defi Azimut will take place next week ?Sailing Energy/The Ocean Race


Anticipation is building ahead of next week’s Defi Azimut regatta in Lorient, France when five of the IMOCA teams so far confirmed as entries in The Ocean Race 2022-23 will line up against each other for the first time.
Four of the five international teams...