Minnehaha Continues Leading The Slow Ascent North

Big week-end ahead.





In the un-aptly named Pacific, Ian isn’t slowed down too much by his torn mainsail, and Jeremy has resumed his course towards Cape Horn after the front yesterday. 600 miles from the rock, he is a little further east than he would like but keeps a good distance to the Chilean coastline: 250 miles, or 5 times more than Abhilash at the same latitude! Unlike his Atlantic mates, he can count on accurate weather information.
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The 2023 Newport Harbor Cabo Race Gets started today with 14 Boats in 2 Divisions:











Aimant de Fille (J/145)

Oliver Ernest: Skipper
Steven Ernest: Owner
Chris Snow: Navigator
Additional Crew Lynn Bowser, Tony DiarBakerli, Steven Pacelli, Mike Robinson,
Arthur Vasenius

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ARGO 4 (J/125)
Kenny Kieding: Co-Skipper...

There has been more of the same in The Ocean Race on Friday - but in a good way. All four teams are clicking down the miles, racing to the east in fast reaching conditions.

The wind is up, the water is still (relatively) flat, and the miles keep sliding away under the keel.

The fleet continues to compress slightly, closing the race up with the leg 3 scoring gate fast approaching. The ETA is now Monday morning UTC.





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Hello Friends-

I am coming to you live from a very active North Atlantic Ocean as we make our way from Grenada to Lorient, France in the 8th and final leg of the Globe40 RTW race.

This leg has been a bit of everything from a strong upwind start in the lower Caribbean to being becalmed for 3 days to now being pummeled as we approach the Azores archipelago.

Last night was the hairiest night of our entire RTW voyage. The wind and sea state kept building until...

FULL THROTTLE RACING IN PERFECT CONDTIONS AT 96TH BACARDI CUP AND BACARDI INVITATIONAL REGATTA



March 9, 2023 - Miami, USA


A stunning fleet of one hundred and seventy-one boats were out on Biscayne Bay as the 96th Bacardi Cup entered its fourth day and the Bacardi Invitational Regatta kicked off.

Racing doesn’t get better than this, with the perfect Miami weather delivering 12-15 knots of breeze, challenging shifts and pressure, with...

AMHAS MOVES INTO THE LEAD IN A STORMY AZORES ARCHIPELAGO





The Anglo-American crew on AMHAS moved into the lead at the Azores gate to the west of the archipelago today at 19H21 UTC with a 51 miles lead over their closest rival, the Dutch team on SEC HAYAI. In this 8th and final leg of the GLOBE40, Craig Horsfield and Oliver Bond have covered nearly 2279 miles, with around 1325 miles to go to the finish in Lorient, Brittany. Like their fellow competitors, they’re...

Eivind Melleby and Mark Strube have moved into the lead at the 96th Bacardi Cup!
Expectations for racing at 1100 hours today were swept aside as the breeze filled in later and lighter than forecast on race day 3.
Eivind Melleby/Mark Strube played another consistent hand with finesse, scoring a 4th to edge into the series lead.









An on-water postponement saw the Race Committee searching Biscayne Bay...

18ft Skiffs
Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Race 7
Today's Sponsor: Vaikobi
Thursday, 9 March, 2023
Sydney Harbour



Defending champion Andoo team of John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton held off a final challenge over the last downwind leg of the course to win an exciting, incident packed Race 7 of the Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today.

Andoo grabbed the lead, from...

A long reach east towards Tasmania

The teams are in a relatively stable weather pattern for the next days, with boats set up to make miles east



With all four teams sailing deep into the Roaring 40s, the full fleet is finally in what the sailors would consider to be more typical Southern Ocean conditions, with strong winds from a series of low pressure systems propelling them relentlessly east.

The leader, Team Holcim-PRB, has made a dive to become...

It's an interesting day in The Ocean Race with quick moving weather making for a day of transitions in the southern latitudes.

The big winner over the past 24 hours is second placed Biotherm, who have gained over 30 miles on Team Holcim-PRB.









At the other end of the spectrum, 11th Hour Racing Team appear to be in danger of dropping off the back of a weather system and are making a noticeable dive to the south,...