GUYOT environnement To Skip Leg 3

GUYOT environnement Team Europe has announced they will abandon leg 3 of The Ocean Race and devote their efforts to rejoining the race in Itajai, Brazil ahead of leg 4.



The release issued by the team said:

"The decision has been made. We had no choice. If we had resumed the third leg and sailed around the Southern Ocean to Itaja?, we would not have had time to prepare for the next leg. We would then have always been late on the other legs as well. In...

RATED X Pops Champagne After a High-Stakes Finale at the M32 Winter Series Event 3

MIAMI (March 5, 2023) —Sailors from all around the world descended upon the palm trees, turquoise waters, and colorful foliage of Miami for the third event of the 2023 M32 Winter Series. The three-day event just closed in dramatic fashion after 14 races.



A big round of congratulations is in order for Jake Julien’s young Rated X team of Stephan Baker, Keith Swinton, Julius...

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE FROM J?RGEN SCH?NHERR / MARKUS KOY REWARDS THEM WITH A WIN ON DAY 1 AT 96TH BACARDI CUP




March 6, 2023 - Miami, USA

The 96th Bacardi Cup, March 5-11, 2023, kicked off today in Biscayne Bay, Miami with the opening race for the Star Class featuring seventy-three teams from seventeen nations across North and South America and Europe.

After a one-hour postponement ashore waiting for breeze, followed by a general recall,...

Doubt creeps in



470 miles would appear to be a solid lead, but there is hope for the chasing pack
Waking up Monday with a 470+ nautical mile lead, one week into leg 3, would appear to be an enviable position for Kevin Escoffier and his Team Holcim PRB.

But the challenge of a big lead is in how best to cover your opposition, who are sailing in an entirely different weather system and have the benefit of seeing where you are. Looking at the forecast, there...

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As Team Holcim-PRB continues to set the standard, racing at speed towards the first scoring gate at 143 degrees east longitude, three other boats are - finally - in fast pursuit.

Biotherm, 11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia needed to dive as far south as the edge of the ice exclusion zone to find the wind, but now they're in it and making miles to the east.

"We have good conditions, flat sea state,"...

18ft Skiffs
Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Race 2
Race Sponsor: Andoo
Sunday, 5 March, 2023
Sydney Harbour



In complete contrast to yesterday's light, variable wind conditions, Race 2 of the Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship was sailed in an 18-20-knot North East wind on Sydney Harbour today and produced some of the best and most spectacular racing action for the spectator fleet following the championship....

18ft Skiffs
Winning Group 73rd JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Race 1
Race Sponsor: Birkenhead Point Marina
Saturday, 4 March, 2023
Sydney Harbour



The recently crowned Australian champion Finport Finance team of Keagan York, Angus Williams and Phil Marshall totally dominated Race 1 of the Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship with an outstanding display of light weather sailing on Sydney Harbour today.

Finport Finance...

Catching the Breeze at the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta



After several days of preparation, the first race day at the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta saw the competitors streaming out through the lifting bridge into the open waters of Simpson Bay. With two separate course areas set, the fleet split left or right to rendezvous within their classes for their starts off of Cole Bay and Simpson Bay.

The day’s courses were designed to send the fleet...

It is still a far cry from traditional Roaring 40s weather, but at least one critical element has returned - the wind.



Biotherm, 11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia are all finally on the move after a frustrating period of unusually light, warm, and calm conditions.

While the unusual weather suited Team Malizia as they worked through the day and into the night on Wednesday to repair their damaged mast, it was received far less well by the sailors...

Yesterday Team Malizia discovered a large rip in the mast



Since then the team have put together a plan, with their shore team, to fix the issue and to continue sailing. The next 12 hours will be crucial.

Boris Herrmann commented to friends, partners and family: " Dear friends:

A very strong metal part holding a sail up broke the evening before yesterday at nightfall. (Code zero lock). When the sail fell down its halyard ripped a 26 cm long...