A Wet, Windy And Raucous Start To The 50th Edition Of The RORC Fastnet Race

This afternoon the Solent shoreline was packed deep with spectators braving the conditions to witness the greatest assortment of offshore yacht racing hardware ever assembled. The special 50th edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Rolex Fastnet Race set sail with 430 yachts - up from the previous record of 388 that took the last pre-COVID race in 2019.





While pundits were comparing the wind this afternoon to that of the last Rolex Fastnet...

Multicoques Trophy Baie de Saint Brieuc • Ranking

VICTORY OF SOLIDARIES IN PELOTON

2nd KOESIO

3rd THE LAUGH DOCTOR - LAMOTTE

The new Solidaires En Peloton and his crew were almost unbeatable today against Saint-Quay-Portrieux; they win 4 of the 5 races of the day, contested in a medium wind. His 5th participation in the Trophy was the good one for Malouin, who for years has been wearing the colors of the fight against multiple...

BALTIC 111 RAVEN IN A CLASS OF HER OWN AS SHE IS PREPARED FOR LAUNCHING



When her owner commissioned this Baltic 111 Custom foil-assisted superyacht, weight control was paramount. Baltic Yachts was selected for its forensic approach to lightweight advanced composite construction and unique ability to combine it with an unmatched custom finish

Baltic Yachts has successfully moved the Baltic 111 Raven from her building facility at the company’s waterside...

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE OUT FOR HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND AS "CALVIN", with its 45 MPH WINDS, HEAVY RAINS AND HIGH SEAS, APPROACHES




Tropical Storm Calvin has bucked its trek across sub 82-deg f (28-deg C) waters and seen convective clusters blossom on its path toward Hawaii's Big Island--the southernmost and largest of the Hawaiian Island chain.


Posted here are a series of graphics--including hourly forecast precip and wind frames from...

The 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race set sail in winds gusting to gale force
image ROLEX/Carlo Borlenghi

As competitors in this special anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 50thRolex Fastnet Race arrive in the Solent, or Cherbourg in preparation for Saturday’s start from Cowes, focus is turning to the weather forecast. Forecasts get increasingly accurate the more short term they are, but five days out from departure days, a few tentative observations...

17TH OF JULY, 2023
52 SUPER SERIES IS BACK IN THE USA IN 2024, FIRST VISIT TO NEWPORT!



After three year spell confined to racing only in Europe, the 52 SUPER SERIES circuit expands its horizons once again for the 2024 season when it will return to race two key regattas in the USA.

While owners and teams have previously loved opening the 52 SUPER SERIES seasons of 2013, 2014 and 2017 in the Florida sunshine of Key West and Miami, in 2024 the world’s...

Sydney Sailor Tim Shaddock is in good health after spending three months lost at sea with no access to food or clean water.

Shaddock lived off raw fish and rain water to sustain himself while being lost at sea with his loyal hound Bella.

The Sydney local ended up stranded in the Pacific Ocean due to a brutal storm damaging his catamaran and wiping out the electronics.

The pair set sail from La Paz in Mexico to French Polynesia in April, but disaster...

When a Rolex yachtsman of the year, Mike Martin, describes the course as ‘terrifying’, locals, including Benjamin Anderson, that sail the bay all the time say they’ve never seen it that rough or chaotic. Chip Wasson even suggested that the windward mark, the red nun, west of the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, "had waves the size of vans crashing into each other from all directions." Meanwhile, former National Windsurfing Champion, Steve Bodner...

Drew Freides Is the New Melges 24 World Champion, Ante Botica Claims Corinthian Title
01.07.2023





July 1, 2023 - Middelfart, Denmark - The Melges Performance Sailboats Trophy for the Melges 24 Worlds title goes back to the USA after three exciting races in wind and rain today. Croatians win the Challenge Henri Samuel Corinthian Trophy in non-professional class and take bronze overall.

The 24thMelges 24 World Championship, powered by Bunker...

French sailors continued to shine in Marseille on an action-packed Tuesday at the Paris 2024 Test Event which saw all 10 classes in action.
Axel Mazella, Lauriane Nolot and Nicolas Goyard ended the day top of their respective leaderboards, while Camille Lecointre and Jeremie Mion share the Mixed 470 summit.

Elsewhere, the ILCA 6 saw Emma Plasschaert and Hannah Snellgrove impress, while Snellgrove’s compatriot Michael Beckett continues to lead the way...