Barcelona World Race: Here Today, Horn Tomorrow!
— 2 March 2011Cape Horn is the round the world racer’s ultimate milestone. It is the time that the bow is finally directed in a northerly direction, what feels like homewards.
Continue Reading ...Cape Horn is the round the world racer’s ultimate milestone. It is the time that the bow is finally directed in a northerly direction, what feels like homewards.
Continue Reading ...All things being equal Spain’s double Olympic champions Iker Martinez and Xabi Fernandez on MAPFRE should be the second of the Barcelona World Race fleet to pass the longitude of Cape of Good Hope late this evening or tomorrow morning…
Continue Reading ...The PRB skipper Kevin Escoffier, who was rescued from the Southern Ocean by Jean Le Cam six weeks ago after his boat suffered catastrophic structural failure, has been thinking about what a future IMOCA might look like for the 2024 Vendée Globe.
Continue Reading ...Apart from racing single-handed around the world, more than a third of the skippers in the 2020-21 Vendée Globe are making an important contribution to global weather forecasting and the understanding of the health of our oceans.
Continue Reading ...After a big night in fierce headwinds and rough seas off the northwest corner of Spain, Jérémie Beyou on Charal has been forced to turn round and head back towards Les Sables d’Olonne.
Continue Reading ...Many of the biggest names in offshore sailing will be among the 59 boats and 118 crew that cross the start line of the 14th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre today at 13:15 (French time) and begin their 4,350-mile race to Salvador de Bahia in Brazil.
Continue Reading ...It will be the biggest and most competitive fleet yet which will start the second edition of the Barcelona World Race at 1300hrs on the final day of 2010.
Continue Reading ...After this season sadly had to be written off due the COVID-19 pandemic, the GC32 Racing Tour will bounce back in 2021 with another five event circuit, including a World Championship, for its ultra-high performance one design foiling catamarans.
Continue Reading ...When you are the performance manager for Alex Thomson Racing’s Vendée Globe campaign, all you can do now is sit at home and check the updates on the computer and hope all is well on the high seas for the British sailor who is continuing to lead the Vendée Globe after 12 days at sea.
Continue Reading ...After Apivia coasted to a moonlit victory in the IMOCA class 15 hours earlier, the Bay of All Saints witnessed one of the closest podium finishes in the history of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre in glorious sunshine on Sunday.
Continue Reading ...Monday 31st May 2021, the launch ceremony of the new RSY 38m EXP took place in the presence of the owners and their family, in full compliance with the COVID measures, which did not hinder the important operations of launching a new boat.