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9. August 2017 Boris Herrmann und Pierre Casiraghi holen „Bronze“ beim Rolex Fastnet Race Mit einem glänzenden dritten Rang in der IMOCA-Klasse haben Boris Herrmann und Pierre Casiraghi am Mittwochmorgen (9. August) das Rolex Fastnet Race abgeschlossen. Der Hamburger Segelprofi und sein Co-Skipper aus dem Fürstenhaus Monaco erkämpften sich als Zweimann-Crew mit dem Open 60 […]
09.08.2017 Dongfeng win knife-edge battle with MAPFRE in Rolex Fastnet Race The Chinese entry pipped MAPFRE just moments from the line in the Fastnet Race after an intense battle overnight (full story below) China’s Dongfeng Race Team edged out MAPFRE by just 56 seconds in a Rolex Fastnet Race thriller in the early hours of […]
09.08.2017 Rambler 88 claims monohull line honours American George David’s Rambler 88 arrived in Plymouth to claim monohull line honours. The silver maxi crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 22:14:21 BST in a time of 2 days 9 hours 34 minutes and 21 seconds. This was more than six hours faster than they […]
08.08.2017 Rock-bound flotilla The first monohull arrivals are due into Plymouth tonight with George David’s Rambler 88 leading the charge, rounding Bishop Rock, the mandatory mark of the course southwest of the Scilly Isles, at 1515 BST. But the hottest contest in this group is between the seven one design Volvo Open 65s. They finally […]
Far Niente der Lacustre im Überlingersee Tags Sonne, nachts Regen Viel Glück mit dem Wetter hatten die 67 Teilnehmer der Far Niente der Lacustre im Überlingersee. „Am Tag hatten wir Sonne und meistens Wind, nachts hat es dann geregnet,“ fasste Wettfahrtleiter Andi Giger die sechs Tage vom 30. Juli – 4. August zusammen. 22 Lacustre […]
08.08.2017 Concise home as Dongfeng Race Team leads VO65s around the Rock Unchallenged, Concise 10 blazed into Plymouth this morning, first boat home in the 47th Rolex Fastnet Race. Tony Lawson’s MOD70 trimaran crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 05:55:00 BST with a race time of 42 hours and 55 minutes. This time […]
08.08.2017 Dongfeng first to ease sheets at the Fastnet Rock “It’s good, rounding the Fastnet is always fantastic…it was not easy to be the first here.“ Charles Caudrelier After a night of close-quarters tacking in the Celtic Sea into a 15-knot northwesterly breeze Dongfeng Race Team, which had been in second place in the seven-strong […]
08.08.2017 Mixed Conditions On Day Two Of Learning & Skills Solutions Pyefleet Week 2017 Brightlingsea Harbour Commission Monday brings mixed conditions, family rivalry and fun partying on day two of Learning & Skills Solutions Pyefleet Week 2017 Brightlingsea, Essex – 7 August 2017 – The second day of Learning & Skills Solutions Pyefleet Week was […]
07.08.2017 Heavy traffic off Cornwall as Concise rounds the Rock At 15:49:37 BST Tony Lawson’s MOD70 trimaran Concise 10 became the first boat to round the Fastnet rock off southwest Ireland. At the time the next boat in the race, George David’s Rambler 88 was 111 miles astern. However thanks to their upwind passage their […]
07.08.2017 Concise approaches the Rock as Portland Bill pays Overnight the fleet in the Rolex Fastnet Race has been made solid progress upwind, tacking on shifts and dipping in and out of the land according to whether or not the tide is favourable. At 0900 Tony Lawson’s MOD 70 trimaran Concise 10 was off the […]
06.08.2017 Startvideo Classic upwind start for record breaking Rolex Fastnet Race The Solent laid on ‚classic‘ conditions for the start of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 47th Rolex Fastnet Race. In brilliant sunshine and with brisk westerly winds gusting up to 20 knots, the giant fleet tacked up the western Solent before compressing through the […]
05.08.2017 2,700 Fastnet sailors face their personal Everest The eve of the Rolex Fastnet Race is a nervous time for the 2,700 sailors about to embark on this 605-mile offshore classic. For the competitors gathered in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, a few are out to win one of the most coveted trophies in […]