10.12.2017 Dongfeng leads the way to the Southern Ocean from Table Bay EPIC HELI SHOTS IN CAPE OF GOOG HOPE: Click here Dongfeng Race Team skippered by Charles Caudrelier of France led the way around a short inshore course at the start of Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cape Town to Melbourne…
RACE 4 DAY 8: TACTICS AT PLAY AS TEAMS ROUND TASMANIA 10 DECEMBER 2017 Following a week of close racing in the Southern Ocean, Clipper Race teams are getting more tactical as the race leaders approach Waypoint Mitchell, south of Tasmania, and prepare to head north to Sydney. The eighth day of Race 4: The…
Leg 3, Race Day 1 — 10 December, 2017 Volvo Ocean Race fleet flying out of Cape Town red-line Cape Town provided another spectacular stopover to the Volvo Ocean Race, as the fleet raced off for Melbourne, Australia on Sunday afternoon… Charles Caudrelier’s Dongfeng Race Team and the Spanish MAPFRE squad were neck and neck…
10.12.2017 Photo finish decides 2017 Star Sailors League champions With racing taking place in a balmy, near perfect 15 knots on Nassau’s Montagu Bay, the ‘take no prisoners’ shoot out on the last day of the Star Sailors League Final saw the fleet narrow to seven teams after the Quarter Finals and to four…
09.12.2017 WATCH IT LIVE ON starsailors.com SSL FINALS IN NASSAU, BAHAMAS DAY 5 – ELIMINATION ROUND IS LIVE NOW TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE WINNER OF THE SSL FINALS 2017 With expert commentary from special studio guests, such as DENNIS CONNER. On the water, the latest hi-tech camera, as well as virtual eye…
Teasing Machine Sets the Pace Day 15 1000 UTC 9 December 2017 Eric de Turckheim’s French Nivelt-Muratet 54 Teasing Machine finished the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race on Friday 8 December in an elapsed time of 13 days 19 hrs 29 mins 08 secs. The French team lead the race overall after IRC time correction. Canadian…
05.12.2017 Hamburger Sieg beim Lübecker Eisarsch Hitzige Duelle bei eiskalten Temperaturen In einem dramatischen Rennen ist die 49. Eisarsch-Regatta des Lübecker Yacht-Club entschieden worden. Nach ständigen Wechseln an der Spitze setzte sich schließlich der Hamburger Matthias Düwel im Feld der 62 Konkurrenten durch und sicherte sich seinen Premierensieg bei dieser traditionsreichsten deutschen Regatta für Oldies…
RACE 4 DAY 7: CLOSE RACING CONTINUES 09 DECEMBER 2017 As the close racing continues in the Southern Ocean, the leaderboard positions continue to change with Qingdao retaking the lead on day seven of the The ClipperTelemed+ Tasman Test. With less than 20 nautical miles separating the top three teams, the next 24 hours are…
09.12.2017 Bruni squeaks through to gain last Quarterfinals berth After three more races today on Nassau’s Montagu Bay, the full 11 Qualifier races of the Star Sailors League Final were completed to determine which ten of the 25 teams would progress through to tomorrow’s final rounds, when the US$ 200,000 prize pot will be distributed….