RACE 3 DAY 24: NEW RACE LEADERS REVEALED AFTER STEALTH MODE 24 NOVEMBER 2017 It’s shaping up to be an incredibly close finish to Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race with less than 70 nautical miles separating the top seven teams. PSP Logistics Skipper Matt Mitchell, currently in fifth, says: “4500 miles of racing…
24.11.2017 The Barcelona World Race names Jacques Caraës as Race Director At 14 months from the start of the regatta, the Barcelona World Race 2018/19 has put together the Race Management team, which will be headed up by Jacques Caraës who will be joined by Guillaume Evrard, Hubert Lemmonier and Javier Villalonga. Jacques Caraës is…
23.11.2017 Four podiums full and seven boats still racing After a late night finish that will go down in transat racing legend, the podiums of all four classes in the 13th edition of the Transat Jacque Vabre are complete. If the Ultime class had seemed like a close finish on Monday, November 13, with less…
23.11.2017 Feisty start predicted Gerald Bibot will be competing in the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race with his Belgian 42ft Catamaran Zed 6. Gerald is the founder of Great Circle which produces weather routing programme Squid. In 2015 Gerald was the winner of the MOCRA Class, completing the race in just over 11 days and the…
23.11.2017 Transat Jacques Vabre: A totally successful outcome for the IMOCAs With Romain Attanasio and Aurélien Ducroz finishing on Wednesday 22nd November, the thirteenth Transat Jacques Vabre came to an end for the IMOCAs. This year’s race was won by Jean-Pierre Dick and Yann Eliès on StMichel-Virbac. There was a very positive outcome for the…
23.11.2017 SSL Finals 2017 December 4th – 9th Nassau, Bahamas 25 STELLAR TEAMS READY TO LINE UP Paul Goodison (GBR) – Frithjof Kleen (GER) Loick Peyron (FRA) – Pascal Rambeau (FRA) Francesco Bruni (ITA) – Nando Colaninno (ITA) Franck Cammas (FRA) – Mark Strube (USA) Torben Grael (BRA) – Guilherme de Almeida (BRA) Paul Cayard…
23/11/17 It’s down to the wire in the Extreme Sailing Series™ as Los Cabos prepares to host the 2017 showdown In a week’s time the stunning Mexican municipality of Los Cabos will host the season finale of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series™, bringing to an end what has been a thrilling season of high-performance foiling…
23/11/17 Los Cabos will host the season finale of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series In a week’s time the stunning Mexican municipality of Los Cabos will host the season finale of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series™, bringing to an end what has been a thrilling season of high-performance foiling catamaran racing. The final Act, presented…
RACE 3 DAY 23: LEADING TEAMS‘ WIND HOLE WOES 23 NOVEMBER 2017 Over the last two days of racing a high-pressure system has consumed the lead Sanya Serenity Coast held for the majority of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race across the Southern Ocean. As a result, Visit Seattle is now leading with less…