Clipperrace Race1 RACE START: THEY’RE OFF 20 AUGUST 2017 And they’re off! The biggest ever edition of the Clipper Race – one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges – got underway today on the River Mersey, in Liverpool, in front of thousands of supporters. The day started with Departure Ceremonies with family, friends and supporters…
https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/ RACE 3 DAY 25: THRILLING FINISH TO EMOTIONALLY CHARGED RACE 25 NOVEMBER 2017 After 25 days and almost 4,800 nautical miles of racing across the Southern Ocean, the finish positions for Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race from Cape Town, South Africa, to Fremantle, Australia, will come down to the final few nail-biting…
The race of the amateurs The Italian duo, Massimo Juris and Pietro Luciani on Colombre XL became the first of the amateur duos to finish in the Class40 of the 13th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre, when they crossed the line in the Bay of All Saints early on Friday morning. Amateur in the…
24.11.2017 Dongfeng finishes in “a good second place” into Cape Town after an epic voyage from Lisbon Dongfeng Race Team reached South Africa this evening in second place at the end of an epic Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 that sees the red and white Chinese boat now sitting in third place overall on the…
22/10/17 SAP Extreme Sailing Team triumphs in San Diego stand-off to extend overall Extreme Sailing Series™ lead It was déjà vu for SAP Extreme Sailing Team and Alinghi as it went down to the final double-points race to decide the winner of the penultimate Act of the 2017 Extreme Sailing Series™ in San Diego, but…
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…