09.11.2017 Sharp extends lead as Merron heads home The Anglo-Spanish duo, Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde (Imerys Clean Energy) extended their lead at the front of the 40ft monohull fleet, as Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron (Campagne de France) were limping back to Cherbourg, their home port, nursing a broken port rudder. They are expected…
https://www.clipperroundtheworld.comhttps://www.clipperroundtheworld.com RACE 3 DAY 9: SAILING THE UNFAVOURABLE TACK 09 NOVEMBER 2017 PSP Logistics has moved into poll position on Day 9 of the Dell Latitude Rugged Race to Fremantle. Sticking to the more southerly route, it has taken a 32 nautical mile lead over Sanya Serenity Coast, which until now has led the entire…
https://www.clipperroundtheworld.comhttps://www.clipperroundtheworld.com RACE 3 DAY 8: FLEET CONTINUES TO BATTLE UPWIND 08 NOVEMBER 2017 Life continues at a lean for many teams during the eighth day of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race as the fleet slogs it out in tough upwind conditions. With around 3,400 nautical miles to go until Fremantle, Sanya Serenity Coast…
https://www.segelbundesliga.de Segel-Bundesliga 07.11.2017 Die Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga hat bei der Meisterfeier der Segelclubs am Wannsee in Berlin am 04. November 2017 erstmals drei Journalisten für besondere Segelsport-Berichterstattung geehrt. Mit dem „Journalistenpreis für Segeln“ wurden Christian Heinrich vom Münchner Merkur, Michael Bock vom Schleswig-Holsteinischen Zeitungsverlag und Oliver Klempert, Autor bei der Berliner Morgenpost, ausgezeichnet Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga vergibt…
https://www.clipperroundtheworld.comhttps://www.clipperroundtheworld.com RACE 3 DAY 7: BACK TO LIFE AT A HEEL 07 NOVEMBER 2017 A wind hole held up the leading pack of the Clipper Race fleet on Day 7 of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race with the teams now back beating upwind. The downwind sailing conditions, that had been expected as part…
www.transarjacquesvabre.org 06.12.2017 Fleet prepare for the front after battling currents and lobster pots 45-knot gusts, 5-metre waves ahead If the first night of the 13th Transat Jacques Vabre was tough, the second night will wash away the memory in brutal fashion for the 37 boats and 74 crew, with winds gusting up to 45 knots…
https://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/ 06.11.2017 RORC Transatlantic Race The fourth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race will start from Marina Lanzarote on 25th November 2017, bound for Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada. The IMA Transatlantic Trophy will be awarded to the first monohull to complete the race and three powerful Maxi yachts can be considered favourites…
https://www.segelbundesliga.de 06.11.2017 Berliner Yacht-Club gewinnt Meistertitel der Junioren Segel-Liga 2017 Im Anschluss an das Finale der Deutschen Segel-Bundesliga kämpften gestern 12 Junioren-Teams in Berlin um ihren ganz eigenen Meistertitel. Nach 13 spannenden Rennen auf dem Wannsee gewann der Berliner Yacht-Club und sicherte sich den Sieg der Deutschen Junioren Segel-Liga 2017. Zweiter wurde ganz knapp der…
https://www.clipperroundtheworld.comhttps://www.clipperroundtheworld.com RACE 3 DAY 6: SQUALLS TEST FLEET 06 NOVEMBER 2017 Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race is known to serve up some of the most exhilarating and testing conditions of the entire circumnavigation and, over the last 24 hours, passing squalls have offered up dramatic and sudden changes in weather conditions which has…