10.10.2017 MAPFRE and Team Brunel lead the charge to Alicante Skipper Xabi Fernández’s MAPFRE crew is leading the charge into the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday afternoon (see more below) Skipper Xabi Fernández’s MAPFRE crew is leading the charge into the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday afternoon. The Spanish team made a jump on the rest of…
RACE 2 DAY 6: QINGDAO SECURES TOP SCORING GATE POINTS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE RACE 10 OCTOBER 2017 All eyes have been firmly fixed on the Race Viewer during the sixth day of racing as the twelve Clipper Race teams battled it out to reach the Scoring Gate. Following a fierce battle with Liverpool 2018 and…
RACE 2 DAY 5: HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM FUSTRATES FLEET 9 OCTOBER 2017 After an intense and action-packed few days since leaving Punta del Este, Uruguay, a high-pressure system has affected many of the teams in the fleet, frustrating their progress in the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms. Dare To Lead continues to be…
09.10.2017 RORC Caribbean 600 Organised by The Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with Antigua Yacht Club Start: Antigua, West Indies – Monday 19 February 2018 Course: 600nm non-stop around 11 Caribbean Islands RORC Caribbean 600 – Business As Usual The 10th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 will start as scheduled in Antigua on…
08.10.2017 Volvo Ocean Race fleet heading for start port of Alicante as Prologue is underway The Prologue Leg of the Volvo Ocean Race began on Sunday afternoon, after the start was delayed by just over 2 hours and moved nearly 20 miles south in order to find better racing conditions (see more below) The Prologue…
RACE 2 DAY 4: RACE TO THE SCORING GATE HOTS UP 8 OCTOBER 2017 Whilst the Finish Line in Cape Town remains the ultimate goal for the Clipper Race fleet in the Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms, at least three teams currently have the Scoring Gate in their sights. Dare To Lead…
08.10.2017 Thank you and see you next year! Today, the traditional glamorous awards ceremony for the Prizes and Trophies at the citadel in sunny Saint Tropez rounded off this extraordinary festival of international yachting. Nearly 4,000 skippers, captains, sailors and owners are now returning to their daily lives right around the sailing planet, some in…
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RACE 2 DAY 3: CLOSE-FOUGHT BATTLE CONTINUES 7 OCTOBER 2017 PSP Logistics safely arrived into Piriapolis, Uruguay, yesterday afternoon, local time, to repair rudder damage, as the rest of the fleet continued in a closely-fought contest towards Cape Town. With less than 10nautical miles separating the top five teams, over the last 24 hours, the…