07.10.2017 Love is in the air – Mariska works her way up to the Rolex Trophy – Alizee pockets the Edmond de Rothschild Trophy – Lyra, the unexpected driving force in the BMW Trophy Featuring a series of superb races every day of what proved to be a packed week for all the series, Modern,…
06.10.2017 Tilly XV wins 2017 Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy Photo-finish may seem an overstatement to define centenarian yachts crossing the finish line. But this is actually what happened in Saint-Tropez where eleven crews, out of twenty entrants, finished the race for the 2017 Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy, the only sailing trophy reserved to…
RACE 2 DAY 2: EARLY FRONTRUNNERS EMERGE 6 OCTOBER 2017 It’s been an action-packed second day of Race 2: The Stormhoek Race to the Cape of Storms, with the past 24 hours seeing one team forced to suspend racing, while the rest of the fleet has continued its fast passage across a turbulent South Atlantic…
6 October 2017 Prologue Leg to offer final tune-up ahead of race start On Sunday afternoon at 1400 local time in Lisbon (1300 UTC), the seven Volvo Ocean Race skippers will lead their teams off the start line of the Prologue Leg, a non-scoring race to the host city and start port of Alicante, Spain…
6 October 2017 On Sunday afternoon at 1400 local time in Lisbon (1300 UTC), the seven Volvo Ocean Race skippers will lead their teams off the start line of the Prologue Leg, a non-scoring race to the host city and start port of Alicante, Spain (see more below) On Sunday afternoon at 1400 local time…
06.10.2017 All you need is Voiles – Races for all the groups in a combination of light airs and Mistral. – Last day tomorrow, flavoured by a final for many groups, 12 m JIs, Wallys… – Mariska drives the point home for the 15 m JIs… Amidst the Mistral and a zone of high pressure,…
RACE 1 DAY 27: ELLIOT BROWN OCEAN SPRINT RESULTS ARE IN… 16 SEPTEMBER 2017 After nearly four weeks at sea and a variety of leaders, Visit Seattle tops the leader board going into the final stretch to Punta del Este. But, with less than 40nM separating it from second placed Sanya Serenity Coast and…
Hanse Sail Kalender“ verkürzt Wartezeit auf 2018 Rostock, 6. Oktober 2017 Um die Wartezeit auf die 28. Hanse Sail vom 9. bis 12. August 2018 zu verkürzen, hat das Organisationsbüro den „Hanse Sail Kalender 2018“ auf den Markt gebracht. Motive, die zum Träumen und Mitsegeln einladen, zieren den Monatskalender des Traditionsseglertreffens. Neben voll geblähten Segeln…
05.10.2017 Made in Saint Tropez – The Club 55 Cup goes to Savannah! – Challenges amidst the breeze and the sunshine – The low-down on the mid-term rankings – Tilly XV wins the Centenary Trophy Les Voiles is a festival in its purest sense, and on Thursday, perhaps more so than on any other day…