01.10.2017 Les Voiles – Living the Dream – Elena secures victory in elapsed time in the Autumn Cup, which is celebrating the Yacht Club de France’s 150th anniversary. – 120 Modern yachts set to race from tomorrow! – Ever more beautiful, ever more plentiful… the Wallys! Amidst the festive inauguration of the race village and…
03.10.2017 www.transatjacquesvabre.org, introducing a new favourite! www.transatjacquesvabre.org, introducing a new favourite! Beautiful, useful and responsive; the three keywords which encapsulate the ambition of the new Transat Jacques Vabre website. Already online and fully operational a month before the start, www.transatjacquesvabre.org is the best place to go to get straight back in the swing of this…
30.09.2017 The festival days are here again – 19th edition of Les Voiles – Yacht Club de France’s Autumn Cup; game on for the Classics tomorrow – French America’s Cup skipper Franck Cammas competing at Les Voiles – André Beaufils: “Les Voiles is improving year on year” It’s been a long wait since last year’s…
30.09.2017 Regates Royales After five days of racing with typical the Cote d’Azur early autumn conditions -sunny skies and light winds- the 39th edition of the Régates Royales-Trophée Panerai came to an end in grand style. The 15 Metre Mariska got gold in the Big Boat series with a clear score of five wins out…
30 September, 2017 Volvo Ocean Race holds landmark sustainability workshop Over 100 Volvo Ocean Race sailors, shore crew, stakeholders and industry leaders came together at the Volvo Ocean Race Boatyard in Lisbon to learn more about ocean health and share ideas on how to tackle plastic pollution in 2017-18 (full story below) The Volvo Ocean…
02.10.2017 Day 4 RC44 Cascais Cup – Come from behind win for Katusha in Cascais https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE4jFSJL9SI&feature=youtu.be – Video Cascais laid on an action-packed day for the conclusion of the 2017 RC44 Championship’s penultimate event, the RC44 Cascais Cup. At the beginning of it, Igor Lah’s Team CEEREF held a slender lead, but lost it to…
Press release, Friday, September 29 Consistency pays Last racing day for the 44-boats strong Dragon fleet, that closed the event in style. UK’s Yvan Bradbury was declared the winner of the 39th Régates Royales de Cannes, with Russia’s Anatoly Loginov getting silver. Classic yachts had one more race on a triangular course, better defining the…
28.09.2017 Tight at the top A good breeze of around twelve knots and flat seas made for an ideal setting of day 3 of the Régates Royales de Cannes – Trophée Panerai. Classics had their double-lap triangular course set in the Bay of La Napoule, with the overall scoreboard taking a more defined shape. In…
28.09.2017 MARINA LANZAROTE PREPARES FOR TRANSATLANTIC RACE FLEET Start Leg 1 – RORC Transatlantic Race Marina Lanzarote, Canary Islands to Port Louis, Grenada Setting off on an epic Atlantic race on Saturday 25 November from Marina Lanzarote, the 4th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race is the lengthiest race in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s…