Start: Sunday 6th August 2017, Cowes Crystal ball-gazing for the Rolex Fastnet Race winner Second-guessing the winner under IRC among the 340 boats competing in August’s Rolex Fastnet Race is tough. The outcome of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s biennial flagship event will depend on the weather: A brisk start should favour the big boats;…
Hafenstadt San Francisco Ob im Schlager: „I lost my heart in San Franzisco…“ oder in der Popballade: „Ich war noch niemals in New York, … in San Franzisko mit zerissnen Jeans…“ – diese Stadt gehört zu den schönsten der Erde. Die Bucht von San Francisco wurde 1769 von Segelschiffen entdeckt, als sich einmal die obligatorische…
21.05.2017 Antigua Bermuda Race Concludes A Thousand Miles of Emotions Hamilton, Bermuda: May 21, 2017: The Antigua Bermuda Race organised by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in association with Antigua Sailing Week is a new fixture in the offshore sailing calendar. Supported by Bermuda Tourism and Gosling’s Rum. The race course is 935 nautical miles…
21.05.2017 To the wire at the Vice Admiral’s Cup The Vice Admiral’s Cup concluded today on the central Solent in lighter 10-13 knot winds, but this time blowing from the east. The leaderboard was so tight across the seven classes of one designs and level rating boats that in many, discards decided the outcome. In…
New York – Segelrevier ?? mit New York verbinden wir meist die Wallstreet, den Broadway oder den Central Park. Doch wer New York kennen gelernt hat, weiss, dass diese Stadt nicht nur eine große Hafenstadt ist und eine insgesamt hunderte Kilometer lange Küstenlinie besitzt, sondern auch ein schönes und interessantes Segelrevier ist. Hier hat nicht…
20.05. Perfect scorelines on breezy day 2 at the Vice Admiral’s Cup Conditions turned autumnal for day two of the Vice Admirals‘ Cup. With seven fleets competing at the RORC’s annual regatta for invited one design and level rating classes, today crews found themselves wrestling their boats around the courses in 15-20 knot winds until…
Tenacious finish – Antigua Bermuda Race Hamilton, Bermuda, May 20: All teams racing in the Antigua Bermuda Race have now arrived in time for tonight’s prize giving to be held at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Tim Wilson’s Australian classic ketch El Oro, led the group of corinthian teams that have refused to put on…
Day 8: Antigua Bermuda Race Hamilton, Bermuda: By 1000 ADT May 19th, five more yachts had completed the Antigua Bermuda Race, with two of those teams making the provisional podium for the race overall. The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club was a popular venue last night as well over a hundred sailors gathered to share a…
Trail blazing Vice Admiral’s Cup opening day The Solent laid on perfect conditions for day one of the Vice Admiral’s Cup with brilliant sunshine, and wind that increased from 10 knots to 20 through the afternoon. This built up a steep chop that was enough to cause crews to struggle to keep boats beneath rigs….