Five 100ft maxis and one new 80 footer
Just under a month and a half out from the start of the 69th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the CYCA has confirmed that 97 yachts are registered for the race, including 22 international entrants,read more
Rapid pitstops
1815 miles now separates the MOD 70 leaders and the Class 40 tailenders in the Transat Jacques Vabre, but the good news is that after...
Campbell-James leads the charge
Paul Campbell-James booked his place in the grand final of the 2013 RYA National Match Racing Championship as his crew clinched event honours at the...
Winter sun
After weeks of gales, it was with some trepidation that the Garmin Hamble Winter Series fleet nosed out of the river on Sunday in time...
More boats set to stop
While five different boats in the Transat Jacques Vabre revealed over the course of today (Monday) that they will make technical pit stops, the race...
Safran pulls into the lead
As expected with a transatlantic race that sets off from northern Europe at the beginning of winter, the Transat Jacques Vabre has seen a number of...
MACIF damages rudder and diverts
Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux, leaders of the IMOCA 60 fleet in the Transat Jacques Vabre are putting into Peniche, 87 km northwest of Lisbon, Portugal...
24 hours til blast off
30 days have now elapsed between the theoretical start date of the Mini Transat from Douarnenez and the race has still yet to get further...
Arkema -Aquitaine capsizes
At 2158 UTC the race committee of the Transat Jacques Vabre received a call from Yann Elies, co-skipper of FenêtréA Cardinal to inform them that...
Class40s underway again
The 26 Class40s are in the process of returning to the Transat Jacques Vabre race course, setting sail from Roscoff on the north Brittany coast...
7 breezes it
The Gotta Love It 7 team took out the season’s first championship race with a brilliant victory in Race 1 of the NSW 18ft Skiff...
Maitre Jacques sustains damage
Big conditions on the Bay of Biscay have taken their toll with Loïc Fequet and Loïc Escoffier's Multi 50 Maitre Jacques sustaining damage to the...
Gale in the Bay of Biscay
A day and a half into the Transat Jacques Vabre, the Class40 fleet remains safely berthed in Roscoff on the north coast of Brittany, where Sébastien...
GDF Suez first into Roscoff
Leading the Transat Jacques Vabre Class 40 fleet in to their weather stop at Bloscon, Roscoff Sébastien Rogues and Fabien Delahaye on GDF Suez crossed...
Storms and calms
The 2013 Garmin Hamble Winter Series enters its second half on Sunday after a mid-series break.read more
Another appointment for Nigel King
The RYA has appointed Nigel King as the RYA Racing Keelboat Manager - a new and exciting position within the RYA Racing Department.read more
Easy first night
After a first night racing in conditions which proved to be slightly better than expected, the MOD70s are closing on Ushant with the bulk of...
Away at last
The 11th Transat Jacques Vabre started under grey, drizzling skies in light winds at 1200 UTC off Le Havre’s Saint Adresse beach.read more
Transat Jacques Vabre – possible stopover in Roscoff
The Transat Jacques Vabre finally sets off from Le Havre today at 1200 UTC for all four classes.read more
Transat Jacques Vabre – Class40s
The most competitive element of the Transat Jacques Vabre, if it does finally set sail tomorrow, will be the Class40, featuring by far the biggest...