Return of the round Australia race
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the 1988 Bi-Centenary Around Australia Race, Ocean Events is pleased to announce that the inaugural ‘Ocean Race Around Australia’ will go ahead in read more
Rolex Fastnet Race – line honours form guide
While the Rolex Fastnet Race's main prize is the Fastnet Challenge Trophy and Rolex chronometer for the first among the 300 boats competing under IRC handicap,...
First tentative steps
Led by co-skippers Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard, the crew of the 40m trimaran Spindrift 2 has benefited all week from ideal weather conditions allowing...
Strong female entries in record-breaking Rolex Fastnet Race
A key feature of this year's Rolex Fastnet Race will be the number of high profile women taking part, when the world's largest offshore race...
ORMA 60 recycling
Prince de Bretagne, or to be specific the Northern Brittany-based co-operative behind the vegetable brand, has significantly upped the ante with its sailing sponsorship.read more
Spindrift 2 launched
Spindrift 2, the largest racing trimaran in the world, has been launched at Lorient this afternoon. read more
The big beast emerges
The world's largest maxi-trimaran formerly known as Banque Populaire was today revealed in her new livery by her new owners Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard's...
Sunday afternoon ETA for Joyon
Covering 650 miles over the past 24 hours, Francis Joyon is close to his own 24-hour solo sailing distance record of 666 miles.read more
Joyon goes code amber
Francis Joyon has gone to code amber for his attempt on the elusive singlehanded west to east record across the North Atlantic from New York...
Francis Joyon prepares for solo transat record attempt
A grand gathering took place in Paris yesterday to mark the impending singlehanded west to east transatlantic record attempt by Francis Joyon and his faithful...
Francis Joyon poised to claim Grand Slam
French solo sailing legend Francis Joyon currently holds the singlehanded round the world record (57 days), the solo 24 hour record (668 miles at an...
Joyon set to demolish latest record
Following Thomas Coville and Sodebo's retirement from this rread more
Francis Joyon back in action
Francis Joyon and his red maxi trimaran IDEC are returning to the water in the build-up to the 2014 Route du Rhum, when he will line...
2013 round Europe race course announced
The course for the Route des Princes has been announced. This latest version of the 'round Europe race' is open to multihulls of 50ft or...
The future of L’Hydroptere
After an eventful year in the USA, Alain Thébault's L'Hydroptere team of is taking advantage of the winter to fine-tune their technological and sports program...