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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Line honours winner, Wild Oats XI, makes it 3 in a row
Wild Oats XI, which led all the way from the start but under pressure from the British maxi City Index Leopard right to the finish line in the River Derwent, took line honours this morning in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Wild Oats XI first out of Sydney Heads
The Sydney maxi Wild Oats XI took round one in the battle of the maxis at the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race today. From a good start, and with smart tactics, she was able to slow her British rival City Index Leopard on the short beat to windward to the first turning mark inside Sydney Heads and then extend that lead on the leg (...) -
Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Nariida Takes Real-Time Victory in Sint Maarten
Nariida (NOR), the Wally 105 owned by Morten Bergesen, was the first maxi yacht to cross the finish line - at 03.06 am UTC on 7th December 2007 - in the first edition of the Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. After 10 days, 14 hours, 1 minute and 48 seconds of navigation, the 15 crew members crossed the line located off Simpson Bay observed (...) -
Rolex Middle Sea Race
Stromboli record for George David and the 90’ Rambler
Two stories of dramatically contrasting fortune have unfolded over the past 24-hours of the 2007 Rolex Middle Sea Race. Both stories ended happily. Both could have ended quite differently. In one, an American crew defied the elements to destroy a seven-year old course record Record #sailingrecord . In the second, an Australian crew were (...) -
Rolex Fastnet Race
ICAP Leopard smashes Fastnet race record by 8h50’
At 08h 58m 53sec local time, Mike Slade’s new 100-foot super maxi crossed the finish line off the Plymouth breakwater under spinnaker, breaking the Rolex Fastnet Race monohull race record Record #sailingrecord that has stood since 1999. -
JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race
Ellen MacArthur takes overall line honours in Cowes
Hitting speeds of close to 30 knots the Extreme 40 JPMorgan Asset Management helmed by Ellen MacArthur took line honours in the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race today after 4 hours and 6 minutes of full-on racing. Fifty seconds, at 0916 BST later, the Extreme 40 ABN AMRO slipped across the line making it a one, two for this (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart
Another "Classic" lives up to its tough reputation
With winds of no more than 20 knots forecast just prior to the start, this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart was lining up to be a relatively benign event. But despite a moderate forecast, the world’s toughest ’classic 600 mile’ offshore race did not fail to live up to its reputation, with competitors not only having to (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart
Wild Oats XI wins again in Hobart
To the relief of her 23 exhausted crew and owner Bob Oatley, this evening Wild Oats XI gybed her way under spinnaker in the dark up Hobart’s Derwent River to secure her second consecutive line honours win in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the first back-to-back win in the race since Peter Warner’s Fife-designed Astor, in 1963-4. The (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart
Wild Oats leads 78-strong fleet after spectacular start
As a spectacle to prise Sydney residents and visitors away from their Boxing Day BBQs, today’s start of the 62nd Rolex Sydney Hobart could not have been better: a scorching sun, a respectable if chilly breeze, Sydney Harbour with its intricate topography and familiar landmarks such as the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge as a backdrop (...) -
BARCOLANA 38
Smashing victory for Neville Crichton
101st victory for Neville Crichton, who has won today in the 38th Barcolana regatta in Trieste at the helm of his Alfa Romeo 2. 1788 boats at the starting line: this is the great traditional festival that every year Trieste dedicates to sailing.