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IRC USA
Decision IV 2009 IRC East Coast Champion
After three days and six races, just three seconds separated Stephen Murray Jr.’s (New Orleans, La.) TP 52 TP 52 #TP52 Decision IV from Mike Williamson’s (New Castle, N.H.) King 40 White Heat in the battle to claim the overall title at the 2009 IRC East Coast Championship. In total, 38 yachts raced in five classes at the event, (...) -
12M World Champs
Bill Koch wins the 12M Grand Prix division
While history didn’t quite repeat itself today, it came pretty close. The final races of the 2009 12 Metre World Championships were sailed on a sparkling Rhode Island Sound as helicopters buzzed and spectator boats jockeyed for front row seats to the action – evoking memories of 26 years ago to the day when the longest winning (...) -
Round the Island Race
Oman Sail Masirah takes line honours
Conditions in Sudnay’s JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race gave everyone a challenge. The breeze at the start was light, with some boats swept over the line early and having to make their way back slowly. At the Needles the most popular description competitors had of the race was "champagne sailing". Then the wind played (...) -
Deauville International Week
Souben wins the Farr 30 division in Deauville
Deauville International Week was certainly born under a lucky star. 4 editions, 4 forecasts with wind, 4 forecasts with sun and 4 sessions of top quality competition. -
Fort Lauderdale to Charleston Race
Rosebud/Team DYT sets new record
In a fitting re-birth of the venerable Fort Lauderdale to Charleston Race, Roger Sturgeon’s STP65 Rosebud/Team DYT (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) crossed the finish line just before 10 p.m. on April 10, to break the 35-year-old race record Record #sailingrecord set in 1974 by Ralph Ryder’s C&C 66 Phantom and set a new standard for (...) -
International Rolex Regatta
Swiss win in St. Thomas
Hundreds of sailors at the International Rolex Regatta rallied after hard racing yesterday to enjoy a reggae music concert and food fest last night at Yacht Haven Grande, then hit the water today for a final showdown in one of the most spectacular sailing arenas in the Caribbean, if not the world. Today’s races -magnificently threading (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Fourth consecutive line honours victory for Wild Oats
Wild Oats XI strode majestically up the Derwent River this morning to beat Skandia by one hour seven minutes and score a record Record #sailingrecord fourth consecutive line honours victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart after one of the best tactical battles seen at the head of the fleet in the race’s 64-year (...) -
STP 65
Udo Schütz presents a brand new Container
The industry had been speculating, the experts were certain and now she is here: Udo Schütz, founder of Schütz GmbH & Co. KGaA and pioneer of honeycomb technologies prevalent in aircraft construction, is ready to show off a brand new boat. -
Rolex Big Boat Series
Reichel/Pugh 78 Akela took line honors in the final race
There’s a saying in sailboat racing that if there’s wind, then everyone is happy. It’s safe to say that the competitors in the Rolex Big Boat Series were ecstatic with today’s conditions of 8-10 knots in the morning, building to 15+ knots by early afternoon for the regatta’s final race - known as the Bay Tour. The (...) -
New York Yacht Club 154th Annual Regatta
Meyers’ Numbers Shows its IRC Prowess
Anticipation ran high throughout the New York Yacht Club’s 154th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, hosted Saturday and Sunday from the NYYC’s Harbour Court Clubhouse in Newport, R.I. Competitors, designers, journalists and spectators alike were anxious to see how the newest, hottest IRC boats measured up against one another in (...)
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