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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 (...) -
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 (...) -
Giraglia Rolex Cup
"Beginner’s Luck" for Libertine in St Tropez
Maurizio Biscardi’s sailing experience is not very extensive by his own admission, but that did not stop him and his crew onboard Libertine from taking home the top position in this classic Mediterranean regatta. "My sailing experience is really recent- it basically started with the launch of Libertine this year," said Maurizio Biscardi, (...) -
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 TP52 GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHP
Patches wins inaugural TP52 event
As if to prove that the TP52 class is now one of the most competitive and hardest fought games in sailing, the two leaders - Philippe Kahn’s Pegasus 52 and Irishman Eamon Conneely’s Patches - entered the final day and two windward-leeward races of the Rolex TP52 Global Championship, sailed in conjunction with Acura Miami Race Week, (...) -
Transpac 52
Farr Yacht Design presents its 3rd generation of TP52
Farr Yacht Design Yacht Design #YachtDesign has developed two new third generation Transpac 52 designs (Designs #585 and #586) to compete in both the European and US Transpac 52 competitions starting with the 2005 summer season. Commissions from a number of clients enabled FYD to pool together funds to significantly expand the research (...) -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 60th Anniversary
Aera historic British boat to win Sydney - Hobart handicap trophy
Aera becomes twelfth foreign registered yacht to win the Australian classic In 60 years of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Aera has become the third British boat to have won the coveted handicap trophy. Owner of the Ker 55, Nick Lykiardopulo, joins the exalted company of Captain John Illingworth who won the inaugural Sydney Hobart Race in (...) -
Rolex Trophy • Sydney
Targé winner of Rolex Trophy - by one point
After four days and eight races, just one point separated Sydney yachtsman Steven David’s 60-footer Targé and New Zealander Stewart Thwaites’ 98-footer Konica Minolta at the end of the prestigious Rolex Trophy off Sydney Heads today. Giving the event an international flavour, third place overall went to the well-performed British (...)
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