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Punta Ala, Livorno, Pisa
151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar: Peter Harburg’s 100ft Black Jack was fastest away from the start line
The 14th 151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar set sail at 1400 today off Livorno, Italy. With light winds forecast, the organisers - Yacht Club Punta Ala, Yacht Club Livorno, Yacht Club Repubblica Marinara di Pisa - prior to the start announced the course would be shortened. From the start, the race would follow its usual course to a weather mark and (...) -
One design racing
Womens Match Racing Tour 2023: Pauline Courtois won the Normandie Match Cup
French female match racer Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink Normandy Elite team proved unstoppable yesterday as they defended their Normandie Match Cup title in Le Havre, France, Stage 3 of the 2023 Women’s World Match Racing Tour World Match Racing Tour #WMRT (...) -
Olympic racing
World Cup Series France : Flying French find golden finish to Hyères medal races
France topped the national medal table after foiling to three golds on the last day of the 54th Semaine Olympique Française de Hyères - TPM. There were thrillers across the fleet 8-10 knots easterlies that grew and filled in as the day went on. The medals were spread through the nations with France winning three golds and Spain and Britain (...) -
One design racing
World Match Racing Tour 2023: Chris Poole won the Congressional Cup
Chris Poole (USA) and his Riptide Racing have swept the Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup, sailing undefeated in five days of thrilling competition. Jeppe Borch/ Borch Racing (DEN) finished second, Nick Egnot-Johnson/Knots Racing (NZL third). -
Realteam for Léman hope
Blue Ribbon Lake Geneva record: 46 minutes and 48 seconds for Esteban Garcia’s TF35
The prestigious speed Speed #speedsailing record Record #sailingrecord covering the length of Lake Geneva between Port-Noir (GE ) and Le Bouveret (VS) had been held by Hydros.ch since 2014, but Monday, at 15.27, flying over the virtual finish line near Port Noir, the Lausanne team of Esteban Garcia and Jerome Clerc has set a new record (...) -
The Ocean Race
11th Hour Racing Team set a new 24-hour distance record of 544.63 nautical miles
It’s week 2, Leg 3 of The Ocean Race the Ocean Race The Ocean Race et Volvo Ocean Race - the world’s longest and toughest sporting event - and the only US entry, 11th Hour Racing Team, has passed the remote Kerguelen Islands, and soon they’ll be passing to the south of Australia. It has been a week of emotional highs and (...) -
44Cup
44Cup Oman: Ceeref has again won the opening event of the season
Usually racing on the 44Cup between the high performance owner-driver one designs is tight with ties or just single points separating the leaders. At the 44Cup Oman, opening event of the 2023 season and hosted out of Muscat’s Al Mouj Marina by Oman Sail, perhaps due to the strong conditions of the first three days, the leaderboard was (...) -
600 nm Offshore Race | Antigua
14th RORC Caribbean 600 : Pyewacket 70 announced Overall Winner
The Royal Ocean Racing Club announce that the overall winner of the 14th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is Roy P. Disney’s Pyewacket 70 (USA). None of the teams still racing under IRC has any realistic chance of beating Pyewacket 70 after time correction. The Pyewacket 70 team will be presented with the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy at (...) -
Nacra 17 • iQFoil
Lanzarote International Regatta : Two French golds and one for Israel
The Israeli squad have dominated the iQFOiL women’s racing all week. Tricky breeze on the race course meant the medal series couldn’t go ahead. So Israel took all three spots on the podium, with Shahar Tibi (ISR) on the top step. In second and third respectively were Sharon Kantor (ISR) and Maya Morris (...) -
Montego Bay Yacht Club
Pyewacket70 captures line honors in the 35th Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race
Pyewacket70, the modified Volvo70 owned by Roy P. Disney crossed the Appleton Estate finish line of the 35th Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race this morning at 08:20:19 to capture line honors. Pyewacket70 sailed the course in an elapsed time of 2 days 18 hours 20 minutes and 19 seconds. The winner of the Pineapple Cup is awarded to the team (...)
