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Mediterranean record: Francis Joyon and IDEC ready for an attempt

Francis Joyon is back in business! A few months after his astonishing record Round the World, of just over 57 ½ days, the Locmariaquer sailor is readying his giant trimaran IDEC for new adventures. First on the agenda is ...

Denmark & UK. Vestas Technology R&D sponsors world sailing record contender

Maximal use of wind power and cutting edge technology are the main reasons behind Vestas Technology R&D;’s sponsorship of SailRocket. The Vestas SailRocket Team behind this project will this year try to be the fastest sailing boat in the ...

Audi Med Cup: Paul Cayard reports Desafio's race

The coastal race was held today, with light to moderate winds from the southeast. Most of the coastal racing is a procession, with little chance to pass. Today was not a lot different. For the second day in a ...

Artemis Transat:Sam Davies up the mast yesterday & frustratingly becalmed today

I had to do a little climb up my mast to the radar yesterday. I used my voltmeter to check the cable at the bottom of the mast for short-circuit and that confirmed I had a problem with the antenna. ...

Audi Med Cup: Mean Machine reports on fleet domination

Peter de Ridder’s Mean Machine sets an AUDI MedCup 2008 record with 4 consecutive wins on the scoreboard and dominates the fleet. The general standings are on fire as Mean Machine tops the scoreboard with Quantum lying just one ...

Ulsan PWA World Cup: Wait for wind continues on Jinha beach

A windless morning on day three of competition signaled another leisurely start for competitors. Hopes of getting the first men’s elimination underway began to build when the local thermal showed signs of kicking in, and early into the afternoon heat ...

Dalian to Qingdao record: Gitana 13 will leave tomorrow

Four days after arriving in Dalian, the maxi-catamaran in the colours of the LCF Rothschild Group will now continue its Asian adventure and head south to Qingdao. A town in the Chinese province of Shandong, Qingdao will play host ...

Artemis Transat: Gitana Eighty and Loick Peyron on the attack

Setting out from Plymouth last Sunday, the fleet of thirteen Imoca monohulls are sailing across the middle of the North Atlantic after four days of racing. The leading group in The Artemis Transat 2008, currently led by Sébastien Josse, yesterday ...

Audi MedCup: Mean Machine tactical duo Ray Davies and Tom Dodson make perfect calls

The Audi MedCup fleet raced a 28-mile double points scoring coastal race today. The new Mean Machine led from start to finish and has moved into the lead overall. Quantum keeps consistent and sits second.  A long day on the ...

Finn World Masters Championship: Andre Budzien successfully defends title with a day to spare

The final two qualification races have been sailed in the 229 boat Finn World Masters in Medemblik in general light to moderate conditions.  Wednesday's race brought lighter winds with a few upsets, however after five races the discard had an ...

Transat AG2R: Phil Sharpe arrives in St Bart

Thursday 16th May 2008, Phil Sharp arrived into St Barts just after 0700 local time onboard his yacht Atlantik FT in 23rd place out of 26 starters. The race took him 24 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes and 13 seconds.  ...

Class 40 Artemis Transat: Benoit Parnaudeau on Prevoir Vie makes best average

There are two major obstacles currently challenging the 11 Class40 boats in The Artemis Transat: the weather with an almost certain period of light conditions and the 36 hour blackout commencing at 1800GMT on Friday. Combined, these two features will ...

Artemis Transat: Jean-Luc Nelias examines the ridge of high pressure

Of all the boats that you can race single-handed on, the IMOCA 60 is the most physical, and notably in light airs when the conditions are variable. In effect, there is a big wardrobe of sails onboard in order to ...

Artemis Transat: Yannick Bestaven describes 'A match in the Vintage Finot division'

"I'm great, I slept well, and my pilot issues are history now. On the racing front, of course the new boats are already far away, but there's a nice little match in our vintage Finots division Could this be ...

Artemis Transat: Brian Thompson looks at the race

Brian Thompson has been racing for over twelve years, holds 25 world records to date and has clocked-up more multi-hull and canting keel monohull sailing miles than any other Briton. Former holder of the absolute round the world record and ...

Qingdao International Regatta: Brits strike gold at Paralympic sailing test

British sailors have passed their first test on Paralympic waters in Qingdao, China, winning two gold medals to top the medal table at the IFDS Qingdao International Regatta on Thursday (15 May).  The five-day regatta – the one and only ...

RYA National Junior Windsurfing Championships starts this weekend

Britain’s budding windsurf stars of tomorrow have the chance to show off their fledgling talents this weekend (17-18 May) when the RYA stages its first ever RYA National Junior Windsurfing Championships at Whitwell, Rutland Water.  Seven class titles will be ...

Alpha Global Expedition: Adrian Flanagan and Barrabas making slow progress

The wind has stalled, not completely but enough to slow my progress to a leisurely walking pace. Maybe this is the calm before the storm. According to my onboard weather forecasting programme, nasty east winds will hit at about two ...

Artemis Transat: Dee Caffari's log - Day 5

15/5/2008 08:37 GMT Maybe, just maybe the power issues are behind us and we can get our heads back in the game. I am extra vigilant with my charge on my batteries as I do not want a repeat performance ...

Artemis Transat: Steve White has a personal Doldrums

15/5/2008 16:32 GMT Hi, Once again the light winds / no wind did for us in the middle of the night. We had our own personal Doldrums, or "Pot au Noir" as I think the French call it which is ...

Artemis Transat: Michel Desjoyeaux on Foncia abandons after hitting a whale

Michel Desjoyeaux, skipper of the Open 60 Foncia, has been forced to abandon his race after hitting a whale. The collision occured at 16hrs 4 UTC, when Desjoyeaux was in fifth place. The boat was damaged forward and also suffered ...

Mediterranean record: Francis Joyon and IDEC ready for an attempt

Francis Joyon is back in business! A few months after his astonishing record Round the World, of just over 57 ½ days, the Locmariaquer sailor is readying his giant trimaran IDEC for new adventures. First on the agenda is ...

Artemis Transat: Dee Caffari focuses on closing the gap

Competitive 24-hour run sees Caffari determined to claw back miles from her rivals    Dee Caffari, onboard Aviva, has left her initial frustrations behind as she concentrates on catching up with the front runners in the Artemis Transat fleet. ...

Sines Formula Windsurfing Grand Prix in Portugal

The beach of São Torpes, Sines, in Portugal, was the chosen spot for the opening of the Formula Windsurfing Tour 2008, one of the most competitive international series of the kind, which had a € 30,000.00 prize money and ...

Archipelago Raid: Dame Ellen McArthur teams with Greg Homann to race in Formula 18 catamarans

In one month’s time the most extreme orienteering sailing race in the world will be hosting some of the biggest names in sailing, who will be competing against less unknown but talented and persistent teams in the 8th edition ...

Volvo Musto Optimist Inland Championship: 325 young sailors head for Grafham Water

The Volvo Musto Inland Championship 2008 will see yet another record entry for the largest and most popular junior class in the UK when 325 young sailors will compete at the annual weekend event.  Grafham Water Sailing Club, ...

Artemis Transat: Miranda Merron moves up rankings; still 2 miles from Boris Hermann

In the last 24 hours Miranda Merron’s ranking has shot up from 9th place to 5th, and the entire Class 40 fleet sticks to the same south-westerly heading with a northerly wind.  Light winds over the next 48 ...

Transat AG2R: Nick Black and Liz Wardley on Sojasun finish 7th in St Barts

Team Pindar’s Open 60 Boat Captain, Nick ‘Nobi’ Black and co-skipper, Liz Wardley finished 7th in the Figaro, Transat AG2R race. The pair arrived in St. Barts on Tuesday, having spent 23 days at sea on the 3,170-mile journey ...

Waller Harris Two handed Triangle Race from Jersey to St Malo

The Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club’s annual Waller-Harris Two-handed Triangle Race takes place from 24th to 26th May. Now in its thirteenth year, this tremendously popular event is expected to see a fleet of up to twenty boats racing ...

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