Paprec and Arkéa are strengthening their commitment to ocean racing as they lead a new campaign for the 2024 Vendée Globe…
Monthly archives for December, 2021
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Saturday
Dec 04
2021
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Dec 04
2021
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Conner Blouin on the 2021 Waszp North Americans
Friday
Dec 03
2021
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Dec 03
2021
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I checked in with Conner Blouin, regatta chair of the 2021 Waszp North American Championship, via email, to learn more about this exciting foiling affair…
IMA introduces Maxi European Championship for 2022
Friday
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 03
2021
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Supported by Rolex, this first ever IMA Maxi European Championship is organised by the Circolo Remo e Vela Italia and the International Maxi Association under the patronage of the FIV and in cooperation with YC Italiano and the Reale YC Canottieri Savoia.
Light winds challenge sailors at ILCA 6 Worlds
Friday
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
The ILCA 6 World Championships finally got under way in the Al-Mussanah Sports City, Oman overnight, with three races completed in a light sea breeze…
KiteFoil World Series Gran Canaria day 2
Friday
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
The ‘racing postponed’ flags were displayed at 2pm on day two of the 2021 KiteFoil World Series Gran Canaria. Winds gusting over 30 knots at the Playa de las Burras meant no racing for the day…
M32 class all set for 2022
Friday
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 03
2021
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The champagne has yet to dry on the 2021 World Championship trophy in Miami as the class is finalizing the 2022 schedule with spectacular new venues and old favourites…
7 months until the start of the Globe40
Friday
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Two and a half years after its launch, the GLOBE40 is now in the advanced stages of its preparation for the race start in Tangier on 26 June 2022…
Three year pit stop in Golden Globe Race
Friday
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 03
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede wrote his name into the record books by not only winning the 2018 Golden Globe solo non-stop round the world race, but becoming the oldest in history to complete such a race when he crossed the finish line on January 29, 2019.
But as the 73-year old French veteran of six solo circumnavigations completed the course with an elapsed time of 212d 5h 10m 0s, the trail behind held stories of hardship and hard luck. Curiously, barnacle growth was an issue for several competitors, slowing their progress considerably.
One of those was Australian Mark Sinclair whose Lello 34 Coconut had been plagued by growth when he reached his home port of Adelaide in December 2018 just as his water supplies ran dry. While he had a team of friends rallied to clean the hull and make other repairs to the boat, he decided to retire due to concern that reaching Cape Horn in early March was too late in the season.
However, that was not the end of Sinclair’s story as he is setting off from Adelaide to Les Sables d’Olonne, France on December 5, to finish his 2018 Golden Globe Race after 3-year hiatus. Under the 2018 GGR Notice of Race, he could continue the race in Chichester Class, aiming to become the sixth finisher of the race.
The rules allow for one breach of the strict solo, non-stop un-assisted circumnavigation without the aid of modern electronic navigation aids regulations that make this Race unique. However, those that do move down to the Chichester Class as if, like Sir Francis Chichester in 1966-67, they have made one stop during their solo circumnavigation.
“I have unfinished business with the GGR and several reasons to complete my voyage,” explained Sinclair. “I sailed the easy part of the course and want to have a go at the second one. It is an interesting route: one week to Tasmania, another week to New Zealand, before another two months to Cape Horn.
“All sailors who finished the 2018 GGR had been around the world at least once, so this is a great preparation for the 2022 edition, rounding the Horn and bringing the boat back to Les Sables d’Olonne!”
The next edition of the Golden Globe Race is slated to start on September 4, 2022.
Luna Rossa enters 37th America’s Cup
Thursday
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
When the entry period for the 37th America’s Cup opened on December 1, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and defender Emirates Team New Zealand revealed that several challenges were received, though did not disclose their identity.
It was the New Zealand Herald that first reported Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli, who won the 2003 and 2007 America’s Cup, had entered his Alinghi team. Now it is STUFF media that has the Italian Luna Rossa team returning for another crack at the Auld Mug…
Brits and Aussie claim 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year
Thursday
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Cowes, UK (December 2, 2021) – Olympic gold medalists Hannah Mills MBE (GBR) and Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) were voted female 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year in a virtual ceremony streamed live from the Royal Yacht Squadron. Australia’s Tom Slingsby has won the male 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year in celebration of his achievements in three competitive classes over the past two years.
Mills and McIntyre claimed gold in Tokyo in the 470 class, a victory which made Mills the most successful female Olympic sailor of all time. This was her second Olympic gold, repeating her victory from Rio 2016 with her new partner…
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Thursday
Dec 02
2021
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Dec 02
2021
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Well, it’s not NFT’s, but it looks interesting! Jump in the thread to discuss, brought to you by Marlow Ropes.
Dates for 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race announced
Thursday
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Following the success of the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race from Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and its French partners are delighted to announce the date for the next edition of its flagship event in 2023…
America’s Cup: Maybe four Challengers already?
Thursday
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
The number of early entries for the 37th America’s Cup has given lie to predictions that the cost of competing. Alinghi (SUI) and Luna Rossa (ITA) have entered along with maybe one more plus Challenger of Record INEOS Britannia…
IAM support inaugural Australian Maxi Championship
Thursday
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 02
2021
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The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia is delighted to welcome Income Asset Management as the naming rights partner for the inaugural Australian Maxi Championship…
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild expected into Lorient
Thursday
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 02
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Just over a week ago, Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier were celebrating their magnificent victory in the Ultime category of the Transat Jacques Vabre with the whole of Gitana Team…
late to the, um, party
Thursday
Dec 02
2021
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Dec 02
2021
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know. This is an interesting series that is worth a look…
ILCA6 Radial Women’s World Championship – Day 2 Action
Thursday
Dec 02
2021
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Dec 02
2021
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Julia Buesselberg of Germany is the leader after the three races were completed on day 2 of the ILCA 6 (Radial) Women’s World Championship, taking place in Oman…
Expedition Ketch build captured on timelapse video
Wednesday
Dec 01
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Dec 01
2021
Posted by XS Editor
Check out the most recent timelapse of the 80″ ketch under construction at Lloyd Stevenson Boatbuilders. This doesn’t show the competed boat but takes us up to March 2021…
to infiniti and beyond?
Wednesday
Dec 01
2021
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Dec 01
2021
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The first Infiniti 52 has sea trialed in the UK before heading south through Biscay as part of its training program and its first race in January 2022, the RORC Trans-Atlantic Race. Joint developer of the DSS patent and founder of Infiniti Yachts, Gordon Kay talks us through the gestation of the genre-defining project.
The boat will have to be trucked from Composite Builders in Holland, Michigan to Baltimore and then shipped to Southampton, where the team at Racetec Rigging will carry out the final fit-out and commissioning in conjunction with Infiniti Yachts…
New UK Covid rules as cases head towards 300,000
Wednesday
Dec 01
2021
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Dec 01
2021
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Governments across the world are re-examining their Covid safety measures following the arrival of the Omicron variant…
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