The New Zealand SailGP Team is third on the event leaderboard after a tricky first day of the Dubai Sail Grand Prix, which saw all nine teams battling to get up – and stay up – on the foils in light winds…

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French skipper Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée) has dismasted on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe while lying in ninth place on the solo race from Saint-Malo to Guadeloupe which started on Wednesday at 1415hrs.

He reported the accident at 1700hrs this afternoon. He is uninjured and his team are in contact with him.

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Jimmy Spithill is keenly aware of the critical juncture facing the United States SailGP Team as it prepares for its next challenge, this weekend’s SailGP Middle East debut, the Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas…

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Title favourite Charlie Dalin (APIVIA) has been enjoying something of a rich-get-richer scenario at the front of the 36 strong Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe IMOCA fleet, his lead of 60 miles ahead of Thomas Ruyant (LinkedOUt) increasing by the hour…

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Ben Ainslie and his Great Britain SailGP Team returned to the water as the team began training ahead of this weekends Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O – 12 and 13 November…

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(November 10, 2022; Day 2) – With the first 24 hours of racing in the Route du Rhum completed and the record sized fleet of solo racers settling into their ocean racing rhythm, the biggest threat to the lead of Charles Caudrelier and the Ultim 32/23 pacemaker Maxi Edmond de Rothschild may be his jumping the gun at the start yesterday.

One other threat has been eliminated as rival Armel Le Cléac’h reported at midday today that he has a damaged daggerboard and is taking his Maxi Banque Populaire XI to Lorient for analysis – and potentially to fit a spare.

Caudrelier was opening the 3542 nautical miles course from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe in confident style. He was around 20 nautical miles further south than François Gabart who is progressively winding up his SVR-Lazartigue on which Gabart, 2018’s runner up, is contesting his first ocean race.

But Caudrelier’s team are contesting the call that their 100-foot trimaran broke the line early. The data from the line marker buoys is updated in real time and is now being analyzed against the his team’s positioning software and the tracking…

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After the wettest October on record in Australia, the Land Speed team have decided to put ‘Horonuku’ back in the shed for a couple of weeks to have a break while allowing more time for the surface to dry out in the increasing temperatures…

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The twelfth edition of the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe started in great conditions at 1415hrs CET off Saint Malo this afternoon Wednesday 9th November…

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American Joe Harris along with Roger Junet are competing in the Globe40, a multi-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s. Seven teams were at the beginning on June 26, with five teams now on the fourth leg from Auckland, New Zealand to Papeete, Tahiti.

After starting on October 29, Harris files this report from onboard GryphonSolo2 on November 8, 2022:

We are approaching the turning mark at the island of Bora Bora, before hanging a right over to Tahiti and the finish line of this leg at Papeete.

Can we just pause for a moment and admire the name Bora Bora? I mean really, was there a WW2 movie by that name or am I hallucinating that? We can’t do “The Google” out here so maybe somebody can tell me the origin of the name?

Meanwhile… there is an absolutely full moon tonight and I am awed by its clarity, juxtaposed against some amazingly clear white clouds… rather breathtaking…

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With the time and date now set for the start of the 12th Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe on Wednesday 9th November at 1415hrs, it looks like being a fast race…

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The On Course series takes a regular look at the sailing world with show host Matt Sheahan:

The Route du Rhum is the biggest solo offshore racing event in the world. Walk along the dockside at the start venue in St Malo where 138 boats were alongside the quay and it’s clear that this race across the Atlantic is a serious crowd puller. In just under two weeks the race village will see 2 million visitors strolling through a staggering offshore grand prix pit lane.

PlanetSail was there and as part of our Route du Rhum special we talk to some of the key players to find out more about this extraordinary event and the advanced machines that take part in this 3,500 race across the Atlantic to Guadeloupe.

And while the winter may be drawing in up here and the clocks have gone forwards, there’s still loads to report on including several new launches and key announcements in the America’s Cup.

We’ve also been boat testing with reports on why Swan’s latest launch is also its boldest along with a hands on assessment of the new Excess 15 performance cruising cat.

Plus, we have plenty in Docktalk.

Video uploaded Nov. 7, 2022.

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Jordi Xammar is only six months into his role as leader and driver of the Spanish SailGP team. Yet his world seems to be crumbling around him with the mounting pressure of performing against some of the best and most experienced sailors in the world…

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The Noakes Youth team of Tom Cunich, George Richardson and Jed Cruikshank took full advantage of the 3-buoys handicap system to come from behind over the final lap of the course and take out Race 4 of the 18 footer Spring Championship on Sydney Harbour…

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Dame Pattie is an International 12-metre class racing yacht built for the America’s Cup Challenge Series in 1967. She was designed by Warwick Hood and built by W.H. Barnett in New South Wales, Australia…

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ETNZ have taken their AC40 out of One Design mode, in which it has been sailing for the past 16 sailing sessions, or so, and have turned it into their development boat, or LEQ12 in the parlance of the Protocol governing the next America’s Cup…

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Saint Malo, France (November 5, 2022) – The start of the 3542 nm Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo race across the Atlantic from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe, which was due to be tomorrow at 1302hrs local time has been postponed, because of the forecast for storms which would have hit the 138-boat fleet during the first hours of the course and particularly in the English Channel.

The decision was announced today at 10:30 am during the skippers’ weather briefing because of the forecast weather situation in the Channel during the first 36 hours of the race. This decision is made in particular because of the the passage of a very violent depression, accompanied by a very big sea blocking the course during the first night and leaving no escape for the sailors to get out of the English Channel.

After consultation with Météo Consult forecasters, OC Sport Pen Duick, the organizer of La Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, and Race Director Francis Le Goff, will wait to find a next more favorable window for a new start on November 8 or 9.

With 20 to 25 knots of westerly wind anticipated tomorrow, the latest 48-hour accurate weather reports had a very active cold front to follow with average winds of around 40 knots and gusts above 50 knots to be accompanied by a very big swell created by tropical storm Martin, creating a seven metres swell in the Channel on November 7…

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In the highly technical war of attrition of transatlantic racing, precision load monitoring is essential…

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Yachtsman and tycoon Peter de Savary died at the age of 78 on October 30, 2022 in Chelsea, south-west London.

The maverick entrepreneur amassed hotels, golf resorts, and castles – and at one time owned both Land’s End and John O’Groats. A passionate yachtsman, de Savary owned more than 30 boats during his lifetime, including a 30 metre rive barge named Savvy, the iconic Hollywood yacht Kalizma and Herreshoff-designed sailing yacht Vagrant.

The British entrepreneur led the British challenge for the America’s Cup by Royal Burnham Yacht Club in 1983. The Victory syndicate made it to the finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup but were beaten by Alan Bond’s Australian syndicate, who went on to claim the Auld Mug by defeating the New York Yacht Club for the first time in 132 years.

De Savary was also a regular on the regatta circuit competing in the Newport Bucket and the St Barths Bucket.

The son of a French-born Essex farmer, de Savary was kicked out of Charterhouse School aged 16, allegedly after been caught in bed with the au pair. By the time he was 30, he had made his first million selling goods to Nigeria.

Amid a wide range of pursuits, de Savary became known for his hospitality career. He founded the St James’s Club in London in 1979, opening venues in Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Antigua, and started the Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle – the Highlands backdrop for Madonna’s wedding to Guy Ritchie in 2000.

De Savary also invested heavily in Grenada, developing the Port Louis site as a marina and owning Mount Cinnamon Resort on Grand Anse Beach. During his colourful career, he also founded Pendennis Shipyard and was the chairman of Millwall Football Club.

While travelling with his family from the Caribbean in 1987, their plane crashed, killing the pilot. “My philosophy on life changed,” said de Savary, whose young daughter had to be revived on the beach. “When you look death in the eye, you know it’s a pretty tenuous thing we’re hanging on to.”

De Savary said none of his £100million fortune would be left to his children, explaining: “They will not be given the awesome task of trying to preserve or augment or carry on any of my efforts.”

De Savary is survived by his third wife and his five daughters…

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Skydance Sports will produce an all-access, behind-the-scenes documentary series on the 37th edition of the America’s Cup. All the competing teams will allow never-before-seen access into their preparations and execution of the race, and the documentary series will showcase the people and the drama – on and off the water – throughout the competition. – Full report

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