by Natalie | Feb 3, 2023 | Daily News
Day 9 – One day can make a big difference in The Ocean Race. In fact, just a few hours can turn what had been a winning hand in the South Atlantic into something doubtful. That’s been the case for GUYOT environnement – Team Europe, who gambled on an easterly line-up...
by Natalie | Feb 3, 2023 | Daily News
The Ocean Cleanup received its largest private donation to date, a $25 million gift from Joe Gebbia, Co-founder of Airbnb and Samara and Chairman of Airbnb.org. The international non-profit project, which is developing and scaling technologies to rid the world’s...
by Natalie | Feb 3, 2023 | Daily News
Completing the 2020-21 Vendée Globe – the single-handed, solo, non-stop round the world yacht race – is a major accomplishment, but Clarisse Crémer (FRA), one of only six women in the 2021 field of 33 starters, shattered the women’s record in both the solo and open...
by Natalie | Jan 30, 2023 | Daily News
When commenting about the costs of an America’s Cup campaign, five-time winner Russell Coutts noted in 2014 how personnel was somewhere between 50 and 60 per cent of the running costs of the teams. There was irony in his assessment as Coutts had done more than anyone...
by Natalie | Jan 30, 2023 | Daily News
The effort to establish Sailing as a Paralympic Sport was not successful as the International Paralympic Committee revealed the 22 sports to be featured in the sport program for Los Angeles 2028. Sailing was introduced at the Paralympic Games as a demonstration sport...
by Natalie | Jan 30, 2023 | Daily News
Day 6 – It’s been a difficult 24 hours for The Ocean Race fleet as the five IMOCA teams become fully engulfed in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, better known as the doldrums. The light, fickle winds, random storm cells and clouds that bring sudden puffs of wind...
