Ichi Ban wins 2021 Sydney Hobart

Matt Allen’s TP52 Ichi Ban was declared overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race for a third time, earning the Tattersall Cup for the lowest corrected time under the IRC rule. Since launched in late December 2017, Ichi Ban also won overall honors in 2017...

British sailors become British royalty

A host of the British Sailing Team’s Tokyo 2020 stars have been recognized in the New Year Honors 2022 List for services to sailing. Hannah Mills (above left) is made an OBE after winning gold in the women’s 470 class in Japan this summer, becoming the most successful...

Increased popularity of the ORC rule

As yacht design became more focused on racing than dual purpose, the landscape of competition has pushed less nimble boats that once raced to the sidelines. But that is about to change in Annapolis, MD. Recognizing the number of mid-Chesapeake Bay sailboat owners that...

Sydney Hobart: Black Jack claims line honors victory

Black Jack sailed across the Castray Esplanade finish line in Hobart at 01:37:17 this morning, claiming line honors in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s 2021 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, in the time of two days 12 hours 37 minutes 17 seconds. Right up until...

Tokyo 2020: Sort of good news

When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2013 selected Tokyo as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics, the losers that day were Madrid and Istanbul. Years later, those European cities recognize the bullet they dodged. The spread of COVID-19 was massively...