by Natalie | Nov 8, 2021 | Daily News, Mallorca Yachting Industry News
The environment minister of the Balearic Parliament is calling for a “diligent” debate about the number of boats traversing the waters of the Balearic Islands, leading to “overcrowding” and environmental concerns. Minister Miquel Mir was responding to local concerns...
by Natalie | Nov 8, 2021 | Daily News
Before it became The Ocean Race, it was the Volvo Ocean Race in which the round the world course evolved into a trunk show, stopping along the way to flex its commercial muscle. Rather than zipping across the lower latitudes, the course was detouring through India,...
by Natalie | Nov 7, 2021 | Daily News
The sun shone, the wind blew and 79 boats in the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre got off the start line at Le Havre bound for Martinique. The weather conditions offered a north-westerly wind between 15 and 20 knots on a choppy sea for the 5 Ultimes, 7 Ocean Fifty,...
by Natalie | Nov 6, 2021 | Daily News
The fleet competing in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef now boasts a lateral separation of nearly 600 miles. To the north, Antoine Bos (825 – Rhino) is sticking to his guns on a shorter, more direct route, around a hundred miles south of the great circle route, whilst...
by Natalie | Nov 6, 2021 | Daily News
Winning by the slimmest of margins, Takashi Okura’s TP52 Sled team were crowned 2021’s 52 SUPER SERIES champions and Rolex TP52 World Champions, joining Azzurra and Quantum Racing as only the third crew to have won the circuit’s top honors. Holding a lead of one...
by Natalie | Nov 2, 2021 | Daily News
Day 4 – As has been the case for the past 36 hours, the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef fleet – with the exception of three competitors who are favoring a trajectory close to the great circle route – is continuing to zigzag its way down the Atlantic toward Guadeloupe. In a...
