by Natalie | Nov 5, 2019 | Daily News, Features, Regattas News
The festivities of Les Voiles de St Tropez are unrivalled. This end of season finale continues to grow in duration and carnival like atmosphere. But It was a tough week for the race committee in St Tropez this year. Far too much or far too little wind. Faced with...
by Natalie | Oct 25, 2019 | Daily News, Features, Regattas News
Day 6 – The 606nm Rolex Middle Sea Race, one of the offshore classics that is essentially a clockwise circumnavigation of Sicily starting and finishing in Malta, had about as good an ending as could be imagined. The 40th edition has had 54 yachts complete the course...
by Natalie | Oct 17, 2019 | Daily News, Features, Regattas News
The sixth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, starting November 23, is set to feature a huge variety of yachts for the 2019 edition which extends across the Atlantic Ocean along the 3000 nm course from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands to Grenada in the Caribbean....
by Natalie | Oct 9, 2019 | Regattas News
17 August – Michael Clough Trophy The Michael Clough trophy is sailed on the weekend closest to his birthday, this year August 17-18. As usual, we were given a series of unusual sailing instructions including: mainsail only, spinnaker & main, no tacking – gybes...
by Natalie | Oct 4, 2019 | Regattas News
The Multihull Cup’s built on from the successes of its previous editions and has quickly established itself as a regatta race fans cannot afford to miss. Although the regatta’s idyllic location and supreme sailing conditions add to its allure, it’s the camaraderie on...
by Natalie | Oct 4, 2019 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1, Regattas News
Portsmouth, UK (October 4, 2019) – America’s Cup challenger INEOS TEAM UK (GBR) has officially christened their first AC75 boat from their headquarters, naming her ‘Britannia’ in homage to one of Britain’s most famous racing yachts. The day marks a landmark moment,...