by Natalie | Nov 30, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Day 23 – Kevin Escoffier, 40, who is racing in third place in the Vendée Globe solo non-stop around the world race, positioned some 550 nautical miles SW of Cape Town, has triggered his distress beacon. He was racing in a strong SW’ly air stream on starboard tack...
by Natalie | Nov 28, 2020 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1
After incurring damage yesterday to the starboard rudder of his boat, British sailor Alex Thomson has ceased racing in the Vendée Globe and is now sailing his boat towards Cape Town. Thomson last night disconnected the starboard rudder and has since been sailing the...
by Natalie | Nov 27, 2020 | Daily News, Features
At the same time as Alex Thomson euphorically announced this morning that ‘the BOSS is Back’ after the British skipper completed four days and nights of structural repairs to the inside of the bow of HUGO BOSS, his French rival, second placed Thomas Ruyant and his...
by Natalie | Nov 27, 2020 | Daily News, Features
America’s Cup teams have been warned they face “substantial penalties” for coordinated practice after a concerned Team New Zealand took the issue to the arbitration panel. With all four teams now fine-tuning their second generation boats on the Waitemata Harbour, the...
by Natalie | Nov 26, 2020 | Daily News, Features
The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC), the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), and the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) will hold the next biennial ORC/IRC World Championship in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy. Dates for the event are to be June 18-26, 2022. The event will be...
by Natalie | Nov 26, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Life is not getting any easier for Charlie Dalin, the Vendée Globe leader, as he is still struggling in light breezes as he tries to wriggle free from the sticky clutches of the Saint Helena high pressure which now spans most of the South Atlantic. In the last 24...
