by Natalie | Nov 13, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to 2021, World Sailing has released the Notice of Race for the Olympic Sailing Competition. The competition will run out of Enoshima Yacht Harbour in Japan and will commence on July 25 with the concluding...
by Natalie | Nov 11, 2020 | Daily News, Features, Mallorca Yachting Industry News
Work at the Royal Yacht Club will begin shortly as they carry out the third stage of the €7m refurbishment. Works will affect pontoons 2 & 3 and the ramp during this winter. This means that many of our boats will have to be stored out of the water during this...
by Natalie | Nov 11, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Heading west this afternoon and encountering building southerly winds, Vendée Globe skippers of the faster foiling IMOCAs are preparing themselves for an overnight pounding, set to last five or six hours, when they punch through an active weather front which is...
by Natalie | Nov 11, 2020 | Daily News, Features
Professional sailor and coach and America’s Cup veteran Cameron Dunn reports for Live Sail Die on how the AC75 isn’t the only be game-changer for the 36th America’s Cup in 2021. Since the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco and throughout the 35th America’s Cup, held...
by Natalie | Nov 10, 2020 | Daily News, Features
France’s double Paralympic gold medalist and 2017 winner of the Tour Voile Damien Seguin leads the 33 boat Vendée Globe fleet as the early rankings favor a leading group of older generation IMOCAs as they race south westwards across the Bay of Biscay towards Cape...
by Natalie | Nov 9, 2020 | Daily News, Features
As the Vendée Globe gets underway, the fleet of solos IMOCA skippers will be testing groundbreaking gear in the harshest environment, and what survives the hardship may influence the direction of sailing. Among the hot topics is autopilots which are seeking to be...
