360° Start Video. Training day in Palma. *Max the video, move your phone/ipad or scroll with your mouse to see the full 360° video. Published on May 5, 2016
Above: François Gabart MACIF in The Transat bakerly, sailing video published May 5, 2016 More info on the Transat bakerly:
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UPDATE December 30, 2015 (00:00 UTC): Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2015: "The NSW TP52 Balance, the appropriately named yacht of financial guru Paul Clitheroe, is the leader for overall honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and now has to await the arrival of two European yachts -- her immediate challengers. The Swiss boat Teasing Machine and French/Belgian entry Courrier Leon are the leading boats at sea to challenge Clitheroe’s attempt to win the coveted Tattersall’s Cup in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s bluewater ocean classic. Balance crossed the finish line at 4.50 pm today, seventh across the finish line behind line honours winner Comanche and the first TP52 a record nine that started. Only three have survived: Balance, Celestial and Ragamuffin 52. Teasing Machine appears to have the better chance of the two Europeans. She was well down the east coast tonight and must arrive in the early hours of the morning to become the new leader in the clubhouse...." (read more at link above)
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race UPDATE- Line Honours for Comanche (28 Dec 2015):
Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark’s maxi Comanche pulled off an incredible feat tonight, taking line honours in the 71st edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and winning the Illingworth trophy and Rolex Yacht Master II timepiece. Published on Dec 28, 2015
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race UPDATE - 27 Dec 2015 - In Pursuit of Victory -
After a harrowing first night during the Rolex Sydney Hobart which saw 23 yachts retire due to damage, the fleet continues south toward the Tasman Coast as the American rivals Rambler 88 and Comanche battle for line honours, while Swiss entry Teasing Machine and Soldini’s Maserati (ITA) are contenders for the overall victory. Published on Dec 27, 2015
Dec 27 UPDATE--Comanche Leads for Line Honours with Less Than 100 Miles To Go -The crippled American supermaxi Comanche has extended her lead over the similarly damaged Rambler. In all likelihood, sometime this evening skipper Ken Read, his crew and owners Jim Clark and Kristy Hinze-Clark will be the toast of Hobart, celebrating a line honours triumph that 24 hours ago seemed impossible.
1. Comanche JIM & KRISTY CLARK USA RACING DTG 81.9
2 Rambler GEORGE DAVID USA RACING DTG 98.7
as of 28 December 2015, 12:50 PM AEDT (Australia date and time)
UPDATE December 26: The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has taken a dramatic turn with major super maxi contenders for line honours either retired or trying to effect repairs as they have confronted an extreme southerly change off the NSW south coast, along with others in the fleet. Eight-times line honours winner Wild Oats XI is out with a torn mainsail and is returning to Sydney; US frontrunner Comanche, which had been leading the race, suffered a broken rudder, initially retired but is now trying to effect repairs at sea and continue in the race; Anthony Bell’s Perpetual Loyal has retired, also with a broken rudder and is returning to Sydney. The other US entry, George David’s 88 foot Rambler now leads the race, ahead of Comanche and Syd Fischer’s Ragamuffin 100. A dark horse in the race is Maserati, Giovanni Soldini’s V70 that is well out to sea and clearly gambling on skirting the treacherous southerly that is taking this toll on the fleet.
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race UPDATE: Fighting for Line Honours: 1. Rambler - GEORGE DAVID USA RACING DTG 345.1 2. Comanche - JIM & KRISTY CLARK USA RACING DTG 347.1
as of 27 December 2015, 11:10 AM AEDT #RSHYR LIVE Tracking
Heading to Hobart - 26th December 2015 - Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the shores of Sydney Harbour to salute the fleet of 108 yachts as they commenced the 628 nautical mile trek to Hobart for the 71st edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Published on Dec 26, 2015
Clipper Race starts in RSHYR - 71st Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, 2015 - Australian Skipper Wendy 'Wendo' Tuck leads out of Sydney Harbour on Da Nang - Viet Nam (published 25 Dec 2015) UPDATE: Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race starts tonight (Friday Dec 25) 9pm ET in the US -- which in Australia is on December 26 (Boxing Day) at 1pm AEDT - You can watch the webcast on the home page of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race website: http://www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/ or Yahoo7
Big Boat Battle - A brief video of the SOLAS Big Boat Race 2015 on Sydney Harbour, in the lead up to the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Published on Dec 25, 2015
UPDATE: Wild Oats XI Evolution - How does a ten year old yacht remain at the forefront of one of the great ocean race classics? With her distinctively narrow hull, Bob Oatley’s Wild Oats XI has beaten all comers for line honours in eight out of the last ten Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races. And now her original builders McConaghy Boats have completed her most radical modification yet, with the goal of maintaining her winning ways. Watch the evolution of this concept from idea to reality. Published on Dec 18, 2015 www.mcconaghyboats.com
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2015 - Preview - The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, is the ultimate test for skippers, tacticians and crews. The 2015 race will be the 71st edition of this time-honoured event and see 110 yachts from 28 nations race more than 600 Nautical Miles in quest of the Tattersall’s Cup and to win the coveted Rolex timepiece. (Published on Dec 1, 2015) Race for line honours wide open - Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2015: "... As for line honours, there is a bit of deja-vu in all this for Comanche’s owner, Jim Clark. The red and black hulled American monster is undoubtedly the fastest super maxi in the world, but “light air is not our friend. The last bit will be the challenging part for us,” Clark admits. “Every boat is built for different reasons. We go fast off the wind, but in light air Comanche starts to become a big fat lady. If we are not healing over, there is a lot of drag.” Last year Comanche stormed into Bass Strait, then forfeited the lead to Wild Oats XI when the American boat hit atypical light air mid-way. Oats took 25 miles out of Comanche, and though skipper Ken Read and crew staged a fearsome comeback, there just wasn’t enough race track left to run down the Australians. “We’ve made some changes to the boat since then,” Clark says, “and if we had this boat last year, we would have gotten through that lull more quickly...." read more at link above
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2015: "Australian entries include Peter Harburg’s Black Jack and Mike Mollison’s Scamp from Queensland; Avalanche (Hugh Ellis), Hartbreaker (Antony Walton/Alan Breidhal) from Victoria and Terry Posma’s Jaffa returns from Western Australia after his first Rolex Sydney Hobart last year. Among the NSW entries are Brindabella (Jim Cooney), Celestial (Sam Haynes), Great Xpectations (Rod Wills), Komodo (Andrew Butler) and Quikpoint Azzurro, the 34 year-old S&S 34 owned by Shane Kearns, which won the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race in July. The start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will be broadcast live on the Seven Network throughout Australia, webcast live to a global audience on Yahoo!7 and live streamed via mobile."
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2015, Starts December 25 9pm ET (US) and in Australia on December 26 at 1pm AEDT. #RSHYR @rshyr
HUGO BOSS before hit by rogue wave in the 2015 Transat Jacques Vabre:
HUGO BOSS TJV2015 Race Start - Alex Thomson and Guillermo Altadill started the Transat Jacques Vabre 5,400 mile race to Itajai, Brazil, onboard the new HUGO BOSS. Published on Oct 26, 2015
Published on Oct 27, 2015: Alex Thomson discusses routing and surviving the rough conditions during the 2nd day of the Transat Jacques Vabre
HUGO BOSS completes the 180 righting test (video above)
British sailor Alex Thomson and his co-skipper Guillermo Altadill are looking towards the 2016 Vendee Globe after an extraordinary sequence of events ended their participation in the Transat Jacques Vabre this weekend. The pair were rescued by the Spanish coastguard on Saturday afternoon after a rogue wave caught the used HUGO BOSS while the yacht was in a hove to position. The boat, which sustained damage to its rig in addition to taking on water while inverted, was later successfully brought to the dock in A Coruna, Spain, after a swift response from the Alex Thomson Racing Team. The weather conditions in the first few days saw wind speeds in excess of 50 knots (75 km/h) and waves up to 10 metres high. Alex and Guillermo made the decision to take the safest route, passing the weather system to the south. Whilst travelling south west the yacht incurred some structural damage and the skippers took the decision to head for A Coruna, Spain 120 miles away. The yacht was hove to, whilst Alex and Guillermo waited for the next weather window allowing them to proceed to port. Unexpectedly a rogue wave caught the racing yacht causing the yacht to turn upside down. Alex and Guillermo managed to close the hatches and secure the situation whilst inverted. Alex immediately hit the keel button, bringing the yacht back upright. They then alerted the rescue services and technical team of an emergency situation. The yacht had taken onboard a substantial amount of water and the rig had sustained damage requiring the skippers to leave the yacht. Alex Thomson explains “I have never experienced anything like it. I was asleep and woke up to a boat upside down rapidly filling with water. Guillermo and I responded together as a team to the difficult situation and now that my boat’s back safely we can focus on our Vendee Globe campaign as a team. We have overcome problems before and I am as determined as ever to succeed.” Always at the forefront of innovation, the team are pushing the boundaries with an advanced used boat design and know that race conditions provide the ultimate test. Alex and Guillermo were aiming for a podium finish in the Transat Jacques Vabre, and remain determined to succeed in the Vendee Globe. They will now focus their energy on further improving the yacht and honing its competitive edge. (press release)
Transat Jacques Vabre update: Twenty five miles of lateral separation, five miles on the NE-SW axis, that is the footprint that the top three IMOCAs share as they sail through a Doldrums passage which is so far proving much more generous than the Transat Jacques Vabre leaders, the Ultimes, experienced... read more here.
IMOCA Maitre Coq sailing video above - Transat Jacques Vabre - Jérémie Beyou and Philippe Legros are now focused on the Transat Jacques Vabre aboard Maître CoQ.
IMOCA Banque Populaire - Transat Jacques Vabre - Erwan Tabarly shares the IMOCA Monohull Banque Populaire VIII with Armel Le Cléac'h
The IMOCA 60 are a type of monohull sailing yachts administated by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). The monohulls are high-performance racing boats, designed principally for single-handed competition. Several high-profile yacht races are based around these boats, such as the VELUX 5 Oceans Race, the Vendée Globe and the Barcelona World Race (circum-navigations), the Calais Round Britain Race (crewed race around British islands), and the Route du Rhum, the Transat Jacques Vabre, the Quebec-St Malo the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, and the Europa Race. The IMOCA class is "open", meaning that it does not represent fixed boat designs; instead, they are defined by a "box rule" which permits any design, as long as it meets certain restrictions. The restrictions limit the lengths of the boats and place certain safety requirements on the boats, such as minimum stability requirements. This class is recognised by the International Sailing Federation. (Wikipedia)
Transat Jacques Vabre 2015: Le Havre, France to Itajai, Brazil--Take to the seas and act for the planet--news updates:
Jean Pierre Dick's St Michel-Virbac forced to retire | Transat Jacques Vabre 2015: "This Sunday, the three times Transat Jacques Vabre winner Jean-Pierre Dick and Fabien Delahaye informed the race directors that they have been forced to abandon the Transat Jacques Vabre. The St Michel Virbac duo discovered crack transverse ribs in their sail bin area...."
IMOCA Gitana/Edmond de Rotschild - Transat Jacques Vabre - Sébastien Josse & Charles Caudrelier on the Imoca60 Edmond de Rothschild and Gitana Sailing team
THE COURSE - Transat Jacques Vabre
Spirit of Hungary (IMOCA 60) dismasted | Transat Jacques Vabre 2015: "This afternoon a little after 1700hrs UTC the IMOCA 60 Spirit of Hungary was dismasted while they were 65 Nm north of the island Madeira. They were in 15 knots of northwest wind. Nandor Fa and Peter Pérenyi are well and warned the Race Direction they are on their way under engine to Madeira."
Rest and Repair | Transat Jacques Vabre 2015 : Le Havre - Itajai | October 2015 | Take to the seas and act for the planet: "...Most skippers who have been spoken to by Race HQ in the last 48 hours have confirmed they have damage of some type. Eric Bellion, the French co-skipper sailing with Briton Sam Goodchild, revealed they had to replace a damaged lashing on a leeward shroud. The problems for Sam Davies, sailing with Tanguy de Lamotte on Initiative Coeur, is more serious but so far not race-threatening..."
Hugo Boss expected early hours Sunday in La Coruna | Transat Jacques Vabre 2015:"Technical director Ross Daniel and the AT Racing shore team are in La Coruna, NW Spain awaiting the arrival of Alex Thomson and Guillermo Altadill on HUGO BOSS. The two skippers have had a long, slow passage in, protecting their new IMOCA 60 after rerouting two days ago with an unspecified technical problem. They have a group of specialists on hand who will make a technical assessment of the damage. Thomson and Altadill are expected in the early hours of Sunday and have been very, very slow speeds in winds today of over 30kts."
Volvo Ocean Race leg 4 properly underway
Daily Sail
Once out of the strait the fleet could have an opportunity to set themselves up perfectly for some fast sailing in the north east trade winds by making early rapid progress to the east. "East is best," Infante said. "A well timed exit from the strait ... Daily Sail
Slow Start As Fleet Brace For Tough Conditions Ahead
International Sailing Federation
Groupama sailing team were second off the line, starting two minutes and 32 seconds after Telefónica. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing were third to kick off, followed by Team Sanya and CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand. A sombre-looking Ken Read appeared ... International Sailing Federation
Volvo Ocean Race leg 4, stage 2 - Advantage Telefonica
Sail World
That gave Telefónica a two minute 32 second head start over Groupama sailing team, who placed second in the 43.2 nautical miles sprint, and an even bigger advantage over the rest of the fleet. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing started third, followed by Team ... Sail World
LOCOG takes ownership of Olympic sailing village
Breaking Travel News
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has taken temporary ownership of the Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Village in Portland ahead of the Games this summer. The Osprey Quay development, which will contain 84 residential units, ... Breaking Travel News
Sailing club makes maiden trip to Tinian for pika festival
Saipan Tribune
By Clarissa David The Marianas Sailing Club sailed to Tinian for the 8th Annual Hot Pepper Festival, taking about 20 passengers with the objective of educating island residents about the importance of sailing. Commodore Dave Johansen led club officers ...
Buoyant sailing school launches new boats
This is Bristol
A SAILING school that has taught thousands of youngsters the skills of getting afloat in Bristol has launched four new boats. The racing vessels were put onto the water at the headquarters of the West of England Schools Sailing Association (Wessa) ...
Volvo Ocean Race: Severe weather docks boats in Sanya
Telegraph.co.uk
“This is the Volvo Ocean Race, around the world race – I thought we would have gone and I'm really disappointed.” Former skipper Bouwe Bekking, a veteran of five round the world races, said the event's credibility as the world's toughest ocean race was ... Telegraph.co.uk
Volvo Ocean Race - Groupama 4 take control
Sail World
Indeed, after half a day at sea, the sailors haven't adopted identical short term strategies: whilst Telefonica and Abu Dhabi, tailed a dozen miles or so back by Puma, were sailing high up to reposition themselves to the North of the fleet, ... Sail World
Sailing: Lakewood to host J/80 Shootout for the first time
Your Houston News
“Lakewood Yacht Club is very pleased to host the 2012 J/80 Shootout, and we look forward to some exciting competition on Galveston Bay,“ Bengtson said. Local J/80's will be sailing along with several out of town competitors from Austin, Dallas, ...
Sailor's delight
Sydney Morning Herald
SAILING the high seas has always presented a promise of discovery, even if, historically, it also presented a promise of dysentery and gout. For Samuel Coleridge, the romantic poet, sailing brought his fabled Mariner to a grim spiritual discovery, ... Sydney Morning Herald
Caribbean 600 begins
Antigua Observer
The 2010 Antigua Sailing Week overall champion, Rán, another first-timer, is the current RORC Yacht of the Year. It has a complement of 21 America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race sailorsonboard. A former entry, Mike Slade's ICAP Leopard, ...
Fireballers Heading for National Honuors in Howth
Afloat
#FIREBALL – Top Irish dinghy sailing class, the Fireballs have announced the 2012 Irish Fireball Nationals will be hosted by Howth Yacht Club over the last Friday and Saturday of June and the first Sunday of July – 29th, 30th June & 1st July.
Maple Crown causes carnage in Vaucluse Regatta
Sail World
Sailors from Norway, Singapore, Pittwater, Middle Harbour, Double Bay and Bayview Sailing Clubs joined the regular Vaucluse sailors to compete in the series, which also incorporated the Vaucluse – Double Bay Challenge. Double Bay claimed victory over ... Sail World
On The Bow Then, Still On The Bow Now
International Sailing Federation
After 1984 Gilmour, Murray and Westlake were involved in the Kookaburra America's Cup challenge with Task Force '87. Gilmour and Westlake were also involved in a pre-Olympic campaign sailing the Soling class. The 1987 America's Cup campaign then become ... International Sailing Federation
London 2012 - Charter the Best Seats in the House
Einnews Portugal
Yachting Partners International (YPI) are offering a selection of luxury motor and sailing yachts as the perfect base for attending this year's most exciting global event, the London Olympics. MONACO, February 20, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- With London ...
Seaton: We're not going to the Olympics to make up the numbers
Carrickfergus Today
Carrick man Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern who will represent Ireland in the 49erSailing event at this summer's Olympic Games. INCT 07-033-tc Carrick sailor Ryan Seaton and boat partner Matt McGovern mean business. The talented pair are set to compete ... Carrickfergus Today
SB3 Australian National Championship - Duel to the finish
Sail World
Moving into yacht management he headed the team that organised and ran the highly successful sailing regatta at the Sydney Olympic Games before heading overseas to run the Volvo Race. He is now CEO of Hamilton Island, the Queensland resort that hosts ... Sail World
Drayton Harbor Maritime Community Sailing School
Bellingham Herald
Ron Snyder and Graham Hunter share that the Drayton Harbor Maritime CommunitySailing School was selected to receive the Creative Innovation in Sailing Programming Award for 2011. The US Sailing Association is the national governing body for sailing ... Bellingham Herald
Volvo Ocean Race - Timing critical?
Sail World
Infante says after the strait the crews will be looking for any opportunity to get to the east to set themselves up on the optimum angle for fast sailing in the north easterly trade winds later on. 'East is best,' Infante said. Sail World
Team Muscat 2012 sails to victory in Abu Dhabi In-Port race
My Sailing
During yesterday's Abu Dhabi stopover of Sailing Arabia – the Tour, the nine boat fleet impressed the gathering public crowds, with a short, sharp race taking place close to the shore, as they challenged for the Abu Dhabi Sailing and Yacht Club Cup, ... My Sailing
Etchells Worlds 2012: Key messages in regatta briefing
My Sailing
It's been last minute jitters around the hardstand at the Etchells World Championship 2012 after the race management team briefed the competitors on how they intend making this the best regatta the sailors have attended. Registration details are almost... My Sailing
Volvo Ocean Race - Trouble and a head start + Video
Sail World
The biggest upset was on board Ken Read's Puma when their lead of more than a mile disappeared completely after sailing into a windless area shortly after starting the home run back to Sanya. Read's men on Mar Mostro could only watch as all five rival... Sail World
Telefonica home first in leg four prelude
Daily Sail
"We got literally a two-mile lead after sailing fantastically, park in a hole and then watch the fleet sail by a couple of hundred yards from us. It's infuriating." Read added: "We were literally miles ahead. I don't know what to say. Daily Sail
Volvo Ocean Race: Race Village build begins in Auckland
Sail World
... and Te Wero Island is the natural home for such a prestigious and eagerly anticipated event and thousands of New Zealanders and international visitors have vivid memories of this area as the spectator home for previous international sailing events. Sail World
London 2012 spectators to be charged £10 just to sit in Olympic Park and watch ...
Daily Mail
In Weymouth, Olympic officials will also fence off part of the Dorset coastline to stop those without sailing tickets from watching. The cycling is one of the most-sought after events at the games and large expanses of land had been cleared to allow ...
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet complete Ocean Sprint
Sail World
We are getting rather excited about arriving in the next 48 hours and anticipate a spectacular welcome ceremony in China's Olympic 'sailing city'. Get the beers on ice please!' Despite losing out on the Ocean Sprint point, De Lage Landen, ... Sail World
Etchells Worlds: Westlake resumes the position 28 years on
YACHTe.com.au
After the1984 Worlds, the trio became involved in America's Cup sailing and Gilmour and Westlake were also campaigned for Olympics in the Soling class. As a result, Westlake has only competed at a major Etchells event only once; at last week's ... YACHTe.com.au
Bernie van't Hoff on the move
Sail World
During last winter the friendly sailor who enjoys the relaxing time spent at the helm of Tulip headed away from the cold climate of Sydney to the tropical wonderland of the Whitsunday Islands to contest the Whitsunday Sailing Club's Airlie Beach Race ... Sail World
India Could Have Won a Gold at Asian Sailing Championship 2012 ...
By Sailing Times India
7 time national champion,Rohini Rau was no doubt the best bet to win a medal for India at the ongoing Asian Sailing Championship in Langkawi,Malaysia.
Sailing Times India » Sailing...
Cost comparison of living on boat verse house
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Have just finished my first year (accounting wise) of living in a house
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Deniss Karpak wins 2025 Finn Gold Cup
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Deniss Karpak became the first ever Estonian winner of the Finn Gold Cup,
after no more races were possible on the final day, Saturday. Read more on
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Angel Island Barbecue – Saturday, August 16th
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On Saturday, August 16th, we will gather on Angel Island for our
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WEATHER MODELS 201 - WHICH WEATHER MODEL IS BEST?
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So many models - so little time! Marine Weather University announces an
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The Year 2019 in Sailing (video)
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2020 Coronavirus Updates:
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GC32 Racing Tour @Villasimius Cup 2019: Day 3
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