Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Sailing Legend (video)

First Look: Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Sailing Legend

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race video above published Apr 22, 2019: On April 22, 1969, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston made history, becoming the first person to ever complete a solo and non-stop circumnavigation of the world's oceans. 50 years on, Sir Robin returned to Falmouth to recreate that historic day on board his beloved 32-foot ketch Suhaili.

Coming soon, this incredible story will be told like never before in a documentary called Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Sailing Legend. Sir Robin will share his diaries from the race for the first time, while fellow leading sailors such as Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie, Dee Caffari and Alex Thompson will share what Sir Robin's achievement means to them.

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This is The Ocean Race – Global Brand Launch Event Video

This is The Ocean Race – Global Brand Launch Event

"This is The Ocean Race. The future is loading – and you're invited! Tune in to see the start of a new era in the Race's 46-year history with a truly global launch event – simultaneously taking place around the world – as we connect to iconic Host Cities and Race characters old and new for all the latest news and updates on the exciting future of sailing's toughest test!" 

Streamed live Mar 21, 2019

Website: theoceanrace.com

Twitter: @theoceanrace

Background: Two decades after buying the Race from Whitbread, Volvo has now transferred ownership to a new group, led by Richard Brisius and Johan Salén.  The ownership change was announced before the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race last year, and the full transaction has now been completed. Going forward, the 'around the world' race will now be known as The Ocean Race with Volvo staying in the race family as a significant commercial partner, the next edition coming in 2021.

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The World Sailing Show - March 2019 Edition (video)

The World Sailing Show - March 2019 Edition

The World Sailing Show - March 2019 Edition:

00:52 The Golden Globe – The first two home 

08:00 Spindrift – Down and out again 

10:19 Cool kit – Innovations for 2019

18:36 Another Challenger for the America’s Cup 

19:39 Hempel World Cup Series Miami 

After 211 days at sea, Jean-Luc Van Den Heede completed his solo circumnavigation and took the trophy for the 2019 Golden Globe Race. Among those waiting to greet him was the man who had started it all, the first man to lap the planet non-stop and alone, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. The man who just missed out despite a 15,000 mile epic chase - second placed Mark Slats describes his trip around the world. From the first to the fastest, how Spindrift’s campaign to set a new round the world time was delivered a crushing blow…again. Plus, a look at some of the coolest kit for 2019. Finally, a report on the latest in the America’s Cup World and the Hempel World Cup Series in Miami. The World Sailing Show video above published Feb 24, 2019:

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Warrior Sailing Video, Healing Through Sailing, Clipper Race Video

Warrior Sailing - Healing & Strengthening Through Sailing

Video above published Feb 8, 2017: Warrior Sailing provides adaptive sailing instruction, equipment, and outreach for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. Using sailing as a platform, Warrior Sailing positively impacts the participant’s physical and mental health while reconnecting them with the camaraderie and teamwork previously found in military service.

Stephen O'Connor: Watch My Clipper Race Story

Video above published Feb 8, 2017, by Clipper Round the World Yacht Race: 57-year-old group manager assistant based in London, UK was a crew member on board LMAX Exchange, completing a circumnavigation.

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Spindrift 2, IDEC SPORT, Departures, Jules Verne Trophy (videos)

Spindrift 2 Departure for the Jules Verne Trophy - Published on Nov 22, 2015: On Sunday, November 22nd, 2015 at 4:01:58 GMT, the trimaran Spindrift 2, led by Yann Guichard and Dona Bertarelli, crossed the start line that runs from Créac’h lighthouse (Ushant island, France) to Lizard Point (England) for the start of her crewed non-stop circumnavigation. The boat crossed the line in a north wind of around 10 knots, under a full mainsail and a solent. Read more at Spindrift racing.


IDEC Departure for Jules Verne Trophy: The suspense around the weather window ended Saturday noon in the port of Château in Brest, when Francis Joyon and his five crew members have gone into "green code", meaning an imminent departure. A few hours later, they were dropping the moorings of big red trimaran: "We are betting that the weather situation in the South Atlantic will become favorable, when a window is displayed, you must enter the" smiled Francis Joyon. And then here, they left towards Ushant--IDEC SPORT set off at 02:02:22 UTC on Sunday 22nd November 2015. The time to beat: Loïck Peyron and his crew (Banque Populaire) with a time of 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 53 seconds. To smash the Jules Verne Trophy record, IDEC SPORT has to be back across the line before 1544hrs on Wednesday 6th January. The crew: The international crew on IDEC SPORT includes just six men: Francis Joyon (FRA), Bernard Stamm (SUI), Gwénolé Gahinet (FRA), Alex Pella (ESP), Clément Surtel (FRA) and Boris Herrmann (GER). More info: idecsport-sailing.com.

Merci @spindriftracing ! Bon vent à vous aussi ! #JulesVerneTrophy

— Francis Joyon (@FrancisJoyon) November 21, 2015

Published on November 21, 2015 Claude Breton. A fan. A crazy wind and ocean, a lover of all that the sea, flying, surfing, then flits and flies. He talks about WSSRC used in ... Let that one says: The WSSRC is the body responsible for formalizing world speed records on the water. Claude Breton is its president. It was he who holds the official chronometers Jules Verne Trophy.

Jules Verne Trophy - "The Jules Verne Trophy is a prize for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew provided the vessel has registered with the organization and paid an entry fee. A vessel holding the Jules Verne trophy will not necessarily hold the absolute round the world record. The trophy was first awarded to the first yacht which sailed around the world in less than 80 days. The name of the award is a reference to the Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days in which Phileas Fogg traverses the planet (albeit by railroad and steamboat) in 80 days. The current holder is Banque Populaire V skippered by Loick Peyron in 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds." (Wikipedia)

Route

• The Jules Verne Trophy's starting point is defined by an imaginary line between the Créac'h lighthouse on Ouessant (Ushant) Island, France, and the Lizard Lighthouse, UK. 
• Circumnavigate the world leaving the capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and Horn to port. Cross the starting line in the opposite direction.
• The starting line is open as of the official ratification of the trophy's rules by the World Sailing Speed Record Council.

Rules

• Propulsion of the boat must solely be by natural forces of the wind and of the crew.
• The Jules Verne trophy is open to any type of boat with no restrictions.
• Crew size is not restricted.
• The circumnavigation must be completed non-stop and with no physical outside assistance.
• Challengers must respect safety rules.

Spindrift 2’s team for Jules Verne Trophy announced | Spindrift racing: "To undertake the crewed around-the-world record is as much about the human adventure as it is a technical and sporting challenge. The men and women working alongside Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard at Spindrift racing have been preparing this race against the clock for almost three years. The target: to sail around the world in less than 45 days, 13 hours and 42 minutes. The tough record they will try to beat was set by Loïck Peyron and his crew in 2012 on Banque Populaire V, which was renamed Spindrift 2 a year later."

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Countdown to Rio, Clipper Round the World Yacht Race (videos)

Countdown to Rio - Week 4 of the Clipper Race and leaders LMAX Exchange are heading for Rio's iconic skyline ahead of Qingdao and other front runners GREAT Britain, Derry~Londonderry~Doire and Garmin. Published on Sep 24, 2015

• Clipper 2015-16 Race Standings: Race Viewer
• More info: Clipper Round The World Race - ... a record breaking 40,000 nautical mile race around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht. All that is asked of participants is a good level of fitness, an age over 18 - and a thirst for adventure into the unknown. Divided into eight legs and 14 to 16 individual races, you can choose to complete the full circumnavigation or select individual legs. It is the only race in the world where the organisers supply a fleet of twelve identical racing yachts, each with a fully qualified skipper to safely guide the crew....

Spinnaker Sheet Climb captured with Garmin VIRB - Visit Seattle crew member climbs the spinnaker sheet during Race 1 of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, London, UK to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Published on Sep 18, 2015



TRADE WINDS, DOLDRUMS AND TROPICAL SQUALLS TEST CLIPPER RACE FLEET - It's week three in the 5000+ nautical mile Atlantic Trade Winds Leg from London to Rio de Janeiro in the opening round of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. In this week's review LMAX Exchange clinches full points from the Scoring Gate and the front runners enter the new 'Doldrums Corridor' after racing off the African coast before heading out towards South America. Published on Sep 16, 2015

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New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta video and results

New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta - Sunday video above

New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta RESULTS:
Friday Around-the-Island - Race Details | Rolex Cup team results
Sat - Race 1 Details | Navigator's Race
Sat/Sun - Cumulative

Fickle front conspires against Annual Regatta fleet
Scuttlebutt Sailing News: "Newport, RI (June 14, 2014) – Yesterday’s tricky, occasionally windless, conditions for the Around the Island Race insisted on sticking around this morning, causing a postponement ashore for 189 teams sailing in the 160th New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta presented by Rolex. Old friends caught up on the docks, but then put their game faces on when the AP flag was lowered and classes began dispersing to three different circles on Rhode Island Sound (IRC and One-Designs) and a fourth on Narragansett Bay (Classics and Navigators)...."

Offen: Clear sailing
Durham Herald Sun
We sailed for a good 17 minutes. We prepared for sailing for about three and a half hours. We unsailed for about two and three-quarter hours.

Try Sailing Day brings 250 to the Saginaw River in downtown Bay City
Bay City Times
BAY CITY, MI— Blue skies, a light breeze and calm waters allowed the Saginaw Bay Community Sailing Association to introduce about 250 children ...

Derwent Sailing Squadron attracts 37 boats for first winter series race
My Sailing
A fleet of 37 boats today turned out for the first day of racing in the Derwent Sailing Squadron's Cleanfit Marine Winter Series on the River Derwent, ...

Gildas Morvan leads Figaro fleet past Land's End on leg 2
My Sailing
Morvan led the fleet as the solo sailors passed Land's End around 0500BST this morning. Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert) "It was a great start, I found it ...

SB20 championship goes down to the very last race
My Sailing
He just had to ensure he and his Melbourne team sailed another top day to secure that lead. In second place was Russell Rooney's Back of the Bus ...

Oceans of Hope sets sail on circumnavigation for MS
My Sailing
The Danish yacht, Oceans of Hope, has set sail from Copenhagen on a historic global voyage. It is the first ever circumnavigation of the world by a ...

Chapman leads as Chicago Match Cup qualifier gets down to final four
My Sailing
Chris and his team sailed very well." Chapman will announce his choice at tomorrow's skipper briefing at 8 AM, with semi-final match racing action due ...

Jamaica leads Clipper fleet through scoring gate in the Atlantic
My Sailing
... nine round the world crew and I crossed the line of Longitude 43W (Rio de Janeiro) meaning we have sailed every line of longitude on the planet.

SAILING: Olympic hopefuls agree sponsorship deal with cider makers
Falmouth Packet
A CIDER making firm are giving their backing to Olympic sailing hopefuls from Falmouth after agreeing to sponsor them. Tom Phipps and Zennor ...

Laser NAs / U.S. Singlehanded Championships Day 3 Report | US Sailing
ussailing.org
It's not exactly match racing, but out of 74 entries the Laser class North American Championships hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club comes down to a ...
www.ussailing.org/laser-nas-u-s-singlehanded-championships-...

New Zealand Fitness - Spirit of Sailing
pressdisplay.com
The sail training ship Spirit of New Zealand offers equal opportunity to young New Zealanders to develop qualities of leadership, independence and ...
www.pressdisplay.com/.../viewer.aspx?issue...

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