July 9th, 2013
(July 9, 2013) – George David’s R/P 90 Rambler topped the 75 boats in the 35th biennial Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race, taking the elapsed title for the 363 mile race in 42:44:32. Also finished are James Muldoon Andrews 80 Donnybrook and Ron O’Hanley’s Cookson 50 Privateer, with O’Hanley currently the overall IRC leader. – Event website
July 9th, 2013
With the NOAA Climate Prediction Center forecasting an “active or extremely active season this year,” recreational boaters will have to make storm preparations for a likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms. Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) just added three online seminars on Superstorm Sandy that share an analysis of what worked,
July 9th, 2013
Malcesine, Italy (July 9, 2013) – Three more great races in a fresh early morning breeze on Lake Garda gave the lead of the 2013 Finn Junior World Championship to 2012 Olympian from Brazil, Jorge Zarif. Current Junior World Champion Martin Robitaille (CAN) posted a 1-4-3 to move up from sixth to fourth rank. –
July 8th, 2013
(July 8, 2013) – Since the start on July 6 of the first ever Mini 650 Pacific Challenge from Los Angeles to Honolulu, the three singlehanded entrants has now been reduced to one. Przemeyslaw Karwasiecki dropped out within hours after the start, and today Jerome Sammarecelli retired due to injury. Remaining entrant Sean McGinn intends
July 8th, 2013
(July 8, 2013) – After a slow start on Sunday for the 35th biennial Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race, the 75 teams are now progressing down the 363 mile track. The racing fleet includes Ticonderoga, the classic 85-foot L. Francis Herreshoff designed ketch, and Rambler, the 90-footer that was first to finish in 2009 and currently leads
July 8th, 2013
Malcesine, Italy (July 8, 2013) – A beautiful breeze welcomed the sailors on Lake Garda for the second day of
July 8th, 2013
The dates for the 2015 Bermuda One-Two have been finalized so you can do your long range planning. The single
July 8th, 2013
The World Sailing Speed Record Council has ratified the Singlehanded Transatlantic Record set by Francis Joyon (FRA) sailing the 118-foot
July 7th, 2013
Hamilton, Bermuda (July 7, 2013) – After two days of fleet racing and six races at the 2013 Optimist North
July 7th, 2013
(July 7, 2013) – Fifty-nine entrants are ready for the 47th edition of the Transpac Race from Los Angeles to
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