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Published on September 8th, 2017
Porto Cervo, Italy (September 8, 2017) – Costa Smeralda served up near perfect conditions for the penultimate day of racing at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. All classes sailed an anticlockwise loop of Caprera, La Maddalena, ... Read More →
Published on September 8th, 2017
Balatonföldvár, Hungary (September 8, 2017) – The fifth day of the Opel Finn Gold Cup started promising with some nice wind on the lake, but just as the sailors were getting ready to launch, a fog ... Read More →
Published on September 8th, 2017
Long Beach, CA (September 8, 2017) – The third day of the 2017 Formula 18 Americas Championship saw the full range of wind and sea conditions. The wind started out 5-7 knots and then decreased to ... Read More →
Published on September 8th, 2017
This gut wrenching video over the Bitter End Yacht Club shows the terror that Hurricane Irma inflicted on this favorite sailing resort. Located in the North Sound of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, this ... Read More →
Published on September 8th, 2017
(September 8, 2017; Day 19) – All twelve Clipper Race teams are now in the Doldrums Corridor, but in the latest surprise of the Atlantic Trade Winds Leg 1, Sanya Serenity Coast has elected to employ ... Read More →
Published on September 8th, 2017
Senior Marine Meteorologist Lee Chesneau submits this assessment on Hurricane Irma. (September 8, 2017; 6:32am PT) – The worst possible scenario that could be for a hurricane to impact Florida is unfolding: an African born tropical ... Read More →
Published on September 8th, 2017
With the track of Hurricane Irma approaching southern Florida, the US Coast Guard has issued the following bulletin for Key West: As of 8 p.m. on September 7, Hurricane Condition YANKEE (sustained Gale Force winds from ... Read More →
Published on September 8th, 2017
On this week’s “World on Water” global sailing news show: In this episode, a skipper competing in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race was airlifted to hospital after nearly ripping his thumb off. David Hartshorn ... Read More →
Published on September 7th, 2017
(September 7, 2017) – Hurricane Irma has devastated several Caribbean islands, including Barbuda, Saint Martin and the British Virgin Islands. It has destroyed marinas and port facilities as its 185mph winds make their way northward towards ... Read More →
Published on September 7th, 2017
Long Beach, CA (September 7, 2017) – The second day of the 2017 Formula 18 Americas Championship completed four races on the course inside the breakwater, giving sailors a break after being pounded by the Pacific ... Read More →