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Published on January 19th, 2017
Tarpon Springs, FL (January 19, 2017) – The International Lightning Class Association is now accepting applications for the 2017 Lightning Boat Grant Program. This award-winning program is celebrating its eleventh year and presents recipients the opportunity ... Read More →
Published on January 19th, 2017
Les Sables d’Olonne, France (January 19, 2017) – Armel Le Cléac’h, 39, from Brittany, crossed the finish line of the race in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, at 1537hrs UTC after 74 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes ... Read More →
Published on January 19th, 2017
(January 19, 2017) – Last month the U.S. Virgin Islands hosted an amazing conclusion to the fourth year of the Women’s International Match Racing Series (WIM Series). Altogether 147 sailors in 28 teams from 17 countries ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2017
Key West, FL (January 18, 2017) – At Quantum Key West Race Week Wednesday is known as “moving day”. It is, in the middle of a regatta, a pivotal stage, when consistency starts to show, the ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2017
Key West, FL (January 18, 2017) – Day 3 at the 30th anniversary Quantum Key West Race Week, Mount Gay Rum Day, saw a softening of the breeze on the racecourse and a corresponding shakeup on ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2017
(January 18, 2017; Day 33; 21:45 FR) – Francis Joyon (FRA) and his five crew on the 31.5m VPLP-designed trimaran IDEC SPORT have been eating up the miles in their bid to win the Jules Verne ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2017
Newport, RI (January 18, 2017) – The largest national sailboat racing circuit in the United States, the Helly Hansen National Offshore One Design (NOOD) Regatta series, returns to St. Petersburg, Fla., for its first stop of ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2017
Bridgetown, Barbados (January 18, 2017): The second day of the Mount Gay Round Barbados Coastal Series produced spectacular competition once again. Although it was an unusually damp day with rain squalls passing through for most of ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2017
Virtual Vendée Globe 2017 winner Matthew Johnston beat more than 450,000 virtual skippers to the top spot, taking 72 days, two hours, 23 minutes and 10 seconds to complete the race. The 38-year-old from Adelaide, Australia, ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2017
(January 18, 2017; Day 74, 22:00 FR) – British sailor Alex Thomson today conceded that his chances of overhauling Vendée Globe leader Armel Le Cléac’h on the home strait were slim, despite narrowing the gap to ... Read More →