Published on June 17th, 2013
This year’s America’s Cup takes place in San Francisco Bay, from September 7 to 21, with holders Oracle Team USA facing the best of three challengers: Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), Luna Rossa (ITA) and Artemis (SWE). Here are details on the last 10 winners of sport’s oldest competition. 2010 Valencia, Spain Challenger BMW Oracle ... Read More →
Published on June 17th, 2013
The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for June 17, 2013 have been released, which finds eight nations represented at World #1 positions. The Austrian sailors have stormed up the rankings to match Australia with four top three positions, while North America is led by Anne Hageer and Briana Provancha (USA) as the top ranked women’s 470 ... Read More →
Published on June 16th, 2013
The 19th Marion Bermuda Race got underway on June 14, with 34 boats enjoying a fast start for the 645nm route. Leading the field is Shindig, Mass Maritime’s Andrews 68 that was 142 nm from the finish at press time. Shindig may finish Monday afternoon, with the race record to be broken if arriving before ... Read More →
Published on June 16th, 2013
The Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race was conceived by Herbert “Blondie” Hasler in 1956. The whole idea of a single-handed ocean yacht race was a revolutionary concept at the time, as the idea was thought to be extremely impractical; but this was especially true given the adverse conditions of their proposed route – a westward crossing of ... Read More →
Published on June 16th, 2013
Newport, RI (June 16, 2013) – The New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta presented by Rolex—the oldest regatta in the country—has entered the history books for the 159th time after two days of weekend racing (June 15 and 16) preceded by an optional and separately scored competition “Around the Island” on Friday (June 14). With ... Read More →
Published on June 16th, 2013
Britain’s Mike Golding is one of the world’s most accomplished and successful offshore sailors with over 250,000 sailing miles and podium success in many of the world’s toughest and most extreme yacht racing events. Mike has ... Read More →
Published on June 16th, 2013
Cleveland, OH (June 16, 2013) – Seventy-one one-design boats invaded Cleveland Race Week at Edgewater Yacht Club on June 14-16. Seven fleets competed, including 20 Tartan 10s seeking the title of T10 Lake Erie Champion. Light ... Read More →
Published on June 16th, 2013
NEWPORT, RI (June 16, 2013) – There’s a lot of history in the Farr 40 class. None is grander than the time-honored tradition that almost every regatta comes down to the last leg of the last ... Read More →
Published on June 16th, 2013
Photos: IsaoToyama.com/CMRC Chicago IL (June 16, 2013) – In a three-day series at the Chicago Match Race Center that featured everything from light shifty breeze to big wind and waves, Chicago-based Jennifer Wilson and her ... Read More →
Published on June 16th, 2013
(June 16, 2013) – Sailing the 29.7m maxi-trimaran IDEC, Francis Joyon has smashed the west to east solo transatlantic record, completing the 2925nm route in 5 days, 2 hours, 56 minutes and 10 seconds, decreasing the ... Read More →
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