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Published on July 25th, 2013
Riva del Garda Trento, Italy (July 25, 2013) – It proved to be a dominating performance by the Singapore team at the Optimist World Championship. After Singapore won the Team Race Worlds, four Singapore sailors placed in the top six of the fleet championship, led by overall winner Loh Jia Yi. The top North American ... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013
Porto, Portugal (July 25, 2013) – An epic nine races were sailed in open sea on the opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series Act 5, the fifth stop in the 8-event circuit. With eight Extreme 40 teams, the defending champions The Wave, Muscat were on fire. Led by British skipper Leigh McMillan, the team ... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013
(July 25, 2013) – The Round Robin segment of the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series doesn’t conclude until August 1, but America’s Cup challenger Emirates Team New Zealand already has enough points (1 point for a win) to secure the top rank in this segment. As of today, here are the Round Robin standings. Emirates ... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013
Valencia, Spain (July 25, 2013) – A light breeze of around 7 knots greeted teams for day 1 of racing at the 2013 420 World Championships, as racing got started under a clear blue sky and dazzling sun. By the time race 2 was underway, the wind had increased to around 10-12 knots. The 110 ... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013
The America’s Cup challenger Artemis Racing took their newly launched AC72 out for its first sail on July 24th. It was also skipper Nathan Outteridge’s first day sailing a yacht with a wheel. Video published on ... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013
The Hague, Netherlands (July 25, 2013) – On the first day of the final series, the French Billy Besson and Marie Riou extended their lead at the Nacra 17 Worlds 2013. As expected, it was again ... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013
It has been nearly a year since the first AC72 set sail, and these boats continue to amaze us. Here are what two of the America’s Cup design experts suggest we should be looking for… Ian ... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013
The 2225nm Transpac Race had three staggered starts on July 8, 11, and 13 for the 2013 dash across the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Photos by Ultimate Sailing... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013
When Matt Brooks and his wife Pam Rorke Levy bought Dorade in 2010, they spent more than a year refitting the historic S&S 52-foot wooden yawl for ocean racing, with the goal of repeating the many ... Read More →
Published on July 25th, 2013
The TP52 Class organisation, acting for the most exciting pure performance monohull racing class in the world, in concert with the 52 SUPER SERIES are charting a course together for a bright and stable future. Owners ... Read More →