Following the Krys Ocean Racing and then the MOD70 European Tour, Yann Guichard and the crew of Spindrift Racing won the first season championship for the MOD70 class.

On Saturday, 16 yachts gathered for the last Solo Offshore Racing Club event of the season, with five boats in possible contention to win the overall Solent Series.

 It’s been a busy season as usual for JOG with 15 races split across an inshore (cat 4) series and an offshore (cat 3) series.

OCD 401 IRC Offshore-Inshore Racing Yacht

The 2012 season, consisting of 10 offshore races, was host to unpredictable conditions ranging from the lightest of breezes to the roughest of seas.

French Volvo Ocean Race veteran turned multihull sailor Sidney Gavignet still had something of the ‘cat that had got the cream’ about him when we spoke to him last week.

A second place finish in Genoa this morning on the final leg of the MOD70's European Tour was just enough to secure Michel Desjoyeaux and the crew of Foncia overall victory in this inaugur

After an unexpected outbreak of squalls, localised calms and torrential showers this afternoon, it is computed that less than one mile separated leaders Musandam-Oman Sail from fifth place

Latest generation, Cat. 1, fully optimized, highly competitive, North 3DL, B&G, including safety kit.

Launch date August 2011. Very little sailed. Literally new. Ready to race.

After some 3,700 miles of offshore racing, over four weeks since leaving Kiel on Sunday 2 September and 23 City Race heats in Kiel, Dun Laoghaire, Cascais and Marseille, it will be the final 651 mi