With 2,800 miles to sail and just two boats on the starting line, a conservative start would seem like the smart play.

Passing the eastern extremity of Point Alpha, the ice exclusion zone, yesterday evening, Mariette of 1915 has passed the halfway stage of the Transatlantic Race 2015 between Newport, R.I.,

Independence Day is bringing mixed reactions from the crew of Nomad IV.

This morning at 03:46 EDT (07:46 UTC), Mariette of 1915 was first yacht in the 2015 Transatlantic Race fleet to pass the southeastern limit of the Ice Exclusion Zone surrounding the Grand

With two staggered starts down, there is just one to go for the 2,800 Transatlantic Race 2015, and it is for the largest and fastest boats: the monohulls Comanche and Rambler 88,

Yesterday’s second wave of starters in the Transatlantic Race 2015 have been enjoying substantially better conditions for their get-away from the US, compared to the first group that set sail

The majority of the 37 boats competing in the Transatlantic Race 2015 launched off the starting line into a brisk southwesterly breeze just after 1400 EDT.

Among the first starters of the 2015 Transatlantic Race, waterline length is prevailing.

With 13 boats having left Sunday on the 2,800 mile Transatlantic Race 2015, a second group of 20 is likewise due to begin the journey today (1st July) from off Castle Hill Lighthouse in Narraganset

Since yesterday passing the exclusion zones around Nantucket Shoals and, further to the east, the Northern Right Whale Critical habitat, the 13 strong first wave of boats competing in the Transatla