Offshore
Victory for Troussel and Pruvot
Nicolas Troussel and Félix Pruvot took Normandy Channel Rce line honours on their Humphreys-designed Class40 Bretagne-Credit Mutuel crossing the finish line off Ouistreham at 16:59:
Bretagne-Credit Mutuel horizon job
At 06:00 GMT this morning, the Normandy Channel Race fleet was involved in a tough slog up to Tuskar Rock, of southeast Ireland, the frontrunners still some 30 miles short of the lighthouse.
Fraught victory for Team Brunel
Having led on three separate occasions, including one time extending their lead to 25 miles (and subsequently losing it again) during this awkward leg from Newport, RI, it was Bouwe Bekking and t
Courrier du Leon versus Philosophie
Over the Bank Holiday Weekend, a tense, tactical and complex yacht race played out along the south coast of England.
Comanche sets new Block Island Race record
The 70th edition of the Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race yielded winners in ten classes – four IRC (including one doublehanded), four PHRF, J/44 and Multihull – and a place in the r
Campagn de France leads out of Ouistreham
At 16:09 local time today, in an 8-10 knot NNWerly wind and under a glorious Norman sun, the 16 Class40s competing in the Normandy Channel Race set sail.
Classic Swan claims Volcano Race
The International Maxi Association’s Volcano Race, organised in conjunction with the Yacht Club Gaeta EVS, this year saw the full course sailed with a worthy win on handicap by one of the sma
Closing on the ice gate
It appears that at some point since our last report, the southerly limit of the ice exclusion zone has been lowered further - it is currently down to 40°N 45 between 52°W19 and 48°W24.
Maxis bound for Mother Nature's firework show
One of the world’s most spectacular offshore yacht races sets sail on Wednesday, 20th May with the International Maxi Yacht Association’s Volcano Race, organised in collaboration with t