Offshore

Rambler 88 to head for St Barths

Following the recent launch of Rambler 88, owner George David is lining up to kick off the race program for his new maxi with Les Voiles de St.

Indian Ocean salvage operation

Team Vestas Wind skipper Chris Nicholson is to return to the Cargados Carajos Shoals to attempt to recover his VO65 after it ran on to a reef there during the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race nea

MACIF IMOCA 60 sold

A new IMOCA campaign, to run from 2015 until 2018, but with the 2016 Vendée Globe as the main objective has been announced.

Merron and Mabire win Class40 Championship

Miranda Merron and Halvard Mabire's Pogo 2 Campagne de France has won the 2014 Class 40 Championship, helded by Miranda's 6th place in the recent Route du Rhum.

Stéphane Guilbaud jumps ship

Spindrift racing is restructuring and will now operate as two units: one focussing on sports performance, the other on company development.

MACIF maxi-tri centre hull transported

An important step has taken place in the construction of Francois Gabart's new maxi-trimaran MACIF: The 30m long central hull has been transferred from Chantier Multiplast in Vannes to CDK

Tight finish into Abu Dhabi

It is safe to say that Volvo's call to go one design for this race is working...with Dongfeng Race Team overhauling Team Brunel, only then to be

New Rambler 88 - first glimpse

Here are the first images of George David's new Juan K-designed Rambler 88 which has just been rolled out from New England Boatworks in Rhode Island.