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Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Team Alvimedica see their new Volvo Ocean 65 hit the water
Team Alvimedica launched their new Volvo Ocean 65 boat on Friday in Southampton to herald six months of crew selections and hard training before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 in October. -
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing
Abu Dhabi’s round the world yacht makes its maiden voyage in UK
Azzam, the new 65-foot carbon racing yacht in which Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (ADOR) will contest the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, has sailed for the first time with the crew, led by British double Olympic silver medallist Ian Walker, conducting sea trials along the English south (...) -
Stuntman
Alex Thomson : "I can honestly say that it was the most stupid thing I’ve ever done in my whole life!"
The British yachtsman Alex Thomson performs an amazingly daring feat on board his high-speed Speed #speedsailing yacht, the HUGO BOSS: He climbs up the 30-meter high mast of the moving vessel and dives into the ocean from the very top. -
Extreme Sailing Series
All 2013 teams return plus Olympic legend Sir Ben Ainslie and Volvo Ocean Race winner Franck Cammas
Extreme Sailing Series Extreme Sailing Series #extremesailing ™ organisers OC Sport, alongside Land Rover, one of two Series Main Partners, have today confirmed details of their most ambitious Series to date at the London Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow . The award-winning and ‘ISAF Special Event’ world tour will celebrate (...) -
SpeedDream
SpeedDream offshore prototype to be skippered by Vendée legend Mike Golding
SpeedDream, in conjunction with their technology partner, the Russian tech giant Yandex, announced that they will take the lessons learned from the SpeedDream27 prototype and apply them, along with other innovations, to a much larger offshore prototype. The boat, which will launch during 2014, will be skippered by Mike (...) -
Dongfeng Race Team
Dongfeng has successfully completed its sea trials in the Solent
Ahead of being shipped to China on Wednesday, Green Marine Marine Marine nationale have now officially handed over the Volvo Ocean 65 ‘Dongfeng’ to OC Sport. On the other side of the globe in Sanya, China the Dongfeng Race Team is preparing to put Chinese athletes through their paces in the first of several sailing team (...) -
Class C
Swiss Capsize Ends Title Fight • Franck Cammas & Louis Viat win the Little Cup
For the first time in 7 days, Franck Cammas’ Groupama C had a case of ‘the slows’. And for the first time in 7 days, Billy Besson and Jeremie Lagarrigue aboard Hydros II beat Cammas to the starting line and to the top mark. -
Little America’s Cup
Favourites Groupama and Hydros progress to Match Races
More light air on Falmouth Bay played into the hands of Franck Cammas and his Groupama C as they sailed to two more wins and a third place on the final day of qualifying for the 2013 International C-Class Catamaran Championship. Cammas and crew Louis Viat scored a perfect 7 points from 7 races after dropping their two high (...) -
Little America’s Cup
Cammas looses his crewman but win 2 races over 3 to lead the championship
Variable winds from 0 to 15 knots shook up the Little Cup fleet on Tuesday. While the leaderboard didn’t change significantly today for the 2013 International C-Class Catamaran Championship, noteworthy was Mischa Heemskerk and Bastian Tentij’s performance in Race 5; the Dutch crew of Hydros II were the first to prove that Franck (...) -
Little America’s Cup
Groupama C dominates day 1 amongst the damage
Under steely grey skies and howling winds on Monday, Franck Cammas and Louis Viat on Groupama C dominated the fleet on the first full day of racing for the 2013 International C-Class Catamaran Championship. More than half the fleet suffered damage of some kind, though most will return Tuesday stronger than (...)
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