Swiss sailor Bernard Stamm sailing Bobst Group - Armor Lux has established a new transatlantic record whilst leading the Around Alone fleet on leg 1 into Torbay. This morning at 07:42:22 UTC (08:42:22 local time) he sailed past Lizard Point off the southwest coast of England. His official time for the crossing from Ambrose Point to Lizard Point will be ratified by the World Speed Sailing Record Council later today, but his unofficial time was 10 days, 11 hours, 57 minutes and 19 seconds. This establishes a new solo monohull transatlantic record and will become a benchmark record for all future solo monohull Atlantic crossings.
Le Bigouden Suisse Bernard Stamm a mené l’étape de bout en bout
Stamm enjoyed excellent conditions since leaving New York a week ago Sunday, and he has pushed and coerced every bit of performance from his boat. With dogged determination he has held the lead since passing under the Verazzanno Narrows Bridge, and looks certain to win Leg 1 of this Around Alone.
ETA : Stamm sailing Bobst Group - Armor Lux is due to finish in Torbay between 2 and 3 pm local time today. French skipper Thierry Dubois sailing Solidaires is 109 miles behind the leader and so is expected to arrive in the early hours of Friday morning.
Three hundred miles behind are a pack of four boats all closing in on each other so it is anyone’s guess who will take the 3rd podium spot for leg 1 : currently Belgian skipper Patrick de Radigues on Garnier is in third, with Italian circumnavigator Simone Bianchetti on Tiscali just 4 miles behind, and then 50 miles further back British sailor Emma Richards on Pindar has come up to just 6 miles from Hexagon, sailed by New Zealander Graham Dalton. They are provisionally due to arrive over the weekend but in what order ? Stay tuned to find out.
Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert’s JPK 1050 Léon has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race. No other boat still racing on the 695 nautical mile course can catch the French doublehanded duo for overall honours in this, the 51st edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s offshore classic.
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) is delighted to announce the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) as the winner of the 2025 Admiral’s Cup. After an intense battle during the RORC Channel Race, six inshore races in the Solent and the prestigious finale, the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Yacht Club de Monaco team is victorious. Runner-up for the Admiral’s Cup (…)
Volvo 70 Tschüss 2 (USA), owned by Christian Zugel and co-skippered by Johnny Mordaunt, has taken Line Honours in the West to East Transatlantic Race 2025 in an elapsed time of 07 Day 15 Hrs 29 Mins and 10 Secs. Tschüss 2 Crew : Christian Zugel, Johnny Mordaunt, Al Fraser, Andrew McLean, Campbell Field, Christopher Welch, Edward Myers, Fredric (…)
It has been a long time coming after spending much of the 2024 season finishing second and even continuing this in the recent IMA Maxi European Championship, but finally Guido Paolo Gamucci’s Cippa Lippa X has won a race. On Saturday morning at 1012 off Marina di Punta Ala, the white-hulled canting keel Mylius 60 crossed the finish line of the (…)
The inaugural McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR) has officially set sail, and what a start it’s been ! The first leg from Antigua to Panama has already delivered drama, camaraderie, and a masterclass in offshore sailing in these Mighty Mini’s. With 15 ALMA Class Globe 580s battling it out over 1,200 nautical miles, the MGR is proving to be (…)
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours has been claimed for a second year in a row by LawConnect. The 100-ft (30.48m) maxi skippered by Christian Beck completed the 628-nautical mile course at 02:35.13 AEDT on Saturday 28 December in an elapsed time of one day, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 13 seconds.
This second stage of three takes the 36 boat fleet to the Isla Sisarga Grande, a natural waypoint, to the west of La Coruña, where the Intermediate Sprint time bonuses are awarded, five minutes for first, three for second and one for this. The initial challenge for all is to negotiate the effects of the rugged, coastline with its high cliffs (…)
Il en a fallu de la patience lors de cette dernière journée de la HOALEN BREST DOUARNENEZ CLASSIC hier jeudi. Mer d’huile, vent evanescent... La rade de Brest inspirait plutôt la baignade que la régate. Après avoir patienté sur l’eau durant plus de 4 heures, la flotte des neuf concurrents prenait le départ de la course Incidence Sails et (…)
Le grand show de la Coupe de l’America, 37e génération, a commencé la semaine dernière à Barcelone. Les 5 Challengers et le Defender ont régaté pour la première fois en match-racing sur le plan d’eau de l’America’s Cup à bord de leurs monocoques de la nouvelle génération. Si la victoire est revenue, sans surprise, aux Kiwis, les matchs ont (…)
Le 25 août a marqué la conclusion du Championnat de France Windfoil et Raceboard, qui s’est déroulé sur six jours intenses, du 20 au 25 août. Cette édition a été marquée par des conditions météo variées, offrant un véritable défi pour les compétiteurs.
Les deux skippers remportent la régate la plus exigeante du Léman, respectivement en temps compensé et en temps réel, au terme d’une course mouvementée, disputée dans des conditions parfois dantesques.
As the sun set in Barcelona on a memorable Louis Vuitton Preliminary Regatta, it was Emirates Team New Zealand spraying the Moët & Chandon champagne as winners, after an enthralling and epic, super-tight final battle with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. Undoubtedly the race of the regatta, we saw match-racing of the highest order with the finest (…)
Le suspense aura duré jusqu’au bout… 52 minutes 25 secondes après l’arrivée du vainqueur Primonial, Viabilis Océans a franchi la ligne d’arrivée en deuxième position, 14 minutes 32 secondes devant Koesio. A peine pensable quand on sait que les équipages ont été à 200% depuis Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, frôlant parfois le chavirage, affichant des (…)
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Si Alexandre Demange (1048 – DMG MORI Sailing Academy 2) s’est assuré de sa victoire en Proto dans la deuxième étape mais aussi de sa première place au classement général de l’épreuve dès ce matin aux environs de 3 heures, il a fallu patienter un peu pour connaître le tiercé gagnant complet de cette 10e édition de la Les Sables – Les Açores – (…)
Ce lundi 12 août, à 3h06, Alexandre Demange a bouclé les 1 270 milles de la deuxième étape de la Les Sables – Les Açores – Les Sables. Auteur d’une remarquable fin de course, le skipper de DMG MORI Sailing Academy 2 a ainsi soufflé la première place à Caroline Boule (1067 – Nicomatic) dans les dernières longueurs, remportant alors la manche (…)