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New York - San Francisco
At 15.37 GMT Maserati has rounded Cape Horn against the prevailing wind
Giovanni Soldini, Guido Broggi, Corrado Rossignoli, Michele Sighel, Sébastien Audigane, Boris Herrmann, Jianghe Teng, Ryan Breymaier e Carlos Hernandez left New York on December 31, 2012 attempting to break the historic record Record #sailingrecord of the Golden Route. They rounded the mythical Cape Horn after 21 days, 23 hours and 14 (...) -
Solo around the world
Solo skipper Guo Chuan became the first Chinese to round Cape Horn
Chinese sailing star Guo Chuan got round Cape Horn in Chile 1 a.m. GMT on January 19 and became the first Chinese that cross the waters off the iconic landmark in a non-stop single-handed round-the-world odyssey. -
New York - San francisco
Giovanni Soldini and Maserati have set sail for San Francisco!
At 5:22:56 pm Italian time (11:22:56 am local time), under a bright sun and clear blue skyes Giovanni Soldini and Maserati’s team have crossed the starting line in front of New York’s North Cove Marina. -
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
New race record in Hobart for Wild Oats XI
At 07.23.12 AEDT Bob Oatley’s, Reichel/Pugh designed, 30.48m (100-foot) maxi Wild Oats XI crossed the Hobart finish line at the end of the 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart, to take line honours in the 68th edition of the 628 nautical-mile race, and set a new race record Record #sailingrecord in the (...) -
Vendée Globe
Flying François Gabart smashes 24hr solo sailing record at 545.3 miles, average speed 22.3
Flying François Gabart stepped up his Vendée Globe challenge with an unprecedented display of lightning fast sailing in the middle of the Indian Ocean today. -
Lüderitz Speed Challenge
Windsurfing session in Namibia closes on with 50+ knots records
The first ever windsurfing World Record Record #sailingrecord was set by Pascal Maka, who clocked 38.86 knots in 1986. This was bettered nine times before Antoine Albeau took the record Record #sailingrecord to 49.09 knots in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Mer in the South of France in March (...) -
Vendée Globe
Faster than Gabart, Jean-Pierre Dick sails 502 nm in 24 hours
Yesterday, between 4am GMT Friday 30th November to 4am GMT Saturday 1st December Jean-Pierre Dick (Virbac Paprec 3) travelled from point to point, 498.80 miles in twenty-four hours, averaging speeds of 20.8 knots. This breaks the record Record #sailingrecord held previously by Alex Thomson in 2003 and, also the record Record (...) -
Vendée Globe
Gabart covered 482.91 miles in 24hrs and broke Thomson’s record
Yesterday, between 12pm GMT Thursday 29th to 12pm GMT Friday 30th November François Gabart (MACIF), travelled from point to point, 482.91 miles in twenty-four hours, averaging speeds of 20.1 knots. This breaks the record Record #sailingrecord held previously by Alex Thomson in 2003. Confirmation of the record Record #sailingrecord is (...) -
Speed
The Vestas Sailrocket 2 broke the miles record and averages 65+ knots on 500m
"VSR2 performed exactly as predicted by the Sailrocket design team of Malcolm Barnsley and Chris Hornzee Jones at AEROTROPE. The spec for the boat was to be able to hit 65 knots in 26 knots of wind in order to average around 60 knots," wrote the team on their video page. And they did better on November 24 : "On the GT-31 gps 67.74 and an (...) -
Speed
Video : Vestas SailRocket 2 at 63 knots
On the 16/11/12 VESTAS Sailrocket 2 set out on it’s 13th run for this session Walvis Bay Namibia. In moderate conditions with around 25 knots of wind average... VSR2 smashed the previous Outright world record Record #sailingrecord by the biggest margin in the records history [1]. Paul larsen averaged 59.23 knots over the record (...)