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Volvo Ocean Race In-Port Race Series: Vestas 11th Hour Racing win Gothenburg In-Port Race, MAPFRE claim Series title
Charlie Enright’s Vestas 11th Hour Racing showed great patience and sailed a clean race for a victory in the Gothenburg In-Port Race on Sunday. But it was Xabi Fernández’s MAPFRE team who rode a third place finish on Sunday to win the overall In-Port Race Series, sailing 11 points clear of their closest pursuers, Dongfeng Race (...) -
#Imoca @BWR_2018
Barcelona World Race: 2018-19 edition suspended, organisers aim for a fourth edition in 2022-23
In view of the political and institutional difficulties faced in Spain, the FNOB (Barcelona Ocean Sailing Foundation) Board of Trustees has decided to suspend the upcoming edition of the Barcelona World Race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace , due to start on the 12th of January (...) -
#TheTransat #Ultim #Multi50 #Imoca #Class40
The Transat 2020: City of Plymouth confirmed as start venue
Britain’s Ocean City, Plymouth, has won the bid to host the start of the next edition of The Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar in 2020, the first and oldest single-handed transatlantic race in history. -
#FigaroBénéteau #TALM
Tom Dolan: "Joining the Figaro fleet this year is exciting, if a little scary"
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan has revealed plans to compete in the hotly-contested Figaro class in 2018 – a move that takes him one step closer to his ultimate goal of the Vendee Globe. Dolan will join the gruelling Figaro circuit, which features some of the world’s best singlehanded sailors, after a successful tenure in the Mini (...) -
Nature
Volvo Ocean Race: Millions of tiny particles of plastic have been detected in European waters
The scientific research, using data collected by Race team ‘Turn the Tide on Plastic Plastic #DéchetsPlastiques ’, identified over three million micro plastic Plastic #DéchetsPlastiques particles per square kilometre of ocean. The sub-surface data on micro plastic pollution levels was collected using a state-of-the-art (...) -
La Rochelle - Le Marin
Mini-Transat La Boulangère: Ian Lipinski becomes the second double champion of the event
If you needed proof about how well you can control and understand your boat, you just had to sit back and watch the last miles of Ian Lipinski’s race this morning between the islet of Cabri and the finish line of the Mini-Transat Mini-Transat #MiniTransat La Boulangère. After a final gybe, the skipper of Griffon.fr hurtled along under (...) -
Two-handed transatlantic
Transat Jacques Vabre: Phil Sharp wins Class40 start and gets his jamon
A pumped up Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde (Imerys Clean Energy) – the Anglo-Spanish pair – were first across the line in the Class40 Class40 #Class40 as the 13th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 2017 started at 13:35 (French time) from its home in Le Havre, in Normandy, France today (...) -
Cowes
Rolex Fastnet Race: Rambler 88 claims monohull line honours
American George David’s Rambler 88 arrived in Plymouth to claim monohull line honours. The silver maxi crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 22:14:21 BST in a time of 2 days 9 hours 34 minutes and 21 seconds. This was more than six hours faster than they had managed in 2015 when they ghosted in just four minutes astern of (...) -
Imoca
Alex Thomson Racing: Over €200 million in sponsorship return since 2014
Alex Thomson Racing announce the results of an incredibly successful four year campaign as they look to the future, with the team’s sights set firmly on winning the Vendée Globe in 2020. The team have delivered over €200 million in sponsorship return since 2014 and have set a new benchmark for delivering value within the sport of (...) -
Offshore racing
Vendée Globe 2016-2017 : a hugely popular event and media success
The results of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe show huge increases everywhere: many more people attending the event, unprecedented media Media #media coverage and feedback, a record Record #sailingrecord level of international coverage without talking about the very positive race outcome in terms of the rankings. With 29 skippers lining up, (...)