As winter is approaching in the United Kingdom, the British Challenger for the America’s Cup, the INEOS TEAM UK will be shifting its base to Cagliari which is the capital of Sardinia situated in Italy. Earlier, their base was in Portsmouth. The team will get permission for continuing their testing program and training for the…
Spares and Tools for Equipping ARC Yachts
If you are planning to take part in the ARC rally, you would benefit from the experiences of those who have already made a transatlantic journey. The 2017 rally alone saw about 254 skippers and they all had their share of repairs and spares or had to make up for their absence in other ways.…
Golden Globe Race The Lead Is Narrowing Further
The apparently impossible lead that has been held by Den Heede in the race, Golden Globe is seemingly insurmountable no longer. Mark Slats covered the Cape Horn on December 2, before 06:00 UTC. He is eight days back Van Den Heede still, Slats has reduced the dominance of 351 miles in a week’s time. The…
48th Youth Sailing World Championships Will See Medalist Returning
The sailors of America and Australia in the 420 fleets and in the Laser Radial will return to defend their title of Youth Sailing World Championships next week. They will race at the 48th edition of the championship in Corpus Christi. The championship will start on Monday with 382 youth sailors that are aged between…
The Rolex Middle Sea Race
While most eyes are on the Volvo Ocean Race starting this weekend, the Rolex Middle Sea Race has also begun on Saturday, 21st October 2017. There are about 104 yachts that are participating from different nations, 30 in total. This is the 38th edition of this race that saw thousands of followers and enthusiasts having…
29er World Championship
The 29er world championship would be hosted in the California waters beginning the last weekend of July this year and ending on the first week of August. There are a total of 120 teams participating from 14 countries. Known as the Zhik 29er World Championship regatta, it would be held in Long Beach and organized…
Kinsale Yacht Club Regatta
Often regatta events fall flat due to unfavorable wind conditions as it happened at the Kinsale Yacht Club. There was a fleet of 29 boats that struggled with light wind conditions on the second week of Osean74 Frostbite Series. As the winds were very light off Charles Fort in the harbor area the races had…