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TP52 Sled
Sled are new double 2021 TP52 Champions

Takashi Okura’s TP52 Sled team crowned 2021’s 52 SUPER SERIES champions and Rolex TP52 World Champions Saturday in Palma, Mallorca

TP52 Worlds 2021 - Sled
TP52 World Championship – Sled and Phoenix tied for lead

In the chase for the TP52 World Championship title Takashi Okura’s Sled crew and the Plattner family’s Phoenix share the lead with 15 points

PalmaVela Regatta Prizes 2021
PalmaVela Regatta delivers strong breeze finale

The final day schedule of the 80 boat PalmVela Regatta on Mallorca was reduced when Winds on the Bay of Palma proved just a little too fresh

2021 PalmaVela Regatta
No Racing on day 2 of PalmaVela due to Strong Winds

Strong winds on the Bay of Palma Saturday have put paid to racing on the second day of the 17th PalmaVela regatta but racing was completed on Friday, the opening day in Mallorca

2021 Middle Sea Race - Commanche
Comanche is overall winner of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race

The 100ft Maxi Comanche has been confirmed as the overall winner of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race following the decision to  rescore the event using the alternative finish line.

IRC
Trouble in the IRC/ORC family!

Statement from IRC Board Chairman regards the IRC/ORC Combined World Championships 2022

Alex Thomson 2018
Alex Thomson steps down from 2024 Vendée Globe

British sailor Alex Thomson has announced he won’t compete as a skipper in the 2024 Vendée Globe

2021 Middle Sea Race Commanche
42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race – New Mono and Multihull records set

This morning, Monday 25 October, the racing maxi, Comanche (CAY), skippered by Mitch Booth, crossed the finish line of the 2021 Rolex Middle Sea Race to take Monohull Line Honours in record time

2021 Middle Sea Race Start
42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race has started

The 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race put on a sensational start, with the 114 strong fleet currently spread between Syracuse to the north and midway between Malta and Sicily, to the south

The J Topaz - Peter Holmberg
A Rewarding Week of Maxi Racing at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

A most rewarding week two of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez for the maxi yachts concluded with an easterly eventually filling in to provide 45 of the world’s largest sailing yachts with a last opportunity to put points on the scoreboard

Maxi - Terry Hui - Lyra
Spectacular renaissance for Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup at Porto Cervo

The wind off Porto Cervo never filled in on the final day of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. Thus, following Friday’s layday, the results at the end of play on Thursday stand.

Light, tactical day two at very different Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

With a fine turn-out plus integrating the Wallys into the IRC maxi fleets, racing feels very different at this year’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup