An operation is under way to rescue Lalou Roucayrol, the French Route du Rhum skipper who capsized 1,000 nautical miles east of Guadeloupe early Wednesday morning.
Iain Percy to race at Star Sailors League Finals
Britain’s Iain Percy will make his debut in the Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau this December, sailing in his 2012 Olympic boat with Anders Ekstrom
Arkema Capsize on the Route du Rhum
French skipper Lalou Roucayrol has capsized on his Multi50 Arkema at around 06:30hrs UTC this morning (Weds) while racing in fourth place in the Route du Rhum-Destination Gaudeloupe approximately 1000 miles east of Guadeloupe
Route du Rhum – Less than 1000nm to go for Thomson
Armel Tripon and Alex Thomson should be the next to finish the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. The leaders of the Multi50 and IMOCA fleets are only 115 nautical miles apart
SailGP announce China SailGP Team
The latest SailGP national team announcement is for the fifth team, China SailGP, led by the World Match Racing Tour 2016 champion, New Zealander Phil Robertson.
Scheidt and Lopes are South American Star champions
Robert Scheidt and Arthur Lopes (BRA) are 2018 South American champions of the Star class
Kiteboarding added to RYA Youth National Championships
Following the addition of a Kite-Foiler Mixed Event to the 2024 Paris Olympic sailing events the RYA has added twin tip kiteboarding to the Youth National Championships
Joyon wins Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
Francis Joyon snatched victory in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, finishing just 7 min and 8 secs ahead of Francois Gabart after overtaking him in the last miles of the race
RS Aero Youth Winter Training – Hayling Island
We were welcomed by Hayling Island SC for the first of this winter’s six weekend RS Aero UK Youth Team Training 2018/19 series
American Magic test boat hits the water off Portsmouth
The American Magic team’s AM38 test boat, better known as the MULE, touches both sunlight and the sea for the first time off Portsmouth, R.I.
Route du Rhum – Gabart on course to smash race record
With less than 800 nm to sail to the finish of the 2018 Route du Rhum he French sailor François Gabart is on course not only to win the ULTIME class but to smash the outright race record
Mike Golding – Sailing in the Olympics is definitely niche
Solo round the world sailor Mike Golding was invited to the World Sailing Annual Conference, along with Dee Caffari, to give their perspective on solo and short handed ocean racing at a key forum