Sailing News

Vendee Globe – It’s not going shopping, it’s a lot more than that . . .

In this special edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club Time Over Distance video series Louay Habib is talking to Thomson just days before he started the |2020 Vendee Globe

Jo Aleh elected Chair of Athletes’ Commission

Jo Aleh of New Zealand, a London 2012 gold and Rio 2016 silver medallist in the Women’s 470, has been elected as Chair of World Sailing’s Athletes’ Commission

Vendee Globe – Day 4 – No respite in the night!

The Vendee Globe skippers who chose the western option overnight had to face harsh conditions with gusts of over 40 knots

RS:X Europeans & Youth Europeans to go ahead in Vilamoura

Based on recent discussions with the local organizer, the 2020 RS:X Europeans and Youth Europeans are to go ahead in Vilamoura, Portugal from 22 to 28 November

America’s Cup holders call on New Zealand government to account for actions

The America’s Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) has issued a press release calling for the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to account for their actions

Vendee Globe – Day 3 Cape Finisterre

It has been a relatively slow and complicated night at the front of the Vendée Globe fleet negotiating a tricky corner at Cape Finisterre.

Vendee Globe – Who to Watch

Matt Sheahan takes a look at some of the hot shots and who can take the physical punishment of the Vendee Globe Race, solo non-stop race around the world

SailJuice Winter Series hit by Lockdown

The latest Covid-19 Lockdown for November has hit the few remaining sailing events of this blighted 2020 season

Vendee Globe finally gets away . . .

A sea mist shrouding the start zone off Les Sables d’Olonne held up the start of the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe, the solo non-stop round the world race, for nearly one hour and 20 minutes

Vendee Globe start from Les Sables d’Olonne

The Vendée Globe solo non-stop race around the world will start from Les Sables d’Olonne on the French Atlantic coast on Sunday 8 November at 12:02hrs UK time.

Vendée Globe will start Sunday at 13:02hrs French time

The ninth edition of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop race around the world will start from Les Sables d’Olonne on the French Atlantic coast on Sunday 8 November