Offshore

PowerPlay set Fastnet original course record

Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay, skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield, has officially set the Fastnet Original Course Record

RORC Spring Series – Dawn Treader and Gentoo Triumph

The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Spring Series continued on Saturday . . . Class winners were Ed Bell’s JPK 1180 Dawn Treader and James Harayda’s Sun Fast 3300 Gentoo

New Chief Executive for RORC

The Royal Ocean Racing Club has appointed Jeremy Wilton as the new Chief Executive of the London and Cowes based Club from 6 April 2021

RORC Spring Series – Easter Chocolates for Ino XXX & Aries

The Royal Ocean Racing Club 2021 season got underway on Easter Saturday with an inshore race in the Solent of approximately 38 nautical miles, the first of three races in the 2021 RORC Spring Series

IRC European Championship set for Hyeres

The 5th edition of the IRC European Championship will take place in Hyères, France, from 23 to 27 June with four days of racing on one of the most competitive and popular sailing areas in the Mediterranean

Figaro 3 Solo Maitre Coq – Overall Silver for Roberts behind Laperche

Pierre Quiroga won the long distance race, but it’s Tom Laperche who wins the overall Solo Maître CoQ with Alan Roberts in second and Gildas Mahé

Cowes Week 2021 Opens for Business

In a nod to the Government’s Roadmap to some sort of normality, entry for Cowes Week 2021 will open at 12 noon on Monday 29 March. The event is carrying over nearly 200 entries from 2020 so have every expectation that it will be a bumper year.

Figaro 3 Solo Maitre Coq – Roberts leads overall after race 2

Winner of the shortened second coastal race of the Solo Maître CoQ was Nils Palmieri (Teamwork) of Switzerland, taking his first race victory on the circuit