Over 6,000 competitors and 1,100 boats are to race around the Isle of Wight on Saturday 1st July. The first start for the annual Round the Island Race is scheduled for 08:00
Offshore
11th Hour Racing Team winners of The Ocean Race
11th Hour Race Team is en route to Genova as confirmed winners of The Ocean Race.
Team Malizia win Leg 7 of The Ocean Race
Team Malizia found a way to grab a last-minute win in leg 7 of The Ocean Race, saving the best for last.
WindWhisper Racing Team wins Stage 3 into Genova
WindWhisper Racing Team won the final leg of The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint into Genova, beating the rest of the fleet by a massive margin
Adam Gosling’s JPK 1080 Yes! is Overall IRC Champion
The 2023 Overall IRC National Champion was decided by by 0.004 of a point.
The Ocean Race – Encounters with Orcas near Gibralter
Two of the VO65 boats racing in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint have had direct encounters with orcas – killer whales – in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Gibraltar on Thursday afternoon.
50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race reaches 491 entries
The 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race starts from Cowes, Isle of Wight on Saturday 22nd July – Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin via the Fastnet Rock
WindWhisper leads both Ocean Race fleets toward the Med
The Polish-flagged WindWhisper Racing team has stretched away to a 90 mile lead, winning the Vasco da Gama Mirpuri Foundation Prize in the process
2023-24 edition of Clipper Race to start from Portsmouth
The Clipper Race has revealed Portsmouth will be the location for the Race Start and Finish of its 2023-24 edition.
Reactive Rán wins the RORC 2023 Morgan Cup
Niklas Zennstrom’s Carkeek CF 520 Rán was the overall winner of the Morgan Cup under IRC
Ocean Race – 11th Hour Racing file Request for Redress
Following yesterday’s dramatic collision, the 11th Hour Racing Team officially retired from leg 7 of The Ocean Race on Friday and filed a Request for Redress
Ocean Race – 11th Hour Racing hit in start incident
The Ocean Race leader, 11th Hour Racing Team, forced to suspend racing approximately 15 minutes after the start of the final leg
