Offshore

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup Day 3 – Highland Fling with comfortable seven point cushion

With two race wins and only one finish off the podium, Lord Irvine Laidlaw’s Highland Fling XI sits on a comfortable seven point cushion after the dark green Reichel/Pugh 82 won the Maxi class’ first windward-leeward race.

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup – Day 2 Windward-Leewards

Tuesday it was the turn of the J Class and Mini Maxi 1’s former Maxi 72s to sail windward-leewards on open water on day 2 of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

J Class drama on opening day of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

There was drama at the J Class start when the massive genoa on Topaz exploded requiring her army of crew to scrabble to recover the broken sail and plug in a replacement before they got going.

20-year-old HOD 35 Malice wins RORC Cherbourg Race

The 2022 RORC Season’s Championship concluded on Saturday 3 September with the finish of the 75-mile Cherbourg Race

Tall Ship charity Jubilee Sailing Trust Ltd enters administration

The Sailing charity Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) has announced that one of its subsidiaries has gone into administration after operating for nearly four decades.

IRC European Championship – Where size matters

Francois Goubau and his team on board the Bénéteau First 47.7 Moana rowned 2022 IRC European Champions, after calculations via IRC’s formula that takes into account each boat’s result, plus numbers of scoring races sailed and class size were completed

IRC European Championship – Resounding day for Picsou

The Belgian-flagged Dehler 29 Picsou had a resounding day Saturday, the only boat to post three race wins.

Day 2 of the IRC Europeans – Moana puts in best performance

Day two of the IRC European Championship at Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend could not have been more different to Day one

2022 RORC Round Britain - Winners Palmer and Holmes

Round Britain & Ireland Race – Jangada takes 7 minute win after 1,805nm

Richard Palmer’s JPK 1010 Jangada, racing Two-Handed with Rupert Holmes, is the overall winner of the 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race.

Round Britain & Ireland Race – Medallia Takes Line Honours

IMOCA Medallia, skippered by Pip Hare, took Line Honours in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race in an elapsed time of 10 days 13 hours 23 minutes and 22 seconds.

Round Britain and Ireland Race – Joy & pain on assent to Muckle Flugga

At 10:00 BST on Monday 15 August, Stuart Greenfield’s S&S 34 Morning After was ranked as the overall leader after IRC time correction in the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race.