Offshore

Alex Thomson heads to France for Vendée Globe race start

Alex Thomson heads to France to begin Vendée Globe race, departing onboard his 60ft IMOCA racing yacht, HUGO BOSS

Yachting Malta Coastal Race

The Podesta family, racing Maltese First 45 Elusive 2, won the Yachting Malta Coastal Race, the precursor to the 41st edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race

Day 1 at Swan One Design Worlds in Scarlino

Opening day of the inaugural Swan One Design Worlds held in Scarlino, Tuscany, see video here

Offshore Doubles to represent new Olympic sailing discipline

Offshore Doubles association formed to represent the new Olympic sailing discipline of doublehanded offshore racing

Robertson and Waitt win RORC 2-H Autumn Series

Jeremy Waitt and Shirley Robertson, won the final race of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 2-H Autumn Series to take overall victory in the three-race series

Maxi winners at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

Despite the wind turning light and complicated for the last two days, maxi yacht competition at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez was successfully held on three out of four days

The Stars Turnout for Barcolana 52

The official number of participants for 52nd edition of the Barcolana Race is 1,424

Hamble Winter Series – Difficult conditions for first weekend

Difficult conditions for the first weekend of the HYS Hamble Winter Series

Harayda and Caffari win second Two-Handed Autumn Series race

James Harayda and Dee Caffari, racing the Sun Fast 3300, Gentoo, won the second race of the RORC IRC Two-Handed Autumn Series.

Orca Whale incidents result in Navigation Exclusion Zone off NW Spain

The RYA has been notified of a number of incidents involving orca whales bumping and damaging sailing craft within Spanish waters, a Navigation Exclusion Zone has been set off NW Spain

Le Cléac’h wins 51st edition of La Solitaire du Figaro

French skipper Armel Le Cléac’h wins the 51st edition of La Solitaire du Figaro after the fourth and final stage of La Solitaire du Figaro was cancelled