North Sails building 3Di Sails for the IMOCA – The next edition of the Vendée Globe race is set to start from Les Sables d’Olonne, 8 November 2020
Phil Sharp to start in La Solitaire du Figaro warm-up race
This week OceansLab skipper Phil Sharp will join a fleet of 32 skippers in the 44th edition of the Solo Guy Cotton
Alex Thomson – It will go down to ‘are we fast in the right areas?’
Since returning to the water, Alex Thomson and the crew have completed a further 4,000 offshore training miles on HUGO BOSS, now she gets a final strip-down check
Tokoloshe II and PowerPlay triumph in Race the Wight
Mike Bartholomew’s Tokoloshe II was the double winner . . . for Monohull Line Honours and the Race the Wight overall after IRC Time Correction
RORC Racing’s Race The Wight results
RORC Racing’s Race The Wight leading results as available – 1 August 2020
Lonely Rock Race competitors ready for the challenge
The Royal Western Yacht Club’s Lonely Rock Race is due to start on Sunday 16 August 2020
Torbay Royal and Dinghy Regattas to go ahead
Another major UK traditional sailing event is going ahead following the easing of coronavirus restrictions – the Torbay Royal Regatta
Spirit Yachts unveils its Spirit 111 wooden superyacht
Take a closer look at the highly anticipated Spirit 111 . . . At 34m long, she is the largest, wooden, single-masted sailing yacht to be built in the UK since Shamrock V in the 1930s
Rise in Covoid-19 Cases cancels 2020 Round Ireland Race
The sharp rise in global Covid-19 cases has forced Wicklow SC to cancel this year’s SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race, due to start on Saturday 22 August
RORC – Race the Wight entry closing Friday 24 July
The Royal Ocean Racing Club is expecting in excess of 100 entries for Race the Wight, scheduled to start on Saturday 1 August
Edmond de Rothschild first home in Drheam Cup
Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier on the Ultime Edmond de Rothschild were first home of the the 94 competing solo sailors, duos and teams in the La Drheam Cup
100 monohulls and multihulls to start in DRHEAM Cup
Almost 100 monohulls and multihulls will line up at the start for the 3rd edition of the DRHEAM Cup on Sunday 19 July
