MOD70 Virbac-Paprec Capsizes
The MOD70 Virbac-Paprec, sailed by Jean-Pierre Dick and Roland Jourdain, capsized on Oct. 10 off Belle Ile.
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The MOD70 Virbac-Paprec, sailed by Jean-Pierre Dick and Roland Jourdain, capsized on Oct. 10 off Belle Ile.
US Sailing proposes new US Safety Equipment Requirements.
How do we make offshore racing more enjoyable? Let’s start by taking the bodies off the rail and replacing them with the sail stack.
MOD70 organizers confirm a May 2014 start for the next edition of the Krys Ocean Race and hope to entice more Americans to visit New York for the race’s finish from Brest, France.
Watch highlights from the Rolex Fastnet Race, which takes competitors on a 608 nautical mile course from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, through the Solent and the Celtic Sea, before returning to finish off Plymouth.
A fixture on the ocean-racing circuit since 1925, the Rolex Fastnet Race covers 608 nautical miles from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, through the Solent and the Celtic Sea, before returning to finish off Plymouth. Photos: Rolex/Daniel Forster
Giovanni Soldini and his crew on the VOR70 Maserati race the 2,225-mile Transpac from Los Angeles to Diamond Head Lighthouse in Oahu, Hawaii.
Troy Gilbert reports from the ÅF Offshore Race, a 350-mile distance race that starts in Stockholm, Sweden and leads to the Baltic Sea.
This annual race around the coast of France began in 1978. Twelve teams compete in one-design M34s: 8 pro teams, including Groupama 34 with Franck Cammas, and 4 amateur teams. The race runs through the end of July. Photos by Jean-Marie Liot/ASO
Photos from the 61st edition of the Giraglia Rolex Cup: a week-long race including offshore and inshore races takes sailors from Sanremo, Italy, to Saint-Tropez, France, around the Giraglia, a rocky islet off northern Corsica, and to the finish in Genoa, Italy. Photos: ROLEX/Carlo Borlenghi
Four MOD70s, including Yann Guichard’s Spindrift Racing, compete in the Route des Princes, a stage race over 3,045 nautical miles between Valencia and the Bay of Morlaix via Lisbon, Dublin-Dún Loaghaire, and Plymouth.
The MOD70 Spindrift capsized during the Route des Princes offshore race, shattering the mast and sending skipper Yann Guichard’s brother Jacques to the hospital with a broken pelvis.
The MOD70 Virbac-Paprec, sailed by Jean-Pierre Dick and Roland Jourdain, capsized on Oct. 10 off Belle Ile.
US Sailing proposes new US Safety Equipment Requirements.
How do we make offshore racing more enjoyable? Let’s start by taking the bodies off the rail and replacing them with the sail stack.
MOD70 organizers confirm a May 2014 start for the next edition of the Krys Ocean Race and hope to entice more Americans to visit New York for the race’s finish from Brest, France.
Watch highlights from the Rolex Fastnet Race, which takes competitors on a 608 nautical mile course from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, through the Solent and the Celtic Sea, before returning to finish off Plymouth.
A fixture on the ocean-racing circuit since 1925, the Rolex Fastnet Race covers 608 nautical miles from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, through the Solent and the Celtic Sea, before returning to finish off Plymouth. Photos: Rolex/Daniel Forster
Giovanni Soldini and his crew on the VOR70 Maserati race the 2,225-mile Transpac from Los Angeles to Diamond Head Lighthouse in Oahu, Hawaii.
Troy Gilbert reports from the ÅF Offshore Race, a 350-mile distance race that starts in Stockholm, Sweden and leads to the Baltic Sea.
This annual race around the coast of France began in 1978. Twelve teams compete in one-design M34s: 8 pro teams, including Groupama 34 with Franck Cammas, and 4 amateur teams. The race runs through the end of July. Photos by Jean-Marie Liot/ASO
Photos from the 61st edition of the Giraglia Rolex Cup: a week-long race including offshore and inshore races takes sailors from Sanremo, Italy, to Saint-Tropez, France, around the Giraglia, a rocky islet off northern Corsica, and to the finish in Genoa, Italy. Photos: ROLEX/Carlo Borlenghi
Four MOD70s, including Yann Guichard’s Spindrift Racing, compete in the Route des Princes, a stage race over 3,045 nautical miles between Valencia and the Bay of Morlaix via Lisbon, Dublin-Dún Loaghaire, and Plymouth.
The MOD70 Spindrift capsized during the Route des Princes offshore race, shattering the mast and sending skipper Yann Guichard’s brother Jacques to the hospital with a broken pelvis.
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