A Very French Regatta
Bruce Gain gets in the mix racing at the Challenges Des Mairies at the Brittany coastal town of Port de Piriac sur Mer, and enjoys the abundant gastronomic delights that await him ashore.
Bruce Gain gets in the mix racing at the Challenges Des Mairies at the Brittany coastal town of Port de Piriac sur Mer, and enjoys the abundant gastronomic delights that await him ashore.
It’s hard to say if Iain Murray, America’s Cup Race Management’s quietly spoken head honcho, will be pleased to see the end of AC34, or whether he almost wishes he could have it over again to make serious amends to a sailing event that has proven to be unpredictable.
Emirates Team NZ popped up onto its hydrofoils rounding the mark and then a gust of wind hit. The port bow of Aotearoa buried up to the main crossbeam, reducing the boatspeed from 40 knots to 13 and flicking two crewmembers, Rob Waddell and Chris Ward, overboard. The two grinders were recovered unharmed by the team’s chase boat, but the rush of tons of water tore the port side fairing off the main crossbeam and left the crew shaken.
Emirates Team New Zealand went bow down around the windward mark in the first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup final, throwing two crew overboard and causing damage to the AC72.
Sam Greenfield checks in from the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup base, where the American Youth Sailing Force is gearing up for the early September event.
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.
Who will win the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in early September? Will the victor continue on the America’s Cup path from there? Hans Peter Steinacher, gold medalist in the Tornado class and now one of the sports directors for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, shares his thoughts.
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup teams get in gear for their September races. Photos: ACEA/Gilles Martin-Raget and Abner Kingman
What happens when an Open 60 matches up against a windsurfer, a Moth, and a kiteboarder?
New York Yacht Club’s top team won the New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race Regatta for the Morgan Cup, beating three-time defending champion Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in the final race to clinch the championship. Photos: Stuart Streuli / ©New York Yacht Club
Luna Rossa advances to the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals after sweeping the Semifinals and posting a 4-0 record over Artemis Racing.
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
Bruce Gain gets in the mix racing at the Challenges Des Mairies at the Brittany coastal town of Port de Piriac sur Mer, and enjoys the abundant gastronomic delights that await him ashore.
It’s hard to say if Iain Murray, America’s Cup Race Management’s quietly spoken head honcho, will be pleased to see the end of AC34, or whether he almost wishes he could have it over again to make serious amends to a sailing event that has proven to be unpredictable.
Emirates Team NZ popped up onto its hydrofoils rounding the mark and then a gust of wind hit. The port bow of Aotearoa buried up to the main crossbeam, reducing the boatspeed from 40 knots to 13 and flicking two crewmembers, Rob Waddell and Chris Ward, overboard. The two grinders were recovered unharmed by the team’s chase boat, but the rush of tons of water tore the port side fairing off the main crossbeam and left the crew shaken.
Emirates Team New Zealand went bow down around the windward mark in the first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup final, throwing two crew overboard and causing damage to the AC72.
Sam Greenfield checks in from the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup base, where the American Youth Sailing Force is gearing up for the early September event.
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.
Who will win the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in early September? Will the victor continue on the America’s Cup path from there? Hans Peter Steinacher, gold medalist in the Tornado class and now one of the sports directors for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, shares his thoughts.
Red Bull Youth America’s Cup teams get in gear for their September races. Photos: ACEA/Gilles Martin-Raget and Abner Kingman
What happens when an Open 60 matches up against a windsurfer, a Moth, and a kiteboarder?
New York Yacht Club’s top team won the New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race Regatta for the Morgan Cup, beating three-time defending champion Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in the final race to clinch the championship. Photos: Stuart Streuli / ©New York Yacht Club
Luna Rossa advances to the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals after sweeping the Semifinals and posting a 4-0 record over Artemis Racing.
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
Sign up for Sailing World emails to receive features on travel destinations, event listings and product reviews as well as special offers on behalf of Sailing World’s partners.
By signing up you agree to receive communications from Sailing World and select partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You may opt out of email messages/withdraw consent at any time.
