Porto Cervo, Italy – The seven maxi yachts taking part in the first edition of the Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, promoted by the International Maxi Association and organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of the Real Club Nautico de Tenerife and the Sint Maarten Yacht Club, are progressing westward across the Atlantic accompanied by fair conditions and high spirits. The fleet set off from Tenerife in the Canary Islands on Monday 26th November bound for St. Maarten in the Netherland Antilles. As of 16.45 UTC Morten Bergsen’s Wally 105 Nariida (NOR) continued to hold a lead that she has not relinquished from the start. (more…)
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Although the Barcelona World Race is a 25 000 nautical marathon around the world, you might not know that from the position reports today. There are three very close ‘races within the race’ happening on the south Atlantic as the fleet sprints south towards the ‘Roaring Forties’. (more…)
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Today Estrella Damm’s luck has begun to turn. After several long days of no wind, the boat has wriggled out of the Doldrums and is once again sailing at pace, clocking up a maximum boat speed of 17 knots today. Separated from the race leaders by hefty 472 miles, skippers Guillermo Altadill and Jonathan McKee now face the challenge of clawing back some of the miles they lost but are far from giving up. (more…)
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The top seven boats in the Barcelona World Race fleet have escaped the clutches of the doldrums and are now racing on a tight reach towards the third scoring gate, off the coast of Brazil, at Fernando de Noronha. (more…)
Estrella Damm, currently in seventh overall, is the only boat still caught in the light, fluky winds that characterize the Doldrums – skippers Guillermo Altadill and Jonathan McKee are gliding along at just 5 knots. Emotions are running high on the boat with both s a ilors feeling a mixture of elation and discouragement. (more…)
There’s a new leader in the Barcelona World Race – Vincent Riou and Seb Josse on PRB have used a fast passage through the doldrums to take the lead from Paprec-Virbac 2. (more…)
Is the west the best? That’s a question the Barcelona World Race fleet is asking itself today as the fleet splits across an east-west divide. Furthest to the west is Veolia Environnement where skippers Roland Jourdain and Jean-Luc Nélias have pulled back an incredible 90 miles on the race leaders Paprec-Virbac 2 over the past 24 hours. From sitting in seventh place yesterday, the French duo is up to third now and sailing around the outside of the fleet is a distinct possibility. (more…)
LOS ANGELES -With the sailing world in turmoil over the changes of Olympic classes and billionaires butting heads about how to run the next America’s Cup, maybe it’s time to try the tranquility of the South Seas. (more…)
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After 10 days at sea, Estrella Damm has ticked off another milestone in the Barcelona World Race, crossing through the second gate just off the Canary Islands in sixth place at 01:25 GMT this morning, only a minute ahead of seventh place Tenemos II. (more…)
Paprec-Virbac 2 roared through the second scoring gate in the Canary Islands at 07:01 GMT this morning, leading the fleet for the second time past a course milestone. PRB was some three and half hours later, and both had opened up a reasonable (50+ miles) gap with the bulk of the fleet chasing them. (more…)
