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Spithill Named Sailor of the Year

November 5, 2014
Jimmy Spithill leads Oracle Team USA to victory in the 34th America’s Cup. © Guilain Grenier / Oracle Team USA Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill was presented with the 2014 ISAF male Rolex World Sailor of the Year award at a ceremony in Palma, Spain, yesterday evening. More »

Ocean Race Update

Loïck Peyron, age 54, on the Maxi Solo trimaran Banque Populaire VII, has stretched out his lead to 150 miles in the Route du Rhum from Saint-Malo, France, to Guadeloupe. © 2014 Thierry Martinez / BPCE It seems as if every time a press release from the Route du Rhum solo Atlantic race pops up in our inbox, it’s reporting some new disaster. More »

Chaos in Route du Rhum

November 3, 2014
The Route du Rhum started yesterday from Saint-Malo, France, in the rain. © 2014 Trépia de Pierre Yves Lautrou / Express Two lost keels, broken amas, downed masts and a collision with a container ship – yes, the Route du Rhum has started. More »

Midwinters and More

October 31, 2014
Meet the new X, not the same as the old X. GGYC set their new X buoy in time for the start of the midwinters tomorrow. © 2014 Gary Salvo Wanna know what’s really scary? More »

Route du Rhum Preview

The docks at Saint-Malo look just like the Corinthian YC at the start of the Singlehanded TransPac. © 2014 Alexis Courcoux Every four years the Route du Rhum transatlantic race gets the French all excité, and we should get excited too because it’s one of the classic singlehanded adventures – like our Singlehanded TransPac, but with more and bigger boats and scads more money. More »

Volvo Ocean Race Catch-Up

October 29, 2014
A GoPro selfie from current VOR leader Team Brunel. © 2014 Stefan Coppers / Team Brunel/Volvo Ocean Race The great thing about one-design racing is that the competition is tight – once you’re in the lead you know that no other boat is physically faster. More »

Volvo Ocean Race on TV

October 24, 2014
NBCSN’s coverage of the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race will begin this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. PDT with a 90-minute special highlighting the start of the race and previewing the 39-week circumnavigation. More »

Farr 40 Worlds Wrap-Up

October 20, 2014
The fun-loving crew of Guido Belgiorno-Nettis’ Australian-flagged Transfusion switched sports from sailing to halyard-skurfing in response to Friday’s conditions. © John Navas The fickle winds of October failed the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds on Friday, but many of the 19 crews made the best of the warm weather and long postponement that stretched out all afternoon. More »

Farr 40 Worlds Update

October 17, 2014
The crowd at the leeward gate in yesterday’s racing at the Farr 40 Worlds. © Nineteen teams from seven countries are competing this week at the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds, hosted by St. More »

Farr 40 Worlds Preview

October 13, 2014
Farr 40s Nightshift, Plenty, and Voodoo Chile racing on the Cityfront in September’s Rolex Big Boat Series. © While seven teams of top-level sailors tackle the North Atlantic in the ‘Everest of Sailing’ (aka the Volvo Ocean Race), 19 teams, with no shortage of rock stars onboard, will be tackling the waters of San Francisco Bay this week. More »