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I'm back out on the ocean and happy to be here. I was really beginning to miss it! I left Cabo around 10:00am on Saturday. Things are going really well now. I'm on a nice beam reach and making ...

Another day in the race to Qingdao and the relatively benign conditions persist. It will not be long, however, before the wind ramps up and the teams experience the harsh conditions that this race is renowned for. Spirit of ...

Race One of the 33rd America's Cup Match was abandoned for the day on Monday afternoon. With very light and shifty conditions prevailing over the race area, the Race Committee was unable to set a fair race course. After ...

After a long period waiting for enough of a settled breeze, the two giant multihulls Alinghi 5 (SUI) and USA awaiting the scheduled start of Race 1 of the 33rd America’s Cup were sent back to their respective bases ...

A very excited Joe Woods climbed down from the podium a couple of weeks ago in Key West at Race Week giddy as a school boy with his second place trophy in the highly competitive Melges 32 fleet. "Second ...

VELUX and Clipper invest in new onboard cameras and media systems across fleet, enabling skippers to document the action 24/7 and communicate with race followers on land For the first time in singlehanded offshore racing, the VELUX 5 OCEANS …

The America's Cup Park here is very busy with a festive atmosphere, all ages and nationalities assembled in front of the giant screens awaiting the historic action. Air temperatures are quite pleasant now, mid-morning. Still no significant change on ...

Just 120 miles off the Brazilian coast, Groupama 3 is continuing to drop down to the SSW to hunt down a low off Rio de Janeiro. Meantime their 530 mile lead over Orange 2 is being maintained Franck Cammas ...

The tropical sailing paradise of the Whitsunday Islands supported by the friendly fellowship of the Whitsunday Sailing Club has continued to become a destination of choice for major dinghy and yacht racing championships. Later this year the Whitsunday Sailing …

Andreas Winistoerfer is a part-time designer for Alinghi. His company, Carbo-link, supplies rigging components and other structural composites to the team. Part time he may be, but he is nevertheless fully committed to the Defender's success. "I am proud ...