Daily Archives: April 26, 2012

A survivor of the fatal grounding of a racing yacht on rocky islands west of San Francisco is calling on the sailing community to make safety a higher priority. Continue reading →

After a tense night with plenty of cloud activity and a few gybes this morning to set up the angle for the turning point at Recife on the coast of Brazil, PUMA Ocean Racing Powered by BERG has continued … Continue reading →

Can Luna Rossa Challenge win two in a row? Fresh from record crowds and success in Naples, Italy, the America’s Cup World Series heads to Venice, Italy, for the penultimate regatta in the inaugural AC World Series. Racing takes … Continue reading →

Hard work on “Telefónica” as the boat makes it through the transition before sailing with more stable winds It's been a complicated night for the fleet, with the transition zone slowing the six boats racing down to unexpected low … Continue reading →

Antigua’s Yachting Insider regrets that it made an error in the first story of Issue 30 of its newsletter issued on April 25, 2012.  Lone Fox was not the overall winner of Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta 2012.  That award … Continue reading →

Day 5 of La Transat AG2R La Mondiale: Sam Goodchild and Nick Cherry continue to hold 8th position. At 0900 Artemis were 18nm behind race leader Nacarat who overnight have taken their lead back from Sepalumic who dropped to … Continue reading →

PUMA are today leading a trade wind fuelled drag race north to Recife on the corner of Brazil where the fleet will turn north west towards the Caribbean’s Windward Islands, the only remaining landfall before the Leg 6 finish … Continue reading →

The wind hasn't been very cooperative for Groupama 4 over the past 48 hours and their deficit in relation to pole position has further increased. However, the zone of light, fluky winds appears to be evaporating to give way … Continue reading →