by Natalie | Jan 14, 2021 | Daily News, Features
Day 67 – With nothing more than a handful of small miles separating them, the leaders of the Vendée Globe are engaged on a straight head-to-head northerly speed test which may yet prove decisive, and which may finally show the ultimate value of a fully functioning...
by Natalie | Jan 13, 2021 | Daily News, Features
With the three America’s Cup challenger teams preparing to begin their Selection Series on January 15 at 3:00pm NZT (Jan. 14 at 9pm EST), Kiwi news service Stuff reports how the betting services view the upcoming racing: The bookmakers have Team New Zealand a heavy...
by Natalie | Jan 11, 2021 | Daily News, Features
Five-time America’s Cup winner Sir Russell Coutts may not be competing in the 36th edition, but he has initiated a legal scuffle regarding the broadcasting of the event. Coutts alleges the graphics used by Sir Ian Taylor’s Animation Research for pre-Christmas racing...
by Natalie | Jan 11, 2021 | Daily News, Features
Day 2 – The IRC56 Black Pearl, sailed by Stefan Jentzsch, contacted the RORC Race Management Team at 11:30 UTC today to report that Black Pearl was retiring from the 2021 RORC Transatlantic Race and heading back to Lanzarote. After the start yesterday, Black Pearl was...
by Natalie | Jan 11, 2021 | Daily News, Features, Industry Insider 1
Day 64 – The Franco-German skipper Isabelle Joschke has been forced to abandon her Vendée Globe yesterday after a further failure of the keel canting system on board her IMOCA MACSF. As the first woman in the ranking sailing the 2007 VPLP-Verdier designed IMOCA, she...
by Natalie | Jan 11, 2021 | Daily News, Features
The six crew of the 32-metre trimaran Edmond de Rothschild set sail January 10 at 01 hours 33 minutes and 46 seconds UTC on a fresh attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy record. Setting off the race start line off the island of Ushant, the team of Franck Cammas, Charles...