While there have been few positions changes over the last few days in the VOR with illbruck heading the fleet, Amer Sports One has snatched fifth position from SEB
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From the rail of Serano
Jostling for the best position on the start line in a 70ft Swan with the likes of Titan the 70ft sled, Pyewacket and the rest of the big boat racing…
Antigua final showdown
Winds topping 24 knots and the Atlantic Ocean rolling in to the cliffs below Shirley Heights certainly gave all the crews in the last day’s racing at Antigua Race Week…
Admiral’s Cup 2003 IRC class announcement
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has announced the details of the IRC (Endorsed) Class to join the IMS 600 Class already announced for the Admiral's Cup
Orange peeling off the miles
With less than 1,000 miles to go, Orange's twin bows are pointed directly at Brest at 30 knots of boatspeed
Antigua at its best
The 215-boat fleet competing at Antigua Race Week experienced some of the best conditions seen so far this week with glorious sunshine and a building breeze which reached in excess…
Gerber Vortex Grand Prix
The first event of the Gerber Laser Vortex Grand Prix 2002 calendar kicked off with a bang at Weston S. C. on the South Coast. Despite the forecast for gales…
Amer Sports Too breaks mast
A bitter blow for the all-girl VOR crew
Controversy surrounds illbruck’s record
As much as 100 miles of illbruck's record breaking 473-mile 24 hour run could be down to the Gulf Stream. So should it be allowed?
Lights on Orange
Fears over the integrity over the rig remain uppermost in the minds of the crew of Orange as they head towards the Azores
Interview with Ossie Stewart
Ossie Stewart, one of the UK’s top racers, chats to Sue Pelling about Serano of London, the Swan 70 he’s currently sailing during Antigua Race Week
Pyewacket keeps control in Antigua
After just two days, competition at Antigua Race Week is hotting up. Roy Disney’s Pyewacket is strutting her stuff on the racecourse but, with Chippewa snapping at her heels, she’s…
Around the world in 64 days?
Bruno Peyron is predicting that the maxi-cat Orange could finish as soon as next Sunday
illbruck breaks 24-hour record
If it is ratified, the VOR60 will have set a new monohull speed record
Goodison wins the Laser Class at Hyeres Regatta
Going into the final day of racing at the 34th Hyeres Olympic Sailing Regatta, Paul Goodison (Rotherham) had a ten-point lead over Robert Scheidt, the five times World Champion and…
Roy Disney interview
Pyewacket, the 75ft Reichel-Pugh racer, is competing at Antigua Race Week and, with a 15-minute win in the first race of the Big Boat class, she’s going to be a…
Interview with Stuart Quarrie
Stuart Quarrie chats to Sue Pelling about the reasons why he turned down an offer to navigate the last three legs of the VOR in favour of Antigua Race Week
Gulf Stream lottery for Volvo leg 7
Weather and Gulf Stream strategies will be the key factors in the Annapolis/La Rochelle leg of the VOR, which starts on Sunday 28 April
VOR, playing the weather game
The Volvo fleet will need to use the Atlantic Lows and Highs like stepping stones on their way to leg 7 finish in La Rochelle
Just the Ticket
A limited ticket raffle organised by Virgin Islands Search and Rescue promises the winner a $60,000 classic yacht to sail away