Yacht Racing

90ft McConaughy superyacht Genuine Risk leads the way at Rolex China Sea Race 2012

90ft McConaughy Dubois 90 sailing yacht Genuine Risk leads the way at Rolex China Sea Race 2012, trying to break the race record of 47h 43m 7s, with 366 nautical miles left (as of 6:00 AEST).

34th America´s Cup: Licence Agreement between ENERGY TEAM and ORACLE Racing

The French Challenger ENERGY TEAM has just concluded a major agreement with the American Defender ORACLE Racing. This historic agreement enables ENERGY TEAM to achieve significant time and budget savings whilst maximizing its highest performance potential with its AC72 wingsailed catamaran in the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Series in July and August 2013.

Peter Craig Appointed as Principle Race Officer for the Pendennis Cup

Pendennis has appointed for the first time this year a professional race officer to take charge of the Pedennis Cup. Esteemed yachtsman Peter Craig from Marblehead, USA, has a wide range of experience with many of the premiere international regattas.

St. Barths Bucket Regatta 2012: Great Success for Hoek Design Superyachts

This year´s St Barths Bucket Regatta was a huge success for the four Hoek Design superyachts, including the charter yacht This Is Us, the superyacht Firefly, the sailing yacht Marie as well as the Athos megayacht.

Rolex China Sea Race 2012: Day 2 – 1700hrs

Several yachts were sailing well south of the rhumb line, with Jelik V throwing in an early tack to get back above, while Hi Fi and Freefire both waited until around early afternoon and the Genuine Risk superyacht a further hour before changing their direction in the search for boatspeed.

Les Voiles de St. Barth 2012: Tight at the top

There was a better breeze today at the Les Voiles de St. Barth yacht race, with a layday for competitors tomorrow and a full day of activities planned at Nikki Beach. Racing continues on Friday, with two races planned and a first start at 11:00am.

Naples America´s Cup World Series training starts over the Easter Weekend

Naples America´s Cup World Series training starts over the Easter Weekend and Championship Racing takes place from April 11 to 15 with the top sailing teams in the world competing in Naples.

Les Voiles de Saint-Barth 2012: Day 1

Tuesday, the first day of racing at Les Voiles de St. Barth 2012, dawned with flags lightly streaming, instilling hope that there would be enough wind. […]

Dubois Designed superyachts excel at the 2012 Caribbean Regattas

Dubois Yachts are celebrating after Dubois designed sailing yachts excelled in both the 2012 St. Barths Bucket Regatta and the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta and […]

Oyster Regatta British Virgin Islands 2012

Twenty-five beautiful examples of Oyster sailing yachts have gathered in the idyllic Caribbean setting of the British Virgin Islands for the 28th event in the Oyster […]

Rolex China Sea Race 2012 to start tomorrow

Rolex China Sea Race 2012 is set to start tomorrow, April 4th, with 26 competitors on the start line, including the Dubois 90 Maxi, Geoff Hill’s sailing yacht Genuine Risk.

ORACLE Racing announces crews for Naples America’s Cup World Series

ORACLE Racing has unveiled its crews for Naples America’s Cup World Series. The team’s two AC45 catamaran yachts ORACLE Racing Spithill as well as ORACLE Racing Bundock will be skippered, respectively, by Jimmy Spithill and Darren Bundock.