Yacht Racing

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Sailing Yacht Secret Men’s 3.5 Business Overall Winner

Geoff Boettcher’s South Australian yacht Secret Men’s Business 3.5 was announced this afternoon as this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Overall winner.

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Sailing yacht Wild Oats XI Wins Line Honours

CYCA Commodore Garry Linacre and Patrick Boutellier of Rolex Australia presented Wild Oats XI skipper Mark Richards with the Tattersall’s Cup and a Rolex Yacht-Master timepiece for the win of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010.

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Fleet Trickle in to Hobart

Sean Langman and Anthony Bell’s 100-foot super maxi Investec Loyal was the second yacht across the finish line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, arriving last night just after midnight, three and a half hours behind the provisional line honours winner and race favourite Wild Oats XI.

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Sailing yacht Wild Oats XI first yacht home

What has been touted as one of the toughest Rolex Sydney Hobart Races in recent years saw the first finisher arrive in Hobart early in the evening on the 28th of December. The 100-foot super maxi Wild Oats XI crossed the finish line off Constitution Wharf at 2037 AEDT with an elapsed time of two days, seven hours, 37 minutes, 20 seconds — since leaving Sydney Harbour at 1300 on 26 December, Boxing Day.

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Big Seas and Breeze Continue to take a toll

The attrition continues in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race – throughout the night and into this morning, an additional 6 yachts retired with a grocery list of problems: damaged steering, torn mainsails, broken booms and engine issues. This time, the retirements were among the small to mid-sized boats, bringing to 16 the total number to have retired with 71 boats still battling hard in the race.

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Bass Strait Delivers Punishing Conditions

The forecast gale-force conditions made good today for the bulk of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet with yachts experiencing 40-50 knots of gale to storm-force winds from the west-southwest — together with massive seas. The toll today was nine yachts retired, some with severe damage, but all crews were reported in good shape.

America’s Cup: BMW ends partnership with ORACLE Racing

At the end of the year BMW will bring to a close its longstanding partnership with ORACLE Racing and thereby end its involvement in the America’s Cup. This is by mutual agreement of both partners. Both parties set ambitious goals and achieved the ultimate objective: winning the America’s Cup.

Justin Ferris joins Doyle Sails New Zealand

Doyle Sails has bolstered its internationally respected design team in Auckland, New Zealand, signing up renowned helmsman and trimmer Justin Ferris.

Swan European Regatta 2011 entries open

As we look forward to a week of high energy Solent racing in testing tidal conditions for the 15th edition of the Swan European Regatta Nautor’s Swan is delighted to publish the Notice of Race for the event. The Swan European Regatta will hit the UK shores of Cowes, Isle of Wight from July 9 – 15, 2011.

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Through the camera lens

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Through the camera lens. It all comes together for a moment, barely a millisecond, for a photograph that will take you out onto that grand, heaving race track where ocean racers ply their trade.

2011 Les Voiles de St. Barth: Sailing yacht Vesper/Team Moneypenny and S/Y Rambler 100 to headline

For the 2011 edition of the Les Voiles de St. Barth, scheduled for April 4 – 9, two U.S. teams— Vesper/Team Moneypenny and Rambler 100—will headline. Each epitomizes a level of player commitment not unlike that commanded by other serious team sports where motivation is key and the ability to work together over a long period of time increases the chance of success.

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Tactical Oceanographic Data now available for Hobart approaches

The last 10 miles of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (from Iron Pot to the finish) has often been the graveyard of ambitions for many competitors. New tactical oceanographic data covering a large area of southeast Tasmania is now available for the first time to competitors of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.