Sailing yacht BELLA PITA, a 75′ Bill Tripp design performance yacht has won the Shipyard Cup in Maine during the 8th running of the event.
John Merricks II finishes the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race in 8 days – 11:49:23
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team appoints Farr Yacht Design to design the Volvo Open 70 yacht for the Volvo Ocean Race. The second announcement is that Jason Carrington has been hired as the team’s Technical Manager.
Artemis Ocean Racing is in ‘the clubhouse’ and look to be in a very strong position to win the overall handicap prize for the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Their biggest threat for the moment is Piet Vroon’s Ker 46 Tonnerre de Breskens.
Artemis Ocean Racing II has broken the IMOCA 60′ course record having crossed the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race finish line Monday at 00h32′ 27” after 6 days 10 hours 32 minutes and 27 seconds at sea.
Lighter weather is predicted for today’s Sevenstar Roudn Britain and Irland Race. Read more from the report.
Over ninety yachts have entered the 2010 Rolex Swan Cup regatta, which will take place in Porto Cervo in Sardinia in just over two weeks. Find out more about the yachts getting ready for the regatta.
New England Boatworks Inc. has been contracted to build PUMA’s new Volvo 70 for the upcoming VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2011-2012. Design for this latest generation round the world race yacht will be provided by Valencia based Naval Architecture firm Juan Yacht Design.
The Audi IRC Australian Championship, which has grown in popularity, with numbers increasing to a record 144 boats for this fourth edition, has wrapped up for another year. The Championship comprised of: Audi Victoria Week in January, Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta in March, Audi Sydney Gold Coast Race at the end of July and culminating with Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August.
At 1126 hours BST on Sunday, the sailing yacht Groupama 70 took victory in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland off the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. By sailing the 1,802 miles in 5 days 21 hours and 26 minutes at an average speed of 12.74 knots, the French crew broke the previous record. Sailing yacht Telefonica Azul took 2nd place.
Emirates Team New Zealand, the 2009 Audi MedCup champions retained the overall Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy for the second year in a row on the same waters where they clinched the overall TP52 Series championships title last year.
Stephen Ainsworth’s sailing yacht Loki is the new champion of the 2010 Hamilton Island Race Week, after a tight battle with Harvey Milne’s sailing yacht Aroona.