IDEC SPORT ON CODE AMBER

The IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran has gone to code amber, meaning that they may be starting on Wednesday evening in their latest attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy, the outright crewed round the world ...

Finally!

Paddle surfing for the common Joe...

The Dude would give two thumbs up! ...

NEWS FLASH: Racing has been cancelled for the day. 40 knots and building plus incoming thunderstorms have forced organisers ...

A boater who has been missing since Nov. 27 was found alive and uninjured Tuesday aboard his 25-foot sailing vessel 64 miles south of Honolulu.

Ron Ingraham, 67, was last heard from when he placed two Mayday calls ...

Today’s race was a lot more difficult than yesterday’s at the St-Barth Cata Cup due to strong winds.

After pushing back the morning race to 2 p.m. due to 30 knots winds at the tip of Colombier, the race committee decided to stick to only one race in the afternoon.

Race number 5 took place in St-Jean Bay with a race around the Toc-Verts and Bonhomme islands.

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The fleet is ready to enter a place that most sailors have dreamt about but very few have experienced first hand: ...

The first eight days have been filled with more excitement and tighter racing than anyone could have anticipated. Up until Saturday morning, Leg One has left the fleet with few tactical options and therefore has kept everyone tightly packed as one unit of seven boats. It has been one ...

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Blog:
There was absolutely nothing charming about night number three. All of that talk about the reality of the race setting in, leaving the med this and that--the biggest challenge we have had so far was in making it through the night. A malicious front that has turned out to more aggressive, less predictable, and last much longer than anticipated—particularly its sea state—has left us licking our wounds a bit in these early hours of the morning. As Dave Swete acknowledged, “35 knots, upwind—yep. Feels like the Volvo to ...