The 2012 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is expected to provide the action and drama every sailing enthusiast craves for as Australiaâs living legend Syd Fischer banners a field of world class competitors slugging it out for glory in one of the most popular sailing events in the worl...
US Sailing and Rolex Watch U.S.A. have announced that the iconic watch brand will extend its support of sailingâs national governing body through the renewal of its long-standing sponsorship. While continuing its position as the organizationâs official timepiece and title sponsor ...
ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards were held at Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland yesterday evening (Tuesday 6th November) where Ben Ainslie (GBR) and Lijia Xu (CHN) were named the male and female winners of 2012. Four-time Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie commented: 'Winning t...
Among the 82 entries into the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race received by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia there were four super maxis and six previous overall winners, including defending champion, Loki, at the close of entries at 5.00pm last evening. While the 100 footers from NS...
The 2012 Rolex Middle Sea Race captured a certain spirit of offshore sailing. A race characterized by an exasperating search for a fickle breeze tested crewsâ resolve, patience and determination. This was not split second, cut and thrust racing but rather tactically strenuous, menta...
In the Rolex Middle Sea Race, the pontoons have rapidly filled at the Royal Malta Yacht Club throughout the past two days. With the line honours winner of the 2012 edition, Esimit Europa 2, arriving on Wednesday and the overall race winner, Hi Fidelity, confirmed yesterday evening, th...
In the 2012 Rolex Middle Sea Race, South African entry Hi Fidelity has been confirmed as the overall winner. Arriving at 04:18.15 CEST this morning, Eddie De Villiersâ Welbourne 46, established a corrected time benchmark that has proved impossible for the remainder of the fleet to b...
In the 2012 Rolex Middle Sea Race, Esimit Europa 2 (SLO) has claimed line honours. The 30.48m/100-ft Maxi crossed the finish line in Marsamxett Harbour, Malta on Wednesday 24th October at 01:13.15 CEST, sealing a third straight line honours win. Igor Simcicâs crew completed the 606-...
The 33rd Rolex Middle Sea Race continues to be characterized by a crawling pace as one of the slowest races in recent years unfolds. The bulk of the 83-strong international fleet has passed the volcanic island of Stromboli, and is engaged in a search for breeze to propel them across t...
With the 33rd Rolex Middle Sea Race now underway, a tactically challenging and meteorologically intriguing race is developing. Thirty hours into the contest, all 83 yachts are still racing with the bulk of the fleet negotiating the infamous Strait of Messina. Leading the fleet, and mi...
The 33rd Rolex Middle Sea Race is now underway with a substantial and expectant crowd witnessing a record number of 83 entrants representing 19 countries and territories attack todayâs start to the 606-nautical mile race. Blue skies and a south-easterly 12-13 knot breeze prevailed a...
The 2012 Rolex Middle Sea Race, a 606-nautical mile offshore classic, commencing tomorrow Saturday 20th October, continues to entice well into its sixth decade. Event organizers the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) expect that this yearâs number of race starters will surpass the record...
Six Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race yachts are among the fleet of up to 46 boats expected to line up tomorrow for the 104th running of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadronâs prestigious Gascoigne Cup short ocean race. Heading the Sydney Hobart contenders is Bob Steelâs TP52 Quest which ...
Australian yachting legend Syd Fischer has announced he will skipper last yearâs Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Racer line honours winner, Investec Loyal, in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australiaâs annual 628 nautical mile race which starts at 1.00pm on Boxing Day. Fischer, who took lin...
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet for the 68th edition in December reached 50 with the entry of Bob âRobboâ Robertsonâs Queensland yacht, Lunchtime Legend; and just hours later, entries had already reached 60, such is the popularity of the race. Robertson is coming off a win ...
With a trio of Paralympic 2.4mR gold medallists in the London 2012 Paralympic Sailing Competition, 2.4mR fleet Helena Lucas went into the event as an outside favourite. Although she had taken the 2011-2012 2.4mR ISAF Sailing World Cup title, a regatta victory in the one-person keelboa...
Coming into the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Tom Slingsby knew the Weymouth and Portland waters better than anyone and with an unbeaten record at the venue he was the overwhelming favourite to take gold. Determined to banish his Beijing 2008 demons Slingsby did not fail to ...
There is a near record entry of yachts, from all over the globe, expected on the start line of the Rolex Middle Sea Race. In 2006, 78 yachts entered the race and this year that number may well be surpassed. With under a month to go to the start, the organising team at the Royal Malta ...
There is a near record entry of yachts, from all over the globe, expected on the start line of the Rolex Middle Sea Race. In 2006, 78 yachts entered the race and this year that number may well be surpassed. With under a month to go to the start, the organising team at the Royal Malta ...
Over the last fifteen years, the Farr 40 class has hosted their World Championships at top sailing venues around the world. Previously held in the U.S. two times in Miami, Newport and San Francisco, this year the fleet traveled for the first time to Chicago, with racing taking place o...
The 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship victory has been claimed by Chicago architect Helmut Jahn following nine races across four days of competition on Lake Michigan. A stalwart of the grand-prix class, Jahnâs previous best result was a fourth place at last yearâs Rolex Farr 4...
Ever since the release of the Notice of Race (NOR) for the 68th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, applications for entry for Australiaâs blue water classic have been pouring in from around the world and as of today, the number is at thirty. For the first time in the rac...
In the time since the launch of the first Farr 40 in 1997, this high-octane grand-prix class has grown to 160 boats sailed in twenty countries. The well-organized class is run like a business, and the ensuing international competition has led the fleet around the globe to race in many...
Rolex Swan Cup â Caribbean has been created by Nautor's Swan together with historic partners Rolex and the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS). Taking place from 11th to 15th March 2013 at the YCCS Virgin Gorda, the Rolex Swan Cup - Caribbean will include four days of racing under IRC ...
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Day one of racing got underway at the 2012 Rolex Swan Cup amid very light winds and following two postponements. Racing proceeded shortly after 13:00 and the conditions could not have been gentler. All four divisions will come off the water having had a very satisfactory dayâs racin...
Rolex Big Boat Series - A chill in the air did nothing to lessen the heat on the race course at the Rolex Big Boat Series, where 66 boats in eight classes have now completed three days of competition and look forward to the last and longest race of the event. Tomorrowâs 'Bay Tour' r...
The verdicts are in at the 2012 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. Under the scorching sun of Porto Cervo, the thirty-four strong fleet were left frustrated on the final day of the competition with racing cancelled due to insufficient breeze. Despite the Race Committeeâs best efforts to ensure t...
Thanks to a piercing sun and bright blue skies, normal service was resumed at the 2012 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup after two days of uncharacteristic weather in northeastern Sardinia. A 12-15 knot westerly and a calm sea state welcomed the race start as the Mini Maxi and Wally classes engage...
The 23rd edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup is set to get underway tomorrow and anticipation is building in Porto Cervo as the owners, crews, technicians and officers participating complete final preparations. A fleet of 34 maxi yachts have travelled to northern Sardinia from across ...
