Third wave of fastest boats get fastest start in 2021 Transpac by Transpacific Yacht Club 17 Jul 22:35 UTC From July 13, 2021
Powered by the best breeze of the week - 10-15 knots at the start off Point Fermin - today s final 19 entries in four divisions vaulted off the start line towards Honolulu, 2225-miles away, in the 2021 Transpac. These are the fastest boats in the fleet entered in Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4, and vary from 52 to 77 feet in length, with all expecting a speedy passage ahead.
The current monohull course record set by the VPLP 100 Comanche in 2017 is 5D-1H-55M-26S, an average speed of over 18 knots. A few days ago we got excited when the weather models lined us up for what looked like could be a record run, said Peter Isler, navigator on Roy Disney s turbo Volvo 70 Pyewacket (inset photo - Sharon Green/Ultimate Sailing) This is less certain now, but it still looks like a fast race ahead if we can get off the coast tonight.
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Middle Sea Race Fleet Building Nicely for October s 42nd Edition
5th May 2021
The Mediterranean’s premier 600-mile offshore classic looks well set for October
Credit: Rolex/Kurt Arrigo
COVID-19With six months to go to the start of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race on Saturday, 23 October, the Mediterranean’s premier 600-mile offshore classic looks well set. Some 47 yachts from 17 countries have entered, currently ranging in size from the mighty 42.56 metres (140 feet) ClubSwan 125 Skorpios down to the 9.14m (29.12 ft) Pogo 30 One & Only. Following last year’s successful running of the race, the Royal Malta Yacht Club is quietly confident that not only will the 2021 edition take place, but it is on track to do so with a sizeable fleet, COVID-19 allowing.
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Olympic sailing is in turmoil, with the classes to be sailed in the 2024 Games still undecided. Shirley Robertson tells Helen Fretter why the proposed mixed gender double-handed offshore class would be so positive for sailing.
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