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It was in 1981 that 29 entrants set out on the third edition of the Whitbread Around the World Race, creating the current record as the biggest ever, fully crewed challenge. As the race evolved every four years, it became ever more professional and eventually, as the Volvo Race for elite sailors, the numbers dropped dramatically, averaging in the past 20 years, to only seven starters. The 2023 Ocean Globe Race (OGR) will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original 1973 Whitbread, the first ever fully crewed race, around the world. Already, two and a half years from the start, 25 entrants a...

Rolex Fastnet Race: Classic fantastics by James Boyd / RORC 16 Mar 15:26 GMT 8 August 2021 The oldest boat in the Rolex Fastnet Race - the 1939 Amokura will be raced two handed by owner Paul Moxon. © Nic Compton As the Rolex Fastnet Race approaches its 50th edition in 2023 and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Ocean Racing Club two years later, so we can expect to see more classic yachts taking part with ancient associations to what has grown into the world's largest offshore yacht race. In this year's Rolex Fastnet Race, oldest among the giant 400+ boat fleet is...

Middle Sea Race At 15:00 CEST today (Thursday, 22 October 2020) the winner of the 41st edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race was announced as the Maltese First 45 Elusive 2, skippered by Aaron, Christoph and Maya Podesta. As Afloat reported earlier,… I Love Poland (POL), skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski crossed the finish line of the 2020 Rolex Middle Sea Race at the Royal Malta Yacht Club to take Monohull Line Honours at 11:58:05 CEST today (Wednesday 21st October) in an elapsed… Bangor's Mikey Ferguson has come a long way since he learned to sail at a young age in Ballyholme on Belfast...

Maxi Edmond de Rothschild © Eloi Stichelbaut / polaRYSE / GITANA S.A Having returned to Lorient a fortnight ago, after her Jules Verne Trophy attempt was cut short due to the breakage of a float rudder, it's now time for the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild to go into refit. As a result, the week is kicking off with the platform being hauled out and transferred to Gitana Team's technical base, just a stone's throw from the Cité de la Voile Eric Tabarly. In this way, the 32-metre giant will join her appendages and mast, which the team has already been working on for several days.

Yachting Monthly 0shares Organisers of the OSTAR and TWOSTAR have confirmed the transatlantic races will go ahead as planned in May 2021 The 2017 OSTAR was the last race to be held. Credit: Paul Gibbins The MailASail OSTAR and TWOSTAR will go ahead as planned in May 2021. Organisers the Royal Western Yacht Club (RWYC), confirmed this morning that they are “confident” they can provide a “COVID safe start and finish” to the 3,000 mile corinthian races, which start on 9 May from Plymouth. It follows “continual communication with the Newport Yacht Club, our ...