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2021 eSailing World Championship © World Sailing The 2021 eSailing World Championship will be launched today [21 January 2021, 12:00 UTC] as the race to win this year's title - and a prize of USD $10,000 - officially begins. Launched in partnership between World Sailing, the International Federation for the sport, and Virtual Regatta, the world-leading digital sailing platform, this year will be the fourth season following the launch of the inaugural Championship in 2018. Last year's World Champion was Joan Cardona (ESP), a real-life member of Spain SailGP Team, following on from...

Goudon wins Virtual Vendée Globe in record time after 68 days of racing Wednesday, 20 January 2021 Frenchman Jean-Claude Goudon was crowned Virtual Vendée Globe champion after coming out on top in a race that went down to the wire. After 68 days of racing on the digital sailing platform Virtual Regatta, there was just 1 minute and 35 seconds separating Goudon and German Ronny Jesse. Goudon was the first to cross the finish line as he registered a record time of 68 days 22 hours 16min 4sec. Jesse had to settle for second with 68:22:17:39 seconds while Maxime Thomas of France came third in ...

The eSailing GBR National Championship © RYA Following the huge success of last year's eSailing World and GBR National Championships, the RYA are pleased to once again be partnering with World Sailing and Virtual Regatta, the leading digital sailing platform, for the eSailing GBR National Championship. The free-to-play online game provides players with an opportunity to race against friends, fellow sailors and real-world Olympic champions. The eSailing GBR National Championship season on Virtual Regatta Inshore will be launched on Thursday 21st January along with the eSailing Wor...

  "How To Go eRacing" Will Be Revealed on Wednesday Evening by Ireland's Champion of the eSailors 19th January 2021 eSailing champion – Howth's Colin Kavanagh spills the beans about successful eRacing online on Wednesday night It's arguably the case that the best way through lock-down is to assume it's all going to last a bit longer – maybe a lot longer - than most people think. Thus the most effective way to negotiate your way through it is to give yourself over with total dedication to the alternative virtual pursuits which have emerged online as the outside world comes to a halt, su...

RORC Transatlantic Race update: Black Pearl retires in big conditions by Louay Habib 10 Jan 16:16 GMT 9 January 2021 The IRC56 Black Pearl, sailed by Stefan Jentzsch, contacted the RORC Race Management Team at 11:30 UTC on 10th January to report that Black Pearl is retiring from the race and heading back to Lanzarote. All are well on board. Black Pearl was approximately 20 miles west of the island of El Hierro, some 250 miles from Lanzarote. The RORC Race Team and Marina Puerto Calero will be standing by should Black Pearl require any assistance. At 1200 UTC on the second day ...