Sailing News

Don’t worry, it’s only a newspaper. A good friend of mine, Finnbarr Webster (with whom I went to school in Weymouth) sent me a piece from the Dorset Evening Echo. It features Jonny, Steve White & Dee Caffari, all of whom have links with the area. Jonny was brought up in Weymouth, and occasionally attended school [...]

During the past four days of racing, Cheminées Poujoulat has continued to make gains on all her rivals, making the score more even along with Foncia helmed by Michel Desjoyeaux. Bernard Stamm isn’t boasting though, far from it in ...

Dominique Wavre (Temenos) in eleventh place, 178 miles from the leader was very surprised today at how easy it was to get through the Doldrums. "Things are going very well. The Doldrums has been rapidly devoured. We got through it without encountering any opposition. It was limited to a very slight reduction in pace for an hour, that’s all! According to the latest satellite charts the zone was pretty clear effectively and this is the reason that I didn’t see any big clouds...

The fleet of monohulls in the Vendée Globe is beginning its twelfth day at sea and since leaving Les Sables d’Olonne, the competitors in this 2008 edition have been battling in close contact as the 76 miles separating the ...

Here is a summary of what was said during today's live link-up with the French-speaking skippers this lunchtime in Paris. Vincent Riou (PRB) in 3rd place, 29 miles from the leader:  Thinks rankings will change a lot as they ...

 It’s gone quickly, very quickly for Sodeb’O, which has left over 1,400 miles in her wake since setting out from Brest last Tuesday (1354 GMT). The week isn’t yet over but already the maxi trimaran is sailing along the ...

The Sunsail 2008 Racing Series Final was hotly contested on Saturday 15 November onboard Sunsail's matched fleet of Sunfast 37s, with the RS 800 Class Association team ultimately being crowned series winners. The day comprised of three races in ...

  Racing now in 12-14 knots of fairly settled SE’ly trade winds the challenge of picking the best downwind angles and sail combinations, of sliding through the Doldrums, has been replaced now with a straight test of speed and power. The leaders with a more easterly course emerged slightly quicker into the new breezes, while those more to the west had some residual messy breezes to deal with, squalls and calms - but the winds do appear to be evenly distributed across the front of the...

This week's YW podcast is now online, Guy Swindells reports on a lively week in the Southern Ocean

Persistent Loïck Peyron passes into his second week at the head of the Vendée Globe pack, while the recovery of the only skipper to have broken the Gitana Eighty monopoly during that period, Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux), continues ...