Sailing News – Volvo Race, Ostar, Match Racing and More

Sailing News
Sailing News from around the World – The Volvo Ocean Race yachts are in dire straits, Ostar singlehanded transat sailboats pull through a big gale, CIAN wins at the Korea Match Cup, a new sailing record is set in the Mediterranean, André Budzien wins at the Finn World Masters in France, and more. Sailing [...]

Sailing News

Sailing news from around the world:
The Boston College Sailing Team has won the 2009 ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship, successfully defending the title won a year ago on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. The three days event was sailed in Flying Juniors at Treasure Island Sailing Center, hosted by California Maritime Academy and the University of [...]

Vendee Globe

Michel Desjoyeaux is leading the Vendee Globe, with less than 3,000 miles to go until he reaches France. Michel has now been sailing in the lead for virtually half of the race so far of this sixth edition of the Vendée Globe.

Jourdain is snared in the active Doldrums while the [...]

Dramatic Rescue in the Southern Ocean During the Portimao Ocean Race

There was a dramatic rescue deep in the South Indian Ocean today.  The ship CSK Radiance, reached the stricken sailing yacht Hayai with singlehanded sailor Nico Budel on board and effected a flawless mid-ocean rescue. Budel, a 69 year old grandfather of five was racing the second leg of the Portimão Global Ocean Race when [...]

Portimão Global Ocean Race Photo

Portimão Global Ocean Race Sailing out of Cape Town, South Africa
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Portimão Global Ocean Race (December 10)
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