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Maxi Edmond de Rothschild establishes new Rolex Fastnet Race record
The extraordinary 32m long Ultime Maxi Edmond de Rothschild showed a clean pair of heels to the rest of the fleet in the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race arriving Monday 9 August at 20:24:54 BST, setting a new record for the race’s new longer 695…
Rolex Fastnet Race monohull line honours
Cherbourg, 11 August 2021– Dmitry Rybolovlev’s ClubSwan 125 Skorpios secured monohull line honours at the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race crossing the finish line in Cherbourg yesterday evening at 2015 BST. The Monegasque yacht’s elapsed time for the 695 nautical mile course was 2 days, 8…
Malizia former yacht of Prince Rainier of Monaco shipwrecked
Malizia former yacht of Prince Rainier of Monaco shipwrecked on Stromboli, Italy. The 25 metre yacht was chartered for a cruise in the Aeolian Islands.
The violin boat of Venice
The violin boat of Venice will serve as a stage for concerts in the lagoon The idea came to him with the outbreak of the pandemic. He wanted to create something beautiful to dedicate to his city, Venice, as a wish for a…
Rolex Fastnet Race Day 2 sees impressive achievements
Cowes, 09 August 2021 – The second day of the 49thRolex Fastnet Race served to emphasize the difference in speed potential between monohulls and mulitihulls, as the French trimaran Maxi Edmond de Rothschild finished the 695nm race in remarkable time of 1 day, 9 hours,…
Start of the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race
Cowes, 08 August 2021 – Today’s start of the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race was a spectacular sight. A strong south-westerly combined with an outgoing tide provided the 337-boat international fleet with a tough, early test in this demanding race. First held in 1925, the…
Rivers of Gold – Belcher and Ryan crowned Men’s 470 Olympic Champions
Enoshima Yacht Harbour on Japan’s Sagami Bay will forever hold a special place in the history of Australian sailing. The Tokyo 1964 Olympics was the site of Australia’s first Olympic sailing gold medal, with Bill Northam and the crew of the Barranjoey winning the…
Fremantle Sailor’s Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries Complete Their First Olympic Games
Fremantle Sailing Club are immensely proud and pleased to join in the announcements and congratulate Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries on completing their first Olympic Games in Tokyo in the Women’s Two Person Dinghy – 470 Class. With results in the top ten…
Fremantle Sailor Matt Wearn Wins Gold at Tokyo Games
Fremantle Sailing Club are immensely proud and pleased to join in the announcements and congratulate Matt Wearn in winning Gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the Men’s Laser Class. Matt showed strong resilience fighting back to finish inside the top four in…
Australia’s Matt Wearn wins Laser Gold at Tokyo Olympics
Matt Wearn has maintained Australia’s Olympic dominance in the Laser, winning the nation’s third consecutive gold medal in the class. Wearn overcame a nervous start to the regatta to completely dominate the middle and late stages and had the Gold wrapped up in advance…
Nautical Hamsterman
Beachgoers in Florida were shocked to find a human hamster wheel washed up on the beaches of Flagler County during a July weekend. Powered by single man, a survivalist named Reza Baluchi, this was his third bubble-style vessel. His previous two vessels had resulted…
Laser designer Bruce Kirby dies aged 92
Journalist, Olympian and Laser designer Bruce Kirby passed away on 18 July, aged 92. Canada born, Kirby was first a newspaper journalist in Ottowa before specialising in sailing journalism and yacht design. Kirby was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2012.
