The Whitbread Race’s Flying Dutchman, Conny van Rietschoten, the only skipper to have won the race twice, passed away in December. A sentimental favorite of fans of the race, van Rietchoten, was a true character in era of true grit. Professional photographer Onne van der Wal captured the experience onboard in Flyer in 1977, and shares his own Conny story.
Amateur sailor Benoit Marie surprises everyone, and himself, by arriving to port ahead of some of the world’s best Mini sailors in the Mini Transat.
A delayed start for the Transat Jacques Vabre allowed much of the fleet to reach the finish in Brazil in good shape, save for favorites Michel Desjoyeaux and Francois Gabart, who suffered a dismasting.
Team SCA, the all-female team, is making good use of early training days on the Volvo 65, solidifying themselves as the early race favorite.
The MOD70 Virbac-Paprec, sailed by Jean-Pierre Dick and Roland Jourdain, capsized on Oct. 10 off Belle Ile.
US Sailing proposes new US Safety Equipment Requirements.
How do we make offshore racing more enjoyable? Let’s start by taking the bodies off the rail and replacing them with the sail stack.
MOD70 organizers confirm a May 2014 start for the next edition of the Krys Ocean Race and hope to entice more Americans to visit New York for the race’s finish from Brest, France.
Watch highlights from the Rolex Fastnet Race, which takes competitors on a 608 nautical mile course from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, through the Solent and the Celtic Sea, before returning to finish off Plymouth.
A fixture on the ocean-racing circuit since 1925, the Rolex Fastnet Race covers 608 nautical miles from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, through the Solent and the Celtic Sea, before returning to finish off Plymouth. Photos: Rolex/Daniel Forster
Giovanni Soldini and his crew on the VOR70 Maserati race the 2,225-mile Transpac from Los Angeles to Diamond Head Lighthouse in Oahu, Hawaii.
Troy Gilbert reports from the ÅF Offshore Race, a 350-mile distance race that starts in Stockholm, Sweden and leads to the Baltic Sea.
The Whitbread Race’s Flying Dutchman, Conny van Rietschoten, the only skipper to have won the race twice, passed away in December. A sentimental favorite of fans of the race, van Rietchoten, was a true character in era of true grit. Professional photographer Onne van der Wal captured the experience onboard in Flyer in 1977, and shares his own Conny story.
Amateur sailor Benoit Marie surprises everyone, and himself, by arriving to port ahead of some of the world’s best Mini sailors in the Mini Transat.
A delayed start for the Transat Jacques Vabre allowed much of the fleet to reach the finish in Brazil in good shape, save for favorites Michel Desjoyeaux and Francois Gabart, who suffered a dismasting.
Team SCA, the all-female team, is making good use of early training days on the Volvo 65, solidifying themselves as the early race favorite.
The MOD70 Virbac-Paprec, sailed by Jean-Pierre Dick and Roland Jourdain, capsized on Oct. 10 off Belle Ile.
US Sailing proposes new US Safety Equipment Requirements.
How do we make offshore racing more enjoyable? Let’s start by taking the bodies off the rail and replacing them with the sail stack.
MOD70 organizers confirm a May 2014 start for the next edition of the Krys Ocean Race and hope to entice more Americans to visit New York for the race’s finish from Brest, France.
Watch highlights from the Rolex Fastnet Race, which takes competitors on a 608 nautical mile course from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, through the Solent and the Celtic Sea, before returning to finish off Plymouth.
A fixture on the ocean-racing circuit since 1925, the Rolex Fastnet Race covers 608 nautical miles from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, through the Solent and the Celtic Sea, before returning to finish off Plymouth. Photos: Rolex/Daniel Forster
Giovanni Soldini and his crew on the VOR70 Maserati race the 2,225-mile Transpac from Los Angeles to Diamond Head Lighthouse in Oahu, Hawaii.
Troy Gilbert reports from the ÅF Offshore Race, a 350-mile distance race that starts in Stockholm, Sweden and leads to the Baltic Sea.
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