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The 10th edition of RORC Transatlantic Race started in superb conditions outside Marina Lanzarote. Flat water, 10 knots of breeze and 20 degrees of air temperature provided spectacular sailing conditions for the start of the 3,000 mile oceanic race. However, the diverse fleet is well aware that two vicious low pressure systems to the north will bring feisty conditions, should any of the international fleet choose the ‘high road’ across the Atlantic to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada. Both the Multihull and Monohull starts got away clear with Jason Carroll’s MOD70 Argo (USA) crossing the start line just ahead of Alexia Barrier’s MOD70 Limosa (FRA). Half an hour into the race, Argo and Limosa were overlapped in the zone around the turning mark at Puerto Calero. Argo held off Limosa to retain the lead, but not for long; the breeze faded and Limosa briefly took pole position. As the wind accelerated, Erik Maris’ MOD70 Zoulou found an extra gear to pass Limosa at 17 knots of boat speed and challenge Argo for the lead.

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. It starts from Brest France this Sunday, the ultimate race around the world, by six, 32 meter, (105 foot), Ultim trimarans. Like the Vendee Globe, it is a solo skippered, Non-stop race around the world, in these foiling, massive beasts. Solo, you can tame a 60 foot Imoca, but the 32 by 25 meter, (105 by 75 foot), giants is another thing. Imagine sailing Comanche by yourself! And it's bigger than that, as six French supersailors will attempt this, the hardest race in Sailing. We wish them the best and we will comer the race over the coming days. This is your weekly Global Sailing highlights show, the World on Water, for January 05, 2024. Welcome to our 14th year of producing these weekly programmes. Five of the six trimarans are in the starting base in Brest, and the missing yacht, SVR Lazartigue, is busy with late boat work and was put back in the water yesterday and is on it's way to join the rest of the fleet for Sunday's start. The 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, started in sunny conditions on Port Philip Bay, with competitors set for a quick race to Hobart. The fleet started the 51st race, in a steady 13 knot southerly breeze under blue skies, but an eerie sea fog rolling over Point Nepean, enveloped the boats soon after the start, reducing visibility for competitors and crews alike, as they made their way to the first turning mark near Shortland Bluff. Alive, owned by Phillip Turner, and skippered by Duncan Hine, is the 2023 overall winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The Reichel Pugh 66, arrived in Hobart on 28th December at 3:19:04 p m., to become only the second Tasmanian boat to have their name inscribed on the legendary Tattersall Cup, not once, but twice. Alive, chose the same strategy as the maxis at the front of the fleet, and headed east out of the Sydney heads, aiming to get around the worst of the storm fronts, and harness the best of the easterly wind, a decision not without its concerns for skipper Hine. Last week was a very busy week on the Swan River Perth. and the crew at Ironbark Photos were working overtime filming all the regattas. Here is a sample of their work. It was the Invitation Race for the 2023 Mirror Nationals, being hosted by the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. The brisk sea breeze got the Mirrors onto the plane, making for very enjoyable racing. What a difference a day makes, today there was a strong sea breeze gusting up to 20 knots on the Swan River, for day 2, of the Skate Nationals. There was plenty of speedy spinnaker action, and the planks had quite a work out upwind, to keep the boats upright. Day 1 race 1 of the Cherub Nationals were sailed on the Swan River Perth. It was perfect weather conditions for the Cherubs, bright sunshine and a 15 to 20 knot easterly breeze enabling the course to be set straight across the river. The crews were eager to get off to a good start, and they didn't disappoint with exciting spinnaker rides everywhere. The world's best light weight men Windsurfer L T riders, raced off against each other over the short Slalom course, set right in front of the South of Perth Yacht Club. There was furious action, with a big crowd watching on the shore. The 78th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will go down in history as a relentlessly demanding test of determination, as well as physical and mental resilience. The record will highlight a tooth and nail fight to the finish for Line Honours, and a Tasmanian boat joining the select few to have achieved two overall wins in the event’s near eight decades. For both the overall winner, Philip Turner’s 66 ft (20-metre) Alive, and the 100 ft (30.5 m) line honours victor, Christian Beck’s LawConnect, tactical skill and awareness was a major factor alongside sheer endurance.

Saturday, in the Brest, Arkea, Ultim Race village, highlighted the strong bond between the skippers, and the public With a big storm set to blow in off the Bay of Biscay the race village, of the ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE – Brest, had to be closed at 15 hundred hours this afternoon, but not before the six solo skippers were formally introduced to a big, passionate, and knowledgeable crowd, which surrounded the stage at the centre of the village. For all that the weather gods sought to throw a damper on the holiday atmosphere, the crowds turned out in big numbers to meet and greet the solo racers, most of whom, will return to their friends and families for a couple of days before the final build up to the start next Sunday, 7th January.

To get upload alerts please Subscribe to our Sailing Highlights Channel. Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. It is always good to watch the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart and we start this week's show with the Rolex video. This is your weekly Global Sailing Highlights Show, the World on Water, December 29, 2023. The highlight in sailing in 2023 was definitely the IMOCA class and their build up to the Big One, the 2024 Vendee Globe, solo, unassisted, race around the world. The pinnacle of our sport or as some say, the Everest of the Seas. No other event can come close to the Vendee Globe and it makes superstars of the solo sailors. Be watching the World on Water as we upload Daily reports, in English, of this famous French race. We now present their end-of-year review. The 11 teams competing in the 2023-24 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race began Leg 4 of their circumnavigation from Fremantle, Australia. The fourth leg is divided into two stages, with the first part sending the fleet on a 2,500 nautical mile course around the south of Australia, up to Newcastle New South Wales. This race is set to be a real test with breezy conditions predicted. “Because of the weather conditions from the beginning of this race, it’s looking to be quite a tough start," noted Deputy Race Director, Dale Smyth. "Traditionally here there are a lot of southerlies that blow, so it’s quite a hard beat right down until the fleet gets past Cape Leewin. It’s the pre-Christmas tale with a very happy fairytale ending for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, who signed off their 2023 sailing season in style with a blistering display of up-range, heavy-weather-sailing, on an angry looking Bay of Angels, albeit, with a relatively flat sea-state, and gusts upward of 20 knots at times. And to end the 2023 sailing season they had, "righting" practice, as they rolled to boat in. Again!

The gruelling and unpredictable conditions have ensured that a record-breaking course time is out of the question for this edition of the legendary 628-mile offshore race, however speculation is rife that one of the current leaders could lift double awards. With the smaller boats being strongly penalised by light winds and bunched up along the coast, and the line honours contenders having stretched more than 100 miles ahead of their closest trailers U R M Group, Moneypenny, and Alive, they could be on track to clinch the win on handicap as well. Both yachts have been consistently travelling at more than 20 knots, but with a light south or south easterly set to move in this evening, progress on the final 200-mile stretch could be laborious. Transcript

Here is the latest on the Rolex Sydney Hobart. LawConnect, has thrown down the gauntlet in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht-Race, by taking the race lead from defending Line Honours champion, Andoo Comanche, this morning. The fight for Line Honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht-Race, is turning into a veritable arm-wrestle with the two front runners swapping the lead twice this morning. At 12.45pm, Andoo Comanche, was back in front and 2.6 nautical miles ahead of LawConnect, that had only taken the lead from Andoo Comanche, a few hours earlier. Andoo Comanche, and LawConnect, were respectively 134, and 144 nautical miles, east of Flinders Island, in the 628 nautical mile race. Both were sailing east of the rhumb line, - Andoo Comanche, at 28.7 knots, and LawConnect, at 26.8 knots. The tussle between the two maxis has been a thrilling one, in conditions that have pitted them and the remaining fleet of 95 against rain, thunderstorms, lightning, and squalls. Behind Andoo Comanche, and LawConnect, the race for third place had also seen a change in positions. Moving into third, from fourth place, was U R M Group, the R P 72, owned by Anthony Johnston, and skippered by Marcus Ashley-Jones.

In 2018 SHK Scallywag, retired from the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race with a broken bowsprit. Now lightning strikes again and Scallywag has retired from this years' race, with a broken bowsprit. This was to be Scallywags year, as they had a new rig and North 3 D I Sails, and the crew was packed with world class ocean racers. They included Mark Bradford, the boss of North Sails, and skipper of maxi Black Jack, Alby Pratt, of North Sails, formally on Wild Oats 11, Juan Vila, who is a super navigator, who has directed Wild Oats, and many Volvo Ocean Race yachts, plus the boats regular professional crew.

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. There will be six “Giants of the Seas” to set off from Brest, with a solitary skipper on board, who will attempt to complete a circumnavigation of the world from West to East, via the 3 capes (Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn). . A human and technological challenge carried by the sailors of the Ultim 32/23 Class accompanied by their shipowners and partners. Some of them have already completed the journey in a multihull and single-handed: Francis Joyon, Dame Ellen MacArthur, Thomas Coville, François Gabart; notably as part of solo round the world record sailing campaigns, but no one has ever done it in a race! This is your weekly Global Sailing Highlights shoe, the World on Water, for the week ending December 22, 2023. Action-packed and filled with unexpected turns, day four of the 2023 WMRT Final in Shenzhen, China saw the emergence of the final four. The conclusion of the last two flights of the round-robin phase set the stage for the top eight to progress to the quarter-finals. Among them, New Zealand's Megan Thomson clinched the final spot in the top eight, triumphing over Denmark's Jeppe Borch and Italy's Rocco Attili on countback. Thomson, steering 2.0 Racing, capitalised on their eighth-place finish, dethroning the regatta's reigning champion. Over 400 athletes from 62 nations, all aged 19 and under, participated in the championship on the Manguinhos, Branca, and Feia courses. The ICAB and Búzios Sailing Club hosted the event. Brazilian sailors Joana Gonçalves and Gabriela Vassel placed Brazilian sailing back at the top of the podium in another high-level international competition. This Friday 15th, the duo from the Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club secured the gold medal in the 420 class at the 52nd edition of the Youth Sailing World Championships held in Búzios, Brazil, with a dominant campaign marked by consistency. Sharon Kantor and current world champion Luuc Van Opzeeland won the I Q Foil 37event, a great warm-up for the World Championship which will be held in January as part of the Lanzarote International Regatta. The event which is an important regatta on the Olympic windsurfing circuit was organised by Marina Rubicón for the second time this season. Just as the first event in January was a great success, so too was this one, once again highlighting the unique potential as it delivers great conditions and an excellent infrastructure. the most iconic finish in Leg 2 of the Ocean Globe Race was reserved for Maiden and her female crew, skippered by the well-respected skipper, Heather Thomas. They crossed the line at 07hr 39m 01 seconds, on the 14th December after 38 days of sailing from Cape Town. They were joined by Steinlager 2 and Lion New Zealand, as they sailed towards the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, all three yachts sailed into Auckland in the 1989 race. Britain’s Ian Williams has clinched his seventh Match Racing World Championship title with his Chinaone. Ningbo team of Jon Gundersen, Richard Sydenham, and Gerrard Mitchell. His victory in the 2023 WMRT Final sets a new record for the most championship wins in the Tour’s history. Williams had to work hard to earn his victory, battling Megan Thomson in the semi-finals and Gavin Brady in the final. Thomson, who eliminated round-robin winner Björn Hansen, managed to secure a win against Williams in their semi-final match before he claimed his spot in the final with a score of 3-1. On the first day of the Foil Academy International Trophy, part of the Next Generation Foil Academy project powered by Luna Rossa, the absence of wind was the defining feature. Due to this, the initial races of the Waszp discipline were not held. On December 20, athletes were involved in the skipper meetings starting 9:30 A M, and races for three disciplines, - Wasp, Wingfoil, and i Q FOil, - were commence at 11:00 AM, in the waters in front of of the Su Siccu promenade in the city of Cagliari.

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. Please help by Subscribing. Liking, Sharing etc. Last week saw the annual SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour. The fleet was 3 100 foot Super Maxis and 6, 60 to 70 feet Mini Maxis. In the 100 Foot division, Christian Becks', Juan Ks, Law Connect, led home from Andoo Comanche and Sun Hung Kai Scallywag. Anthony Johnston’s Reichel Pugh 72, URM Group, was the winner of the Mini Maxi Division. We thank Christian Beck for the use of Law Connects' live stream footage for this report. This is your weekly global sailing highlights show, the World on Water for week ending December 15, 2023. The Italians Roared into Auckland In Historic Mack-Intyre Ocean Globe Race Finish to Leg 2 After 36 days, and 7500 nautical miles of racing, Translated 9 I T, triumphed, taking first in Line Honours, Provisional IRC, and Flier Class, in Leg 2 of the Ocean Globe Race. Pen Duick 6 of France took 2nd, finishing at 01:41:20 (NZDT). Spirit of Helsinki, Finland, battling for 3rd in line honours. Max Maeder of Singapore, made a stunning start to the Formula Kite male competition, at the Youth Sailing World Championships, winning all six races to take a commanding lead after the first day of racing. There was also more success for Ewa Lewandowska and Julia Maria Żmudzińska (Poland), who continued their strong form with another two bullets to make it five out of six in the 29er female class. It was also a positive day on the water for Spanish sailors, as Adriana Castro Nuñez rose to the top of the Ilca 6 female standings and Daniel and Nora Garcia de la Casa took the lead in the Nacra 15 class. After 23 days and 64 races in Gran Canaria at the SSL Gold Cup it all came to the final four, and the Grand Final. The inaugural football world cup in sailing’s thrilling conclusion. It all started with 56 nations, qualifying at Lake Neuchâtel to make the final 40 at the Gran Canaria Final Series with five rounds of competition to reach this stage. The wind may have been light, but as the five minute countdown to race began, the tension was the equivalent of a hurricane. In sailing, the race starts well before the starting gun as the teams jostle for position, aiming to start in the perfect place at top speed. In this one-race shoot-out for the title of World Champion of Sailing Nations, there are no second chances. It’s all or nothing. Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Matt-Wearn continued his fine 2023 winning the ILCA 7 class ahead a strong field including his Australian squad mates and New Zealand’s 2022 World Champion Tom Saunders and 2023 World Championship bronze medallist George Gautrey. “We had four great days of racing with big breeze and good waves, ” noted Wearn. The ILCA 7 squad now have their sights set on the 2024 World Championships, which will take place on home waters out of Adelaide Sailing Club from the 24th of January. Day 2 at the iQFOiL Games in Lanzarote brought us a full day of exhilarating course racing! The men’s class blazed through five intense races, with the reigning world champion, Dutch powerhouse Luuc Van Opzeeland, leading the charge. Meanwhile, in the women’s class, Shanon maintains her dominance after completing 4 course races. Sam Goodchild is the new IMOCA Globe Series Champion after a remarkably consistent 2023 season After finishing third in the Return to Base, his fifth consecutive third place finish of a remarkable debut season, the British yachtsman Sam Goodchild was confirmed as IMOCA Globe Series Champion for 2023. And it came at the end of a year that saw him travel around 32,000 nautical miles in races, first on board second-placed finisher Holcim-PRB for much of The Ocean Race. Then he lined up in the Guyader Bermudes 1000, the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Défi Azimut 48 Hours and the Transat Jacques Vabre. Sailing alongside Antoine Koch in all but the Défi Azimut, he finished in third place in all of them.

Please Subscribe so we can bring more video to you. The Vendée Globe sailor was heading back to her home port of Poole, after finishing the Return to Base race, when the incident happened at 0530 UTC. Pip said she had fallen asleep, and had not woken up, despite the many alarms on board Volunteers with Fowey RNLI, assisted in refloating Medallia, and the operation was co-ordinated by the Coastguard. Speaking after the incident, Pip said: “I am fine, and the boat is seaworthy, a little bit bruised, but OK. I am pretty devastated about everything that happened this morning. “I managed to sleep through a lot of alarms, and run aground off the coast of Cornwall, on my delivery home from the Return to Base race. As an individual, and as a team, we will unpack this later.

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. Please help by Subscribing. Liking, Sharing etc. Last week saw the annual SOLAS Big Boat Challenge on Sydney Harbour. The fleet was 3 100 foot Super Maxis and 6, 60 to 70 feet Mini Maxis. In the 100 Foot division, Christian Becks', Juan Ks, Law Connect, led home from Andoo Comanche and Sun Hung Kai Scallywag. Anthony Johnston’s Reichel Pugh 72, URM Group, was the winner of the Mini Maxi Division. We thank Christian Beck for the use of Law Connects' live stream footage for this report. This is your weekly global sailing highlights show, the World on Water for week ending December 15, 2023. The Italians Roared into Auckland In Historic Mack-Intyre Ocean Globe Race Finish to Leg 2 After 36 days, and 7500 nautical miles of racing, Translated 9 I T, triumphed, taking first in Line Honours, Provisional IRC, and Flier Class, in Leg 2 of the Ocean Globe Race. Pen Duick 6 of France took 2nd, finishing at 01:41:20 (NZDT). Spirit of Helsinki, Finland, battling for 3rd in line honours. Max Maeder of Singapore, made a stunning start to the Formula Kite male competition, at the Youth Sailing World Championships, winning all six races to take a commanding lead after the first day of racing. There was also more success for Ewa Lewandowska and Julia Maria Żmudzińska (Poland), who continued their strong form with another two bullets to make it five out of six in the 29er female class. It was also a positive day on the water for Spanish sailors, as Adriana Castro Nuñez rose to the top of the Ilca 6 female standings and Daniel and Nora Garcia de la Casa took the lead in the Nacra 15 class. After 23 days and 64 races in Gran Canaria at the SSL Gold Cup it all came to the final four, and the Grand Final. The inaugural football world cup in sailing’s thrilling conclusion. It all started with 56 nations, qualifying at Lake Neuchâtel to make the final 40 at the Gran Canaria Final Series with five rounds of competition to reach this stage. The wind may have been light, but as the five minute countdown to race began, the tension was the equivalent of a hurricane. In sailing, the race starts well before the starting gun as the teams jostle for position, aiming to start in the perfect place at top speed. In this one-race shoot-out for the title of World Champion of Sailing Nations, there are no second chances. It’s all or nothing. Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Matt-Wearn continued his fine 2023 winning the ILCA 7 class ahead a strong field including his Australian squad mates and New Zealand’s 2022 World Champion Tom Saunders and 2023 World Championship bronze medallist George Gautrey. “We had four great days of racing with big breeze and good waves, ” noted Wearn. The ILCA 7 squad now have their sights set on the 2024 World Championships, which will take place on home waters out of Adelaide Sailing Club from the 24th of January. Day 2 at the iQFOiL Games in Lanzarote brought us a full day of exhilarating course racing! The men’s class blazed through five intense races, with the reigning world champion, Dutch powerhouse Luuc Van Opzeeland, leading the charge. Meanwhile, in the women’s class, Shanon maintains her dominance after completing 4 course races. Sam Goodchild is the new IMOCA Globe Series Champion after a remarkably consistent 2023 season After finishing third in the Return to Base, his fifth consecutive third place finish of a remarkable debut season, the British yachtsman Sam Goodchild was confirmed as IMOCA Globe Series Champion for 2023. And it came at the end of a year that saw him travel around 32,000 nautical miles in races, first on board second-placed finisher Holcim-PRB for much of The Ocean Race. Then he lined up in the Guyader Bermudes 1000, the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Défi Azimut 48 Hours and the Transat Jacques Vabre. Sailing alongside Antoine Koch in all but the Défi Azimut, he finished in third place in all of them.

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. Day 2 at the Americas' Cup Jeddah Regatta and Glenn has his mike out talking to Tom Slingsby who is helming the New York Yacht Clubs' boat who had a shocker on day one when they only won one point. He talks to everyone including team chefs and principals. He needs all of his arm extention as he talks to the very tall Giles Scott. In Dubai, while most world leaders are discussing the benefits of neuclear energy at the cop 28 Summit, the the inaugural Dubai Duty Free, S B 20 Sailing, Middle East Championships, kicked off at the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club. Team Glasglow Kiss from Singapore, skippered by Nils Razmilovic, demonstrated remarkable consistency and resilience. They claimed the top podium position at the close of day one, navigating through both low winds and fierce competition. It's Day 3 in Jeddah and Glenn Ashby or "Lenny" as he is known is on the hunt for the most interesting crew interviews. He seems to be drawn to teams' cooks and skipper driving attitudes. He really gets to the important points of the Americas' Cup. On the water, the fleet of half sixed, A C 75 boats, the A C 40s, decided the final spots in the Grand Final Match Race shoot out to be between Emirates Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. The final Standings in Jeddah were, First, Emirates Team New Zealand, then came Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, Alinghi Red Bull Racing, New York Yacht Club American Magic, Ineos Britannia, and lastly the Orient Express Racing Team. In the final race a nosedive ended Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s hopes of victory at the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Jeddah at the weekend. Now, a nosedive has put their L E Q 12 testing boat out of action. Back on the water in Cagliari to dive into testing as they get closer to the launch date for their new AC75, the Italian syndicate were putting their test boat through its paces in light conditions before coming to an abrupt stop. So far no video has been released of their latest crash. The America’s Cup Recon Team reported the steering seemed to be lost as they rounded a mark, which resulted in the vessel making a deep nosedive.

So you have a race from France to Martinique and what do you do when you finish? Well, of course you race back! AND if you want to be in the 2024 Vende Globe Solo race around the world, you use it for "Qualirying Miles." This video is the background, Pip gives the weather, Sam sails an IMOCA alone for the first time and he thinks it is "big." Of course we have the on-water start video from Martinique. ENJOY!

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. The Red Sea served up stunning conditions again last Tuesday in Jedda Saudi Arabia, with blue skies, sunshine and a solid 14-17 knots of north to north-west airflow, – the predominant wind direction in the region at this time of the year. Crucially, the sea-state was bumpy with localised waves at up to 1.2 metres and an underlying swell off the Jedda Corniche that produced 1.2 to 1.4 metre rolling swells. This is your weekly Global Sailing Highligths Show, the World on Water, for December 01, 2023. Leaders, favourites and defending champions, Nico Poons’ Charisma got off to a solid start on the opening day of the 44Cup Calero Marinas, the final event of the 2023 44Cup. The Dutchman’s Monaco-flagged RC44 leads after three races, but by a mere point from Team Nika, with Aleph Racing a further two behind in third. The three teams managed surprisingly consistent performances despite this being one of the most tricky days out on the race course that competitors have faced all year. Time is everything in the America's Cup, the clock never stops. so thanks to G A C Pindar for delivering the Ineos Britannia A C 40 race-boat, Athena, on time, to Jeddah. This is how the boats are delivered round the world by G A C Pindar. Once at the venue, here is the race format for the regatta in Jedda on the Red Sea. They say in yacht racing that when conditions are light, flukey and difficult to predict, it is all about keeping a cool head and avoiding the big results. Italian sailors are renowned for excelling in this as they are the prevailing conditions around the Italian coast line, so it was little surprise that in the 5-10 knot northerly that was blowing over mountainous Lanzarote, two out of three of today’s winning boats at the 44Cup Calero Marinas had Italian tacticians: Michele Ivaldi on Aleph Racing and Vasco Vascotto on Peninsula Racing. The fourth day of the FAREAST 28R European Sailing Championship in Limassol presented challenging weather conditions right from the start. In the morning, it became apparent that there wouldn't be sufficient wind for racing. Following a brief adjournment, a window of opportunity emerged, and a 4-6 knot sailing session took place. During this time, the wind intensity increased, adding an extra layer of complexity to the competition. At the only completed race, Sergei Kostevitch's Bravo finished first, followed by Par Svardson's Happy Yachting, with Jonas Svensson on Drake taking the third position. The 44Cup Calero Marinas, the final event of the 2023 44Cup, has become a two horse race going into the final day. Once again today the star performers among the high performance owner-driver one designs were Aleph Racing and Team Nika, both winning races and, crucially, the only teams to avoid posting any big results. They currently are on 25 and 29 points respectively with the 2023 44Cup’s overall leader Nico Poons’ Charisma third on 35. The 37th America's Cup Preliminary Regatta, Presented by Neom is about to start. Who will win the last AC40 face-off? The first A C 40 Americas Cup regatta which was in Spain was won by the New York Yacht Club. It's a very busy time now in the Red Sea, so can they repeat their win and go 2-up? After Jedda the next time all the teams meet will be in the big A C 75 boats which require full assets and crew.

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. The Imocas are in their element and foiling at high speed towards Martinique. Will Harris is on deck of Malizia - Seaexplorer checking out a few things to make sure everything is well onboard, and shows us the incredible conditions the trade winds are offering them, flat water and consistent wind! Martinique, here they come! This is your weekly Global Sailing Highlights show, the World on Water, November 17, 2023. This is the latest Transat Jacques Vabre Daily Report we have to hand at the time of editing this video, November 15. New York Yacht Club American Magic flew into the weekend with a short Saturday session that was more about de-bugging, re-commissioning and testing the bewildering array of new systems onboard ‘Patriot’ the team’s workhorse, full-scale test platform. Sailor Paul Goodison stated that the tea's focus was on the 75 and would only think of "Jeddah" as they got on the plane to fly there. As the 32 Race Round of the SSL Gold Cup Finals series comes to an end, and we move on to the 16 Race Finals, we saw the top 8 teams qualify for the next round. After 16 races sailed in this first round, there was no shortage of heart-pounding moments. From 600 meter comebacks, to protests, to failed mark roundings, ripped sails, and even a man overboard situation, this last round had everyone on the edge of their seats. Each round will see half of the teams progress until we are left with one winner being crowned the Nations' World Champion. In this round, due to 2 teams not being able to make it to the venue, two teams got a lucky break and were put forward to the 16 race Finals. On day four of the Transat Jacques Vabre race on board Malizia - Seaexplorer, Boris and Will, deployed a scientific instrument called a drifter buoy, off the coast of Portugal at 37 degrees North. The device will live for around 700 days and autonomously sends data on atmospheric pressure, sea temperature, and ocean currents, to scientists on land. This data is crucial for the World Meteorological Organization, and for climate scientists, to better understand the future of the weather, and the role the Ocean, plays in climate change. More drama ensued on the penultimate day of the 2023 Fly! ANA Yokosuka, Miura Windsurf World Cup as two more eliminations were completed for the Men’s and Women’s fleets in winds ranging from anywhere between 8-28 knots - with the stronger wind being in the morning like normal before slowly dropping. It's one year until the start of the 2024 Vendee Globe solo, unassisted, round the world race. 40 IMOCA

Please Subscribe, Share, Like etc. That helps us to produce this exclusive content for you. We are not sponsored but rely on our sailing audience. French duo Armel Le Cleach and Sébastien Josse, sailing Maxi Banque Populaire XI, crossed the finish line of the 16th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandy Le Havre, off Fort de France Martinique, at 18 19hrs local time, (22 19 hours U T C), this Sunday evening, to win the Ultim division for 32 meter multy-hulls (subject to Jury verifications).

Please Subscribe, Share, Like etc. That helps us to produce this exclusive content for you. We are not sponsored but rely on our sailing audience. See Sam Davies climb her IMOCAs Mast, Pip Hare sew up her mainsail tear. (It's a difficult repair and it does not look good) The race report is for Nov 12, Banq Pop is 150 miles from the finish, Charal ihas problems, Justine is leading, the boys on Malizia are dodging through islands and lots of action. Keep watching the World on Water Channel for the ULTIM finish.

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. Since last Tuesday all of the fleet in the 2023 Transat Jacques Vabre have started, and we commence this week's Sailing World on Water with the latest Daily Report that we have to hand. November 8. This is your weekly Global Sailing highlights show, the World on Water, November 10, 2023. The training has begun in the near-perfect conditions of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Alinghi Red Bull Racing being the first team to train on the crystal waters of the Red Sea. As an opening shake-down sail, this was electric and all credit to the Swiss for being the first team operational at their Jeddah base, on the Obhur Creek. In this video, Pip explains how she's feeling, ahead of the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre. Unfortunately she had an incident at the start which has cost her a time penalty. She sailed Medallia inside between the start line distance marker, and the starting boat. The Clipper Race is 70 foot yachts crewed by paying novices, with professional crew, and it is the experience of a lifetime. It is currently closing in on Cape Town from their stopover in Brazil, and here are the latest onboat reports from Qindao, and Dare to Win. Hervé and Jean-Yves have not bought a ticket back to France, nor reserved a cargo ship ro transport their Class40, and for good reason. They are the first crew from Martinique in the history of the race, so the two friends are going home, aboard their Martinique, Tchalian, the old, yet solid, Manuard designed number 104, that they chartered and took over in September. It’s a truly international picture in the 37th America’s Cup at the moment with the teams training hard around the globe. Watch Ineos Britannia, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, and Alinghi Red Bull Racing update us, in this latest recon video from Jeddah, Barcelona and Cagliari.

Please Subscribe, Share, Like etc. That helps us to produce this exclusive content for you. We are not sponsored but rely on our sailing audience. Racing in the SE’ly trade wind of around 13-17kts, some 250 miles offshore of the NE corner of Brazil, Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre ULTIM race leaders Armel Le Cléac’h and Seb Josse (Maxi Banque Populaire XI) have less than 2000 nautical miles to make to the finish line off Fort-de-France, Martinique. They maintain a lead of just over 55 miles ahead of nearest rivals François Gabart and Tom Laperche (SVR Lazartigue) and continue to have a small speed advantage in the unsettled, gusty wind.

Please Subscribe, Like and Share. The weather at the start of the 2023 Transat Jacques Vabre ay La Havre was punishing the starting boats. The ULTIMS are doing the full course to martinique while the other two classes will hold in Lorient and restart when the weather abates. The IMOCAs were hel in the Le Havre dock as the is not a port on the French west coast that could handle them on mass. Kett watching the "World on Water" channel for our uo to date reports. And....Subscribe to our content.

Report #3 TJV huge weather system holds IMOCAs Le Havre. There has been a huge announcement from the management of the Transat Jacques Vabre as a deep depression which yesterday required the modification of the race for the Class 40's has accelerated and deepened and will hit the west coast of France and Portugal, 24 hours earlier than expected. Winds of 80 knots and seas of 10 meters are forecast from Monday evening at Cape Finisterre. Only the Ultims, which should be quick enough to be South of the systems, will race their course as planned. Their start and their course are unchanged. The Ocean Fifty will also start today but will like the Class 40's head towards Lorient. The biggest problem for the 40 IMOCAs is there is not a port on the Atlantic coast which could accommodate the 40 sixty footers and so they will remain in Le Havre until the weather system is passed. Keep watching the World on Water channel for race updates.

Please Subscribe, Like and Share for our top TJV Content. This is the Sailing World on Waters' Second 2023 Transat Jacque Varb Report which includes the course and the horrible weather forcast for the racestart. The smallest fleet of Class 40 yachts will race to Lorient where they will be held until conditions modder-ate. The final results will be an average of the two legs. Because the weather forecast for race day is so bad the ULTIMS have left the dock a day prior so as not to have problems departing. It's all here.

Sailing World on Water's French videographer, Christophe Favreau, has walked the Transat Jacques Vabre in Le Harve prior to todays' wild start in the Bay of Biscay. 95 yachts in four classes will start today and through a series of directions hopefully arrive at the finish in Caribbean. Due to the storm the Class 40 boats will be held in Lorient until the storm blows over. The other classes will not be held and will face the fury of the weather system. Remember this is a double handed race. Keep watching the "World on Water" for regular reports on the race in English.

We are Sailing Media only (plus a few Husky videos of the WoW mascot) so please Subscribe, check the uploads alert bell, Like and Share. Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. On a day when many would have looked at the sea-state and opted for a ‘maintenance day’ it was all systems go at Emirates Team New Zealand who were determined to take their AC75 ‘Te Rehutai’ out to experience conditions that the team haven’t sailed before in Barcelona in an AC75. For the team it's now relocate to Auckland before the next event in Jeddah. This is your weekly Global Sailing highlights show, the World on Water, October 27, 2023. On some days conditions can be marginal for a committee to lay on yacht racing. Today at the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina there was nothing marginal about the wind strength on the Bay of Gibraltar. Despite the first warning signal for the opening day of competition being brought forward by an hour to 1100 CEST, already at 1000 conditions were exceeding the maximum 25 knot limit for RC44 racing to take place. This is the start of the 44th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Partnered by Rolex since 2002, the event is considered one of the world’s most beautiful and challenging offshore races. An international fleet of 110 yachts from 26 countries are contesting the 2023 race. Following today’s start from Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta, competitors will tackle the 606-nautical mile (1,122 kilometres) course which comprises an anti-clockwise circumnavigation of Sicily before finishing back in Malta. Ironic after a day blown off as severe gale force winds battered the nearby Rock of Gibraltar, day two of the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina started with barely a breath of wind. Fortunately, right on queue just before the appointed midday start time, the wind on the Bay of Gibraltar suddenly and forcefully kicked in with an offshore breeze stabilising at 13 knots from 280 degrees. Trained at the Olympic school in the south of France, Erwan Israël boasts an eclectic career and track record, cruiser-racing, match racing, Figaro, circumnavigations of the globe, his experience is diverse and extensive! Dabbling in everything, this discreet sailor is also a formidable competitor. A fine tactician, an extraordinary trimmer and a seasoned helmsman, Erwan Israël has managed to carve out a niche for himself among the very best, both on the water and on shore. Indeed, for several years, he’s specialised in navigation and weather route-ing, to the point that he’s become one of the great experts in the domain. Since 2019, as part of Gitana Team, when he’s not at sea, racing as a crew, Kitefoil World Series Italy reached a crescendo of drama as the top 10 men and women contested the new Medal Series format in the south of Sardinia. Ultimately the pre-event favourites, Max Maeder and Lauriane Nolot, prevailed to win gold in the men's and women's events, although there were plenty of twists and turns along the way. All day long the thermal sea breeze was fighting a battle with the stronger offshore Mistral breeze, which made it very hard to set a fair race course. It also made it very difficult for the riders and their caddies to choose the right kite for the ever-changing conditions. Days 3 and 4, the Bay of Algeciras had a complete change of complexion for the penultimate day of racing at the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina with the southerly wind initially non-existent, then slowly filling in to 8-10 knots. Going into the final race of the final day of the 44Cup Alcaidesa Marina, just two points separated the top four boats and, with nine points on the table, mathematically any of the top six could still win. Added to this was the venue with a third day of racing from a third direction – the east, blowing across La Linea. Crossing the line the Ceeref team was ecstatic complete with fist pumping and high-fiving. This was the first event win for the 2017 and 2019 44Cup Champions since Oman in February.

We are Sailing Media only (plus a few Husky videos of the WoW mascot) so please follow us. Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. This is your weekly global sailing highlights show, the World on Water, October 20, 2023. If you look through the list of skippers and co-skippers for the Transat Jacques Vabre, Normandy Le Harve 2023, you will discover that the biggest representation of any nation in the race, apart from France, is from Britain. Eight British sailors will take part in the biennial double-handed classic which starts from Le Harve on October 29th. We feature Sam Goodchild who is sailing the former super IMOCA "Linkedin" which he rebranded "For THe Planet." Designed by Guillaume Verdier it was built in 2019, in Italy. In a dramatic turn of events overnight, the Finnish yacht Spirit of Helsinki skippered by Jussi Paavoseppä grabbed the number one spot for the first time from the legendary Pen Duick VI. With just 450 nm to Cape Town, the Ocean Globe Race finish is too close to call. With the four yachts, Spirit of Helsinki, Pen Duick VI, Translated 9, and Maiden all within one hundred miles of each other it’s all to play for. Our report is from Pen Duick VI. After a three-week refit, the Imoca Holcim-PRB was relaunched in Brittany. The end of the year promises to be busy for the GO CIRCULAR project, which will line up for its next race on November 26, Retour à la Base. It is a qualifying race for the Vendée Globe, the transatlantic race between Martinique and Lorient in Brittany, and it will bring together a dense fleet of nearly forty monohulls. Nicolas Lunven will set off alone at the helm of Holcim-PRB for this 3,500-mile course. The skipper of the Swiss 60 footer is looking forward to getting to grips with the machine he'll be taking around the world next year for what will be one of the biggest challenges of his sailing career: the Vendée Globe, a non-stop single-handed round-the-world race without assistance. Anticipation hung thick in the air as the final unfolded against the backdrop of the levante wind, lending an electrifying atmosphere to the climax of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup. Chris MacDonald wasted no time unleashing a barrage of colossal tricks, setting the stage for a compelling battle to secure his world title in Tarifa. Emirates Great Britain strategist and Women’s Pathway ambassador Hannah Mills reflects on the progress made in Season 3 and reveals what’s coming up for the program in Season 4. Looking back at Season 3, - there were loads of milestone moments for the Women’s Pathway. Seeing France’s Manon Audinet take on flight control in Singapore showed big progression and is definitely what we are striving for - to see more females getting time in different roles on board the F50s. The Brits are enjoying seeing more of them about as they work their way up the Imoca ladder. “It’s really cool,” enthused Hare who, has chosen to remain based in the UK with her Medallia - sponsored team located in Poole Harbour. “That’s because we are all promoting the sport within the UK and we are giving British fans more things to watch and to engage with. We’re increasing the popularity of our sport through a broadened reach,” she added. In this video, Pip takes a look ahead to the next race of the season, the Transat Jacques Varbre, and reflects on the last time she took part in the iconic race as part of qualifying for the Vendee Globe.