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The last 24 hours has seen the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race fleet beating up wind in the North Atlantic. After two days back at sea, the teams are getting used to the day-to-day challenges of ocean racing again. “It's been a bouncy, wet and...>>

With a good, strong boat in your favor, and a little cleverness in the bank, you might just win the toughest sprint in the history of the Newport Bermuda Race. By John Rousmaniere When the 6-hour delay came off the Yellowbrick tracker on Saturday...>>

NEWPORT, R.I., June 16, 2012 – The assault on the official, 10-year-old Newport Bermuda race record continued into Saturday night as the big boats in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division— ‘Rambler’, ‘Bella Mente’, ‘Shockwave’ and ‘Team Tiburon’—...>>

The Leg 8 race from Lisbon to Lorient was short, but it was anything but sweet. From drifting in the Azores to racing into the eye of a storm where searing speeds and heartbreaking boat damage resulted, the shortest leg of the race yet didn't come...>>

A competitive race start from Nova Scotia>>

Follow the fleet on the Yellowbrick tracker system. Go to http://bermudarace.com/ and click on the Race Tracker button on the left side. By Talbot Wilson NEWPORT, R.I., June 15, 2012 – The 2012 Newport Bermuda fleet of 166 yachts is on its way to...>>

NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA   The atmosphere was highly charged today, as the ten strong fleet of racing yachts taking part in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race started its last ocean crossing. The teams left Nova Scotia, Canada this...>>

  Less than fifty miles from the first island in the Azorean archipelago, Groupama 4 has moved up into pole position thanks to her potential in the current reaching conditions, as well as a clever sidestep to windward of the...>>

The 2012-2013 Vendée Globe will start in five month - on November 10, 2012 - in Les Sables d’Olonne. The entrants list, unveiled by Vendée General Council President Bruno Retailleau on Tuesday - 150 days before the start - in Paris, is growing...>>

Overnight, Telefónica (Iker Martínez/ESP) relinquished their lead to Groupama (Franck Cammas/FRA) in a game that will only intensify as the fleet makes the approach to the turning mark of São Miguel in the midst of the light air Azores High. At 0700...>>

On Tuesday morning, things are set to become more complicated once the boats close on the centre of a large zone of high pressure, which has settled just to the South of the Azores. Whilst the first 24 hours of this eighth leg have been quick,...>>

Telefónica's bid for redemption and the return of their overall lead was well underway on Monday with the Spanish team leading the Leg 8 race to Lorient, France, though the sight of current race frontrunners Groupama on their shoulder will be a...>>

Cowes, Isle of Wight: The Island Sailing Club, organisers of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, welcomes back the Race monohull and multihull record holders this year, both of whom are returning to defend their titles.  ...>>

Highly tactical finale as battle for a more favourable leader board position draws to a closeIt has been an exciting and highly tactical 24 hours for the ten strong fleet of 68-foot ocean racing yachts competing in the Clipper Round the World Yacht...>>

Groupama (Franck Cammas/FRA), who snatched the overall race lead from Telefónica after finishing second on the transatlantic leg from Miami to Lisbon, entered the Leg 8 reckoning in a menacing third place this morning at 0500 UTC as the fleet raced...>>

At noon GMT today Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Lisbon in Portugal to Lorient in France got underway with PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG (Ken Read/USA) first out of the blocks and comfortably leading the fleet away from the coast of...>>

Click here to read the online version - British Olympian McMillan wins Act 3 to further consolidate The Wave, Muscat’s lead at the top of the Series leaderboard - Disappointment for Austria’s Hagara whose chance of winning an historic first Act was...>>

For this penultimate offshore race between Lisbon and Lorient, the six VO-70s will initially have to traverse the high pressure, since the 1,940-mile course will take the fleet around the island of Sao Miguel. This passage through the Azores will be...>>

The battle for victory in the closest Volvo Ocean Race ever resumed on Sunday, with PUMA leading the fleet out towards the Atlantic on the critical Leg 8 race to Lorient, France that has a looming storm front with the potential to make or break the...>>

  Another victory for Groupama 4 in the In-Port race contested in Lisbon. Having won the leg from China to New Zealand, then the Itajai In-Port race, Franck Cammas and his men have further bolstered their lead prior...>>

It has been another day of competitive, tactical sailing for the ten-strong fleet of 68-foot racing yachts taking part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, as the fight for vital points in the final leg of the race are high on everyone’s...>>

Groupama sailing team extended their overall lead to eight points with a crucial victory in the Oeiras In-Port Race on Saturday, a result that gives the French team a huge boost as they prepare for the Leg 8 race to their home port of Lorient...>>

All racing was cancelled on day four of the ISAF Sailing World Cup regatta Skandia sail for Gold, as Thursday afternoon’s storm continued overnight and all day Friday at the 2012 Olympic sailing venue in Weymouth. Left: Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie...>>

- The Wave, Muscat show they mean business, overhauling Red Bull Sailing Team at the top of the leaderboard - Teams prepare to race on the Bosphorus for the first time tomorrow morning - Morgan Larson storms to three races – watch his analysis of...>>

I was in Stockholm today for a friendly regatta hosted by the 6M Class, part of the city's week of celebrations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1912 Olympics.  The International Olympic Committee Chairman, Jacques Rogge and the...>>