One year to go… Volvo Ocean Race announced today that the next edition 2017-18 will begin on Sunday, October 22 when the starting gun is fired in Alicante and the teams set out to complete a total of 45,000 nautical…
If you are a blue water passionate sailor, you can not ask for more… A gun shots start from a XVI Century Grand Harbour in Malta, famous Etna volcano on port, Sicily Strait with its tidal currents, another active volcano…
The world’s greatest marine and yacht racing photographers have entered this year’s international Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image contest and voting is open to the public. The winning image and its photographer will be celebrated at the Yacht Racing Forum in…
Volvo Ocean Race will use next Rolex Fastnet Race, the biennial blue water icon regatta, as part of the warming up strategy due to the 2017-18 edition of the round the world race. In the sixth of a series of 10 major announcements in…
World Sailing and the Royal Yachting Association announced the launch of the brand new World Sailing App. Using the eBook technology and expertise of the RYA, who over the last six years have established a comprehensive library of interactive eBooks,…
A spectacular fleet is lining up for the Star Sailors League Finals. The event will be held in Nassau, Bahamas, from November 28th to December 4th 2016. It’s hard to remember an event with a similar quality: past Star world…
We received from FX Gold Medallist Martine Soffiatti Grael this contribution about the topic “Is sailing still green?” Martine Grael, not only a magic athlete that just won gold in Rio in one of the most thrilling medal races ever,…
Volvo Ocean Race announced today that an eighth boat Volvo Ocean 65 is under construction for the next edition of the round the world race, to be held in 2017-18. The eighth boat is being built at Persico Marine, Nembro…
And so… slowly slowly, the hype of Rio is vanishing and even Rio is the past. We have been extremely lucky and weather and wind have blessed the Olympics in Rio. They have been legendary. So… who wants to win…
Another huge fleet for the famous Barcolana in Trieste. 1.758 boats entered the “Coppa d’Autunno” number 48 held yesterday in the Italy’s main sailing city. Almost 15.000 sailors, with much more involved during the entire week, sailed in a sunny…
