Five days in the Tasman, two-handed, in this. We take our hats off to them. Oh and for most of the race, the self-steering was held together by a vice grip, string, and sail ties! Read more on Sail…

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02.01.2025

505 Pre-Worlds at Adelaide overall – XS Sailing

Day 2 of the Sir James Hardy 505 pre-worlds brought picture perfect conditions for a day at the beach. It also brought pretty good sailing conditions. The courses were two-lap windward leewards&#82…

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02.01.2025

Vendee Globe Race – Leaders breakfree from Cape Frio cold front off Rio – XS Sailing

The two leaders of Vendée Globe, Charlie Dalin and Yoann Richomme, may finally have extricated themselves from cold front off Cabo Frio by Rio… Read more on Sail Web

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24.12.2024

Only USA entry in Rolex Sydney Hobart – XS Sailing

The 2024 Sydney Hobart Race extends 628-nautical miles from Sydney Harbour to Hobart, the state capital of Tasmania. The start on December 26 takes place in the heart of the Australian summer, with…

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24.12.2024

Vendee Globe: Richomme passes Cape Horn – XS Sailing

Vendee Globe have advised in the latest update that at 2327hrs UTC on Dec 23 that Yoann Richomme was the first Vendee Globe competitor to round Cape Horn… Read more on Sail-World

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24.12.2024

off and running – XS Sailing

Please click the above pic to read the entire article. For those of us who race as impoverished amateurs, or just watch from the shore, there’s always a bittersweet taste to the start of the Hobart…

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23.12.2024

Abandoning a perfectly good boat – XS Sailing

by Peter Swanson, Loose Cannon The sailing world was abuzz with skepticism recently as the U.S. Coast Guard reported rescuing three men in a sailboat that wasn’t sinking. Why? According to the Coas…

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23.12.2024

Vendee Globe – Goodchild forced to stop after headsail failure – XS Sailing

Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) suddenly lost his headsail during the night and was forced to stop to untangle the sail from the keel. He stopped the boat and found the 180sq m sail partly wrapped aroun…

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23.12.2024

Sydney Hobart – Tasman in 20 hours – XS Sailing

Four days out from the big race is always a perilous time to be making weather predictions. The advanced computer models we have today do make it more approachable than ever, however… Read mo…

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23.12.2024

Cape Horn records set to tumble – XS Sailing

At six weeks into the Vendée Globe, with the leading duo Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) and Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) set to round Cape Horn late tomorrow, fatigue is the constant, gnaw…

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23.12.2024

Sailing (on purpose) into a hurricane – XS Sailing

The 2024 hurricane season, predicted to be “above-normal,” began with the earliest-ever category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, Hurricane Beryl, in early July, and ended with Rafael, the westernmost …

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18.12.2024

Szabolcs Weöres retires from the Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

Because of irreparable damage to the D2 shroud on his IMOCA, New Europe, Hungarian skipper Szabolcs Weöres has made the difficult decision to retire from Vendée Globe 2024-25… Read more on Sa…

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18.12.2024

Yoann Richomme is new Vendee Globe leader – XS Sailing

]Yoann Richomme is back on top of the Vendée Globe fleet, overhauling long time leader Charlie Dalin earlier this morning… Read more on Sail Web

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18.12.2024

control freaks – XS Sailing

What the hell is wrong with these people? We all know plenty of uptight, sphincter-clenched yacht clubs (STFYC in ‘Frisco comes to mind), but these clowns take the cake. Paranoid and clearly trying…

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18.12.2024

Mini Globe Race, Vendee Globe, and US Sailing news – XS Sailing

While the eyes of the sailing world are rightfully glued to the Southern Ocean-exploits of the ongoing Vendée Globe sailors (see below), another round-the-world race is beginning to capture my imag…

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18.12.2024

forward thinking – XS Sailing

Weirdly enough, we received a “media plan” for the 2026 J/24 Worlds in Melbourne. 2026? I mean, sure, you have to plan for such an event, but 2026? And the pic they sent doesn’t exactly inspire! R…

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18.12.2024

The new SUNBEAM 29.1 GT: Less weight, more sport! – XS Sailing

SUNBEAM Yachts is never satisfied with the status quo. This is also the case with the SUNBEAM 29.1. Based on the current SUNBEAM 29.1, a GT model has been developed that focuses even more on perfor…

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13.12.2024

Charlie Dalin at the gateway to the Pacific Ocean – XS Sailing

On this 32nd day of racing, the skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance continues his express ride on the Vendée Globe after having engulfed the Cape of Good Hope / Cape Leeuwin section in 9 days and 22 …

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13.12.2024

Eight Bells: Dan Delave – XS Sailing

Dan Delave (68) passed away peacefully at his home in Long Beach, CA surrounded by friends and family on December 8, 2024 after a one year battle with cancer. Dan’s journey on the water started wit…

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13.12.2024

International Moth Worlds head to New Zealand for a late 2024 championship – XS Sailing

2024 International Moth World Championships open in Manly, New Zealand, 30 December 2024 to 9 Jan 2025… Read more on Sail Web

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12.12.2024

19 classes set for Foiling Week Pensacola 2025 – XS Sailing

Excitement is building for the first-ever Foiling Week Pensacola 2025, the premier international foiling regatta and World Sailing Special Event, taking place in less than three months in Florida&#…

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12.12.2024

machette not included – XS Sailing

Laurent Martinez is 68 years old, he is passionate about sailing and has started building a 13-metre long and 4-metre wide sloop. The boat is currently in his garden, all it needs is its rigging, i…

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12.12.2024

Vendée Globe Twists and Turns, Thrills and Spills – XS Sailing

I need to start with an admission… I’m addicted to the Vendée Globe. When I wake in the morning, I look at the tracker, and at each sched (it updates every four hours) I take a look&#82…

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12.12.2024

Sam Davies just had an “interesting” night . . . We ended up tacking, sails against, boat lying at almost 90 degrees – XS Sailing

Sam Davies – Hello! I just had an interesting night. And there, don’t panic. I no longer have a pilot, no more electronics, I can’t even tilt the keel to help straighten the boat&…

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06.12.2024

Both Ultim 3 foiling trimarans aborte their Jules Verne Trophy record attempts – XS Sailing

The Ultim foiling trimarans of Thomas Coville’s Sodebo and Francois Gabart’s SVR-Lazartigue have both aborted their Jules Verne Trophy record attempts… Read more on Sail Web

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06.12.2024

house of pain – XS Sailing

1,700 miles behind the leader, the night was even more painful for Louis Burton. For the skipper of Bureau Vallée, who suffered serious damage to his rigging, there was no miracle this time. Even M…

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06.12.2024

Louis Burton has had to abandon the Vendee Globe – XS Sailing

At around midday UTC Wednesday, Louis Burton (BUREAU VALLÉE) informed the Vendée Globe race management that he had to abandon the race… Read more on Sail Web

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06.12.2024

Vendée Globe leaders racing storm – XS Sailing

(December 5, 2024; Day 26) – The Vendée Globe story continues to be how the leaders in the Indian Ocean – Charlie Dalin and Sébastien Simon – are outrunning a monster low pressure system as they pa…

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05.12.2024

SailGP, CBS Sports extend partnership – XS Sailing

CBS Sports will have a record 54 hours of television coverage for the fifth season of the SailGP sports league set to air across its platforms during the 2024-25 season. The first event of the Seas…

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05.12.2024

Dalin ready to face first violent southern storm – XS Sailing

She has been making headlines in the Vendée Globe since the beginning of the week. The immense depression, 1,800 km long and high, is already beginning to cross the head of the fleet, sweeping the …

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05.12.2024

Vendée Globe Race watched from space with CLS – XS Sailing

As the skippers race in the sometimes ferocious Southern Ocean close to Antarctica, the Vendée Globe is paying extra attention to look after the sailors’ safety… Read more on Sail-World…

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05.12.2024

there be monsters… – XS Sailing

Read more. (Photo by skipper Kojiro Shiraishi) Read more on Sailing Anarchy

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03.12.2024

Overboard in the mid-Atlantic – XS Sailing

At 02:27 UTC on December 2, a crew member went overboard from Johannes Schwarz’s Ocean Breeze, a Volvo 70 competing in the in the 2024 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, an annual event from Gran Canaria…

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01.12.2024

French start Jules Verne Trophy quest – XS Sailing

With its crew of five men and one woman, the SVR-Lazartigue Trimaran, skippered by François Gabart, began its attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy this Saturday, the record for a crewed round-the-worl…

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01.12.2024

Vendée Globe Race Saturday Update – XS Sailing

Less than 9 miles separates the top three Vendée Globe competitors after 20 days of racing, while fourth-placed Thomas Ruyant (VULNERABLE) is only 20 miles adrift of the leading trio as the fleet h…

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01.12.2024

cat space fever – XS Sailing

This is not exactly a news bulletin, but anytime Reichel/Pugh does something new, it is worth a look. So do so! Read more on Sailing Anarchy

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30.11.2024

Vendée Globe Race Friday Update – XS Sailing

“I feel like I’ve been teleported here from the equator! It’s really impressive how quickly we have done this section to the Cape. I really have lose all sense of time and space.&…

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25.11.2024

Vendée Globe Race Sunday Update – XS Sailing

Anthony Marchand gives his take on the current situation in the South Atlantic and more generally on this tenth edition of the Vendée Globe… Read more on Sail-World

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Sydney Hobart triumph and tragedies, Vendee Globe – XS Sailing

Moth Worlds – Mattias Coutts sets pace at World’s pre-event in Manly New Zealand – XS Sailing

five daze – XS Sailing

505 Pre-Worlds at Adelaide overall – XS Sailing

Vendee Globe Race – Leaders breakfree from Cape Frio cold front off Rio – XS Sailing

Only USA entry in Rolex Sydney Hobart – XS Sailing

Vendee Globe: Richomme passes Cape Horn – XS Sailing

off and running – XS Sailing

Abandoning a perfectly good boat – XS Sailing

Vendee Globe – Goodchild forced to stop after headsail failure – XS Sailing

Sydney Hobart – Tasman in 20 hours – XS Sailing

Cape Horn records set to tumble – XS Sailing

Sailing (on purpose) into a hurricane – XS Sailing

Szabolcs Weöres retires from the Vendée Globe – XS Sailing

Yoann Richomme is new Vendee Globe leader – XS Sailing

control freaks – XS Sailing

Mini Globe Race, Vendee Globe, and US Sailing news – XS Sailing

forward thinking – XS Sailing

The new SUNBEAM 29.1 GT: Less weight, more sport! – XS Sailing

Charlie Dalin at the gateway to the Pacific Ocean – XS Sailing

Eight Bells: Dan Delave – XS Sailing

International Moth Worlds head to New Zealand for a late 2024 championship – XS Sailing

19 classes set for Foiling Week Pensacola 2025 – XS Sailing

machette not included – XS Sailing

Vendée Globe Twists and Turns, Thrills and Spills – XS Sailing

Sam Davies just had an “interesting” night . . . We ended up tacking, sails against, boat lying at almost 90 degrees – XS Sailing

Both Ultim 3 foiling trimarans aborte their Jules Verne Trophy record attempts – XS Sailing

house of pain – XS Sailing

Louis Burton has had to abandon the Vendee Globe – XS Sailing

Vendée Globe leaders racing storm – XS Sailing

SailGP, CBS Sports extend partnership – XS Sailing

Dalin ready to face first violent southern storm – XS Sailing

Vendée Globe Race watched from space with CLS – XS Sailing

there be monsters… – XS Sailing

Overboard in the mid-Atlantic – XS Sailing

French start Jules Verne Trophy quest – XS Sailing

Vendée Globe Race Saturday Update – XS Sailing

cat space fever – XS Sailing

Vendée Globe Race Friday Update – XS Sailing

Vendée Globe Race Sunday Update – XS Sailing

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