Irish Offshore Sailing News. Training Courses, Lessons, & Race Results
Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Griffin Training Scheme Focused On The Channel Hot Spot
13th April 2024 W M Nixon
With the RORC’s new Griffin Project for training young sailors recently launched in a blaze of publicity, there have been the usual demands that something similar should be delivered for Ireland. But Sailing on Saturday would suggest that, over the…
The French legend Pen Duick VI FR (14), skippered by the indomitable Marie Tabarly, has taken provisional line honours in the final leg of the inaugural McIntyre Ocean Globe Race – and in the days ahead could potentially win the…
The International Association of Cape Horners (IACH) has announced that nominations for the 2024 Cape Horn Hall of Fame Awards are now open. The awards aim to honour the most accomplished sailors who have sailed around the challenging Cape Horn,…
The Famous Project’s All-Female Crew in Transatlantic Challenge After RORC Caribbean 600 Success
29th February 2024 Women in Sailing
Fresh from their third-place finish in the RORC Caribbean 600’s multihull class and multiple training laps around the island of Antigua itself, the seven-strong The Famous Project crew — which includes Ireland’s own Pamela Lee and Joan Mulloy — have…
2024 Newport Bermuda Race Extends To 636 Miles To Offer Free Public Viewing from Fort Adams State Park
27th January 2024 Offshore
The ocean-isolated island group of Bermuda, know to the cognoscenti as The Onion Patch, has the same special attraction for the American cruiser-racer sailors of New England as the distant island of Hy Brasil had in ancient times for voyaging…
With just days to the restart of the McIntyre Ocean Globe, race leader Translated 9 has been issued a total of 172 hours of time penalties associated with sending three sails to a sailmaker for repair, without approval and without…
"My Toughest 48 hours at Sea"- Pam Lee from Greystones On Her Transat Jacques Vabre Yacht Race (Podcast)
30th December 2023 Wavelength Podcast
Let’s do that again, but do it better – they are the words of a very determined Pam Lee from Greystones, who came 29th with Tiphaine Ragueneau in the 30th Transat Jacques Vabre yacht race from Le Havre to Martinique.…
Retour à La Base Leader Richomme Due at Lorient Finish Line Saturday Afternoon
9th December 2023 Offshore
With a lead of some 88 miles and about 400 miles to the finish line, it could be imagined that Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) might ease back on the accelerator and consolidate to the Lorient finish line of the Retour…
The winner of the Retour a La Base is forecasted to cross the Lorient finish line on Saturday afternoon. It is looking increasingly likely to be a maiden solo IMOCA race triumph for longtime race leader Yoann Richomme on the…
Who Was First In International Weather Handicap Input? Issue Arises Over Pioneering Use Of Weather Routing To Score Major Offshore Handicapped Events
5th December 2023 Offshore
Afloat.ie’s “Brain Test For The Day” story on Sunday about the introduction of weather routing as a new factor in scoring June 2024’s biennial CCA Newport-Bermuda Race was posted in wonderment (and maybe bewilderment) as much as being the airing…
Thomas Ruyant Races to New 24 Hour Record in Retour à La Base Solo Race
4th December 2023 Solo Sailing
With more than 2200 nautical miles still to sail and at least two more low-pressure systems due before a timely finish into Lorient expected Saturday, there is still a long, long way to go on the Retour à La Base…
Britain's Sam Goodchild Leads Retour à La Base Solo IMOCA Race from Martinique to Lorient
4th December 2023 Offshore
The Retour à La Base solo IMOCA race from Martinique to Lorient, France, is heating up as the leaders complete their curve around the North Atlantic high-pressure system and start to head towards the east. They are seeking to find…
Newport-Bermuda Race 2024 Will be Scored Using a Forecast Time Correction Factor For "Luck"
3rd December 2023 Offshore
The biennial 635-mile Newport RI-Bermuda Race in June is one of the world's offshore classics, and as its route takes the fleet across the wayward Gulf Stream while it is in the process of becoming the North Atlantic Drift, weird…
After just over 24 hours of racing since leaving Fort-de-France, Jéremie Beyou is proving his well-optimised Charal is fastest on the northward climb up the Atlantic for the Retour à La Base fleet of solo racers. While the French favourite…
Pamela Lee of Greystones is “Sailor of the Month (Offshore)” for November
1st December 2023 Sailor of the Month
The short-handed long-distance offshore racing scene from France is recognised as the world peak in a very specialised area. Design development at all boat sizes is at such a pace that in a hyper-hot division such as Class40, anyone racing…
Pamela Lee and Tiphaine Ragueneau Complete Transat Jacques Vabre in 29th place in Class40
27th November 2023 Class40
Pam Lee and Tiphaine Ragueneau, the Irish-French duo, who raced the Atlantic under the Cap pour elles initiative, crossed the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre off Fort-de-France, Martinique on a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon at…