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On Sunday afternoon, the skipper of yacht Triana FR (66), Jean d’Arthuys, informed McIntyre Ocean Globe race control of an incident onboard. Crew member Stéphane Raguenes had fallen on deck, resulting in a serious nine-cm-long, three-cm wide open wound on…

The Sailing Smyths of Clontarf are spreading beyond the old family home, with Pete Smyth a force to be reckoned with in Dun Laoghaire and Irish offshore sailing with his Sunfast 3600 Searcher, while a joint job/sailing invitation to Australia…

In a 'historic announcement' made at HMS President in London, the skipper and crew for the upcoming Ocean Globe Race (OGR) were revealed. Maiden, an iconic yacht, will set sail with an all-female crew on September 10, 2023, for an…

Two Irish sailors are participating in the 2023-24 Ocean Globe Race (OGR), billed as a “retro race” in the spirit of the 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race. Roisin O’Halloran (20) and Terry Kavanagh (55) will be on board the…

The maxi trimaran Sails of Change set out from New York at 13:10:08 UTC on Thursday in an attempt to break the trans-Atlantic record. Yann Guichard and his 11-strong crew arrived in the United States the day before to take…

The Maxi trimaran Banque Populaire XI will bring the Olympic flame across the Atlantic next summer as part of the torch relay en route to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Skipper Armel Le Cléac’h will lead a legendary crew…

The 100-footer (which set the race record in 2012 as Esimit Europa 2), crossed the finish line in Genoa at 11:33:16 after 26h 30m 16s of racing. It was an impeccable regatta for the big maxi which led the fleet…

Twenty-four hours into the CIC Normandy Channel Race and Irish Offshore sailor Pamela Lee co-skippering the Class 40 yacht '154' is lying 23rd in the fleet. The 1000-miler that started on Sunday sees Lee embark on a new journey with French co-skipper Tiphanie Ragueneau.…

One sailor has died and the search for a second has been stood down following two separate incidents in cross-Channel races at the weekend, as Marine Industry News reports. On Friday (26 May), a British man understood to be from…

Less than three months after being selected for the "Cap sur Elles" initiative - which provides support for a pair of young female sailors to take part in the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre double-handed race to Martinique –…

Even in the inky darkness, there was no mistaking the exuberant mix of sheer joy, relief and final deliverance for Skipper MACIF duo Charlotte Yven and Lois Berrehar when they crossed the finish line off Gustavia, Saint Barths, in the…

13th August 2023 will see the 2nd edition of this new offshore race from the Royal Western Yacht Club at Plymouth out to West Cork's Fastnet Rock. The ‘Plymouth Fastnet 500 Race’ will start in Plymouth Sound, exit via the…

Since the 1940s, the Royal Ocean Racing Club has organised a season of multiple races and organised the first RORC Season’s Points Championship in 2000 using the IRC Rating System. The series quickly became, and still is, the largest racing…

A second canting keel 50-footer is set to contest June's Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle offshore yacht race.  Afloat sources say the Elliott 57 has been purchased by an as-of-yet-unnamed Irish sailor who will contest not only the 280-mile D2D…

The RORC invites applications for the Female Offshore Mediterranean Two-Handed Championship to be raced in the one-design Beneteau Figaro3. RORC members and non-members of any age are eligible for the championship. Sailors can apply as an individual or as a…

Following Vendée Globe competitor Clarisse Crémer’s “shock” at being dropped by her main sponsor after taking time off to have a baby, the World Sailing Trust was among those who took notice and has now published a set of recommendations…