Paul Darmanin and Lucy Copeland impressed one and all at the Sail Sydney event with their Nacra 17 fleet. They have won the Nacra 17 class title at the Sail Sydney event and have made themselves proud. Darmanin said that he was happy to have made it big at their Sail Sydney debut. He felt that it was a very tricky weekend and was happy to have enjoyed good speeds when coming down the waves. He is happy that the Nacra 17 fleet is able to achieve a lot. They are at present building a squad for the next four year period. Colin Chidgey, the principal race officer at the Sail Sydney event and who has expertise of chartering in Greece, was very happy with how the four-day event has unfolded. It was a well organized and volunteered event. Everybody involved in the event has done a wonderful job and Colin is happy with how the event had worked out. The competitors got to enjoy the good breeze and gray skies for the last day of the race. Joel Beashel won the Opti intermediate class, race hands down. The Opti Open crown was successfully defended by last year’s champion Ryan Littlechild. He said that he worked really hard to come out with consistent results and that is what he was able to achieve in the Sail Sydney event. Littlechild said that they had a tough sailing week and had to sail the boat flat to make sure everything was right. Mina Ferguson was happy to be the first female to take part in the Opti fleet and she said that she enjoyed every bit of it. Jake Barnabas and Tyler Dransfield made full use of the conditions over the weekend to win the Flying...

One of the most looked forward to sporting event in the international calendar is the Vendée Globe and the 8th edition of this sailing tournament will kick start from Les Sables d’Olone from November 6, 2016. The skippers taking part in this international event will be representing ten different nations and four continents. You will find skippers aged between 23 and 66 taking part in this prestigious international sailing event. This will also form the backdrop for the first edition of the foil fitted seven new IMOCA60s. The best part about the 2016-17 Vendee Globs is that there will be many competitors. According to this website, as many as 30 skippers have already registered and this was a bigger boost than the previous event four years ago where only 24 skippers took part. With the seven new IMOCA60s making their presence felt for the first time, this event will be followed very closely by the global audience. The new boats can be lifted up due to the use of foils and this way they can gain speed in certain weather conditions. All this indicates that the 2016 Vendee Globe will be an event to remember. The 8th edition is going to see a lot of rookies taking part as sailors with 15 skippers returning for the event and 14 skippers will be getting a taste of this prestigious event for the very first time. Vincent Riou, the previous Vendee Globe winner, is part of the line up for the 8th edition apart from 2004 second placed Jean Le Cam and 2012 third placed sailor Alex Thomson. This will be the fourth time that skippers Bertrand de Broc and Jean Pierre Dick are competing at Vendee Globe. 7th November 2016 will see the opening of...

With the Volvo Ocean Race announced team AkzoNobel has been entered as the first competing teams for the race. The entries are being taken on in the next year and there are 15 months left in the next edition to start. The Dutch campaign would be chaperoned by Simeon Tienpont who is a professional sailor from the Netherlands. This would be his third among Volvo Ocean Races, and he would be entering first as skipper this time. The other championships and tournament news on ailing comprise of news of Ida Lewis trophy. Here Patricia Gerli and Sarah Burn earned the title in the US Junior Women’s double handed championship. The championship was played out on the waters of the Gulf Coast in Mississippi. The championship was hosted by none other than Bay-Waveland Yacht Club. The regatta was conducted over three days from July 8th to 10th. Two representatives of the Mantoloking Yacht Club and Bay Head Yacht Club won three out of the eight races while there were others of the American Yacht Club who also won. Other news of racing in the sailing world is that of Farr 40. This European Championship had Terry Hutchinson serves as crew boss and tactician. There were five amateurs on the crew. The owner and driver was Roepers. He has captured two more titles in Rolex Farr 40 World European Championship till now of 2016 and 2014. Another piece of news from the world of speed sailing is the new record that has been set. This was announced by the World Sailing Speed Record Council whilst they were working with a Split Yacht Charter company. They want a new standard for yachts that come with a powered sailing mechanism. The new standard was set for the course...

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