Johnny Vincent’s Volvo 70 Pace crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron finish line in Cowes on Sunday 16 August at 04:17:31 BST. Pace completed the 1,805-nautical-mile race in an elapsed time of 6 Days 14 Hrs 47 Mins 31 Secs to claim 2026 Round Britain and Ireland Race Line Honours. Pace Crew: Johnny Vincent, Al Fraser,…

Britain’s Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris extend their lead at the 470 World Championship in Enoshima, Japan. Wrigley and Harris added another race win on the second day of gold fleet racing (1, 12, 8) to take an eight point lead ahead of Jordi Xammer and Marta Cardona of Spain (10, -16, 6) who move…

The RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race enters its seventh day with six boats now round Muckle Flugga, the most northerly point of the 1,805nm course. While Johnny Vincent’s Volvo 70 Pace is powering south towards Cowes and Monohull Line Honours, the battle for the biggest prize of all has taken another twist: Antoine Magre’s…

Britain’s Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris take lead at the 470 World Championship in Enoshima, Japan. Wrigley and Harris won the first two gold fleet races, and with carry-forward (CF) after discarding a 15th in the third race, have a one point lead from Tetsuya Isozaki and Yurie Seki of Japan (-8, 7, 3). In…

While Emirates Team NZ have been piling up the on-water hours downunder, two other AC teams have been on the water in Europe’s very different conditions. Italy’s Luna Rossa and La Roche-Posay Racing Team of France are well out of their commissioning phase and fully into development and race training. Luna Rossa had four solid…

Spain’s defending champions Jordi Xammer and Marta Cardona lead after completion of the qualifying races at the 2026 470 World Championship in Enoshima, Japan. Xammer and Cardona (1, 5) lead by three points from Malte Winkel and Bente Batzing (1, 2) of Germany, with third Manon Pennaneac’h and Pierre Williot (7, -19) of France. Overnight…

While we suffer record heat and drought conditions here in the UK and across a lot of Europe, New Zealand is into its winter and the Kiwi America’s Cup defenders, Emirates Team NZ, is testing and training in fresh to strong winds with frequent rain squalls. The Kiwis have sailed their AC75 on 20 days…

After three races, Swiss sailors Yves Mermod and Maja Siegenthaler lead the overall standings after the first day of racing at the 470 World Championship in Enoshima, Japan. The Swiss pair opened their races with finishes of -6, 2, 1, in the blue fleet, giving them a one-point advantage over the French duo Manon Pennaneac’h…

Johnny Vincent’s Volvo 70 Pace continues to lead the Round Britain and Ireland Race on the water As of Wednesday morning they were just off the Hebrides around 320 mi from Muckle Flugga after quite a windy night. The breeze is still 20 to 25 knot due south, with the boat averaging speeds of 17…

On the opening day in Enoshima, Japan, the rain arrived but the wind did not. The fleet will be hoping for a very different forecast tomorrow. The first day of the 470 World Championships in Enoshima did not go quite as planned. After several days of fantastic sailing conditions before the first day of World…