Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Sailing News & Videos

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race: SYDNEY IN SIGHT - published Dec 11, 2015
WEEK 2 of the Elliot Brown Timekeeper Cup from Albany WA to Sydney NSW, Australia: After an initial upwind beat the fleet experienced strong downwind conditions in the Southern Ocean before turning into the Tasman Sea to head across the Bass Strait towards Sydney of their arrival at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Rushcutters Bay, 12-14 December...



RACE 3 SOUTHERN OCEAN FROM ON BOARD GARMIN - Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - published on Dec 11, 2015: 1080 Media TV cameraman Rich Edwards, sailing aboard Garmin on Race 3 across the Southern Ocean from South Africa to Western Australia, cut this short insight into one of the most challenging legs of the Clipper 2015-16 Race,

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race News: Sydney Podium Complete: "Garmin has crossed the Race 4 finish line into Sydney in third place, finishing at 0339 local time December 13, 1639 UTC December 12 to complete the podium. GREAT Britain had earlier crossed the Race 4 finish line in second place at 0138 AEDT December 13, 1438 UTC December 12. And at 0517 local time December 13,1817 UTC December 12, Mission Performance crossed the finish line in fourth position. GREAT Britain Skipper Peter Thornton said: “It was a tough race and I am very pleased with the boat and crew. 12 hours ago I was getting very stressed and was thinking I could not get the boat to go any faster, and a couple of things changed and it shows that you can never give up. We just pipped Ash and his Garmin crew at the end..." See also: Clipper 2015-16 Race Standings

Other Sailing News:
Extreme Sailing Series 2015 concludes in Sydney Australia: Results

ISAF Sailing World Cup | Melbourne (7-13 December 2015) - Australian and French Para World Sailing gold rush continues : News & Features | ISAF | World Sailing | Official Site: "Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch ©Jeff Crow Sailing World Cup Melbourne St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia An intense fortnight of competition for an international fleet of Paralympic sailors drew to a close today, Saturday December 12, 2015, with the completion of their Sailing World Cup Melbourne race schedule in light southerly winds at the top end of Port Phillip..."

Jules Verne Trophy:

• Spindrift 2 LIVE tracking
• IDEC SPORT SAILING | A NEW RECORD FOR IDEC SPORT ON THE WAY INTO THE PACIFIC: "A NEW RECORD FOR IDEC SPORT ON THE WAY INTO THE PACIFIC 12 December 2015 Francis Joyon’s entered the Pacific this morning (Saturday) and in so doing set a new record for crossing the Indian Ocean, which is currently being ratified by the WSSRC: 6 days 23 hours and 4 minutes. Until now, no boat had managed to cover this stretch in less than 8 days. This new record logically follows the one they set between Cape Agulhas and Cape Leeuwin on Thursday evening....IDEC SPORT has smashed by more than one day (1 day, 5 hours and 31 minutes) the record set by Spindrift, less than two hours earlier. Yann Guichard’s crew crossed this same longitude at 0839hrs UTC on Saturday morning after spending 8 days and 4 hours and 35 minutes on this stretch..."

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