Spirit of Hungary skipper Nandor Fa suffers a head injury whilst up the mast attempting to ease jammed mainsail Spirit of Hungary (Nandor Fa, Conrad Colman) Having to stitch up your crewmate’s head wound whilst slamming over rough seas in the Southern Ocean is a nightmare situation that even the most experienced of medics would…
Yachting World’s consulting editor Pip Hare jumps on board one of the smallest in the fleet, the 37ft Reichel Pugh Taz The Caribbean 600 yacht race will start on Monday at 11 am local time under a beating Caribbean sun for 600 miles of intense and full-on racing passing 11 Caribbean Islands. I will be…
Legend has it that over 31 days during 1788 the HMS Bounty of Captain Bligh made just 85 miles while attempting fruitlessly to round Cape Horn. If they round Cape Horn as expected on Tuesday, Barcelona World Race leaders Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam will have taken 31 days to race from the longitude…
Designed to attract a new generation of sailors, Bente is a new dynamic company that has produced one of the most economical, small, fast cruisers ever seen. The Bente 24 is positively brimming with fresh ideas. The fast, innovative and affordable Bente is arguably the most exciting new project of 2015 one that could rescue…
Is the boast plausible? Toby Hodges takes a close look at this muscular racer-cruiser Neo 400 Fast and furious Neo 400 is claimed to be the ‘fastest cruising 40-footer in the world. A sign that brags “the fastest cruising 40-footer in the world” is a sure-fire way to attract attention. My first impressions of the…
Sailors are known to relish a challenge, whether it be a round-the-world passage or a crossing in high seas, or in the case of Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek this year, getting in a series of racing with just three days of breeze. The Race Management did it. The sailors did it. And another great…
Final day shakes up the standings at successful 2014 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek Foxy Lady VI lead from start to finish to win the IRC Racing I title at their first attempt. Photo by MarineScene.asia. PHUKET It all came down to the final day of the 2014 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek. After the…
Waiting game on Day 3 of Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek Not exactly classic sailing conditions today, but the Classic class are looking forward to the final day showdown tomorrow. Photo by MarineScene.asia. PHUKET The signs were ominous as the boats left the anchorage on Day 3 of the 2014 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek. Grey…
It just keeps on getting better: Day 2 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek Jessandra on their way to another win on Day 2 of the 2014 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek.Photo by Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek. PHUKET It was more of the same on Day 2 of Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek. In fact,…
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