Gybing a powerful offshore boat like a VO70 in big breeze is a fraught manoeuvre; team boss and former Olympian Konrad Lipski shares tips on how to gybe in strong winds and reducing the risk with Andy RiceGybing any boat …
When a yacht is advertised as ‘work needed’ how do you distinguish a good prospect from bad? Will Bruton looks at buying a yacht to upgradeAmong brokerage listings it’s rare to see a yacht openly advertised as ‘work needed’. After …
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Max Klink’s Botin 52, Caro has been declared winner of the 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race, the 50th edition of the event after a big breeze start on Saturday Max Klink’s Botin 52, Caro, has officially been declared the winner of …
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The Botin 52, Caro has won the class in IRC Zero in the Rolex Fastnet Race – while their corrected time also puts them top of the leaderboard for the IRC prize, though the race win is still too close …
The brand new IMOCA Macif, skippered by Charlie Dalin, was first monohull home to take line honours in the 50th Rolex Fastnet Race and set a new monohull course record of 2 days 07 hours 16 minutes and 26 seconds.Macif,FRA …
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Francois Gabart’s Ultime SVR-Lazartigue wins Rolex Fastnet Race multihull line honours and sets a new course record of 1 day 8 hoursFrancois Gabart’s Ultime SVR-Lazartigue has claimed Rolex Fastnet Race line honours and set a new course record of 1d …
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