News on sailboat racing

Sun, Fun and Racing

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Everybody loves a winner, and at the International Rolex Regatta in St. Thomas, USVI, every class winner takes home a Rolex timepiece. This year at the March 28-30 event there will be IRC racing along with the traditional classes for CSA handicap, one-design and Beach Cats. An early deadline of March 6 is looming for the advantage of a discounted entry fee.

'For sailors going south for the winter, Caribbean racing has never been so full of potential or fun,' said Event Co-Director John Sweeney, noting that the International Rolex Regatta is the first half of the inaugural Virgi...Read More...

2008 IRC Yearbook now available online

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The RORC is pleased to announce that for the first time, the 2008 IRC Yearbook is now available for viewing or download from their website http://www.rorcrating.com/. Please follow the link from our homepage for further details and to download.

The RORC recognises that the hard copy of the book is a popular aspect of IRC, and be assured there are NO plans to discontinue the production of this in the future: the on-line version is complimentary, not an alternative. However they hope that having it available on-line as well will prove us...Read More...

Swan 601 Class Rules revised

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Nautor’s Swan, manufacturers of luxury performance sailing yachts of unrivalled quality, has announced that the Swan 601 Class Rules have been revised and reissued, with a new 2008 circuit also released.

The re-working of the Swan 601 Class Rules means that the Swan 601 fleet are now able to race both among themselves, and against the other yachts, outside of the Class under their One Design Class Rules with an optimised IRC rating. With effect from the Swan American Regatta 2007, the amendments made to the Swan 601 Class Rules will include:

- A stricte...Read More...

Dalton arrives in Bilbao

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Determined Kiwi sailor Graham Dalton, a competitor in the Velux 5 Oceans single-handed round the world race, which finished in early May, finally made it back to Bilbao this morning.

Under the race rules, Dalton had been disqualified from competing in the final leg of the race, because he did not complete leg two of the race until after the expiry of a time limit.

Dalton, who had dedicated his race to the memory of his son Tony, who died of cancer in December 2005, decided to complete the course anyway.

Dalton suffered appalling luck in the course...Read More...

Calais Round Britain Race goes to PRB

mail@sea-dreamer.com — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Vincent Riou in PRB took first place in the third edition of the Calais Round Britain Race yesterday. Joining him on the podium are Jérémie Beyou (Delta Dore) and Jean Le Cam (VM Materiaux).

Vincent’s time was almost 2.5 days longer than the record set in the 2005 race, with fog and light winds giving a winning time of 9 days 7 hrs 7 minutes 36 seconds. However he did manage to set a new Dover-Calais record - 1hr 08 minutes 57 seconds at an average speed of 7.35 knots.

Fourth place went to Dominique Wavre and his crew, with Generali beating Artemis Ocean Racing i...Read More...