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Show news Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards
Ian Barrows, Hans Henken and Cole Brauer honored
Posted on 7 Feb
2025 RORC Transatlantic Race Summary
A celebration of speed, skill and endurance
Posted on 3 Feb
Freight Train Running
Checking in with Cole Brauer and ZaZa Tucker in the Southern Ocean
Posted on 27 Jan
RORC Transatlantic Race Finish
Multihull line honours and IRC class winners decided
Posted on 26 Jan
Credit Mutuel announces participation in Globe40
A superb challenge for skipper Ian Lipinski
Posted on 24 Jan
Transat Café L'OR Cap Pour Elles 2025
Applications are now open
Posted on 24 Jan
RORC Transatlantic Race day 10
15 teams continue their race to the finish line in Grenada
Posted on 21 Jan
Crew of Lucky interviewed after breaking record
RORC Transatlantic Race crew jubilant in Grenada
Posted on 20 Jan
Lucky sets new RORC Transatlantic Race record
Monohull Line Honours, winning the IMA Transatlantic Trophy
Posted on 20 Jan
RORC Transatlantic Race day 7
Lucky is under 800 miles from the finish at Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina.
Posted on 18 Jan
2025 RORC Transatlantic Race day 5
Speed, strategy, and sail survival
Posted on 16 Jan
2025 RORC Transatlantic Race day 3
Most boats clocking exhilarating double-digit speeds
Posted on 14 Jan
Ivan Dimov returns to the Global Solo Challenge
Originally from Bulgaria and now residing in Tuscany, he epitomizes the spirit of the race
Posted on 13 Jan
11th RORC Transatlantic Race sets off
Perfect sailing conditions just outside Marina Lanzarote
Posted on 12 Jan
CIC Med Channel Race 2025 announced
A paradigm shift in Mediterranean offshore racing
Posted on 10 Jan
Change of course adds tactical twist
The Canary Islands have been removed from the RORC Transatlantic Race course
Posted on 10 Jan
RORC Transatlantic Race launches centenary year
The 11th edition of the race begins on Sunday
Posted on 8 Jan
Dealtry Pickford signs up for the GSC 2027-2028
Global Solo Challenge is thrilled to welcome the Cape Town sailor
Posted on 24 Dec 2024
Transat Jacques Vabre changes its name
Becoming the Transat Café L'OR le Havre Normandie
Posted on 5 Dec 2024
RORC Caribbean 600 news
RORC Nelson's Cup Series is now a stand-alone event
Posted on 19 Nov 2024
First get-together for Globe40 2025-2026 skippers
Video conference with nearly thirty skippers and project managers from 10 nations
Posted on 15 Nov 2024
When diminutive is massive
Let there be light. Indeed. Elizabeth Tucker has acquired Cole Brauer's Class 40, First Light
Posted on 3 Nov 2024
Thrilling finish to Yachting Malta Coastal Race
56 yachts vied for supremacy in ideal racing conditions
Posted on 16 Oct 2024
CIC Normandy Channel Race 2025 back to May slot
Running from Wednesday 21 May to Sunday 1 June
Posted on 30 Sep 2024
15th CIC Normandy Channel Race Prize Giving
For the very first time, victory in this epic Norman classic went to a Norman sailor
Posted on 22 Sep 2024
15th CIC Normandy Channel Race Finish
Fabien Delahaye and Benjamin Schwartz on Legallais the new kings of Normandy
Posted on 20 Sep 2024
15th CIC Normandy Channel Race day 5
Game of Thrones
Posted on 19 Sep 2024
15th CIC Normandy Channel Race day 4
Celtic Express
Posted on 18 Sep 2024
Gosport Marina to send-off James Ketchell
Setting sail on remarkable 30,000 nautical mile journey aboard his Class 40 yacht
Posted on 18 Sep 2024
15th CIC Normandy Channel Race day 3
Sprinting across the Celtic Sea
Posted on 17 Sep 2024
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Cole Brauer and Elizabeth Tucker on board First Light in the Southern Ocean, en route Sydney AUS
© Elizabeth Tucker
New, significantly shorter hair for Tucker, but don't mention it... Smiles from Brauer and Tucker as they whittle the miles away
© Elizabeth Tucker
Another use for the bowsprit
© Elizabeth Tucker
NYE First Light style
© Elizabeth Tucker
Cole 'MacGyver' Brauer - say no more
© Elizabeth Tucker
Cole Brauer attending to hair and nails
© Elizabeth Tucker
What inclement weather? Baruer and Tucker smile, as always
© Elizabeth Tucker
Za is very much the consummate sailor now - 14 Hobarts back-to-back will do that to you
© Elizabeth Tucker
So many packets, such little choice
© Elizabeth Tucker
Backing in warmer climes (and with long locks) Elizabeth Tucker and Cole Brauer
© Elizabeth Tucker
Cole Brauer passes the Cape of Good Hope again, and ZaZa Tucker racks up her first of many Capes to come
© Elizabeth Tucker
After food poisoning in Cabo Verde, Cole Brauer gets some medical attention..
© Elizabeth Tucker
Class40 Tquila at the start of the RORC Transatlantic Race
© Sailing Energy / Calero Marinas
Credit Mutuel
© Qaptur / Crédit Mutuel
Pamela Lee and Tiphaine Ragueneau, winners of the 2023 edition of Cap Pour Elles
© Jean-Marie Liot / Alea
Class40 Tquila - 2025 RORC Transatlantic Race day 5
© Sailing Energy / Calero Marinas
1th RORC Transatlantic Race: Alister Richardson's Class40 Tquila (GBR)
© James Mitchell/RORC
Class40 Tquila (GBR)
© Tim Wright / Photoaction.com
Metric 4t - Global Solo Challenge
© Global Solo Challenge
Metric 4t - Global Solo Challenge
© Global Solo Challenge
Metric 4t - Global Solo Challenge
© Global Solo Challenge
Globe40 - Mélodie Schaffer and Tom Pierce
© Jean-Marie Liot / Globe40
Figureheads - Cole Brauer (L) and Elizabeth Tucker (R)
© Alvaro Sanchis
Always aiming to keep it fun - Brauer (L) and Tucker up the mast on board First Light
© Alvaro Sanchis
Cole Brauer (L) and Elizabeth Tucker (R) on the bow of First Light
© Alvaro Sanchis
Elizabeth Tucker helming First Light
© Alvaro Sanchis
Elizabeth Tucker with one of the thousands of jobs completed to get First Light ready for sea
© Alvaro Sanchis
Elizabeth Tucker to the left, and Cole Brauer on the right
© Elizabeth Tucker
Elizabeth Tucker on board First Light as they prepare the vessel for sea once more
© Elizabeth Tucker
45th Rolex Middle Sea Race
© RMYC / Andrea Azzopardi