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The Ocean Race to Collect Rare Data in Remote Areas of Antarctica

Specialist science equipment, which was developed for and used in The Ocean Race 2022-23 to gather over four million pieces of data on ocean health, will be used during a four-month expedition in Antarctica on a sailing yacht specifically designed for polar...

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OceansLab's Hydrogen-Electric Foiling Yacht Enters Final Build Phase

The structural assembly of the deck and hull of the 60-foot foiling OceansLab IMOCA racing yacht, a third evolution Manuard design, has now been completed at Pauger Carbon Composites’ boatyard in Hungary. OceansLab says the vessel will compete in the IMOCA Globe...

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World’s First Hydrogen-Electric Race Yacht Reveals Cleantech Partners

OceansLab has partnered with clean energy firms Genevos, Oceanvolt and Maxeon Solar Technologies as it ramps up the campaign to become the world’s first hydrogen-electric race yacht. The OceansLab race boat will compete in the IMOCA Globe Series exclusively with zero fossil...

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Vendée Arctique: How Oscar anti-collision system prevents deadly collisions at sea

UPDATE: In the evening of June 16, organisers announced that the race has been paused for safety reasons due to a period of particularly bad weather. Skippers are taking shelter until the conditions improve, and the race will then continue.  The second...

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Winner revealed in Yacht Racing Image 2021 contest

French photographer Loïc Venance has won the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2021 contest, for a photograph of sailor Jérémie Beyou taken during the Vendée Globe. The annual contest celebrates some of the best sailing photography of the past year. The winners were...

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Winners announced in Transat Jacques Vabre 2021

Primonial has taken line honours and the Ocean Fifty multihull title in the 2021 Transat Jacques Vabre race. French pair Sébastien Rogues and Matthieu Souben crossed the line in Martinique ahead of Koesio in second. Britain's Sam Goodchild was third aboard Leyton....

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Transat Jacques Vabre: 11th Hour Racing Team out after dismasting

The 5,800-nautical mile Transat Jacques Vabre double-handed transatlantic race departed on Sunday from Le Havre, en route to Martinique in the Caribbean, with a starting fleet of 79 yachts. On Wednesday, Briton Simon Fisher and Justine Mettraux of Switzerland alerted race management...