IRC

The RORC Transatlantic Race enters the fifth day with the potential for a real twist of fate at the front of the RORC fleet

The 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race started on time in glorious conditions outside Marina Lanzarote

The record RORC fleet is in Puerto Calero and Marina Lanzarote and crews are making final preparations for the 3,000-mile race

The Royal Ocean Racing Club, in association with the IMA and the Yacht Club de France are making final preparations for the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race

Sunrise is a JPK 1180 owned by Plymouth based RORC member Tom Kneen. Winner of the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race and the RORC 2021 Season Points Championship

First organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in 1976, the 1,805nm Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race is a true marathon of epic proportions

Statement from Bruno Finzi and the ORC Management Committee in response to IRC press release

The IRC Board, RORC and UNCL were shocked and disappointed to read the ORC/YCCS Notice of Race for an exclusive ORC World Championship, thereby cancelling the previously agreed joint IRC/ORC event

Owner-drivers and crews taking part in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup were eased gently into competition off Sardinia's Costa Smeralda today

With 50 days to the start of the 42nd Rolex Middle Sea Race, the Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) is preparing itself for a stellar fleet

After a year's hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 43 of the world's largest and most advanced racing boats have gathered in the jewel of northeast Sardinia that is Porto Cervo, for tomorrow's start of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

Takashi Okura's Sled team were crowned winners of the first regatta of the 2021 season, the 52 Super Series Puerto Portals Sailing Week

After a year's absence, maxi racing's premier event will return to Sardinia's magnificent Costa Smeralda in two week's time stronger than ever

Just before the clock struck midnight last night, the 100ft grand prix maxi Arca SGR ghosted through the finish to claim line honours in the Palermo-Montecarlo race

Tom Kneen’s JPK 11.80 Sunrise has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race

One of the most intense battles, both on the water and under IRC corrected time, in this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race played out in IRC Three

Tom Kneen's JPK 11.80 Sunrise has sewn up IRC Two in this 49th Rolex Fastnet Race

Significantly a British boat is looking strong to win the coveted Fastnet Challenge Cup for the overall IRC win, but at this stage, no lead is insurmountable

The Rolex Fastnet Race has a reputation for the severe weather that it can throw at its competitors. Still strongly remembered is the 1979 race that cost 19 lives

With just one race to sail at Palma's 39 Copa del Rey MAPFRE, Andy Soriano's TP52 team on Alegre have all but secured the overall win in the IRC class