2030hrs, 27 December 2009The Rolex Sydney-Hobart race fleet leaders stalled and stopped in calms off the far south coast of New South Wales earlier today. The smaller boats came up on a developing coastal sea breeze while the maxi leaders and 50-60-footers were stuck...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roy E. Disney, who died Wednesday at 79, was an avid ocean sailor who won the California-to-Hawaii Transpacific Yacht Race in record time a decade ago and backed programs to bring youth to the sport. "He was very competitive, but we always had a lot...

Decision IV Named 2009 IRC East Coast Champion Annapolis, Md. (Nov. 2, 2009) – After three days and six races, just three seconds separated Stephen Murray Jr.’s (New Orleans, La.) TP 52 Decision IV from Mike Williamson’s (New Castle, N.H.) King 40 White Heat in the...

From: www.teamorigin.com Mike Sanderson is heading to the antipodes to be a Helmsman with the Wild Oates team through the Sydney Hobart race and then to monitor the construction of TEAMORIGIN’s new TP52 being built in New Zealand for the 2010 Audi MedCup Circuit which...

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14:45:40  End of Race 6. Quantum wins, followed by Synergy, Matador and Bribón, who still lead by just one point!!!   15:13:26  Last race of the 2009 TP52 World Championship about to start.     15:26:01  Finishing the first beat, Matador leads, followed by Valars and...

As 2007 champions Artemis (SWE) made a lacklustre start and could only salvage an eighth in the light, sticky conditions today Bribón moved four points at the top, clear of the current champions Quantum Racing (USA) who scored a useful fourth. After making a strong...

Two races today, breeze sometimes up to 12 knots, but very tricky conditions. Shifts and variations in pressure producing lots of opportunities for losses and gains. Artemis and Bribon master the conditions to take joint lead. 1  ARTEMIS  8  3  1  2        14 2...

Matador lose a protest decision from Race 2's first windward mark yesterday which drops the Argentine boat to eighth overall and promotes Synergy move up to second overall.      The top of the TP52 World Championships leaderboard has been compressed since the early...

Morgan Larson, tactician, Quantum Racing (USA): “ It proved to be every bit as challenging today as Palma can be. Sometimes it is like that where the right looks windier but everyone knows about that geographical left shift. I think the race committee did a nice job...

IRC52 Lola, diseño del estudio de Javier Soto Acebal en dónde trabajan nuestros amigos Ale Bottino y Juan Pablo Marcos.Propiedad de Alberto Roemmers, armador de la saga Alexia y también Matador. Guillermo Parada es el project manager y skipper del barco . Velero...

They are a remarkable group of committed owners, their passion for competitive sailing undimmed over the years. Their crews are like family to them and their long lineage of successful boats carrying the same name have made them known all through the sailing world,...

The Region of Murcia Trophy was won by ETNZ, but the biggest applause went to Pedro Mendonca and his ever so popular Bigamist 7 Team, finishing next best to the kiwis and clearly ahead of all others including 3rd placed Quantum Racing. Racing in the Cartagena waters...

Might have been a tough day on the water, but for sure a great day for photographers. MedCup's team made the best of it.

Emirates Team New Zealand's 3,2,1 today leaves them poised to win in Cartagena. Three different boats won races on this penultimate day of the Audi MedCup Circuit season’s TP52 Series but it is Emirates Team New Zealand who look set to extend their unprecedented...

Rolling Stones title describes the change of conditions in Cartagena well. A very confused, lumpy, bumpy seaway kicked up by a 25 knot breeze proofs a serious test for men, boat and sail. ETNZ proof again to be the masters of the game with two firsts, but have their...

Following the announcement yesterday that Britain's Team Origin will be stepping up their sailing activities again, there has been confirmation that the team plan to compete on next year's Audi MedCup Circuit. The London launch yesterday revealed an innovative plan to...

The first day of racing for the Trofeo Caja Mediterraneo Region of Murcia region for the TP52 Series, practice day for the GP42's and the breezes don’t look so promising according to the forecast. There should be some sea breeze but it looks like it will struggle to...

Audi MedCup 2010 planning is well ahead of previous years, it shows the event has matured and is improving by the year. New teams and those interested to join for 2010, or allready planning for 2011, get invited to the 2009 events and receive well detailed info on the...

A seventh place compared to Artemis' tenth means the tables are turned and the winners of two consecutive regattas, Emirates Team New Zealand, now lead the Portugal Trophy by 1.5 points. The SW'ly 5-9 knots sea breeze proved unstable, streaky and challenging with...

AUDI MEDCUP DECIDES ON CALENDAR FOR 2010, see below.In Portimao the members of the TP52 Class discussed which of the modifications as announced for 2011 in Cagliari are to be implemented allready for 2010. The meeting wanted to get to a configuration that allready...

Coastal Race leader from buoy 1 Matador and 2nd/3rd ETNZ and Audi Q8 sail very good race till in tight reach to final turning mark. They decide to stay high on jibs and see Artemis and others making good gains by opting for A-sails and a lower course. Artemis flies...

After 4 races and another excellent win by Bigamist the score is: 1 ARTEMIS                3 4 2 2         11 2 BIGAMIST               5 5 1 1         12 3 QUANTUM              1 1 4 8         14 4 ETNZ                       2 3 6 3         14 5...

Textbook gybing dual sees 3 leading boats, Quantum, ETNZ and Artemis finish in matter of seconds in first race, with 4th placed Matador almost surprising them on the line, all within 5 seconds. Local Hero Bigamist was early leader, but got squeezed out of their lead...

Can de BIGAMIST do it on their home turf? What is Shirley doing here? Quotes of the TP52 Series official training day of the Portugal Trophy: Morgan Larson, tactician Quantum Racing (USA): “ It was nice that we had enough wind to sail. We executed our start…finally,...

Well done Apollo, Nigel Passmore and crew. After a second place in the RORC Channel Race (behind RAN) now a very good 4th overall for this 2003 Farr Design that started its life as Beau Geste. And thus beating the brand new Farr 80 Beau Geste, skippered by Gavin...

The Copa del Rey is not just about sailing, it is about holiday, meeting friends and partying as well. The two agents of the Guardia Civil killed last Thursday were not forgotten, a minute of silence in their memory was attended by many. The Real Club Nautico Palma is...

Final Result Copa del Rey TP52 Class: 1    MATADOR                     ALBERTO ROEMMERS                          19 2    MUTUA MADRILEÑA    VASCO VASCOTTO                                 22 3    BRIBON  JOSE CUSI / S.M.DON JUAN CARLOS DE BORBON   27 4   ...

"CAM" will almost certainly probably have to make do with the fourth place. The IRC TP52 owned by Spanish Olympic champions Fernando León and Kiko Sánchez Luna, with H.M.H. The Prince of Asturias at the helm, sailed a good race, but couldn't catch the big boats which...

Mutua and Matador take it to the final day, Matador leads by 2 points. More great photos by the events squad of professional marine photographers: Nico Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Jesus Renedo. Good job guys, looking forward to see more.

CAM faces the big boats of the group and moves up in the overall classification in IRC on second day of racing. First day of competition for the TP52s, with “Realstone MATADOR” at the head of the triple tie after two very tight regattas.

The 2011 TP52 Rule will transform the TP52 to an even faster, leaner and meaner allround offshore racing machine. It will produce a boat that can be raced in IRC regattas without any modification and vice versa, so if you build to the TP52 Rule with the intention to...

Banque Populaire V Matchraces Groupama and Sets New Atlantic Sailing Record. TP52 Bribon navigator Marcel van Triest part of the record breaking crew. Don't be surprised to see him later this week at the Copa del Rey... Hats of to both crews. The Eastbound North...

Final Race Cagliari. ETNZ show superior control in the breeze. Bigamist won the 11th and final race of the Region of Sardinia Trophy contested in a stiff Mistral breeze which reached 21-22 knots to produced a great final spectacle on the Gulf of Cagliari. Bigamist’s...

Place, still we get one more race in, Artemis showing good form this week with another convincing win in Race 7 It elevates the Swedish flagged team to a slender overall lead of just half a point in the Region of Sardinia Trophy regatta standings. Emirates Team New...

Matador, possibly fastest boat in todays conditions, strayed too close to the cliffs at Cape St Elia and lost their early lead. Artemis leads Emirates Team New Zealand around the course, slowly extending to a 1 minute advantage. Good performences of Bribon and...

Race  4. Alberto Roemmer's Matador (ARG) won the fourth race of the TP52 Series Region of Sardinia Trophy as Synergy stole a close second place from Artemis on the finish line. With the sea breeze much gentler than forecast, at times as light as five to six knots,...

Three first, the final one an impressive 100 meter comeback to pass the leading duo Synergy and Bribon. Synergy by two nailbiting gybes near the finish  resulting in a split second photo finish. Maybe we never know for sure whose bow was really first? Matador only...

With Paul Cayard (USA) on board calling tactics for the first time for the 2007 Audi MedCup winning owner-skipper Torbjorn Tornqvist (SWE), Artemis seized the opportunity presented to them to win today's practice race for the TP52 Series' Region of Sardinia Trophy....

Strong winds have hampered the final training days, but today, Practice Race Day,  it is Cagliari at its best. Cayard joins Artemis, De Angelis lines up with Audi Q8. Winds to 30 knots over the last two days have limited training time on the waters off Cagliari but...

Next week 20 - 26 July it is Audi MedCup again. This time in Italy, Sardinia, Cagliari, well known for its excellent sailing conditions. But there is also plenty going on on the shore, take a look at the Social Program. Never a dull moment, come and see us in...

Flash 2nd, sofar TP52's 1st and 2nd overall on handicap ===== Kilroy and Samba Pa Ti are Transpac 09's Golden Boys        Written by Lynn Fitzpatrick       Sunday, 12 July 2009 23:14 Honolulu, HI (July 12, 2009) - Every step of the way from Point Fermin to Diamon...

Flash and Samba Pa Ti are leading Division I on corrected time and are fourth and fifth in fleet. Flash, Tom Atkin's TP52, with Paul Cayard and his children aboard and top navigator, Jay Crum and his son Joe, sailing along with Hogan Beatie, Paul Allen, Will Paxton...

Emirates Team Zealand win their first Audi MedCup Circuit Regatta. Emerging with a sixth from a scrappy, difficult final race which was contested in conflicting breezes Emirates Team New Zealand clinched the Marseille Trophy by 14 points, the biggest regatta winning...

Everybody loves it. Bulls and Kiwis fly and "good old" Quantum fights back to third. In the end it is the Kiwis that firmly got the bull by the horns (for now), but it took some extremely clever sailing in race #4 to get back from 6th to 2nd in that race. See...

Gained from two contrasting races, a sixth and a first for Emirates Team New Zealand was enough for the Kiwi team to extend their overall lead in the Marseille Trophy regatta to sixteen points going in to the final day. Dalton confirms that their mood, even with a...

DAY 1 MARSEILLE TROPHY 1 ETNZ 1 3 1 5 2 Bribon 6 1 5 12 3 Matador 2 6 4 12 4 Bigamist 7 5 4 6 15 5 Quantum 8 5 2 15 6 Artemis 7 2 8 17 7 Synergy 3 9 9 21 8 Audi Q8 4 8 10 22 9 Valars 10 11 3 24 10 Pisco Sour 11 7 7 25 11 Cristabella 9 10 11 30   "Conditions were...

Practise days are over and it is time to resume racing on the 2009 Audi MedCup Circuit for the TP52 Series today. Winds are forecast to be S to SE'ly up to 10 knots, perhaps with a little more depending on the thermal help. ---------------------------Audi Q8 won...

While the crews of the 11 TP52 Series yachts and the 6 GP42 Series yachts continue their preparations and training in the perfect weather, the Audi MedCup Circuit race village in the centre of Marseille continues to be very busy. At the weekend the dockside walks...

RORC Enlist Skandia To Help Revive the Admiral’s Cup. The Royal Ocean Racing Club has secured the support of Skandia to undertake a feasibility study into the revival of the Admiral's Cup, one of the world's great international regattas, as the premier offshore racing...

DAY 1 Right at the start of the RORC IRC National Championship, Niklas Zennstrom's TP52, RAN, stamped their authority on the competition. Three straight bullets put them at the top of the leader board in Super Zero after the first day's racing. "It was very shifty out...

Two excellent starts by Dean Barker and equally good ones by Torbjorn Tornqvist and Terry Hutchinson give solid performences in first two races (5 and 6) of this saturday for ETNZ, Artemis and Quantum. Less breeze today than yesterday,starting in 7-10 knots for the...

No mistakes today on the Matador, they must have had a good de-brief yesterday. Their 2nd and 1st for races 8 and 9 took them 1 point in the lead of Artemis, 2 points over ETNZ. Best of the rest was Quantum and the most promising runners-up price certainly goes to the...

To be able to follow regattas in real time on your computer anywhere in the world, hear the audio comment and at the same time see life images of mark roundings, start and finish is not just a reality restricted to Amerca's Cup and Volvo anymore. Soon every mayor...

Finally clear sky, sun, warm, 27 degrees, so seabreeze 15 - 17 knots, fantastic sailing. After two races it is obvious how important a good start is in this company of very even boats. It is also clear that Quantum has not forgotten how to do that. But it is not going...

The race officers have sent the fleets back to shore and the crews will be held there. A change in the race programme may be signalled which might replace tomorrow's coastal race with windward leeward races, since only one contest has been completed. A boring day, but...

The race officers have sent the fleets back to shore and the crews will be held there. A change in the race programme may be signalled which might replace tomorrow's coastal race with windward leeward races, since only one contest has been completed. A boring day, but...

The first race of the Audi MedCup Circuit for the TP52 Series had to be abandoned when the wind all but evaporated at the first leeward gate. Bribon, 2007 winners on Alicante, had lead to the windward mark and through the gate. Disappointment perhaps for the Bribon...

First Five Practice Race MedCup Alicante. 1. Bribon (ESP) 2. Bigamist 7 (POR) 3. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) 4. Matador (ARG)5. Quantum Racing (USA) Quotes: Thierry Peponnet (FRA), Bribon, helm: “ This has been a good debut for me. We are happy with the atmosphere...

Satellite monitoring equipment is being installed on the boats so races can be followed in real time by the public at MedCup Village screens and through the Audi MedCup circuit web page. Visit us or follow us on the web, go to www.medcup.org and click on the 'follow...