The RORC Madeira to Cowes Race was supposed to provide an exhilarating downwind blast home, however with a choice of starting days, the weather played a crucial part with the result, Puma Logic won the Founders Cup for first overall and the Ortac Cup for winning Class 1.

It was no surprise with the appalling weather at the weekend, that the RORC fleet, which assembled on the Royal Yacht Squadron Line on Friday evening for the Cowes-Cherbourg, was far less than the 52 original entries.
Although only 19 yachts completed the race, all of them should be praised for excellent seamanship and none of [...]

What do you do when you want to promote a yacht race? Take pictures of boats or hand out flyers? The organisers of the Spice Race, which is due to run from the Isle of Wight to Grenada in November, decided to spice things up with Playboy Model Sophie Reade…

With an impressive season of inshore racing, Niklas Zennstrom’s TP52 RAN (pictured), was the first yacht to finish the Cowes to Dieppe Race. A five hour margin of victory was aided by the tide turning unfavourably for the rest of the fleet after RAN had finished….

RORC Cowes to Dieppe Race starts from Royal Yacht Squadron line on Saturday.
The penultimate Channel sprint of a busy RORC season goes to Dieppe and features an international and highly varied field of yachts racing under IRC.
Weather forecasts predict a light airs start in the Solent with a moderate to fresh south westerly breeze kicking [...]

The Cowes to Madeira Yacht Race over the next two days is certain to provide some challenging and spectacular ocean sailing for the competitors…

The RORC Channel Race started in a very light south westerly breeze of about four to six knots, and the race was to prove highly tactical. Tidal strategy was of course vital, but wind strategy was at least equally important. It was a day for keeping your head out of the boat.
Inevitably some boats parked [...]

The RORC’s Season’s Points Championship will continue this weekend with the RORC Channel Race on Saturday, 26th July. Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) in association with the Royal Yacht Squadron, the first warning signal will be at 0750 for a course due to last between 24 and 36 hours.
With weather forecasts predicting [...]