Mark Slats finished, but not completely

February 1, 2019       Mark Slats finished, but not completely       Last night, in Le Sables d’Alonne, the second participant of the round-the-world Golden Globe Race — the 41-year-old Dutchman Mark Slats on the yacht The Ohpen Maverick (Rustler 36) finished the finish. He overcame 28 thousand nautical miles in 214 days 12 hours 18 minutes and 43 seconds. The #EsmeraldaOK page provides details. Slats arrived at Les Sables-d'Olonne yesterday at 23.18. He walked around the world in 214 days 12 hours Read more

Sir Robin finished again!

April 23, 2019       Sir Robin finished again!       Falmouth yesterday celebrated the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s completion of the world's first single and non-stop round-the-world sailing trip – and his victory in the Golden Globe race. Like half a century ago, Sir Robin entered Falmouth Harbor on his famous 32-foot Suhaili. This time he was accompanied by more than a hundred yachts and boats, as well as the ship of the Royal Navy of Great Britain HMS Mersey. At Read more

Sir Robin finished again!

Yesterday in Falmouth celebrated the 50th anniversary of the completion of sir Robin Knox-Johnston the world’s first single non-stop circumnavigation under sail, and its victory in the Golden Globe race. As half a century ago, Sir Robin entered the harbour of Falmouth on her famous 32-foot boat Suhaili. This time he was accompanied by hundreds of boats and ships of the Royal Navy great Britain HMS Mersey. In 15.25 – at the very moment when 50 years ago Suhaili crossed Read more

Iwamoto and Smith finished!

On Saturday, April 20, successfully completed a journey across the Pacific ocean blind yachtsman, Mitsuhiro Iwamoto and his friend Doug Smith. 13-meter yacht, The Dream Weaver has landed in the Japanese Prefecture of Fukushima. © Japan Times Iwamoto and Smith out of San Diego on February 27. Distance with the length of 6000 nautical miles they had planned to overcome in two months. But it happened even faster. “I’m the happiest person in the world, said Iwamoto reporters who greeted Read more

Finished Sochi winter series Winter Cup

In the final match was played set of medals for the winners of the stage and the organizers have summed up the season and awarded the top three teams that showed the best result of the series. The regatta was held in nice Sunny weather. Saturday was South-East wind 1-3 m/s, Sunday blew Brisby wind 3-5 m/s. For Saturday and Sunday, the organizers had 12 races. The fight was tight, the three leaders decided only in the last race. In Read more

Dan Lenard finished in Fort Lauderdale

At about 17:00 Moscow Sunday, March 3, co-founder of the Agency design yachts Nuvolari Lenard Dan Lenard (Lenard Dan) has completed its “environmentally friendly” a single transatlantic voyage on a ten-meter sailing boat Vela 33 Scia. Designer finished in the American city of Fort Lauderdale on the 41st day after the start of the Spanish port of El Puerto de Santa Maria (near Cadiz). Leonard started on January 20. He was going to cross the Atlantic in less than a Read more

Mark Slats finished, but not completely

Last night in Les Sables-d’olonne finished second participant of round-the-world Golden Globe Race – a 41-year-old Dutchman mark Slats on The Ohpen Maverick boat (Rustler 36). 28 thousand nautical miles he traveled for 214 days 12 hours 18 minutes and 43 seconds. Page #EsmeraldaOK reports the details. The slats arrived in Les Sables d’olonne yesterday at 23.18. He went around the world in 214 days 12 hours 18 minutes and 43 seconds. But it’s technically still not finished. By this Read more

The leaders finished

In Hobart (Australian island of Tasmania) came the first race, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Fierce competition for line honours was won (for the 9th time in the history of the regatta!) Maxi yacht Wild Oats XI with skipper mark Richards. Race 628 nautical miles (1163 kilometres) Wild Oats XI overcame 1 day, 19 hours, 7 minutes and 19 seconds. This is not a record (which belongs to another permanent member of the regatta – Comanche – is 1 Read more

Finished one of the youngest participants of the Route du Rhum

Briton Jack Trigger Jack(Trigger) is only 24, he has type I diabetes, and it in 18 days, 6 hours, 18 minutes and 2 seconds alone on a 12-metre boat traveled through the Atlantic from Saint-Malo (Brittany, France) to Pointe-a-Pitre (French Guadeloupe). The peers Trigger out with him at the start of the race in Saint Malo, but so far he is the only youth who reached the finish line, the official website of the regatta. The young man who first Read more

Rolex Middle Sea Race 2018: leaders finished!

Late in the evening on Monday, the trimaran Maserati Giovanni Soldini was the first to cross the finish line at the Royal Malta Yacht Club, with the course time of 2 days 11 hours 54 minutes and 58 seconds. Three hours later there, in Grand harbour, finished Maxi yacht Rambler, George David, becoming the first among the monohull boats. However, the race record, set in 2007, they never broke. I must say that the leaders finished quite in time, because Read more