TheSailingChannel.TV covers the 2006 Annapolis-Maritime Republic of Eastport Tug-of-War: MRE Men, sponsored by River Crest Design Build versus Annapolis Men.. Once a year, local and national attention focuses on the Annapolis Harbor or, as some like to call it, the Gulf of Eastport for a competition [...]

Taking advantage of the 3GSM World Congress that is currently taking place in Barcelona, the Swedish telecom giant presented yesterday (Wednesday) the brand new boat of its Volvo Ocean Race team, the Ericsson 3.

In fact, PR representatives from Ericsson, repeatedly mentioned the race as an excellent vehicle to showcase their products. Valencia Sailing being a website mainly geared towards the America's Cup, the obvious question we had was, once the decision to sponsor a sailing team was taken, why did the telecom group chose the VOR instead of the America's Cup? The answer couldn't be clearer. According to Ericsson the global impact of the VOR is much greater than that of the America's Cup. Ericsson has customers in 140 countries and there is no better sailing event than the VOR to reach them, especially in the emerging and growth markets. This also the reason Ericsson is very happy with the new route of the race. It reaches the two most important telecom markets in the world, India and China. The company uses its oldest boat, Ericsson 1, for corporate hospitality around the world and according to its PR people the response from customers has been "astonishing", particularly in India. During the race, Ericsson will use all its marketing weaponry at the stopovers. For the Swedes the stopovers mean business.  read more »

Nico Budel, racing Leg 2 of the Portimo Global Ocean Race aboard his Open 40 Hayai, has sustained irreparable damage to the keel of his yacht and has issued a MAYDAY call seeking immediate assistance. The 69 year old ...

Once again, Belgium sailor Michel Kleinjans is handing out sailing lessons to his rival Portimo Global Ocean Race skippers. At the most recent poll (11:20 UTC) Kleinjans aboard his Open 40, Roaring Forty, had a 60 mile lead over ...

The tension is mounting as the Portimao Global Ocean Race Tracker addicts anxiously await each three-hourly poll to see if the gap between the German team, Beluga Racer, and the Chileans aboard Desafio Cabo de Hornos, is closing. And ...

The light winds are suiting Michel Kleinjans, the leading single-handed sailor in the Portimo Global Ocean Race. At the 18:20UTC poll today Kleinjans aboard his Open 40, Roaring Forty, was eight mile ahead of the Chilean entry Desafio Cabo ...

There is a change of leader in the Portimo Global Ocean Race just three days after the race started from Portimo, Portugal. The Chilean team of Felipe Cubillos and Jos Muoz have stormed into the lead aboard the Guillaume ...

I get the monster hump when people criticise Cowes Week because first and foremost I believe that Stuart Quarrie (Cowes Week Director) is totally beyond reproach and has steered the regatta to the very top. I've been a journalist there for years as well as a competitor since before I can remember and I can say, hand on heart, that last year I had the time of my life sailing in lowly Class 9 IRC in my H-Boat. Sure we didn't win but we won one race and had a great week on the water...all the boxes were ticked in my book and the race management was first class - period.  read more »

This is the third in a series of videos describing the roles of crewmembers aboard the BMW ORACLE America’s Cup Racing Yacht. In this episode, we hear from another member of the Afterguard, Peter Isler, the boat’s Navigator. Peter helped win the America’s Cup as navigator aboard Dennis Conner’s Stars & Stripes in 1987 and [...]

By playing the safe middle ground the German team of Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme aboard Beluga Racer have placed themselves in an unassailable position. They are not quite the most southerly boat in the fleet - that ...